UNO, Mankato Close Civic Center With Record-Setting Tie

Betting on the Mavericks Saturday night should have been a safe wager, considering both Minnesota State-Mankato and Nebraska-Omaha claim that as their mascot. But in the final game at Omaha’s Civic Auditorium, UNO goalie Dan Ellis and MSU goalie Jason Jensen each allowed just two goals as the respective Maverick teams skated to a 2-2 … Read more

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New Hampshire Fires Up Power Play, Sweeps UML

So what’s up with that? No. 3 New Hampshire, the top seed in the Hockey East tournament, had a power-play percentage that sat near the bottom of the league during most of the regular season. However, on Saturday night, something must have gotten into the water supply in Durham, as the potent Wildcats erupted for … Read more

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Fairfield Says Goodbye To Hockey Program

The story behind Saturday night’s Iona-Fairfield game was not the Gaels’ 6-0 victory over the Stags to close out the regular season. Instead, it was the way Fairfield’s faithful decided to celebrate their team rather than dwell on the passing of the program after more than three decades. With Fairfield eliminating its hockey program, it … Read more

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Vermont Finishes Another Cheel Sweep

They did it again. For the second time in three years, Vermont eliminated Clarkson, on the road, in the first round of the ECAC playoffs. In 2000 the 10th-seeded Cats defeated the No. 1-seeded Knights in one of the biggest upsets in ECAC playoff history. This year, the 10th-seeded Cats knocked off No. 7-seed Clarkson … Read more

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North Dakota Shuts Out Wisconsin For Weekend Sweep

Senior night at the Kohl Center was one to forget for the home team as the No. 11 North Dakota Fighting Sioux routed the Wisconsin Badgers 5-0. North Dakota (24-9-5, 14-9-5 WCHA) not only gains a weekend sweep, its seventh of the season, but also defeats the Badgers for the fourth time this year. Furthermore, … Read more

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One Better: Minutemen Complete Sweep At Maine

One night after Massachusetts pulled off one of the most incredible upsets in the program’s history, the Minutemen outdid themselves. UMass finished off its Hockey East quarterfinal sweep at Alfond Arena Friday night by stunning Maine again by a 4-2 count. The Minutemen now advance to the FleetCenter and the conference semifinals for the first … Read more

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Ackley Stones Raiders as SLU Takes 1-0 Edge

St. Lawrence goalie Kevin Ackley stole the show and helped his team steal a game on the road from Colgate, as the Saints held off the Raiders, 2-1, at Starr Rink on Friday in Game 1 of the best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal series. Colgate fired shot after shot on Ackley, but the sophomore turned away 37 … Read more

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Migliaccio, Spartans Shut Out Broncos

Michigan State must wish every road game were played on the opposing team’s Senior Night. One week after ruining No. 8 Michigan’s Senior Night in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Spartans (20-13-2, 16-10-1 CCHA) spoiled Western Michigan’s Senior Night festivities, 4-0, in front of a capacity crowd of 3,726 at Lawson Ice Arena behind a smothering … Read more

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Cats Continue Cheel Playoff Mastery

Since it was built in 1991, Clarkson has lost two playoff games at Cheel Arena, both coming at the hands of the Vermont Catamounts. Make it three. Vermont defeated Clarkson for the third time in four ECAC playoff matches Friday night, 3-2. The win puts Vermont in good position to upset Clarkson in the first … Read more

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North Dakota Tops Wisconsin, Secures Home Ice

With playoff seeding on the line, the North Dakota Fighting Sioux rode their high-powered offense to a 5-2 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers Friday night. Kevin Spiewak notched two goals for the Sioux (23-9-5, 13-9-5 WCHA) while Quinn Fylling picked up assists on all but one of North Dakota’s goals. UND’s best defense was a … Read more

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Ferris State Takes First CCHA Title

It was a sweet victory for Ferris State, but it was far from easy. Troy Milam scored the game winner on a two-on-one at 11:51 of the third period to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-2 victory over Bowling Green, giving them sole possession of their first-ever CCHA regular-season title. BGSU goalie Jordan Sigalet kept … Read more

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Abbott’s Hat Trick Spurs UNH Win

Senior Jim Abbott recorded his first career hat trick, and five other players scored for the Wildcats, as No. 3 New Hampshire defeated Massachusetts-Lowell, 8-4, in Game 1 of the best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series between the two teams. Top-seeded New Hampshire (22-7-6) raced out to leads of 2-0 and 5-1, only to see the … Read more

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Botterill, Potter, Ruggiero Named Kazmaier Finalists

Harvard senior Jennifer Botterill, Minnesota-Duluth junior Jenny Potter, and Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero were named the three finalists for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced today by the USA Hockey Foundation. Botterill, a forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a finalist and the eventual winner of the 2001 award, while both Potter and Ruggiero were … Read more

Wayne State Sends Seniors Out Victorious

Wayne State closed out its home portion of the regular season Friday night in style with a 3-0 shutout of Findlay. But the game itself was really a sidebar to the postgame activities. In the school’s first “Senior Night,” the team’s dozen seniors who have been part of the program since its inaugural 1999-2000 season … Read more

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Gophers Cruise Past Huskies

It was about this time last year that Minnesota got on a roll that carried the Gophers all the way the a national title. After two impressive come-from-behind performances last weekend, and Friday night’s 5-3 win over St. Cloud State before 6,685 at the National Hockey Center, the Gophers look to be getting back on … Read more

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Hunt Helps Serratore Blank Big Brother

Once again, Tom Serratore got the best of his big brother. Grady Hunt stopped 31 shots for his third career shutout as Bemidji State blanked Frank Serratore’s Air Force Falcons, 5-0, in front of 1,261 fans at the Cadet Ice Arena on Friday. The younger Serratore improves to 5-0-1 lifetime against his older brother. The … Read more

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Brown Rallies To Deny Princeton

After two periods of scoreless hockey, Princeton jumped ahead 1-0 early in the third and looked to poised to upset Brown on the road. But the Bears responded with two quick goals and played it safe to ensure a 2-1 win to kick off the ECAC playoffs. In an evenly-matched game that featured hard hitting … Read more

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NCAA Preview: D-III Women

Starting The Process As the 2002-03 Division III women’s hockey season winds down, fans around the country wonder whether their favorite team is going to make the NCAA playoffs and if so, where they will be playing. The good news is that there will be a few more happy fans and players this year, as … Read more

UMass Shocks Maine in Opener

History was not on the side of Massachusetts when traveling to Alfond Arena for its quarterfinal series with No. 4 Maine. The Black Bears had won all 21 of its previous Hockey East postseason contests at their home rink, and the Minutemen had fallen in each of their 18 games all-time in Orono. Then again, … Read more

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