Site AdministratorSt. Norbert advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Division III semifinal with a 3-0 win over Wisconsin-River Falls. St. Norbert, ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com D-III poll, improved to 26-2-2 on the year and will play Plattsburgh in the national semifinals. River Falls saw its season end at 21-6-4. Senior goaltender Chancy Colquhoun made … Read more
History didn’t favor Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday in the second game of its WCHA playoff series at the DECC. The Bulldogs lost the opener in the best-of-3 Friday and faced the task of winning two straight games. Only nine teams have come back from a one-game deficit to win a first-round series since the format was … Read more
The fact that half the rest of the nation’s big shots got bumped on one of the craziest Saturday’s in college hockey playoff history, did nothing to make the Cornell Big Red feel better as they let a chance to close out their series slip away. Cornell never led, and Clarkson scored an early power-play … Read more
The RPI Engineers learned a valuable lesson tonight. Don’t make Dartmouth angry. You wouldn’t like them when they’re angry. It may not have been the Incredible Hulk, but there was something Big, Green, and furious on the Thompson Arena ice, and it rolled over Rensselaer for a 6-0 win that tied this ECAC quarterfinal series … Read more
Rusty start, fine finish for Maine. Showing the mettle that has earned them the No. 2 ranking in recent polls, the Black Bears battled back from a 2-0 deficit for three goals, including two in the final period, to end Merrimack’s season with a 3-2 win over the Warriors in front of 5,206 fans at … Read more
Michigan State scored five unanswered goals, four in the third period, to come back from three goals down and defeat Ferris State 5-3 and advance to the CCHA Super Six in Detroit next weekend. The Spartan freshman class was a force Saturday as forward Drew Miller scored the game-winning goal and defenseman Ethan Graham tallied … Read more
Niagara ended Wayne State’s run of eight straight CHA tournament victories with a 2-1 win in a gritty, hard-fought semifinal Saturday. The second-seeded Purple Eagles scored in the third period to halt another upset by the sixth-seeded Warriors. “Wayne State plays a great team defense,” Niagara head coach Dave Burkholder said. “It’s what playoff hockey … Read more
For the third consecutive year and the seventh time in ten seasons, Middlebury will move onto the NCAA semifinals. For the second time in three years, the Panthers had to defeat Wentworth to advance, as the Panthers skated to a 9-1 victory behind three Kevin Cooper goals. The dynamic duo of seniors Cooper and Adam … Read more
When all anyone can talk about after a 3-0 shutout is the losing goalkeeper, you know the winning forwards must have been good. When those same forwards lead the team to a 4-3 win the next day, you know they needed to be good. Despite a 42-save performance by Yale’s Sarah Love, Dartmouth got two … Read more
Colgate managed only one goal against St. Lawrence goaltender Mike McKenna for the second straight night. On Saturday night at Starr Rink, however, McKenna’s counterpart, Steve Silverthorn, kept the Saints off the board entirely, saving his team’s season by earning the Raiders a 1-0 victory. Silverthorn stopped all 25 shots he faced en route to … Read more
Freshman Drew Stafford’s goal in overtime enabled North Dakota to escape upset-minded Michigan Tech and punch its ticket for next weekend’s WCHA Final Five. Trailing 3-1 in the third period, UND got goals from sophomore Zach Parise and freshman Chris Porter to send the game into overtime before claiming a 4-3 victory and winning the … Read more
The high-powered Harvard Crimson offense pulled off an overtime 3-2 win, lifting the Crimson to the ECAC semifinals and ending Brown’s season with two quick home playoff losses. In a spirited battle facing elimination, Brown, backstopped by senior goaltender Yann Danis, had a two-goal lead, but the Crimson battled back to send it to overtime. … Read more
Sophomore goaltender Eric Marvin made 30 saves and senior left wing Dana Lattery scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Western Michigan Broncos to a 4-0 shutout win over Notre Dame in game two of their best-of-three first round playoff series Saturday night at the Joyce Center. The Bronco win evens the … Read more
The Findlay hockey program officially came to a close this afternoon as top-seeded Bemidji State defeated the Oilers 6-2 in the semifinals of the College Hockey America tournament in Kearney, Neb. Despite outshooting the Beavers 38-28, Findlay was unable to overcome strong goaltending by Bemidji State’s Grady Hunt and a hat trick by John Haider. … Read more
Kurtis McLean scored a hat trick in the third period to lead defending national champion Norwich to a 9-5 win over Hobart in the NCAA quarterfinals. Norwich jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 14:26 of the game, but Hobart responded with a pair of two-man advantage power play goals, and then a … Read more
Miami University was on spring break, but that fact wasn’t obvious on Saturday night at Goggin Ice Arena when junior Todd Grant scored the game-winning goal to advance No. 9 Miami (22-12-4) to the CCHA Super Six for the first time since 1996-97. The RedHawks needed overtime to put away 11th-seeded Laker Superior State (9-20-7), … Read more
The Northern Michigan Wildcats completed their two-game sweep of Alaska Fairbanks Saturday night by beating the Nanooks 3-2 in the second game of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Playoffs. The first period of action looked like a copy of Friday’s game as Northern Michigan’s goaltender Tuomas Tarkki came up big time after time. The Nanooks … Read more
Wisconsin needed a response. Its senior scoring leader provided it early. Rene Bourque scored two minutes into the game, A.J. Degenhardt scored twice and Bernd Brückler earned his third shutout of the season as the third-seeded Badgers beat Alaska-Anchorage 4-0 on Saturday at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin stayed alive in the first round of the … Read more
There was a lot of talk all week about how poor some of the NCAA Division III quarterfinal matchups appeared. Curry and Plattsburgh didn’t heed all that talk. In a thrilling contest, Plattsburgh defeated Curry, 5-4, at 18:09 of overtime when Paul Kelly completed a hat trick. Plattsburgh, seemingly going for broke, crashed the net. … Read more
The grin on Chris Holt’s face said everything you needed to know about the outcome of Saturday night’s game at Yost Arena, including how much it meant to Nebraska-Omaha. The freshman goaltender was elated as he stood outside the locker room after the 12th-seeded Mavericks (8-25-5) stunned No. 1 seed Michigan, 3-1, to square the … Read more