Site AdministratorQuinnipiac earned an historic victory Saturday night, as Matt Craig scored two goals, the second the game-winner, as the Bobcats beat Merrimack 3-2 to record Atlantic Hockey’s first-ever win over a Hockey East opponent. Coming into Saturday, Hockey East had been 40-0-5 against the AHA, including its formative years as the Metro Atlantic conference’s hockey … Read more
Saturday, it was clear early that Brown was on its way to another easy win at home. Junior Brent Robinson and freshmen Sean Dersch and Brian Ihnacak each scored a pair of goals in front of Yann Danis’ 11th career shutout to pave the way to an 8-0 lambasting of St. Lawrence. “I thought we … Read more
It may not have been the win the giant killers have become accustomed to, but for Mercyhurst, it might as well have been one. Already with nonleague wins at Ohio State and Western Michigan this season — Atlantic Hockey’s only nonleague wins against ‘Big 4’ teams — the Lakers notched another on their belt Saturday, … Read more
Senior co-captain Steve Saviano scored two goals and junior linemate Justin Aikins added to his team-leading point total with the game-winning goal, as No. 4 New Hampshire came from behind in the third period to defeat Rensselaer, 4-3, at the Whittemore Center. The goal was Aikins’ fifth of the season. He also recorded his 15th … Read more
Michigan State’s lack of discipline is beginning to hurt where it counts most — the scoreboard. Such was the case in the 2-1 overtime victory for Wisconsin Saturday night. A penalty on Spartan junior forward Ash Goldie for tripping with 48 seconds left in the third period with the game tied at one apiece ended … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha finally pulled out of its Saturday funk. Kind of. On a third period goal by David Morelli, UNO pulled out a 1-1 tie against Massachusetts at Qwest Center Omaha. The tie came on the heels of a 7-2 Maverick win the night before. Despite the No. 7 Minutemen carrying much of the play for … Read more
If a single word could describe Western Michigan’s season to date, it would have to be “inconsistent.” After defeating Colgate 4-1 on Friday night, the Broncos fell to the Raiders by a 4-1 margin Saturday. The Raiders received goals from four different players on the night, including the first career tallies by forward Anthony Masotto … Read more
History was made at the Bright Hockey Center tonight, but this particular record was one Harvard could have done without. Riding a three-game win streak, the Crimson (4-3-1, 3-3-1 ECAC) was shut out for the first time in its history against the Golden Knights (6-4-3, 3-3-1), losing 3-0. Harvard’s defeat came a night after it … Read more
Jeff Tambellini lay face down near the blueline as the clock wound down Saturday. The Michigan sophomore knew Minnesota’s Barry Tallackson was putting the game away with an empty-netter, and Tambellini didn’t want to watch. The goal gave the Golden Gophers a 4-2 victory in a hard-fought College Hockey Showcase game. Minnesota (6-7-1 overall, 3-6-1 … Read more
Late Friday, deep inside the National Hockey Center, Alaska-Anchorage head coach John Hill pondered which direction his team was heading after getting roughed up 5-1 by eighth-ranked St. Cloud State earlier that night. Would they respond by trying to make immediate changes towards improvement, he asked? Or would they fold up and find a nice … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3-2, 7-3-2 CCHA scored three goals in the third period, including two from senior center Rob Globke, as they handed the Northern Michigan Wildcats (5-7-0, 4-6-0 CCHA) their fourth loss in five games, 4-2. The win by the Irish stretches their unbeaten streak to six, and keeps them in a … Read more
Perhaps St. Cloud State didn’t get enough turkey to eat on Thursday. And if that’s the case, hopefully for their sake they didn’t eat too much on Friday. The eighth ranked Huskies feasted on Alaska-Anchorage Friday night at the National Hockey Center, erupting for five first period goals en route to a 5-1 WCHA win … Read more
What a week. No sooner had we returned from a weekend road trip of hockey that we found ourselves back at the rink two days later as Harvard and Boston University squared off. Back on the road the next day, it was time for Thanksgiving. This year, it included friends, family and more food than … Read more
Brown relied on its dominant power play and great goaltending on the way to a 4-1 win to improve to 5-1-1 overall and grab the lead in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Clarkson, despite outshooting the host Bears 32-27, failed to beat Brown’s Yann Danis on a number of good chances. Danis was spectacular again, … Read more
Just as the leftover turkey and stuffing began to settle in it was time to hit the ice. Western Michigan and Colgate did just that as the Broncos downed the Raiders 4-1 on Friday night. The Broncos improved to .500 for the first time in over a month behind 23 Scott Foster saves and a … Read more
In a matchup between the nationally ranked Harvard Crimson (4-2-1, 3-2-1 ECAC) and the struggling St. Lawrence Saints (3-9-3, 2-4-0), few people expected the score to be knotted at nothing after the first period. But Crimson coach Mark Mazzoleni was not surprised about the nature of Harvard’s 3-0 win. “It was the exact type of … Read more
Wisconsin stretched its unbeaten streak to nine games Friday with a 3-1 victory over Michigan that ranked as one of the biggest wins in the program’s recent history. It was the first time Wisconsin (7-3-3 overall, 3-2-3 WCHA) beat Michigan (9-4-0 overall, 5-3-0 CCHA) since 1993, the inaugural year of the annual College Hockey Showcase. … Read more
Down 2-1 in the final period, Ferris State had to look no further than its captain. With time winding down, Ferris State’s pressure paid off as Derrick McIver got a partial breakaway, and with a Niagara defender all over him, McIver chipped the puck off the post, but McIver’s stick was there to tip it … Read more
Rensselaer junior Andrew Martin made 24 saves in his first appearance in net this season, while sophomore Kirk MacDonald buried the game-winner at 9:35 of the second as the Engineers outmaneuvered UMass Lowell Friday evening at the Tsongas Arena in front of 2,373 fans. “It was a hard fought battle,” said Engineer bench boss Dan … Read more
There was no Thanksgiving hangover for Nebraska-Omaha Friday night. In front of 7,901 at Qwest Center Omaha, the Mavericks pounded away at No.7 Massachusetts and came away with a 7-2 upset, snapping an 11-game non-conference unbeaten streak for the Minutemen. UMass-Amherst played just last Tuesday in a tough game against Vermont, but Minutemen head coach … Read more