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St. Cloud State’s record run to the WCHA Final Five was obliterated Sunday night at the DECC. Minnesota-Duluth defeated the Huskies 7-3 in the deciding game of a best-of-three first-round playoff series before 3,048 fans. Instead of St. Cloud State adding to its league record of seven straight trips to the WCHA Final Five, UMD … Read more

Dartmouth scored four unanswered goals to overcome an early 2-1 deficit and beat Colgate in the rubber match of the ECAC quarterfinals. After the Raiders emerged victorious in Friday night’s four-overtime affair, the Big Green mustered up the strength to take the last two. “We’re doing simple things and doing them well,” Dartmouth head coach … Read more

In a game that was much closer than the final 4-0 score indicated — thanks to two empty-net goals at the end — Yann Danis’ stellar goaltending (35 saves) led Brown to victory in the decisive game of the ECAC Quarterfinals at Ingalls Rink. The Bears won the first and final games of the three-game … Read more

An overtime goal off the stick of Myles Kuharski prevented the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers from facing the Wayne State Warriors for the third year a row in the finals of the College Hockey America tournament, as Bemidji State defeated the Chargers 2-1 in overtime at the Tri-City Arena. The Beavers came in with ample experience in … Read more

Dominick Dawes scored the game winning goal at the 13:54 mark of the third period as Norwich rallied from a three-goal deficit to win 5-4 over Trinity in the NCAA quarterfinals at Kreitzberg Arena on Saturday night. Dawes poked home the rebound of a Paul Mattucci shot to give Norwich the lead for the first … Read more

Just call North Dakota coach Dean Blais the Gambler. With 3:22 left in the game and his team on the power play trailing 2-1, Blais pulled goalie Jake Brandt for a 6-on-4 advantage. “We’d scored only one goal last night and one goal tonight,” Blais said. “What the hell do you have to lose? So … Read more

Rensselaer gave its all in its ECAC tournament quarterfinal-round series against Cornell. But the talent of the Big Red proved to be too much for the Engineers to overcome. Cornell got goals from all of its forward lines, and goalie David LeNeveu increased his team record for shutouts with his eight as the top-seeded Big … Read more

Notre Dame goaltender Morgan Cey picked a fine time to notch his first shutout of the season. All that was at stake was the season for the Irish, who went into Saturday’s playoff game versus Miami down a game in the best-of-three series. The sophomore goaltender came up big with 37 saves on the night … Read more

Championship week took on new meaning at Holy Cross this past week, and Saturday night’s opening round matchup between the third-seeded Crusaders and number-six Army continued the electrifying experience. Holy Cross’ 3-2 victory, thanks to freshman Tyler McGregor’s goal with 1:54 to play in regulation, vaulted the Crusaders into their first trip back to the … Read more

St. Cloud State faced do-or-die Saturday night in its Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series with Minnesota Duluth before 4,420 at the DECC. In fact, it was do-or-die times two. The Huskies, who lost Friday, not only needed a victory to keep alive their WCHA playoff hopes, more importantly their hopes for an NCAA tournament … Read more

Ferris State is playing more like a team on a mission than an underdog team with no playoff experience. The Bulldogs 6-1 victory over Lake Superior State Saturday night was just a step toward a new goal, a CCHA playoff championship. Bulldog Mike Brown was stellar in net for a second night. (Photos: Christopher Brian … Read more

One night after a poor performance by its special teams, Colorado College responded in a big way on Saturday. The top-ranked Tigers converted on their first three power-play opportunities and dominated from the outset in blanking Alaska-Anchorage, 4-1, to sweep their best-of-three playoff series. Colorado College, now 28-5-5 on the season, advances to the WCHA … Read more

The second-seeded Quinnipiac Bobcats hosted the seventh-seeded Canisius Griffs Saturday evening at the Northford Ice Pavilion in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament. In a very close contest the Bobcats squeaked out a 3-2 victory to move on to the semifinals next weekend at West Point. The Bobcats had to battle back in the game … Read more

The good news for Alaska Fairbanks was that it allowed eight fewer goals on Saturday than on Friday. The bad news was the Nanooks couldn’t muster any more goals themselves and as a result, were eliminated by No. 15 Michigan State two games to none in a first-round CCHA playoff series. Sophomore Lee Falardeau, senior … Read more

What started as a club team in 1967 ended on March 15, 2002, as the Iona hockey program came to an end in a 5-4 loss at Mercyhurst. The Lakers (20-12-2) advance to their fourth consecutive MAAC semifinal and will play Bentley in the 5 p.m. game on March 21, 2003. One week ago Iona … Read more

Middlebury scored three unanswered goals in the third period on its way to a 5-1 win over Elmira in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament Saturday. The Panthers will take on Oswego next week, while Norwich meets St. Norbert in the other semifinal. The site of the championship will be announced on Sunday afternoon. Middlebury … Read more

His team’s quarterfinal sweep of Vermont complete and its trip to Albany assured, Mark Mazzoleni was satisfied. “I thought we were outstanding tonight,” said the Harvard coach after watching his team defeat UVM, 5-1, before 1,517 at Bright Hockey Center on Saturday night to sweep the Catamounts and advance to the ECAC semifinals for the … Read more

Yale captain Denis Nam could not even watch his game-winning goal sail into the back of the net. But every other set of eyes at a sold-out Ingalls Rink saw the Bulldogs take their first lead of the series. With 6:22 left in the third period, Yale went ahead 2-1 and held on to tie … Read more