Site AdministratorLed by Brenda Reinen’s 23 saves, No. 6 Minnesota edged Ohio State Friday in the teams’ WCHA series opener at Mariucci Arena. Buckeye left wing Jeni Creary recorded her ninth goal of the season and Ohio State’s first of the game at 9:38 in the first period. Creary picked up the puck from Christine Patno … Read more
Canisius head coach Brian Cavanaugh earned his 300th career victory Friday as his Griffs powered past Bentley, 9-2. David Deeves and Jeff Street starred on offense for the victors.
Led by Shannon Mikel’s goal — the only one of the night for either side — top-ranked Minnesota-Duluth edged Wisconsin 1-0 Friday at Capitol Ice Arena. Mikel tipped the puck over UW netminder Jackie MacMillan’s right shoulder at 10:33 of the first period, deflecting Navada Russell’s point shot for her first goal of the season. … Read more
Minnesota State continues to run into hot goaltenders. However, Friday night the Mavericks finally put enough pucks in the net to claim a victory. After 73 of MSU’s 74 shots were stopped last weekend versus St. Cloud State, the Mavericks fired 54 shots on net Friday night against visiting Findlay and won 4-1. MSU (4-3-0 … Read more
In a game that often resembled a winter afternoon of wide-open pond hockey, Minnesota showed exactly why it’s the nation’s top-ranked team. Down 3-1 in the second period, the Golden Gophers erupted for five goals in a span of less than six minutes on their way to a 7-3 win over Michigan Tech before a … Read more
Lake Superior threw everything at Bulldog goaltender Mike Brown except the kitchen sink Friday night. In return, Brown denied every Laker scoring opportunity to help earn Ferris State a 2-0 win. Mike Brown earned the shutout for Ferris State Friday night (photography by Christopher Brian Dudek). “Brown played outstanding tonight,” Bulldog coach Bob Daniels said. … Read more
The 50th anniversary Beanpot will be televised on New England Sports Network (NESN), according to a report in the Boston Globe. The annual hockey classic, played on the first two Monday nights in February, ran into television difficulties a year ago when WABU, a local Boston television station that showed Boston University games as well … Read more
The ECAC kicks off the regular season this weekend — and not a moment too soon, either. First up, nationally-ranked Harvard and Dartmouth test one another’s mettle in an early-season tsunami. Also: Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy return in the Iron Columnists’ picks contest.
The NCAA this week has granted final approval of the CHA’s eligibility for an automatic qualifier to the Division I men’s tournament.
If Michigan State hockey officials knew what was going to take place in Thursday’s game against Bowling Green, they might have promoted the event as “Freshmen Night.” Five Spartan freshmen accounted for five of the six MSU goals as the third-ranked Spartans got back on track, following last weekend’s sweep at the hands of Nebraska-Omaha, … Read more
Ed Seero offers more insight into the rise of the ECAC Northeast as he chats up coaches around the league. Also: review and preview, and Random Thoughts on Sports.
Just Another Olympic Year Within an hour of winning the Inaugural Women’s Frozen Four last March, Minnesota-Duluth coach Shannon Miller was already brimming with optimism about 2001-02, and with good reason. None of her players from European national teams would be missing for any key stretch of the season. “We’ve been negotiating with the Swedish … Read more
St. Norbert won its second-straight season opener, downing Marian 7-2. Marian grabbed a quick 1-0 lead after one period on a goal by Andy Allen, but the Green Knights responded with four second-period markers to break the game open. Chris Bodnar, Faron Duthie, Marc Deitsch and Andre Rioux all scored in the second period, with … Read more
Sunday, speed won out over size as the big, powerful St. Francis Xavier X-Men were defeated by the swift, crafty Yale Bulldogs, 9-3, at Ingalls Rink in an exhibition match. “We got what we needed to out of this game,” Yale head coach Tim Taylor said. “I thought that after we got rid of the … Read more
Just over five minutes into the deciding period, Brad Nizwantowski centered a pass that slipped through linemate Jimmy Callahan’s legs, off PC defenseman Dominic Torretti’s skates and over the goal line, giving UMass the win.
USCHO’s recruiting guru Chris Heisenberg is back with a look into the BCHL, and who the future college hockey stars will be.
Jason Camardo scored two goals and added an assist as Buffalo State nipped Milwaukee School of Engineering, 3-2, in the Buffalo State All Sport Invitational. MSOE took a 1-0 first lead with 18 seconds left in the first period on a goal by Ryan Puffer. Todd Nowicki tied the game for the Bengals just 8 … Read more
Led by solid goaltending and goals by Josh Roberts and James Fitzpatrick, the Princeton men’s hockey team defeated St. Francis Xavier, 2-1, in an exhibition game at Baker Rink. “I was pleased with our goaltending,” second-year Tiger coach Len Quesnelle said. All three of the team’s goalies — Dave Stathos, Nate Nomeland and Trevor Clay … Read more
Bemidji State completed a two-game nonconference sweep of the Connecticut Huskies, 2-0, Saturday in John Glas Fieldhouse, completing the program’s first back-to-back shutouts since the 1981-82 season. The shutouts were also the first time the Beavers have gone a weekend series against the same opponent without allowing a goal since blanking Wisconsin-Superior 9-0 and 10-0, … Read more
It is rare that Ryan Miller gives up four goals in a game. It is rarer still that it happens on back-to-back nights. With a convincing 5-1 win over Michigan State Saturday night in Omaha, the Mavericks of Nebraska-Omaha again lit Miller for four goals, on their way to completion of a sweep of the … Read more