Bringing College Hockey to the Iron City
Ohio State and Princeton meet Jan. 3 for the first-ever Division I college hockey game in Pittsburgh. Is it the start of something?
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CC Powers Past WMU
The nation’s leading power play just got a little bit stronger. Joe Cullen continued his torrid scoring streak with two of Colorado College’s four power-play goals as the Tigers doubled up Western Michigan, 8-4, before 5,663 fans at the Colorado Springs World Arena Friday night. The fourth-ranked Tigers improved to 15-2-2 on the season, while … Read more
World Juniors on TV, Webcasts
Up to three games involving Team USA in the upcoming World Junior Championships will be telecast on YES Network, a regional sports network based in New York City, which is carried over satellite systems. The 10-nation under-20 tournament takes place Dec. 26, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003 in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia. Jim Rich will provide … Read more
ECAC Announces New TV Deal
The ECAC has announced a new television deal for this season with New England Sports Network (NESN) and the YES Network, which includes one regular-season broadcast, five ECAC tournament telecasts, and live coverage of the women’s ECAC tournament final. The package also includes a weekly 30-minute show in February entitled “This Week in ECAC Hockey.” … Read more
Youngsters Lead Mavericks Over Team Italy
Break out the eggnog. Minnesota State found reason for early holiday cheer as it entered the Christmas break with a 7-3 exhibition win over Team Italy. Riding an emotional 4-2 victory over Colorado College on Saturday, the Mavericks now find themselves heading into break with a lot of confidence after the win over the Italians. … Read more
Elmira Holds Steady At No. 1
Minimal movement marked this week’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll, as most teams got a head start on their holiday break. With only a few teams in action, idle Elmira held onto the top spot, capturing nine of the 12 available first-place votes. Winning its only game of the week, 4-2 over Southern Maine, Bowdoin … Read more
Harvard Shines, Stays No. 1 In Women’s Poll
Harvard used a convincing 7-1 victory over No. 7 New Hampshire, in which the Crimson dominated the Wildcats in shots 50 to 3, to solidify its hold on the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Harvard’s record improves to 11-1-0, outscoring opponents 72 to 12 in those 12 games. The Crimson … Read more
Cadets Still Perfect, Sit Atop DIII Poll
Winning its only game of the week in dominating fashion, 14-2, and improving to a perfect 7-0-0, Norwich held on to its top ranking in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. The Cadets head into the holiday break on a high note, winning 14 of their last 15 games dating to last season, the only … Read more
With Wins, North Dakota Still First
With two impressive wins over Canisius, 6-0 and 8-2, North Dakota maintained its grip on first place in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. North Dakota is the winner of five straight games, and has not lost a game since early November. No. 2 Maine made some strides toward the No. 1 spot, however, … Read more
No. 2 Maine Blitzes No. 11 Harvard in First Period
When a team scores as many goals as Maine tends to, it’s bound to get a strange one every now and then. And whether due to the law of averages, luck or their lethal power play, the Black Bears got that goal — the game-winner, in fact — to beat Harvard, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon … Read more
SLU’s Skelley Fractures Vertebrae
The career of St. Lawrence defenseman Allie Skelley was possibly ended Dec. 13 in a game against Lake Superior after a hit from behind resulted in a compression fracture of two vertebrae. Skelley, a native of Wolfeboro, N.H., underwent successful surgery in Burlington, Vt. on Saturday, and is expected to make a full recovery. Doctors, … Read more
Stastny and Dunlop Lead Irish Over Warriors
Notre Dame’s St. Louis connection came up big on Saturday afternoon at Joe Louis Arena as Yan Stastny scored twice and Connor Dunlop got the game-winning goal with 4:07 left to give the Irish a 3-2 win over Wayne State in Detroit. Neil Komadoski, Notre Dame’s third St. Louis native set up Dunlop’s game winner. … Read more
Lake State Snaps 13-Game Losing Streak With Tie
Sophomore goaltender Matt Violin made 50 saves, 20 of them in the third period, and freshman forward Nathan Ward scored the tying goal with 2:56 to go in regulation time as Lake Superior State salvaged a 2-2 tie with St. Lawrence Saturday night. The Lakers, now 3-14-1 snapped a 13-game losing streak with the tie … Read more
North Dakota Thumps Canisius
Forty-four seconds in the second period destroyed any hope that Canisius College had of rallying for a comeback against North Dakota. Sioux goals by Kevin Spiewak at 11:10, Matt Jones at 11:29 and James Massen at 11:54 gave UND an 8-2 lead that it held until game’s end. “When you have a lapse — a … Read more
Dartmouth Nips US Under-18 Team
Trevor Byrne’s goal 33 seconds into the second period proved to be the gamewinner as Dartmouth topped the US National Under-18 Team, 2-1, in exhibition action on Saturday night at Thompson Arena. Byrne took a Hugh Jessiman feed off the boards and wristed a shot towards the US goal that beat a screened Chris Holt … Read more
Top Line Totals 11 Points in SCSU Win
So maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel for St. Cloud State this season. After taking three of four points from Denver with a back-and-forth 6-4 win Saturday night at the National Hockey Center, the Huskies not only beat a team that was picked by the coaches to win the league … Read more
Sebastian Helps Niagara to Three-Point Weekend
It’s been a while since senior Chris Sebastian experienced the euphoria of scoring a goal. The speedy Niagara winger enjoyed the feeling twice Saturday night at Dwyer Arena, but Bemidji State senior Marty Goulet denied Sebastian and the rest of his teammates the joy of sweeping a weekend series for the first time this season … Read more
Volp Snatches Win For Mavericks
During their 15-game unbeaten streak, Colorado College received many favorable bounces. It was almost fitting that two unlucky bounces would end the streak. Minnesota State (5-7-4, 4-5-3 WCHA) rallied from a one-goal deficit in the third by scoring three goals in the last six minutes of play to knock off the No. 3 ranked Tigers, … Read more
Ranfranz Makes Best of First Start
North Dakota junior goalie Marc Ranfranz — the team’s only walk-on player — made the most of his first chance to start a game for the Fighting Sioux. Although he faced just 10 shots from the Canisius Griffins, Ranfranz didn’t let one through, giving UND a 6-0 win at Engelstad Arena and a shutout in … Read more
Niagara Snaps Winless Skid
Playing its first home game in more than a month, Niagara team rode the support of the boisterous 1,159 in attendance at Dwyer Arena to a 3-2 victory over CHA rival Bemidji State, breaking a five-game winless streak dating back to Nov. 8. The Purple Eagles used a balanced scoring attack that saw three different … Read more