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Paul Caponigri led the Buckeyes with three goals, the squad’s first hat trick in 129 games, and Ohio State beat Northern Michigan, 6-1, Saturday at the Berry Events Center to split the teams’ weekend series. In the first period, Caponigri got the Buckeyes on the board at 5:59 with an unassisted goal. He picked up … Read more

This year’s Cornell team may be far removed from last season’s defensive juggernaut, but the Big Red made up for it with an offensive outburst against Yale. Putting the game out of reach with a three-goal second period, Cornell overpowered the Bulldogs, 6-2 in each team’s first ECAC contest of the season at a sold-out … Read more

In a high-scoring, but sloppy game that featured four ties and five lead changes, the Harvard Crimson defeated the Vermont Catamounts in UVM’s ECAC-opener, 6-4. With the win, the Crimson improved to 1-1-0 on the season, and rebounded from last week’s upset loss to Brown. Harvard started the contest’s scoring on the first ever career … Read more

Mercyhurst’s David Wrigley beamed a smile that extended from ear to ear as he left the locker room at the Mercyhurst Ice Center on Friday. Wrigley had every reason to smile. His hat trick plus one — four goals in all — led Mercyhurst to a 7-2 victory over Army in the Lakers’ Atlantic Hockey … Read more

Playing at home for the first time since early October, Miami (4-5-2) made the hometown fans sweat as it scored three times in the final period to topple visiting Alabama-Huntsville (3-2-0), 4-2, in Goggin Ice Arena on Friday night. The RedHawks had not won a game when trailing after two periods since a 4-3 victory … Read more

Friday night’s game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish involved teams so closely matched their similarities are worth noting. The Fighting Irish came into the first of two contests with a four-game winning streak. So did the Spartans. The Spartans have a red-hot freshman goaltender (Dominic Vicari) competing with red-hot … Read more

The Bowling Green Falcons (3-4-2, 2-3-1 CCHA) ran their unbeaten streak to four games by downing the Purple Eagles of Niagara (2-4-0, 1-1 CHA), 4-2 at the BG Ice Arena on Friday night. The unbeaten streak is the longest for the Falcons since March of 2001. “Both teams were counterpunching pretty well,” said Falcon head … Read more

The streak is over. With a 7-1 win over Lake Superior State on Friday night at Qwest Center Omaha, Nebraska-Omaha snapped a 14-game winless streak that dated back to Feb. 21. Freshman Scott Parse added to his team scoring lead with two goals and, like much of the rest of the team, was smiling broadly … Read more

Any question as to whether Northern Michigan could handle the top team in the CCHA was answered Friday night as the Wildcats edged the No. 14 Ohio State Buckeyes, 2-1, at the Berry Events Center. “I saw signs of growth tonight; it’s one of the first times I can say that,” said NMU head coach … Read more

North Dakota forward Brandon Bochenski’s nine-game goal-scoring funk against Minnesota ended in grand style as the second-ranked Sioux skated to a 7-3 victory over the Golden Gophers Friday night. In nine career games against Minnesota, UND’s junior forward and leading goal-scorer had a mere three assists. But Friday night, Bochenski scored his first-ever goal against … Read more

DU: Denver Dominates A Young Tiger Team By: Skye McFarlane The Colorado College Tigers (5-1-1) dropped their first game of the season to archrival Denver (6-1-0) 5-2, in a contest filled with strange bounces and missed opportunities for both teams. With a Thunderstix-filled crowd at its back, Colorado College came out firing. As the Tigerspressured … Read more

Lee Stempniak’s three goals were all the offense Dartmouth needed to down Brown 3-1 Friday night. Junior goaltender Dan Yacey was also a key to the victory, as he made 23 saves to give the Big Green a win in its ECAC opener in front of a spirited Thomson Arena crowd. The hat trick was … Read more

Air Force scored two third-period goals to defeat Bentley, 4-3, in a non-conference game at the John Ryan Arena. Air Force snapped its two-game losing streak and improved to 5-4 overall this season. Bentley fell to 1-4-1. “We played OK tonight, but I don’t think we played as well as we can,” head coach Frank … Read more

Brett Smith has always been a strong role-player at Ferris State. Friday, he gave the Bulldogs his biggest goal this season, tipping a shot from Jeff Legue at 2:52 of overtime to clinch a 6-5 victory over Michigan. “In the past, Brett has never had the opportunity to play on the power play where a … Read more

A seemingly comfortable three-goal third-period lead for Union over St. Lawrence suddenly turned into a one-goal game. And the Saints were pressing for the tying goal. But they never got the equalizer Friday night. Goalie Kris Mayotte made two key stops after the Saints cut the Dutchmen’s lead, helping them hold on for a 4-3 … Read more

Connecticut overcame losing a lead with just two seconds remaining in the third period, and received the game-winner from freshman William Magnuson, who scored his first career goal in overtime to give the Huskies a 4-3 victory over Canisius at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The win was the Huskies’ first in Atlantic Hockey Association … Read more

Dusty Sedars Late Surge Powers Mavericks It took a little of last year’s magic for Minnesota State to gain its first conference win of the season. After six come-from-behind wins in the third period last year, the Mavericks (2-4-1, 1-2-0 WCHA) replicated that formula to overcome a 2-1 deficit in the third and defeat Alaska-Anchorage, … Read more

Matt Froehlich’s game winning goal at the 12:12 mark of the third period provided enough for Quinnipiac to sneak past Sacred Heart 5-4 in Atlantic Hockey action at the Northford Ice Pavilion Friday. The Pioneers opened the scoring after Quinnipiac failed on the power play just under two minutes into the game. After the penalty … Read more

Long ago, the Moody Blues penned a song called “You Can Never Go Home,” but St. Cloud State junior goaltender Adam Coole proved that wrong by returning to Duluth to defeat his former team, 3-2. Coole was named player of the game — not bad for a guy cut by Minnesota-Duluth after the 2002 season. … Read more