Site AdministratorA backdrop rich with playoff intensity gave way to history Saturday night at the Alliant Energy Center as the fifth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers defeated the sixth-seeded Denver Pioneers 6-2 in the second and final game of a best-of-three WCHA playoff series. With Wisconsin (20-13-4) ahead in the series 1-0, the visiting Pioneers played the first period … Read more
Netminder Tuula Puputti stopped all 26 Ohio State shots as top-seeded Minnesota-Duluth captured its second consecutive WCHA playoff title, defeating OSU 3-0 Saturday night at the Rochester Recreation Center. The Buckeyes outshot the Bulldogs, 12-6, in the first stanza but were unable to convert. Rather, UMD center Erika Holst tallied first, on the power play … Read more
Down a game to Northern Michigan, Western Michigan stayed alive in its first-round playoff series Saturday night, beating NMU 9-7 in an offensive shootout, forcing a deciding Game 3 on Sunday. Western Michigan proved the hardest thing to do is to end a team’s season, scoring five goals in the second period and four in … Read more
On the night that Chris Cerrella moved into the top spot on the career scoring chart at Quinnipiac, the Braves’ senior assistant captain helped his team accomplish something that was just as, if not more important — keep his team’s season alive. Despite squandering a 3-1 lead with under seven minutes to play in the … Read more
Nate Ziemski turned aside all 27 St. John’s shots Saturday night to lead Wisconsin-Superior to a 4-0 victory and a sweep of their NCAA quarterfinal series in front of 1,680 fans at Wessman Arena. The win sends UWS back to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four for the third straight year. Sophomore forward Josh Liebenow … Read more
The age-old adage in the sports world dictates that the good teams always find a way to win. Saturday night, at least, the Spartans proved that axiom truthful, overcoming a 2-1 deficit to sink Alaska-Fairbanks in overtime, 3-2. When Sean Patchell netted the game-winner 7:18 into the extra frame, the 6,329 at Munn Arena exploded … Read more
St. Cloud will make its sixth consecutive trip to the WCHA Final Five this season thanks to an 8-2 win over Alaska-Anchorage. The opening period proved to be all SCSU needed as it hit four goals, starting with Chris Purslow’s seventh of the season at 1:16. Joe Motzko continued the attack with his 15th goal … Read more
The Rensselaer team that has given Dartmouth fits in recent years never made an appearance this weekend at Thompson Arena. The fifth-seeded Big Green completed a convincing sweep of the sixth-seeded Engineers Saturday night, scoring three second-period goals en route to a 5-1 win and a berth in the Final Five in Lake Placid, N.Y., … Read more
This is not the way the MSU-Mankato Mavericks wanted their season to end. For Colorado College, it’s the perfect way to roll into the WCHA Final Five. The Tigers spanked MSU-Mankato 7-3, defeating the Mavericks for the third straight time and giving Colorado College a 2-0 playoff series win. The 24-11-1 Tigers move on in … Read more
Harvard has not come from behind in the third period all season long. Until now. Yale reversed a 3-1 deficit to a 4-3 lead on a power-play goal by captain Ben Stafford at 4:48 of the third period. But Harvard ripped off four goals in 5:48 to catapult the Crimson to a 7-4 victory and … Read more
Brian Schroeder scored 4:03 into overtime, giving the Iona Gaels a 3-2 victory over the Sacred Heart Pioneers in the MAAC quarterfinals. As the Gaels moved the puck around in the Pioneer zone, Schroeder gathered the rebound of Paul Fisher’s shot that caromed to the blue line. Without wasting any time, Schroeder blasted a shot … Read more
Saturday night was supposed to belong to Alabama-Huntsville. The Chargers were supposed to skate away with the CHA Final Five championship trophy. UAH was supposed to be the team celebrating at the Von Braun Center. Somebody forgot to tell Wayne State, which stunned the Chargers 4-1 to claim the CHA postseason title before an announced … Read more
A night after surprising top-seed North Dakota in the first game of their WCHA series, Minnesota-Duluth jumped out to a 2-0 lead in Game 2. That’s where the bubble burst. The Sioux scored six unanswered goals and evened the series with a 6-2 victory at Engelstad Arena. The teams will decide the series Sunday night. … Read more
All week, the Michigan coaches stressed that to succeed come playoff time, their players would have to perform better in two ways — defensively and on special teams. The sixth-ranked Wolverines answered that call this weekend, completing a two-game sweep of Ferris State with a 3-0 victory Saturday night at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan connected … Read more
Apparently there were no history majors playing in Saturday night’s game two of the Hockey East quarterfinal series between Boston University and Providence College. Coming into Saturday, BU was 1-7-1 in its last nine games of this season. By a curious coincidence, the Terriers also held an identical 1-7-1 record in their last nine visits … Read more
Russ Bartlett scored the third St. Lawrence power-play goal of the game just 54 seconds into the third period to send the Saints to a 4-2 win over Union and sweep their first-round ECAC playoff series. St. Lawrence, now 18-12-4 on the season, will advance to Lake Placid for the third consecutive year and will … Read more
Seventh-ranked Wisconsin (21-9-5) won the third-place game at the WCHA women’s championship over third-ranked Minnesota (23-9-2) Saturday by the score of 4-3. Steph Millar scored the game-winning goal at 8:35 of the third period, breaking a three-all deadlock. Sis Paulsen pinched deep along the boards, skated behind the net with the puck and made a … Read more
The Mercyhurst Lakers scored seven second-period goals to break open a tight game and went on to defeat the Fairfield Stags, 10-5. Mercyhurst jumped to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Adam Tackaberry and Jody Robinson, but Fairfield got back in the game late in the period when senior captain Tim Viens scored … Read more
If you could take every Cornell (15-11-5, 13-8-3 ECAC) victory from the past season and wrap them up into one package, the Red’s 2-1 victory over Princeton (10-16-5, 9-11-4) to clinch a spot in the ECAC’s final five would be it. The game featured everything a Cornell victory could want to have, great special teams … Read more
Rob McFeeters scored the winning goal with just seven seconds left in the second overtime as Clarkson defeated Vermont, 3-2. The number-one seeded Golden Knights, who improved their record to 21-10-3, evened the best-of-three series and will face Vermont at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday in the deciding game. The 10th-seeded Catamounts (13-17-2) won the first … Read more