Site AdministratorOften, when a team misses as many chances as Ohio State did Saturday afternoon at the National Hockey Center, the missed opportunities come back to haunt them. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, that wasn’t the case. Despite dominating nearly every facet of the game, Ohio State (7-12-2 overall, 5-6-2 WCHA) was only able to escape with … Read more
Vermont scored five goals in less than five minutes and handed Dartmouth its first home loss of the season, a 6-4 decision. The most telling statistic of the game can be found in the breakdown of the teams’ shots. Dartmouth only managed 17 shots that were on target and a whopping 16 that didn’t even … Read more
Kevin Ackley made 28 saves including 13 in the third period to give St Lawrence a 3-2 victory over Clarkson in front of a record crowd of 4,125 at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena. The win marks the first time the Saints have swept their chief rival since 1991-92 season. Ackley shook off a shaky initial five … Read more
Not recently has a penalty box been put to such use as in Minnesota-Duluth’s 6-2 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers Saturday night. The Bulldog offense came out strong and never slowed down in a game marred by a shocking number of penalties. The Badgers (8-13-3, 2-9-3 WCHA) suffered their biggest loss since the season opener … Read more
The Yale Bulldogs scored three unanswered goals in the second period and for the second night in a row rode the stellar goaltending of freshman Josh Gartner for a 3-1 win over Notre Dame in a game played at the Allstate Arena Saturday night. The Irish “home” game at the suburban Chicago arena was the … Read more
Elaine Topolnisky scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the game winner in the third as Minnesota State (7-12-3) extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 5-3 win over Wayne State (5-12-0). The Warriors scored more than two goals in a game for the first time since November 24, but still … Read more
Niagara continued its conference rampage as it swept Findlay in the weekend series by a combined score of 11-5, culminating in the Purple Eagles blanking the Oilers on Saturday night, 5-0. Rob Bonk recorded the shutout for the Purple Eagles (9-13-2, 6-2-2 CHA) turning away 26 shots on the night. The game was scoreless going … Read more
By Seth Cole USCHO Arena Reporter The highly-anticipated matchup lived up to its billing. Freshman Brad Roberts stopped 42 shots and senior Nic Serre scored both Army goals, as the Cadets edged service-academy rival Air Force, 2-1, before a season-high sellout crowd of 2,409 at the Cadet Ice Arena. Army snapped a two-game losing streak … Read more
If there was a lesson Union could take from its 6-0 loss to Cornell on Friday, it was that you need to play a tough defensive game to win. The Dutchmen proved to be excellent scholars. They did to Colgate what was done to them by Cornell. The Dutchmen held the Raiders to 16 shots … Read more
Perhaps the most telling sign of what to expect in Saturday’s rematch with No. 1 Maine could be read on the faces of the Warriors. They weren’t at all satisfied. Within a span of 3:48 in the waning minutes Friday night, Merrimack College squandered two one-goal leads against the best team in the land and … Read more
Ninth-ranked Ohio State completed a two-game sweep of Bowling Green, beating the Falcons, 6-1, Friday in front of 11,287 fans in Value City Arena. The win extends the Buckeyes’ unbeaten streak to 10 games (9-0-1) and their winning streak to five. Said Buckeye head coach John Markell, “Our guys appreciate the crowd — we would … Read more
The Wisconsin Badgers collected their second league win of the season by triumphing over the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in a 2-1 overtime thriller Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison. Excluding an exhibition with Team Italy, the victory was the Badgers’ first at home since mid-October. Brad Winchester collected his sixth goal of the season … Read more
Miami blew a 2-1 lead in the third period to continue its road woes as Vince Bellissimo’s game winner at 13:34, his fourth goal in his last two games, put Western Michigan over the RedHawks 3-2. A neutral-zone turnover by Miami (14-9-2, 8-7-2 CCHA) turned into a 3-on-0 rush the other way, and before the … Read more
The scoreboard said it was a tie, and the standings will reflect that. But there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that it was a moral victory for Michigan Tech. The Huskies completed an improbable third-period comeback from a two-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with second-ranked Colorado College Friday night at MacInnes Arena. With … Read more
Senior Mike Ryan scored a goal and added an assist while sophomore netminder Keni Gibson made 32 saves as Northeastern beat Massachusetts-Lowell 4-1 in the battle of the cellar-dwellers in Hockey East Friday at the Tsongas Arena in front of 2,208 fans. “Keni Gibson played great tonight, he did what he does when he’s really … Read more
Brown defeated St. Lawrence 4-3 Friday night at Meehan Auditorium. Brown took a 1-0 lead early in the game and the Saints were never able to get ahead of the Bears. Brown took a 4-1 lead halfway through the second period but the Saints crept back in the third, cutting the lead to one. Brown … Read more
It was men among boys Friday at Achilles Rink. Union never stood a chance against fourth-ranked Cornell. Ryan Vesce had two goals and an assist, and goalie David LeNeveu recorded his fourth shutout of the season as the dominating Big Red thoroughly outclassed the Dutchmen in a 6-0 ECAC victory. Cornell (8-1 ECAC, 13-3 overall) … Read more
Marty Rychley’s first goal of the season put Mercyhurst in front for good, Adam Rivers had a tally and an assist, and steady goaltending from Adam Franck backstopped Mercyhurst up the MAAC ladder with a 5-1 win at first-place Quinnipiac Friday. The victory was the third straight for Mercyhurst and stretched its unbeaten streak to … Read more
Yale freshman goaltender Josh Gartner, making just his third career start, made 24 saves and got goals from four different teammates to lead the visiting Bulldogs to a 4-1 win over Notre Dame Friday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Joyce Center. On the night, the Irish, playing their first home game … Read more
Sometimes you get one of those Christmas gifts that just keeps on giving. St. Cloud State got one this year with the return of Derek Eastman to the defensive corps, and even though it’s nearly three weeks after the holiday, that gift is one that was never meant to be returned. Since his insertion into … Read more