Site AdministratorIn its regular-season finale, Harvard gave the Bright Hockey Center faithful reason to hope its season is more than a month from concluding with a 5-0 shutout of St. Lawrence (10-19-5, 7-12-3 ECAC). The Crimson (19-8-2, 17-4-1) imparted that hope not long after the drop of the puck when captain Dominic Moore began the night’s … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha will probably have nightmares involving Ferris State goaltender Mike Brown for a while. Saturday, Brown made key stops while the Bulldog offense continued to roll in a 4-0 victory. The shutout was the second straight for the netminder, who kept the Mavericks off the board on Friday night as well. “The puck was like … Read more
The country’s stingiest defense confirmed its status by blanking the ECAC’s top-scoring team. David LeNeveu broke the school record for shutouts in a season with his seventh as Cornell took a 3-0 decision before a packed house at Ingalls Rink and a live national TV audience. LeNeveu needed 31 saves, including 13 in the second … Read more
St. Norbert won the Peters Cup for the third time with a dominating first period. The Green Knights roared out to a 5-0 lead after one period and exacted some revenge over Wisconsin-Superior with a 5-2 victory in the NCHA playoff final on Saturday at the Cornerstone Community Ice Center. Superior won the NCHA Peters … Read more
North Dakota had no shortage of opportunities to defeat Minnesota-Duluth. But when the final horn sounded, the Fighting Sioux had to settle for a 3-3 tie with the visiting Bulldogs. The Sioux outshot the Bulldogs 38-20. They had seven power plays — including a five-minute major — to four for UMD. They began the overtime … Read more
He was missing his high-scoring linemate, so Shane Joseph took matters into his own hands. The Minnesota State junior notched the first four-goal game of his career, including three in the final period, as the Mavericks rallied from a third-period deficit to upset top-ranked Colorado College, 9-6, at the Colorado Springs World Arena on Saturday. … Read more
Brown came from two behind in the third period to tie Clarkson 3-3 in the regular season finale for both teams. Sophomore defenseman Gerry Burke scored the game-tying goal — his second goal in three games — with just over eight minutes to go in the game. Both teams earned two points with a pair … Read more
Historic. Emotional. Exciting. All words to describe Saturday’s game between Quinnipiac and Connecticut, the battle for the second annual “Heroes’ Hat” played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Bobcats, playing in the world’s most famous arena, narrowly beat the Huskies by the score of 4-3. The game itself was huge for both … Read more
St. Cloud State did its part. Now, if the Huskies could just get some help. After competing its first sweep of the conference season, and second overall, with a 7-0 win over Alaska-Anchorage in front of 6,286 fans at the National Hockey Center Saturday night, the Huskies moved back to two games over .500 in … Read more
Union didn’t get a first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs, but it did get a matchup with a familiar foe. The Dutchmen’s 2-1 loss to Dartmouth in the ECAC regular-season finale Saturday at Achilles Rink kept them in sixth place. They will face Capital Region rival Rensselaer in the best-of-three series starting Friday. It is … Read more
Sophomore forward Jeremy Cheyne’s fifth goal of the season at 8:21 of the third period broke a 2-2 deadlock and 24 saves by freshman goaltender Scott Foster helped lead Western Michigan to key 4-2 victory over Notre Dame. Cheyne put in a rebound from a shot by junior captain Dana Lattery on a two-on-one rush … Read more
It took Colorado College seven years to regain the MacNaughton Cup. On Friday, the top-ranked Tigers did so in convincing fashion. Senior Noah Clarke notched his first career hat trick and Curtis McElhinney stopped 23 shots as Colorado College clinched its seventh WCHA regular-season championship, and first since 1996, with a 8-1 rout of MSU-Mankato. … Read more
Friday night at Mariucci Arena, Denver kept late-charging Minnesota from a complete reversal of fortune, but the teams settled for a 3-3 tie with home ice in the WCHA playoffs on the line. After claiming an early 3-0 lead through two periods of play by exploiting Minnesota’s defensive miscues, the Pioneers watched as the Gophers … Read more
Behind a four-goal second period, Connecticut edged past Quinnipiac, 5-4, on Friday evening at the UConn Ice Arena. Mark Murphy scored the game winner for the Huskies seconds after the Bobcats had rallied to tie the game in the third period. Rob Hammel put the Bobcats on the board at the midway mark of the … Read more
If Saturday’s game between Michigan Tech and Wisconsin in Green Bay didn’t already have enough meaning, it now has a little bit more. The Huskies will be looking to regain control of eighth place after the Badgers beat them, 3-2, Friday night at MacInnes Arena and temporarily took over sole possession of eighth in the … Read more
Dartmouth got five goals and seven assists from its top line, including a hat trick from freshman center Mike Ouellette, and the Big Green went on to defeat Rensselaer, 7-1. Along with Ouellette’s hat trick, sophomore right wing Lee Stempniak had a goal and four assists and left wing Hugh Jessiman, a freshman who had … Read more
It’s not too often that a goaltender pitches a shutout but is outdone by his counterpart on the opposite side of the rink, but on this night that was just the case. Chris King did everything he possibly could have Friday night, but in the end as he stood outside his locker stall deep inside … Read more
After 22 penalties, two lead changes, and over 61 minutes of hockey, Friday night’s game between Clarkson and Harvard came down to one of the ECAC’s leading goal-scorers standing in anticipation near his blue line, a goaltender performing his ritual slapping of the goalposts, and a lonely puck at center ice. A penalty shot. In … Read more
Vermont goalie Shawn Conschafter nearly eliminated Union from first-round bye consideration with his 24-save effort through two periods Friday as he protected a two-goal lead. But in the third period, the Dutchmen finally wore down Conschafter. The Dutchmen scored four times in the third, two by defenseman Matt Vagvolgyi, and kept their bye hopes alive … Read more
Friday night’s game between Providence and Massachusetts-Lowell featured two teams fighting for their playoff lives. The Friars, tied with Boston University for the fourth and final home-ice slot in Hockey East, were looking for a big win to force the Terriers into taking three out of four points at Maine. The River Hawks, battling Northeastern … Read more