Site AdministratorNick Deschenes and Joe Zappala scored goals 37 seconds apart late in the third period to erase Clarkson’s 4-3 lead and give the Bulldogs a 5-4 victory in front of an energized sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. After losing their only lead of the night after erasing three one-goal Yale advantages, the Golden … Read more
The magic of Starr Rink just won’t rub off. For the second time in as many weeks, Colgate thrilled its home fans with an overtime victory, as the Raiders fended off Dartmouth 2-1 on Saturday night. After blocking a Big Green (12-10-1, 8-8-0 ECAC) shot, Colgate (11-14-3, 6-8-2) assistant captain Brad D’Arco sprang fellow senior … Read more
From the opening faceoff, it was never in doubt. In possibly its biggest weekend of the season, Holy Cross passed the test with flying colors, not only capturing four points in the standings, but drubbing AIC 8-2 at the Hart Center on the back end of a home-and-home series. “This was a great weekend for … Read more
Should the Detroit Lions be worried? New Detroit coach Steve Mariucci, a Northern Michigan alum, spoke to the Wildcats before their game vs. Michigan Saturday night. Maybe Mariucci should have kept quiet. He certainly was quiet in the stands, as he watched his alma mater play its worst game of the season — a 5-1 … Read more
It was a case of too little, too late. After trailing by five goals through 40 minutes, St. Cloud State (4-16-0 overall, 9-19-0 WCHA) mounted a third-period comeback that brought the Huskies within 6-4, but Maria Rooth’s empty-net goal with 55 seconds to play ended the threat and gave No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth (18-1-1, 24-2-2) a … Read more
The upstart Bentley Falcons went on the road in hopes of upsetting another MAAC powerhouse Saturday night, but fell to the Quinnipiac Bobcats by the score of 5-1. Bentley, while playing much better than expected this season, has now lost to Quinnipiac 17 games in a row. The Bobcats took a 2-0 lead in the … Read more
Excuse Vermont for not feeling sorry for Dave LeNeveu. The Cornell goaltender, having already shut out Vermont once this season, lost another shutout bid in the game’s closing minutes Saturday night. It was the only blemish in the otherwise complete manhandling by the Big Red, 8-1, at Lynah Rink. It was the third straight game … Read more
The last time the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves played a Saturday night game in Madison, a bench-clearing brawl ensued. This time around, the only knockout came in the form of a 4-2 Wisconsin victory. Though it has taken all season to do it, the Badgers managed to pull off a weekend sweep in the WCHA. Saturday marked … Read more
Although the Alumni Cup had already been clinched with a weekend sweep by Massachusetts earlier in the year, UMass-Lowell got some sweet redemption by keeping its brother school from clinching a Hockey East playoff spot with a 3-2 victory. “Desperate times take desperate measures,” Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald said. “I don’t have an adjective to … Read more
Army’s special teams rose to the forefront once again as the Black Knights reclaimed the Challenge Trophy with a 4-0 shutout of Royal Military College of Canada before a sold-out Tate Rink crowd of 2,859 Saturday night. Army (13-12-0) increased its all-time lead in the international series to 37-29-6 with the help of three power-play … Read more
Minnesota simply doesn’t know the meaning of a losing streak. The Golden Gophers, faced with the prospect of dropping two consecutive games for the first time since the 2000-01 season, rallied for two third-period goals to edge top-ranked Colorado College, 3-2, before a capacity crowd of 7,604 at the Colorado Springs World Arena on Saturday. … Read more
After building a 3-0 lead, Wisconsin answered Bemidji State’s comeback attempts to claim a 5-3 win Saturday. Amber Fryklund led a late Bemidji State surge, collecting a goal and two assist in a three-goal third period, but Wisconsin held off the Beavers to collect two critical points in WCHA playoff positioning. The teams in the … Read more
The New York Rangers had the GAG Line. The Philadelphia Flyers had the Legion of Doom. You can add Iona’s CHecK line to the list of inventive hockey line nicknames. The trio of Jamie Carroll, Mark Hallam and Tim Krueckl combined for three goals and two assists as Iona defeated Connecticut 5-2 in what appears … Read more
Michigan sophomore Eric Nystrom hasn’t filled the net as often as he’d like this season, so he decided to focus on playing defense. But Friday night, he and Dwight Helminen, another sophomore who hasn’t been as productive as he hoped, took over the Wolverines’ offense. The forwards were responsible for all of Michigan’s scoring in … Read more
On Friday, the top-ranked team in the nation was led by the shortest player on the ice. Five-foot-eight Brett Sterling notched four goals for his first career hat trick as Colorado College, in its first game as the No. 1 team in the country, defeated No. 7 Minnesota, 6-2, in front of a sellout crowd … Read more
Adam Mitchell’s late third-period goal broke a 1-1 deadlock, unleashed a Colgate scoring spree, and proved to be his second game-winning goal in three outings, as the Raiders defeated the Vermont Catamounts 4-1 at Starr Rink on Friday night. Perhaps the prettiest part of Mitchell’s first goal after downing Cornell in overtime a week ago … Read more
Cornell was sick and tired of “The Streak” already when it went to Dartmouth in November. They realized then that being fed up with it wasn’t enough; they had to play well, too. As a result, the winless streak against the Big Green reached eight games in a 5-2 loss. Friday at Lynah Rink, the … Read more
It took Union just over two periods to finally solve Brown goalie Yann Danis. By then, it was too late. Two late third-period goals weren’t enough to overcome Danis and the Bears as the Dutchmen’s five-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 ECAC loss Friday night at Achilles Rink. The Dutchmen (8-6-2 ECAC, 12-12-4 overall), … Read more
Ryan Geris scored one goal and notched an assist, and Beau Geisler added three assists to lead the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs to a wild 6-5 win over the No. 9 Denver Pioneers in WCHA action Friday at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. With the loss, Denver falls to 17-8-4 overall and 8-7-4 in the WCHA. Minnesota-Duluth … Read more
Four days after being named one of the 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, Minnesota’s Krissy Wendell scored four points, including the game’s first two goals, as the Gophers (21-3-1, 14-2-1 WCHA) handed Ohio State (8-17-2, 5-10-2) a 5-3 loss at Ridder Arena. Wendell figured in the scoring on Minnesota’s first four goals, scoring … Read more