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Up-and-down Colorado College picked the right weekend to be up. The Tigers kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive and completed a sweep of their WCHA first-round series at Denver with a 6-1 victory Saturday before 4,732 fans at Magness Arena. CC won the best-of-three series a week after Denver swept the Tigers in a home-and-home … Read more

Colorado College is one game away from winning its WCHA first-round series with Denver, but it might have to try to clinch the series without defenseman Mark Stuart. Stuart fell to the Magness Arena ice holding his right knee after he was hit away from the play by Denver forward Jeff Drummond with 17.2 seconds … Read more

Michigan goaltender Al Montoya earned his sixth shutout of the season as the Wolverines blanked Nebraska-Omaha 2-0 in a gritty game Friday night. Thanks to goals from David Rohlfs and Dwight Helminen, Michigan (24-11-2) took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three first-round playoff series at Yost Arena. Montoya made 16 saves and was named the … Read more

A couple of weeks separated the last meeting between Cornell and Clarkson. But in between Clarkson played a couple of games, while Cornell, banged up for a while, rested. And it showed. “We’re the most rested we’ve been this season,” said Cornell coach Mike Schafer. The Big Red came out flying from the drop of … Read more

Northern Michigan became the only road team to win its CCHA playoff Game 1 Friday night, getting 39 saves from backup netminder Tuomas Tarkki to hold off host Alaska-Fairbanks 3-1 before a crowd of 4,300. “It is a long series and we are not going to get too high,” NMU head coach Walt Kyle said. … Read more

“Deja Sioux: It’s All Over (Again),” read a sign held aloft in the North Dakota student section of Ralph Engelstad Arena. As if it’s not bad enough for the Michigan Tech Huskies to lose to the Fighting Sioux three straight times, they’ve now played UND five times since Jan. 16 and lost every game by … Read more

The talented Harvard Crimson hit full stride at just the right point. After a lackluster regular season, Harvard has now won four in a row, and took a one-game lead in its best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal matchup at Brown with a 4-2 win. Friday, Harvard rode its hot goaltender, Dov Grumet-Morris, who made 28 saves to … Read more

The Massachusetts Minutemen are going back to the FleetCenter. UMass downed Massachusetts-Lowell, 3-1, Friday night in front of 3,884 at the Mullins Center, giving it a 2-0 sweep of the River Hawks and an entry in the Hockey East semifinals. It is the second quarterfinal sweep in as many years for the Minutemen, who shocked … Read more

The RedHawks scored three goals in the second period and held a 46-9 shot advantage over visiting Lake Superior State, taking a convincing 4-0 decision at Goggin Ice Arena Friday that brought No. 9 Miami within one win of to Joe Louis Arena and the CCHA Super Six for the first time since 1996-97. Freshman … Read more

There’s something about the post season that brings out the best in Notre Dame goaltender Morgan Cey. Not that he doesn’t excel in the regular season, but in each of the last two seasons, the junior has led the Fighting Irish to the CCHA Super Six with outstanding goaltending. It looks like this season could … Read more

Game 1 between Michigan State and Ferris State promised to be a wild one. These two teams have a history — although dominated by the Spartans — and the Bulldogs were in a position to play spoiler. But with Spartan captain Jim Slater contributing two goals at key times, and despite the Bulldogs’ two comebacks … Read more

Half empty or half full? Game 2 Saturday night will decide that. Merrimack had its chances, even had second-ranked and heavily favored Maine on the run at times Friday night, especially during a well-played second period. But a pair of special-teams goals from Black Bears forward Colin Shields proved the difference, as the Warriors came … Read more

All week long the Army coaches told their players to shoot toward the blocker side of goalie Frank Novello. Trailing 4-3 in the closing seconds of last night’s Atlantic Hockey playoff game with American International College, Chad Mayfield dropped a perfect pass onto the stick of Chris Casey. As everyone stood at Tate Rink in … Read more

If the Dartmouth women decide to watch a movie to unwind after their ECAC playoff victory over Yale, it’s a safe bet that they won’t pick “Love Story,” “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” or “I Love Trouble.” They’ve had enough “Love” for one day. Dartmouth may have won game one of the best-of-three … Read more

The playoffs have started, and so have the upsets. There were three in the first days of the WCHA postseason, including one Friday night at the DECC. Ninth-place Minnesota State defeated second-place Minnesota Duluth, 4-3, in overtime to begin their WCHA playoff series before a crowd of 4,408. National No. 4 UMD must win Saturday’s … Read more

This one was for all those former Alaska-Anchorage players who had to live with the team’s 0-for in the WCHA playoffs. So said Seawolves coach John Hill after a landmark 3-2 victory over Wisconsin in Game 1 of a best-of-three first-round playoff series at the Kohl Center. Justin Johnson broke a 2-2 tie with Alaska-Anchorage’s … Read more

Findlay may have been the last of the six College Hockey America teams to show up, but it showed up ready to play. The Oilers arrived in town at midnight, just 15 hours before their quarterfinal game with Air Force, but jumped out to a 6-0 first-period lead en route to a 9-1 rout of … Read more

After winning only three games away from Appleton Arena throughout the regular season, St. Lawrence reeled off its third road playoff victory in a row, nipping Colgate 2-1 Friday night at Starr Rink. The Saints (14-19-6) arrived in Hamilton on the heels of a two-game series sweep over Yale, with both games decided in overtime. … Read more

Nathan Marsters’ first win at Thompson Arena could hardly have come at a better time for Rensselaer. The senior from Grimsby, Ont., stopped 31 Dartmouth shots as the Engineers got their first win at Dartmouth since 1998, taking Game 1 of a best-of-three against the Big Green, 3-1. “It’s nice,” Marsters said of the breakthrough … Read more

In a physical game, sixth-seeded Wayne State upset third-seed Alabama-Huntsville, 5-3, in the second game of the CHA tournament at the Tri-City Arena. The defending champion Warriors were led by Billy Collins, whose hat trick helped Wayne State earn the win despite being outshot 43-21. Entering the final period of regulation tied at three, Wayne … Read more