Site AdministratorThe Ivy schools take to the ice this weekend, which means that the ECAC’s two most successful programs of 2001-2002, Cornell and Harvard, join the fray. Also: the league shakes off a tough weekend, and justice delayed is still justice for Colgate, say Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser.
In a mid-season exhibition game two years ago, the University of Manitoba Bison lost in overtime to the Frozen Four-bound North Dakota Fighting Sioux. The 2002 Sioux would have none of that. Hoping to take back the home-ice advantage that eluded them last season, UND skated to a convincing 6-1 exhibition victory over the Bison … Read more
Last season’s NCAA champion Elmira earned first place in the preseason edition of the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll, nabbing ten of eleven possible votes. Elmira loses no one to graduation from a squad that went 26-1-1 on its way to the championship. The Soaring Eagles will have plenty of competition from within its own … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth held on to first place in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll following a weekend sweep of unranked MSU-Mankato, but saw it’s lead slip slightly as challenger Minnesota earned two first place votes. Last week the Bulldogs earned all but one first place vote. With a 8-0 win on Saturday over St. Cloud, … Read more
New Hampshire surged into first place in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after a win and tie against previous-No. 1 Minnesota over the weekend. Friday night’s 5-5 tie and Saturday’s 3-1 New Hampshire win lived up to expectations, thrilling thousands of fans in attendance. The Wildcats were the new consensus No. 1 team, garnering … Read more
Merrimack coach Chris Serino was issued a formal reprimand by Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna after blasting referee John Murphy to reporters following his team’s loss at Michigan, 5-1, on Oct. 19. Serino said of Murphy, “I think he’s incompetent.” He later added, “You don’t have a game like this anywhere. There were observers here … Read more
Freshman center T.J. Treveleyan scored two goals and set up the third as St. Lawrence skated to a 3-2 exhibition victory over the U.S. National Development Under-18 Team in an exhibition game at Appleton Arena Sunday evening. The Under-18 team lost its second game of a North Country weekend set, both by one-goal margins. The … Read more
Inexperience can do a lot of things to a hockey team. It can be channeled into youthful excitement or it can explode into sloppiness and inconsistency. For Massachusetts, it was the former in a 4-3 win over ECAC opponent Rensselaer. The Minutemen thoroughly dominated the contest in almost every facet. The shot total was almost … Read more
Though Niagara is playing with the energy and determination necessary to win against good teams, the wins are not piling up because of mistakes. Sunday afternoon was no different. The Purple Eagles out-hit and outplayed Mass.-Lowell for most of the game. They possessed a 3-1 lead with 26 minutes left, but three gaffes was all … Read more
Chera Marshall scored two goals and added an assist as seventh-ranked St. Lawrence beat No. 9 Mercyhurst 5-2 Sunday. Marshall, a senior forward, is off to a quick start this season with three goals and two assists in two games. Senior co-captain Shannon Smith had a goal and two assists in both of this weekend’s … Read more
Chris Peterson scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal 3 minutes, 40 seconds into the second period Saturday night, leading Lake Superior State over Mercyhurst 3-1. Terry Denike made 24 saves for Lake State (3-1). Andy Franck stopped 23 shots for Mercyhurst (0-2). Peterson gave Lake Superior State a 2-0 lead less than … Read more
In a game filled with ups and downs, Connecticut’s Ron D’Angelo snap shot from between the circles with 1:22 left in overtime beat Colgate goaltender David Cann to the stick side and toppled the Raiders, 5-4, on Saturday. The goal provided a fitting ending to the last-minute heroics that UConn exhibited in front of a … Read more
From the first few minutes of Saturday’s game, it was clear that this contest with MSU-Mankato (0-2-0) would be much different for Providence (4-0-0). Rather than facing an early deficit as they did the night before, the Mavericks rode two man advantages to a 2-0 lead in the first period, putting the Friars on their … Read more
Bemidji State sophomore Andrew Murray scored two power-play goals in a span of just 3:54 in the second period to help lift the Beavers to a 2-2 draw with the Sacred Heart Pioneers at the John S. Glas Fieldhouse Saturday night. Murray recorded his third career game with two or more power-play goals. He helped … Read more
In a rematch of last year’s Quinnipiac Cup final, tournament MVP Ryan Morton, scoring his first career hat trick, helped the Bobcats defeat AIC, 9-2, and win their fifth Q-Cup in seven years. Morton’s third goal was shorthanded and came with 10 seconds to play in the game. “He breaks his stick and goes to … Read more
After falling to eventual tournament champion Colorado College on Friday, Maine bounced back to claim second place in the Nye Frontier Classic by beating host Alaska-Anchorage 4-2 Saturday night. The Black Bears did their damage early, posting three first-period goals in a span of just over seven minutes. Colin Shields opened the scoring at 7:15 … Read more
Defenseman Tom Preissing scored twice, Peter Sejna added three points and Colorado College clinched the title at the Nye Frontier Classic with a 5-0 victory over Iona on Saturday. Third-string goalie Gian Baldrica stopped 13 shots for the shutout for CC (3-1), which didn’t allow a goal in the tournament. The Tigers beat Maine 3-0 … Read more
Behind junior center Aaron Gill’s hat trick and and offensive onslaught that saw 15 different Irish players record points, Notre Dame cruised to an 8-5 victory over Western Michigan en route to a series sweep of the Broncos. The game was never as close as the score indicated, as freshman forward Tim Wallace’s goal at … Read more
Merrimack coach Chris Serino admits Michigan is a better team, but he is upset because his team “never had a chance” to win. He blames new CCHA referee John Murphy for taking the Warriors’ chance away. “I think he’s incompetent,” Serino said of Murphy on Saturday after Merrimack lost 5-1 to the Wolverines, who swept … Read more
Sophomore defenseman Randy Jones and junior center Trevor Edwards scored in the opening five minutes of the third period to lead Clarkson University to a 2-1 come-from-behind exhibition victory over the U.S. National Under 18 Team before 3,010 fans at Cheel Arena Saturday night. Clarkson, which officially opens the season next weekend with a two-game … Read more