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With the WCHA standings cemented, Saturday night’s game between Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin was mostly for pride and preparation for the postseason. In what turned into an ugly contest, Minnesota-Duluth skated off with a 4-1 victory in front of a sold-out crowd. “I don’t think we could’ve walked a straight line if we wanted to,” Wisconsin … Read more

After losing to Michigan State in a 1-0 thriller at Joe Louis Arena Saturday night, Michigan and its fans had to do something unheard-of: hope Ohio State would win. The Buckeyes were hosting Miami, which trailed the Wolverines by one point in the conference standings. A RedHawks victory would give them the CCHA regular-season title, … Read more

Northeastern’s Keni Gibson summed it all up in one moment. Gibson sat there, the headline-making goaltender, after his 37 saves in Northeastern’s 3-2 victory over Massachusetts. Said Gibson of the Huskies’ win: “We’ll find out in a few minutes how satisfying it was.” Gibson and NU coach Bruce Crowder were in the Mullins Center Green … Read more

Unlike Friday, when just five goals were scored in the first period, Saturday’s Wayne State-Air Force game saw a single goal on the scoreboard after the first period as the visiting Falcons hung on for a 3-1 win to complete a weekend sweep over the hometown Warriors. With the victories, Air Force (14-20-2, 6-13-1 CHA) … Read more

The Plattsburgh State Cardinals are the 2003-04 SUNYAC champions, thanks to their second straight overtime victory. Dave Friel scored his second goal of the night 37 seconds into the extra period to defeat Oswego, 3-2, and give Plattsburgh a two games to none series win. With the teams tied up after 40 minutes, the third … Read more

After Friday’s loss to Clarkson, Union coach Nate Leaman said his team was good at coming back from adversity. Unfortunately for Union, the Dutchmen proved Leaman wrong. The Golden Knights came out flying in the first period Saturday, scoring three times en route to a 5-2 victory over the Dutchmen and a sweep of their … Read more

It’s a college hockey tradition to recognize seniors during the final regular season home game, but how often does every senior player score a goal on that special night? That’s what happened in North Dakota’s 5-1 win over visiting Michigan Tech as all three Sioux seniors chipped in goals to help sweep the series. Forwards … Read more

St. Lawrence head coach Joe Marsh stood in the visiting locker room at Ingalls Rink in front of his ecstatic players. “I want you to really soak this up,” he said, his voice wavering with pride and excitement. He was addressing a Saints team that had every right to enjoy the moment. They had just … Read more

Behind two goals by senior David Lundbohm, North Dakota claimed its fifth WCHA title in eight years by defeating the Michigan Tech Huskies, 5-1. The Sioux victory, combined with Minnesota-Duluth’s tie at Wisconsin, means that UND takes the MacNaughton Cup outright, regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s league games. North Dakota’s Zach Parise hoists the … Read more

Everything you need to know about Friday night’s ECAC first-round opener at Bright Hockey Center happened in 10 seconds. Trailing by two midway through the third, Vermont forwards Jeff Miles and Brady Leisenring stormed into the Harvard zone on a 2-on-1. All that stood between them and a one-goal game was Crimson defender Peter Hafner … Read more

All the effort Union put into getting home ice for the first round of the ECAC hockey tournament was wasted Friday night. Ninth-seeded Clarkson, which missed out on hosting by one point, felt right at home at Messa Rink at Achilles Center. The Golden Knights used a three-goal second period to rout the eighth-seeded Dutchmen, … Read more

It was a game Air Force needed to win and a game Wayne State couldn’t afford to lose. Both happened as the visiting Falcons took a 6-4 win in front of a sparse crowd at the Compuware Sports Arena. Mike Knaeble scored twice for Air Force (13-20-2, 5-13-1 CHA) and Mike Polidor made 32 saves … Read more

For the third consecutive year, the SUNYAC finals consist of Oswego and Plattsburgh. For the first time in those three years, the home team won the first game as Plattsburgh defeated the Lakers, 4-3, in overtime. Paul Kelly, with a drive from the left faceoff circle, won the game for Plattsburgh at 3:39 of the … Read more

Five-on-five, St. Cloud State outscored top-ranked Minnesota 1-0. Unfortunately for the Huskies, it was the three goals that the nation’s best power play scored that spelled the difference in Minnesota leaving the National Hockey Center with a 3-1 win Friday afternoon. With a 26.1 percent efficiency and two of the nation’s top five power-play goal-scorers, … Read more

According to Stace Page, scoring the game winner in overtime of the game between Yale and St. Lawrence — a goal which gave the Saints their first overtime victory since November 2001 and ended the longest home game in Yale history — was really quite simple. “The puck just found me,” said Page, whose tip-in … Read more

WCHA play began Friday night without any team cemented in its position in the league standings. All that began to change, finally, as Friday night ended. The game between Wisconsin and Minnesota-Duluth helped solidify the top three spots as the two teams skated to a 2-2 draw at the Kohl Center. The game had a … Read more

It was a wild and crazy game between Michigan State and Michigan Friday night. Wolverine junior forward Jason Ryznar scored with 1:18 left in the third period to send the game into overtime, forcing a 4-4 tie. Down 3-1 at one point, and 3-2 entering the third, the Spartans scored three consecutive goals to take … Read more

On senior night, Denver’s senior captain finally struck gold. Playing his final regular season home game, Ryan Caldwell’s power-play goal with 3:27 remaining lifted Denver to a 3-2, penalty-laden win over Colorado College. Denver’s win streak now stands at five and the Pioneers are unbeaten in their last nine. Denver (23-10-5, 13-10-5 WCHA) had clinched … Read more