A Sioux Perspective
Marc Ranfranz, part Native American, is proud to wear the Sioux logo as the junior goalie battles for ice time.
Marc Ranfranz, part Native American, is proud to wear the Sioux logo as the junior goalie battles for ice time.
Chandy Kaip scored three goals and assisted on another to lead New Hampshire to a 7-3 victory against Princeton Sunday afternoon at the Whittemore Center. New Hampshire came out of the gate strong, outshooting Princeton 23-3 in the first period and posting two goals. Carolyn Gordon, who scored both Wildcat goals in Saturday’s 2-1 overtime … Read more
With the hype of five Olympians on the ice and the nation’s number-one ranking up for grabs, the excitement level surrounding No. 3 Harvard’s game at No. 2 Minnesota was as high as any women’s college hockey game has seen. However, the game’s first star turned out to be an unheralded third-line center who scored … Read more
Ever since January of 1993, the winning formula for a road sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence had eluded Harvard. The Crimson, though, found it this weekend. Strangely enough, it included taking penalties. Harvard (4-1-0, 4-1-0 ECAC) scored five times with a man in the box during the two games, including twice in a 2-1 … Read more
Potsdam coach Glenn Thomaris was arrested Thursday on drunk driving charges.
Third-ranked Denver scored three times in the third period to run away with a 5-2 victory over Michigan Tech on Saturday night at MacInnes Arena. Freshman Gabe Gauthier had a goal and an assist, while Adam Berkhoel made 24 saves for the Pioneers (9-2-1, 4-1-1 WCHA). John Hartman and Jon Pittis scored for the Huskies … Read more
With its six-game winning streak on the line, Holy Cross faced its biggest scare Saturday, when visiting Fairfield nearly upset the Crusaders at the Hart Center. Trailing 2-1 heading into the third period, Holy Cross used three unanswered goals to fend off the Stags and take control of the nation’s longest winning streak at seven … Read more
Junior Jeff Miles led the Vermont scoring attack with two goals and goaltender Shawn Conschafter was sharp, stopping 28 of 29 shots in the Catamounts’ 3-1 victory over Colgate at Gutterson Fieldhouse Saturday. The Catamounts were looking to bounce back from an 8-0 drubbing at the hands of the nationally ranked Cornell Big Red. The … Read more
Two Providence men’s hockey players were arrested recently and charged with assault for allegedly beating up several young men during brawls near the school’s campus in early October, according to the Providence Journal. The players are freshman forwards Nate Meyers, 20, and Jason Bloomingburg, 19. Meyers and Bloomingburg, in addition to a third player not … Read more
Natalie Darwitz scored a hat trick to help the second-ranked Minnesota to a 5-3 win over No. 7 Brown. The Golden Gophers scored three goals in the first period. Winny Brodt capitalized early in the game at 3:28 of the first period when she scored an unassisted, power-play goal. It was her third goal of … Read more
Freshman forward Christian Jensen had a hat trick and an assist and Peter Cohen made 27 saves to lead the Yale Bulldogs to an ECAC weekend sweep, defeating Union 7-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. “I must have gotten lucky, I guess,” Jensen said of his hat trick, which … Read more
Early Saturday afternoon, St. Cloud head coach Craig Dahl sat his Slovakian import down for a little chat before the Huskies rematch with Minnesota State at the National Hockey Center. A year ago Peter Szabo was one St. Cloud State’s most reliable weapons, and was rewarded with a spot on the All-WCHA rookie team. But … Read more
The Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves did something that no other team has done this season — they held North Dakota standout freshman Zach Parise without a point for a series. However, UAA coach John Hill would probably be willing to trade some Parise points for some points in the WCHA standings as the Fighting Sioux (9-1, 3-1 … Read more
Michigan coach Red Berenson hopes Milan Gajic has learned his lesson. “I think so,” Berenson said of the sophomore, who was recently suspended eight days for poor academics. “We’ll see if he remembers.” After missing two games and a week of practice, Gajic returned to the lineup this weekend and scored his first two goals … Read more
Recently-fired [nl]Clarkson coach Mark Morris made a statement to the media following Friday’s Golden Knights game. The following is a verbatim transcript of that statement: “Today I was informed by the Clarkson Administration that my position as Men’s Hockey Coach at Clarkson has been terminated. Out of respect and commitment to all the players past, … Read more
Dartmouth upset ninth-ranked Cornell, 5-2, burying the Big Red with a pair of empty-net goals to stave off a valiant comeback attempt. Senior Mike Murray had a goal and an assist to lead the Dartmouth offense, while Nick Boucher recorded 24 saves, including 15 in the scrappy final period. The Big Green (3-3-0, 2-2-0) pulled … Read more
Coming into Saturday afternoon’s contest against American International, Quinnipiac had outscored the Yellow Jackets 18-5 in its two previous contests, winning 9-2 and 9-3. The third meeting of the season between these two teams was no different as the Bobcats extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games and their home unbeaten streak to 16 by … Read more
Third-ranked Harvard got a power play tally by freshman Julie Chu with 28 seconds remaining in the game to propel the Crimson to a 2-1 win over top-ranked Minnesota Duluth on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson improves to 3-0-0 in knocking off the country’s top ranked team, while Duluth suffers its first loss of the season … Read more
Western Michigan sophomore goaltender Mike Mantua’s 28 saves against 12th-ranked Ferris State Saturday would have been enough to send the near-capacity crowd of 3,587 at Lawson Ice Arena home smiling. But when Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels pulled sophomore goaltender Mike [nl]Brown for the extra attacker late in the third period, everything changed. Bronco … Read more
Freshman wing Ryan Huddy gave Bemidji State one of its most important victories since making the jump to Division I hockey in 1999, firing a rebound past Wayne State goaltender David Guerrera at the 3:59 mark of overtime to give the Beavers a 2-1 victory and a series sweep of the defending College Hockey America … Read more