Site AdministratorSophomore right wing Cory McLean scored two power-play goals and added an assist for a career-high three-point game, and defenseman Evan Nielsen added a goal and an assist to lead Notre Dame to a 6-3 win over the Bowling Green Falcons Saturday night at the Joyce Center. The Irish also got goals from Yan Stastny, … Read more
Want proof of the difference a year makes? Last season, Merrimack College gave up an inconceivable seven short-handed goals and finished the year 0-6-0 when scoring just once. The end result was a dismal 11-23-2 campaign and eight-place finish in Hockey East. But Saturday night, Merrimack goalie Joe Exter made what turned out to be … Read more
Peter Sejna should remember his 100th career game for quite some time. The junior from Slovakia scored twice, including the eventual game-winner, and Curtis McElhinney kept Denver in check with 30 saves as Colorado College defeated the Pioneers, 6-2, to sweep their home-and-home weekend series. The contest, played in front of a sellout crowd at … Read more
It’s looking more and more like the Ferris State Bulldogs will be a contender in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association race this year. After taking a 6-2 beating at home against Michigan State on Friday, the ninth-ranked Bulldogs showed their resiliency by rebounding for a 5-3 road win over the Spartans on Saturday to earn … Read more
Kyle Wilson’s first collegiate goal proved to be his first game-winning goal as well, as Colgate issued visiting Holy Cross its fourth straight loss, 5-2 at Starr Rink on Saturday. Following a giveaway in the Crusader zone, Wilson took Adam Mitchell’s feed and snapped the puck under Holy Cross goaltender Tony Quesada’s right arm, giving … Read more
The Harvard Crimson asserted themselves as the team to beat in the ECAC Saturday with a 6-3 win over the Yale Bulldogs in front of a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. Brendan Bernakevitch had two goals, including the game winner, and Dov Grumet-Morris made 30 saves to lead the Crimson to victory. In … Read more
Despite a slow start, Minnesota State mounted a late third-period comeback and earned a 3-3 tie against Alaska-Anchorage Saturday night. After getting only five shots in the first, the Mavericks (3-4-3 WCHA, 4-6-4 overall) brroke out for 31 in the last two periods and overtime against the Seawolves (0-8-4 WCHA, 1-10-5 overall). Down 3-2 with … Read more
If you want to get out of a slump and end a seven-game losing streak, why not do it against the second-ranked team in the country? That’s exactly what St. Lawrence did, as the Saints scored four unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit en route to shocking No. 2 New … Read more
No. 14 Ohio State completed a two-game sweep of the No. 11 Miami RedHawks with a 5-3 victory Saturday in Value City Arena. The Buckeyes were led by junior R.J. Umberger, who posted three points in the game for a seven-point weekend. Chris Olsgard scored the winner for the Buckeyes in the third period. The … Read more
Though Wisconsin improved its play and threatened its longtime rivals several times, it was apparent in the Gophers’ 3-2 Saturday win that Minnesota was riding a wave of momentum that would not subside. Coming off of a dominant Friday shutout of Wisconsin, the Gophers (9-4-4, 6-2-2 WCHA) once again proved themselves a Frozen Four contender … Read more
Ryan Wiggins scored two goals, including an empty-netter in the final 40 seconds, to lead Air Force to a 4-2 win over Augsburg in the championship game of the fifth annual Radisson North Hockey Classic Saturday at the Academy’s Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force improved to 7-9 overall while Augsburg fell to 7-4. After a … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha launched 47 shots on goal and Dan Ellis registered his sixth career shutout as the Mavericks claimed a 3-0 win over Lake Superior State Saturday, finishing their first road sweep of the season. “A lot of positive things came out of this weekend,” UNO head coach Mike Kemp said. “We played excellent defensively and … Read more
The Brown Bears outskated, outhustled, and outshot (29-27) the Yale Bulldogs Friday night, but it was not enough to overcome a hat trick from Chris Higgins which led the Elis to their fourth consecutive victory, 4-3, in front of a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. “It was not a very pretty game, but … Read more
No. 7 Cornell took the lead 42 seconds into the game, tallied two more times in the next four-and-a-half minutes, and never lost control during a 6-1 domination of Western Michigan. The Big Red extended their winning streak to five games thanks to multiple-point efforts from seven different players and 20 saves from sophomore goaltender … Read more
Junior R.J. Umberger recorded four points and goalie Mike Betz made 19 saves to lead No. 14 Ohio State to a shutout of No. 11 Miami, 4-0, Friday in Value City Arena. The shutout was Betz’s first of the season and the first ever for OSU over the RedHawks. The win improves the Buckeyes record … Read more
Sacred Heart captain Richard Naumann and senior left wing Michael Forsland scored a minute apart in the third period as the homestanding Pioneers overcame a two-goal Alabama-Huntsville lead with eight minutes left to gain a tie. The draw brought Sacred Heart to a 4-4-4 overall record and dropped the Chargers to 4-7-2. The Chargers took … Read more
UMass coach Don Cahoon has been talking about it all year. After two shutout losses to Maine and New Hampshire he assured those in attendance at the press conference that the big win over a top four Hockey East team didn’t happen that night, but it was going to happen sooner rather than later. He … Read more
Coaches of North Dakota opponents are beginning to realize that successfully containing Sioux freshman center Zach Parise is no formula for victory. After Parise picked up a point on one assist in UND’s 4-3 win over St. Cloud State at Engelstad Arena, Huskies coach Craig Dahl said, “I don’t think the Parise line had all … Read more
It was a battle for respectability. Ferris State has been fighting for it all season, and Michigan State is battling just to get it back. Friday night belonged to the Spartans, who defeated the Bulldogs 6-2 in front of a hostile crowd at Ewigleben Arena. The first period was dominated by defense as both teams … Read more
The U.S. National Under-18 team defeated the Vermont Catamounts 5-2 in an exhibition in front of 3,073 at Gutterson Fieldhouse Friday. A team chock-full of players headed to major Division I programs, the Under-18ers took it to Vermont. The storyline, which has become familiar to the Catamounts lately: the team fell behind early and was … Read more