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Wisconsin left no doubt Saturday, dominating Minnesota State Mankato to close out a best-of-three WCHA playoff series with a two-game sweep. Five different Badgers had two points apiece, including two goals from senior wing Matt Hussey, in a 7-3 victory. Wisconsin was economical with its scoring opportunities, tallying two first-period goals on just five shots … Read more

Freshman forward Rebecca Russell stuffed a rebound past Big Red goaltender Liz Connelly at 6:07 of overtime to give St. Lawrence a 2-1 victory Saturday. The Saints’ win completed a sweep of Cornell in the ECAC quarterfinals at Appleton Arena, sending them to the semifinals on March 16 at Dartmouth. Amanda Sargeant scored the first … Read more

The Mercyhurst Lakers continued their drive for a second successive MAAC championship with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Army before close to 1,000 fans Saturday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Army scored first when senior forward Josh Marino beat Mercyhurst goaltender Peter Aubry at 14:38 of the first period. Morino was assisted by sophomore … Read more

Happy birthday, Bob Gaudet. Dartmouth gave its coach the perfect 43rd birthday gift Saturday night, defeating Colgate 4-1 to complete a sweep of an ECAC first-round playoff series at Thompson Arena. The game was tied at one to start the third period, but that’s when Dartmouth took control. Senior Frank Nardella and junior Kent Gillings … Read more

Although Clarkson held its official “senior night” a week ago, Saturday’s quarterfinal playoff contest against St. Lawrence will be this year’s graduates’ final memory of their home rink. Not surprisingly, it will be a good memory for those Golden Knights, as their squad came out of the contest on top, 6-1. The win propels the … Read more

Steve Saviano’s unassisted goal at 6:45 of overtime capped a furious rally by New Hampshire, as the top-ranked Wildcats came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Merrimack, 5-4, winning their Hockey East quarterfinal series, two games to none. The win sends New Hampshire to the Hockey East semifinals at the FleetCenter in Boston on … Read more

For the second night in a row, a Wentworth goalie put on an impressive show, doing everything possible to keep the top-ranked Middlebury Panthers off the board in their NCAA quarterfinal matchup. Yet for the second night in a row, once the Panthers found their rhythm, the Leopards were unable to hold off an onslaught … Read more

For the second night in a row, 8,314 fans at the Omaha Civic Auditorium got their monies worth as Notre Dame and Nebraska-Omaha turned in another exciting CCHA playoff hockey game. And, for the second night in a row, the game went to overtime. This time though, the results weren’t the same. David Inman snapped … Read more

WCHA regular-season champion Denver advanced to the Final Five with a convincing 8-1 win over Michigan Tech on Saturday night at Magness Arena. The Pioneers (30-7-1) completed the weekend sweep of Michigan Tech (8-28-2), their seventh straight win over the Huskies and sixth of the season, to advance. The 2001-02 Pioneer squad becomes only the … Read more

The crowd was in its typical Lynah Rink frenzy, the bench was standing in tribute to the six seniors on the ice, anticipating the post-game celebration. So, OK, Yale scored a goal with two seconds left. It did nothing to put the slightest dent in anyone’s celebratory mood. Two seconds later, Cornell finalized a 4-2 … Read more

Nebraska-Omaha’s Jeff Hoggan scored 40 seconds into the second overtime to give the Mavericks a 3-2 win over Notre Dame in a playoff thriller Friday night at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Hoggan, a first team all-CCHA selection this season, took a lead pass from Andrew Wong at center ice and barged down the left wing, … Read more

The Alaska-Fairbanks took the first home opportunity in the CCHA Playoffs and used it to their full advantage scoring a 6-3 win over Ferris State to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Cory Rask skated in and scored a power play goal at 3:17 in the 1st for the Nanooks before Ferris’ Brett Smith … Read more

Senior Chris Paradise recorded two goals and junior netminder Wade Dubielewicz turned away 13 shots to lead second-ranked Denver to a resounding 5-1 win over Michigan Tech on Friday night at Magness Arena. Denver is now just one win away from its first WCHA Final Five appearance since the 1998-99 season. Sophomore Greg Keith opened … Read more

Thirteen seconds. That’s all it took for all the hard work Princeton put in during the first two periods to go up in smoke. And that’s all it took for “Mr. Clutch” — otherwise known as Chris Migliore — to score twice, early in the third period, to give Rensselaer a two-goal lead it would … Read more

The battle for the North Country began on Friday night at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena. What heroics could Golden Knight and St. Lawrence Skating Saint fans look forward to this time around? Would the game erupt into a high-scoring shootout reminiscent of this year’s two regular-season meetings of the teams, or would Clarkson and SLU rekindle … Read more

Bemidji State’s late-season struggles continued Friday as the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers blew open a tight game with a four-goal third period en route to a 5-3 win over the Beavers at the Van Braun Center. The Chargers’ win gives them 19 points in College Hockey America play, even with Niagara for third place in the league … Read more

The team that would not have qualified for the CCHA Tournament a year ago is on the verge of the second round. After jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the second period, 12th-seeded Lake Superior State held on to beat Michigan, 4-3, at Yost Ice Arena on Friday night. Lake Superior finished dead last … Read more

Bowling Green came into Friday’s game against Michigan State as a playoff giant killer, having won each of its last two CCHA first-round playoff matches as the underdog on the road. And the Falcons seemed ready to fulfill that role again, taking a 3-1 third-period lead in front of a stunned crowd of 5,408 at … Read more

There will be a new Hockey East and NCAA Division I champion in 2002. That was assured Friday night as the 2001 National Champion Boston College Eagles lost their second Hockey East Quarterfinal game to the Maine Black Bears, 4-2, at Alfond Arena. The two-game sweep makes the Black Bears the first team to advance … Read more