Site AdministratorNo. 6 Minnesota rolled to a 3-0 lead and held onto a 3-1 victory against Michigan Tech in the first round of the WCHA playoffs at Mariucci Arena Friday night. Minnesota started fast, scoring at 1:51 of the opening stanza on the first shot of the game. Freshman Andy Sertich scored his fifth goal of … Read more
Brock Becker decided to give his coach the perfect gift: the game-winning goal in the first game of the playoffs. The freshman broke a 1-1 tie with 7:35 left and lifted Minnesota State to a 2-1 victory against Wisconsin. MSU coach Troy Jutting, who turned 39 Friday, picked up his first playoff victory in his … Read more
The ECAC’s new playoff format produced a few surprises last weekend; are more in store in the quarterfinals? Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy preview the weekend’s action.
Regular-season champion Ferris State put five players on the 2002-03 CCHA all-conference teams, while Michigan State enjoyed three first-team picks as the Bulldogs and Spartans dominated the league’s selections. FSU’s Chris Kunitz was an All-CCHA first-teamer for the second time (photo: Christopher Brian Dudek). The troika of Spartans marked the third time the Spartans have … Read more
With the expansion of the NCAA tournament to 16 teams this year, even knowledgeable people around college hockey have been thrown into confusion about the new seeding process. And since the NCAA has publicized its new guidelines for seeding, here is a second peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament would look like … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha says goodbye to a building that’s treated it well in the program’s fledgling years.
Harvard advanced to the ECAC Semifinals with a pair of wins over Cornell, and stays first in both the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR). Harvard will face Brown, which upset No. 8 St. Lawrence in three games this weekend. Minnesota-Duluth finished at No. 2 in both … Read more
With a triumphant sweep over in-state rival Denver, Colorado College captured the majority of the first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Tigers finished first with 593 points and enters next weekend with the No. 1 seed in the WCHA playoffs and will face Alaska-Anchorage. Colorado College is also first in … Read more
Trinity snapped Middlebury’s 20-game unbeaten streak as the Bantams topped the Panthers 4-2 to capture the 2003 NESCAC Championship. The win is the first conference crown for the Bantams after Middlebury had won the first three tournaments. Trinity receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, while Middlebury will hope for an at-large Pool “C” … Read more
With the Division III women’s season over, it’s time to take a look at who will make the NCAA Tournament and who won’t. Let’s call it Bracketology, Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Style. Russell Jaslow went through all the iterations Thursday in his preview article, but now that the games are done with, has anything … Read more
Colgate and St. Lawrence exited their respective locker rooms following the second intermission with only one thought on their minds: win this one period, and we’ll be moving on. With the crowd at their backs, the Raiders stepped up to the challenge and scored three times to earn a 5-2 victory and take the best-of-three … Read more
The week couldn’t have been going any better for the Sertich family — five hockey wins in five games through Friday night. Yet, Minnesota-Duluth obliterated that streak with a 6-3 victory over Michigan Tech and coach Mike Sertich on Saturday night before 4,532 at the DECC. UMD (18-13-5) finished the regular season in the Western … Read more
It doesn’t matter who Bemidji State’s goaltender is: Air Force can’t seem to get one past him. Backup netminder Dannie Morgan stopped all 34 shots as the Beavers recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time in its Division I history with a 2-0 victory before 1,409 fans at the Cadet Ice Arena on Saturday. Bemidji … Read more
With both teams’ destinies already decided, one might think Saturday’s game between Ferris State and Bowling Green would have had little meaning. However, Ferris State had the most to lose on the national scene, due to the Bulldogs’ modest standing in the PairWise Rankings. And after surrendering the first two goals, the Bulldogs battled back … Read more
Miami (20-15-3, 13-12-3 CCHA) earned home ice for the first round of the CCHA playoffs with a 3-0 shutout of Lake Superior State (6-26-4, 3-24-1 CCHA) gave the RedHawks the No. 6 seed. Senior goalie David Burleigh shined in his final regular-season game in Goggin Ice Arena as he made 28 saves in his Miami … Read more
Middlebury advanced to the NESCAC championship game for the fourth straight season after a 5-3 win over Hamilton Saturday. The Panthers will take on Trinity, a winner over Colby in the second semifinal. The win extends Middlebury’s unbeaten streak to 20 (18-0-2) games. Hamilton ends its season at 14-10-2. Middlebury jumped out early as Kevin … Read more
The series seemed destined to last three games from the beginning. After 76-plus minutes of grinding, grueling hockey, Colgate senior P.J. Yedon’s blast from the top of the right circle broke one tie and created another, as the Raiders defeated St. Lawrence, 3-2, in overtime. By taking game two of their best-of-three ECAC Tournament series … Read more
Freshman defenseman Mike Prsa, the game’s most outstanding player, scored a goal and assisted on three others, and senior goalie Jamie Vanek made 27 saves to lift Wentworth to a 5-1 win over Lebanon Valley and give the Leopards their second consecutive — and third in the last four seasons — ECAC Northeast Championship in … Read more
At 4:23 of overtime, Jeffrey Natale skated down the right wing and wristed a shot into the top of the net to give Trinity a 3-2 overtime win over Colby in a NESCAC semifinal matchup. Trinity will take on Middlebury, a 5-3 winner over Hamilton, in the championship on Sunday at 1 p.m. Trinity took … Read more
Brown struck late and quickly for the second game in a row, scoring three times over a span of 2:16 in the middle of the third period to sweep Princeton in the first round of the playoffs. Yann Danis was spectacular all weekend, making 36 saves Saturday and stopping 72 of 74 for the series. … Read more