Site AdministratorA superb defensive effort and a counterattacking offense led No. 5 St. Lawrence past No. 1 Dartmouth, 3-0, Friday at Thompson Arena. The Big Green (17-3-2, 9-1-1 ECAC) has lost consecutive games for the first time since January 10-11, 2003. St. Lawrence (19-5-1, 10-1-0) jumped ahead of Dartmouth for first place in the ECAC by … Read more
With six games to go in the regular season, the ECAC is as much a jumble as usual — and Union, after a brutal midseason stretch, is doing its best to make the final standings a puzzle. Also: Juan Martinez rounds up the news of the week, and offers a salute to a certain St. Lawrence fixture.
“I think we have a better chance of beating Holy Cross or Mercyhurst than we do the six, seven or eight team in our league, because the guys get more fired up to beat them,” said Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold. American International wasn’t wearing green or purple, but wore its road black uniforms and … Read more
Four-time nominee Angela Ruggiero of Harvard, Division I scoring leader Caroline Ouellette of Minnesota-Duluth, and the nation’s leader in save percentage, Northeastern goaltender Chanda Gunn, are among 10 nominees announced Monday for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the most outstanding player in women’s college hockey. Three finalists, as well as the recipient, … Read more
New Hampshire goaltender Mike Ayers, winner of last year’s award, and three-time nominee Ben Eaves of Boston College were among 14 semifinalists named Monday for the 52nd Walter [nl]Brown Award, presented annually by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston to the top American-born player in [nl]New England. Eleven Hockey East players and three from the … Read more
Playing in front of a crowd that redefined the word “sparse,” the Harvard Crimson and Northeastern Huskies waged what has become their annual battle in the consolation game of the Beanpot. Monday’s contest marked the fourth time in five years that the teams have met at 5 p.m. on the second Monday of February; this … Read more
The Brothers Eaves’ fairy tale at Boston College hasn’t always been the stuff of storybooks. Ben and Patrick, they of the impeccable hockey pedigree, have played with one another at The Heights for the last two seasons, though not as often as they’d like. Patrick missed 20 games last season with a neck injury and … Read more
Senior Peter Zingoni tallied twice while classmate Cody Loughlean added a goal and two assists to lead all scorers as Providence built a 3-0 lead before finally coming away with a 4-2 decision Sunday afternoon in Hockey East action in front of 2,542 fans at the Tsongas Arena. “We started the game really well, getting … Read more
Niagara shouldered the burden of high expectations this weekend in convincing fashion, defeating Wayne State by a 3-0 margin and earning its first four-game sweep of the Warriors in school history. Saturday’s stat sheet did not reveal the entire story of Niagara’s dominance. Missing from the numbers was the Purple Eagles’ ability to come out … Read more
Minnesota State goalie Jon Volp got the confidence he needed Saturday night. Minnesota-Duluth got the point it needed. The Mavericks (6-17-5, 5-13-4 WCHA) and Bulldogs skated to a hard-fought 2-2 tie in front of 4,199 fans in Mankato. With a North Dakota loss in Wisconsin, the No. 6 Bulldogs (18-8-3, 14-5-1 WCHA) pulled into a … Read more
The winter blizzard that postponed Middlebury’s game on Friday versus Amherst cleared out just in time to allow the Hamilton Continentals to travel north and lose in a battle against the No. 3 Panthers. Marc Scheuer (8-1) made 10 saves to earn the shutout while Evgeny Saidachev chipped in with a goal and an assist … Read more
Sacred Heart completed a weekend sweep of Mercyhust with a 5-2 win on Saturday evening at the Milford Ice Pavilion. Pierre-Luc O’Brien scored two goals and added an assist as the Pioneers extended their winning streak to four games. The Lakers jumped out to a 1-0 first-period lead with 2:48 remaining on Kyle Gourgon’s eighth … Read more
The Wisconsin Badgers, fresh off an epic 4-3 win on Friday night, came back Saturday and completed the sweep of No. 1 North Dakota, 5-2, capping off one of the biggest weekends for Wisconsin hockey in recent memory. “We are for real; we’re not a joke. We’d been looking forward to this series for a … Read more
After dropping a 3-2 match to third-place Quinnipiac Friday night, you might say Canisius was a little tired; but to have to turn around and play first-place Holy Cross just 15 hours later, you might argue they were exhausted. So, with back-to-back road games, Canisius was more than happy to come out of Saturday’s matinee … Read more
If ever there was a time for Western Michigan to prove why it deserves to be in Kalamazoo for the first round of CCHA playoffs, that time was Saturday night. After dropping a tough 3-2 loss Friday night, the Broncos rebounded Saturday and throttled the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 6-2, at the Berry Events Center. WMU … Read more
Saturday night, it took 27 seconds for Ohio State to get the game winning goal. Dan Knapp made sure the Buckeye scoring didn’t stop there. Knapp notched a hat trick, scoring in the game’s first minute to stake OSU to a lead it never relinquished as the Buckeys shut out Ferris State 6-0. With the … Read more
Justin Aikins scored with just 41 seconds left in overtime to give No. 10 New Hampshire a thrilling victory over No. 14 Massachusetts, 3-2, in front of a packed house at the Whittemore Center. Aikins was planted at the doorstep as the puck came right out in front of him off a rebound of a … Read more
Thursday night, there were eleven goals scored in the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Lake Superior State Lakers in Sault Ste. Marie. Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena, there were three. And two of them belonged to the Spartans, which was enough for a 2-1 victory. Spartan junior captain Jim Slater scored … Read more
In a quest to avenge a 4-2 loss to Cornell the night prior and a 2-1 defeat to Colgate two weeks ago, Dartmouth came up just short, skating to a 3-3 tie with the Raiders at Thompson Arena on Saturday. The Big Green controlled much of the play throughout the night, out-shooting their opponent 50-30. … Read more
With Brown holding on to a 2-1 lead during the second intermission of its game against the Yale Bulldogs, one shout in the Bears’ locker room stuck out over the din: “Get better with every shift!” That’s exactly what the Bears did. After a subpar first period, the Bears bettered their play over the course … Read more