Four Unanswered Goals Lifts Cornell Into 2nd Place

For the team that has uncharacteristically struggled much of the year at home, leave it to Cornell to be the only home team to win an ECAC game Friday night. The Big Red’s 4-1 victory over St. Lawrence tightened the standings tighter than a pack of sardines, leaving five teams separated by three points at … Read more

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Findlay Still Has Life

Findlay served notice Friday, by means of a 6-2 thumping of Niagara, that while the program faces certain extinction at season’s end, there’s still plenty of life left in the Oilers. And that makes this scorned team from Ohio a particularly dangerous bunch down the stretch and a force to be reckoned with in Kearney, … Read more

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Denver Pulls Within Two Points Of Minnesota

Connor James had two goals and Brett Skinner added a goal and two assists as the Denver Pioneers (20-10-5, 10-10-5) broke open a tight game in the third period and beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 6-2 Friday night. With the home victory, the Pioneers pulled within two points of the fifth-place Gophers and kept alive … Read more

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Bemidji State One Step From Clinching CHA

The first career hat trick from sophomore Ryan Huddy highlighted a remarkable 12-point night from Bemidji State’s third line of forwards as the Beavers posted a 7-4 victory over the Air Force Falcons in College Hockey America play. Huddy kicked off his career performance by scoring the game’s first goal at 8:49 of the first … Read more

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Fairbanks Nips No-Name Mavericks, 1-0

The fish hit the ice early for Nebraska-Omaha, breaking a scoring drought of more than seven periods with a goal just 26 seconds into the game. Or so everyone at the Qwest Center Omaha thought. The light came on but the goal was waved off. The fish went back in the cooler and the Mavs … Read more

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Clarkson Shuts Out Colgate

The majority of the Clarkson roster have never heard the sound of the horn at Starr Rink. With a 1-0 toppling of Colgate on Friday night, the Golden Knights extended their shutout streak in Hamilton to 188 minutes and leap-frogged St. Lawrence for eighth in the ECAC. Clarkson netminder Dustin Traylen played the role of … Read more

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CC Pounds St. Cloud

All the Colorado College Tigers want is a chance, and they might have started to give themselves one tonight. Colorado College came in to St. Cloud looking for some points, and apparently they looked in the right places. They found two to put in the WCHA standings and 18 for the scorebook. Tyler Liebel and … Read more

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North Dakota Starts Early, Never Looks Back

North Dakota wasn’t intimidated Friday night at the DECC. Not by the largest Minnesota-Duluth men’s hockey crowd of the season. Not by a 14-game UMD school-record unbeaten streak. Not by a 12-game Western Collegiate Hockey Association unbeaten streak. Not by an 11-game home win streak. North Dakota scored 57 seconds into the game and never … Read more

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Army Blitzes Connecticut

Army scored four unanswered goals and Connecticut could not recover the Black Knights took a 5-2 decision on Friday evening at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs, Conn. With the loss UConn slips to 10-15-7 overall, 7-10-5 in AHA. Army improves to 8-14-3 on the season, 6-12-3 in the loop. The loss also snaps the … Read more

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UML Upsets Maine

Sophomore John Yaros made a total of 37 saves, garnering the game’s first star, while senior Jerramie Domish notched the game-winning goal and added an assist as Mass.-Lowell upset No. 3 Maine 3-2 Friday evening in front of 2,751 fans at Tsongas Arena in Hockey East action. The win gives UML (9-20-6, 6-11-4 HE) its … Read more

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MTU Moves Into Ninth Place

While things didn’t get much clearer in the WCHA playoff picture tonight, one thing was clear when Friday night’s Michigan Tech-Minnesota State Mankato game ended. The Huskies, with their 4-3 victory, had moved past the Mavericks and into ninth-place in the league standings. “It was a good win,” said Tech head coach Jamie Russell. “We … Read more

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Union Takes Out Yale

With his team leading 2-1 early in the third period, Union’s Jordan Webb skated in alone on Yale goalie Josh Gartner, went left, and took a penalty shot on the sophomore goalie. Gartner stuffed the puck stick side, pumping his fist in celebration as a sellout Ingalls Rink exploded. It was a play that, in … Read more

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Quinnipiac Goes Forward With New Arena Plans

Quinnipiac University is going ahead with a $25 million basketball and hockey facility, according to the Hamden (Ct.) Chronicle. The zoning for the project was approved this month by the planning and zoning commission of Hamden. Among the conditions for approval, the school must ensure it will enhance the proposal for the road system around … Read more

D-III Chair Excited About Predetermined Sites

The chairman of the Division III men’s ice hockey committee hopes the tournament will get better exposure when it’s played at a predetermined site in 2006, and the committee is looking for facilities that can seat between 3,000 and 4,000 spectators. “The hope is that by putting it in a larger venue and giving that … Read more

This Week in the ECAC: Feb. 26, 2004

With the final weekend of the regular season up next, the ECAC is as turbulent as ever. Four teams could win the title, and 11th-place Union could still earn home ice in the first round of the playoffs. Also: goaltending, long the league’s signature, is strong once again, notes Juan Martinez.

Holy Cross Needs Just One Goal to Down AIC

American International did something that no team had done to Holy Cross in eight games: it held it to one goal. But senior Jeff Dams’ strike with 21 seconds left in the first period was all Holy Cross needed to hold off the Yellow Jackets. With their 1-0 victory, the Crusaders moved within one point … Read more

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Wolverines Down Falcons In Spirited Contest

Michigan and Bowling Green played a decidedly closer game Saturday than Friday’s high-scoring contest. The CCHA-leading Wolverines won 5-2, but it was a one-goal game for much of the night, until Michigan broke it open in the second half of the third period. “It was a real spirited game,” Bowling Green coach Scott Paluch said. … Read more

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Buckeyes Rebound For Split With Broncos

After suffering a spectacular third-period collapse on Friday night, Ohio State was all business on Saturday, downing Western Michigan 5-1. Buckeye goaltender Mike Betz had a near-perfect night, turning away 29 of 30 shots. The OSU special teams in front of Betz were spectacular as well; the Buckeyes killed eight of nine Bronco power plays. … Read more

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Fabian’s Firsts Pace Sioux in Sweep

North Dakota freshman Erik Fabian enjoyed his first goal so much, he decided to make goal-scoring a habit. Fabian notched the first three goals of his young collegiate career, and added an assist as No. 2 UND defeated Minnesota State 10-1 to earn the weekend sweep. Drew Stafford also had a four-point night, and Brad … Read more

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Bruckler Notches Shutout, Puts Badgers Into Sole Third

Wisconsin goalie Bernd Bruckler came into Saturday with just one shutout in his 71-game career, in his first collegiate game two seasons ago. Bruckler picked a great time — for Wisconsin at least — to end that streak. The 3-0 victory over St. Cloud State Saturday evening gave the Badgers sole possession of third place … Read more

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