Site AdministratorAs the puck dropped in Providence for the first time in nearly 5 months, the Friars were looking forward to something that they desperately needed all of last season a fresh start. Their wishes were granted as they hosted Queen’s University, a Canadian counterpart from Kingston, Ontario in the squad’s first outing of the 2002-03 … Read more
The Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves opened their season by defeating the visiting Mount Royal College Cougars 6-4 Friday night in exhibition play at the Harry J. McDonald Memorial Center. UAA senior Joe Garvin put the Seawolves on the board first at 3:55, burying a rebound from close quarters. UAA assistant captains Lee Green and Dan Gilkerson registered … Read more
UMass-Amherst began the season with a 3-2 exhibition loss to St. Francis Xavier on Friday night. St. Francis Xavier opened the scoring with two first-period goals, just over two minutes apart. Todd Norman lit the lamp first at the 9:58 mark of the opening 20 minutes and teammate Mike Smith added a goal at the … Read more
Junior R.J. Umberger scored two goals and added two assists to lead Ohio State to a 6-2 victory over Waterloo in an exhibition game Friday at CoreComm Ice Haus. Junior Daymen Bencharski had a goal and two assists and freshman Dan Knapp recorded a goal and an assist in the victory. The first period ended … Read more
Junior defenseman Anders Olsson scored two goals to lead Bemidji State past the University of Manitoba Bison, 4-2, in an exhibition contest tonight at the John Glas Fieldhouse. Olsson, who scored just two goals all of last season, scored even-strength at 1:07 of the second period to put BSU ahead for good, 2-1, and sealed … Read more
Lake Superior State freshman Alex Dunn broke a 1-1 tie with Western Ontario when he scored an unassisted goal late in the third period of Friday?s exhibition contest. The Lakers went on to defeat the visiting Mustangs 4-1. “We reacted well for a team that does not have a lot of older players,” said Laker … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish opened the 2002-03 season with an offensive explosion at the Joyce Center as they knocked of the University of Toronto 8-1 in front of a crowd of 2,367. Freshman center Matt Amado scored twice in the game with six others getting single goals in the seven-goal victory. The Irish broke … Read more
For the first time since the 1997-98 campaign Miami scored 10-plus goals as it dominated its first-round game at the Lefty McFadden Invitational 12-1 against the Air Force Falcons. The RedHawks test their strength tomorrow night in the championship against CCHA foe Bowling Green. The loss was the worst for Air Force since the 1996 … Read more
Minnesota dominated all three periods of play and cruised to an easy 10-0 exhibition victory over the Toronto Jr. Aeros Friday night. The game marked the much-anticipated debut of U.S. Olympians Krissy Wendell and Natalie Darwitz, each of whom recorded a hat trick. Wendell added two assists while Darwitz had a four-point night. Wendell, who … Read more
A year ago, Media Day was a time of reflection, but this year, the mood is excitement about the upcoming season.
Bemidji State senior defenseman Clay Simmons announced today that he is retiring from the Beaver hockey program immediately. Simmons stated that he had personal reasons for deciding to leave the program. “I have some issues I have to deal with back home,” Simmons said. “Coach has left the door open for me to come back, … Read more
After last year’s end-of-the-season run, many wonder what other tricks are in the Crimson’s back pocket? A mediocre regular season was followed by one heart-stopping show after another as Harvard battled and fought its way back to the NCAA tournament — a place where they enjoyed so much success during the late ’80s and early … Read more
Last year the Tigers needed a strong end-of-the-season surge to earn a berth in the ECAC playoffs. Once there, the toll of the late-season run — including victories in four of the last five regular-season games — came back to haunt the Orange and Black, who were easily downed easily by Rensselaer in the first … Read more
The Bulldogs were heavy underdogs when they gave Cornell — the ECAC regular-season champions — everything they could handle in the first round of the ECAC playoffs last year. Dan Lombard stopped 45 shots in that series, while Chris Higgins netted his team-leading 14th goal of the season. Higgins The good news is that Higgins … Read more
Roger Grillo is entering his sixth year as head coach of Brown. With a contract extension in hand and the go-ahead to build a program for years to come, Grillo is ready to embrace the new role that his team has been earning over the past two years. “The expectations are higher. I think that’s … Read more
Many have waited with bated breath for the Big Green’s big breakthrough. Over the past four years, talk has been of the program’s turnaround and head coach Bob Gaudet’s recruiting prowess. But after finishing last season just over the .500 mark in league play and then losing to Rensselaer in the play-in game in Lake … Read more
The Union Skating Dutchmen were in great shape as February started. They were sitting pretty for home ice for the ECAC playoffs and on — sort of — a roll. Five weekends later, the Dutchmen had broken hearts, one point shy of making the playoffs at all. Part of the irony is that in the … Read more
The Saints went into last season as the two-time defending ECAC champions, but with heavy graduation losses few expected the Saints to repeat. Indeed, St. Lawrence went through a tough year and finished in a tie for ninth. Key differences from the previous year: a scoring dropoff of just about a goal per game, a … Read more
Judging from preseason media releases, the Catamounts are focusing on the future. There is no rehash of the past two seasons, nor an analysis of why the former ECAC regular-season champions won only three games last year. Instead, there is talk of a strong nonconference schedule, a solid returning crew and a promising group of … Read more
It was a tale of two seasons for the Rensselaer Engineers in 2001-2002. Towards the end of January, the Engineers were in last place in the ECAC, sparking questions about the state of the program. But at the end of the season, the Engineers had reached 20 wins, finished third in the ECAC tournament, and … Read more