Site AdministratorBuddy Powers has left his position as men’s coach at Wesleyan due to family reasons. Powers took the job in May, succeeding 32-year head coach Dave Snyder, who retired at the end of the 2002-03 season. Powers, a 1975 graduate of Boston University, has also served as head coach at RIT, Rensselaer and Bowling Green. … Read more
Boston College senior defenseman J.D. Forrest missed his team’s opening game of the season at Vermont and is out indefinitely pending resolution of an unspecified academic eligibility issue. Forrest, a second-team All-American and Hockey East All-Star last season, is not expected back at least until the team’s fourth game of the season and possibly longer. … Read more
Matthew Kennedy has been chosen to take the reins of the Neumann women’s hockey program. The announcement was made by Director of Athletics Chuck Sack. Kennedy, a 2001 graduate of the school, played for the Neumann men for two seasons after transferring from Mohawk Valley Community College where he was a Junior College All-American. He … Read more
The official colors of the University of Nebraska at Omaha may be crimson and black, but green may be a better color to describe the Maverick hockey team. After scoring the first goal of the game, the University of Manitoba came back and scored a goal in both the first and second periods and three … Read more
Michigan State freshman Tommy Goebel showed his rookie teammates how to put the puck in the back of the net Sunday afternoon at Munn Arena, as three of the six Spartan goals against the Windsor Lancers belonged to him. Unfortunately for Goebel, the 6-0 win was only an exhibition, so the natural hat trick doesn’t … Read more
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs picked up right where they left off last season with a knockdown, drag-out fight — literally. But unlike last season when the Sioux went 0-2-1 against the Bulldogs, UND came from behind — scoring two goals in the third period — for a 3-2 victory in … Read more
Ferris State had a strong performance against Windsor on Saturday night in a 6-0 exhibition victory. Mark Bomersback had three assists while linemate Jeff Legue had two goals and Derek Nesbitt had a goal and an assist. Legue got the scoring started with a wraparound goal in the first period at 4:54 to make it … Read more
Penalties were the key to the game as the Western Michigan Broncos opened with a 6-2 victory over Western Ontario on Saturday night. 1,950 fans were in attendance at Lawson Arena to see a game that featured 192 total penalty minutes. Seven of the eight goals were tallied on the power play. Senior center Paul … Read more
Providence scored just 14 seconds into the game and never looked back as it defeated St. Thomas, 5-1, in an exhibition game at Schneider Arena. The Friars jumped out to a quick lead when senior Cody Loughlean chipped in a shot. Freshman Tony Zancanaro increased the Friar lead to 2-0 at the 5:11 mark as … Read more
Sophomore Bobby Robins scored two goals to lead the Mass.-Lowell Riverhawks past St. Francis Xavier Saturday evening in an exhibition matchup in front of 1,036 fans at Tsongas Arena. “They’re a good hockey club, they were one of the top teams in Canada last season,” said head coach Blaise MacDonald. “They’re older, physically mature, and … Read more
Dave Steckel scored two goals, including the game winner, to lead No. 14 Ohio State to a 5-3 win over Miami in the consolation game of the Lefty McFadden Invitational at the E.J. Nutter Center Saturday. Paul Caponigri chipped in a goal and an assist, while Nate Guenin had two helpers. In the first period, … Read more
It was only an exhibition, but the Quinnipiac Bobcats showed explosiveness against the University of Ottawa after falling behind to win 5-1. Two early penalties against the Bobcats to Craig Falite and Joe Testa gave the Gee Gee’s a man-advantage and they capitalized. Ottawa’s Dylan Bliss picked up the puck deep in the Bobcats zone, … Read more
Al Montoya is in goal. Eric Werner is scoring. And Michigan’s freshmen are, so far, living up to the hype. All of that added up to a 5-3 Wolverines victory over Mercyhurst Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Montoya, who toyed with the courtship of major juniors, stopped 23 of 26 shots. … Read more
Minnesota State received a double dose of bad news after a pair of veteran defensemen, Matt Paluczak and Jon Dubel, appeared likely to miss the entire 2003-04 season due to injury, according to the Mankato Free Press. Paluczak, a senior alternate captain for the Mavericks, had surgery in the spring for a shoulder injury that … Read more
Boston College’s Tony Voce netted a hat trick to lead the No. 3 Eagles past the Vermont Catamounts 5-3, Saturday afternoon. BC took a 4-0 lead deep into the third period only to have the Cats battle back to make it interesting with three goals in a five-minute span. BC jumped out to a 1-0 … Read more
Junior Jeff Drummond scored one goal and added an assist, and senior Adam Berkhoel made 24 saves to lead the No. 13 Denver Pioneers to a 3-0 win over St. Lawrence in the championship game at the Lefty McFadden Invitational. Junior Kevin Ulanski added two assists. Drummond, named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was joined … Read more
Tim Reidy and Marco Rosa each scored two goals to lead Merrimack to a 5-3 exhibition win over defending Atlantic University Sport regular season champion [nl]St. Thomas University of New Brunswick at the Lawler Arena. It was the first intercollegiate action for both teams. Rosa added an assist for a three-point night, and Steve Crusco, … Read more
Massachusetts jumped out to a 2-1 lead midway through the first period, but couldn’t hold the lead and St. Francis Xavier scored the last six goals of the game to defeat the Minutemen, 7-2, in their only exhibition game of the season. St. Francis Xavier led 1-0 just 2:27 into the game, but freshman Kevin … Read more
Junior Jeff Drummond scored two goals and junior Jon Foster added a goal and an assist to lead the No. 13 Denver Pioneers to a 5-2 win over No. 14 Ohio State in their season-opening game Friday at the Lefty McFadden Invitational. Junior Kevin Ulanski added two assists and senior goaltender Adam Berkhoel made 23 … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish started and ended their preseason with a 5-3 win over the Western Ontario Mustangs Friday night at the Joyce Center. The Irish got goals from five different players in the victory and solid goaltending from sophomore Rory Walsh and freshman David Brown as the duo combined to turn away 33 … Read more