Jayson MoyThere was a little bit of consolation for the Rensselaer Engineers on Saturday afternoon at the Houston Fieldhouse. The Engineers broke a scoreless tie in the second period with two goals and held off the Providence Friars for a 3-2 win to finish third in the Bank of America/Rensselaer Holiday Hockey Tournament. After a 3-2 … Read more
The Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks got off to a quick start, scoring twice in each of the first two periods, and held Providence off to advance to the championship game of the Bank of America/Rensselaer Holiday Hockey Tournament, 4-2. The Mavericks got on the board with two goals in the first period. The Mavericks scored first as … Read more
A day that RPI hoped would never come came in the first round of the 55th annual Rensselaer Holiday Hockey Tournament. Holy Cross put a 3-2 win on the board over the Engineers to advance to the championship game of the tournament. In the process, the Engineers will fail to win their own tournament for … Read more
Black Friday was a tradition started three years ago at Rensselaer. It’s the first home Friday of the ECACHL season and the Engineers don one-time only black jerseys which are auctioned off during the game. The Engineers had yet to lose on Black Friday, and Friday was no exception as Kevin Croxton scored 26 seconds … Read more
A third-period goal by St. Lawrence’s Kevin DeVergilio gave the Saints a 3-2 win over Rensselaer in ECACHL play Saturday night. After receiving an up-ice pass from Shawn Fensel, DeVergilio put the moves on the RPI defense, shielding the puck as he cut in front of Mathias Lange. DeVergilio managed to get Lange down and … Read more
Two goals by Oren Eizenman were not enough as the Engineers gave up a 3-2 lead on a power-play goal with 5:55 left remaining in the third period as Rensselaer and Clarkson skated to a 3-3 tie. Eizenman had given the Engineers the 2-1 lead heading into the third period, but Clarkson’s Mike Sullivan tied … Read more
Merrimack scored three times in the third period, including Matt Johnson’s hat-trick goal, to overcome a 3-2 deficit entering the period and down the Rensselaer Engineers 5-3. The Warriors trailed 3-2 coming into the third period, but got a power-play goal on their eighth attempt of the evening. After a scrum in front, the puck … Read more
The Rensselaer Engineers gave up four first-period goals to Northeastern but came back to score five in the second period and then broke a 5-5 tie in the third period to defeat the Huskies, 7-5. The Engineers took the 5-4 lead into the third period, but Matt Uusivirta fired a rocket past Engineer goaltender Jordan … Read more
With the drop of the puck and look to the sky, a new era began for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on October 8. The drop of the puck signified the first game that RPI would play as a Division I women’s hockey program. The look to the sky was for Bill Cahill — this was, after … Read more
Four, not three, bidding committees came away happy when the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee announced the awarding of Frozen Four bids. Washington, D.C., Detroit, St. Paul and Tampa all came away happy, as they were awarded the Frozen Fours between 2009-2012. Washington, D.C., is hosting its first Frozen Four, and got it on its first … Read more
USCHO has confirmed that four cities will be awarded the Frozen Four in an announcement scheduled for this afternoon. Washington, D.C., Detroit, St. Paul and Tampa will be awarded the Frozen Four for the years 2009-2012. The NCAA Ice Hockey Committee was to have only awarded 2009-2011, but decided to add 2012 in this year’s … Read more
The six finalists to host the Frozen Four in 2009-2011 made their pitches. Now Jayson Moy takes all the information and makes his best guess as to where college hockey’s main event goes.
Could we be headed to Florida for the Frozen Four? It’s quite possible if the Tampa Sports Commission’s presentation goes its way.
Ford Field, home of the Frozen Four? Thanks in part to CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos, USCHO.com’s Jayson Moy says it’s a real possibility.
Kennesaw State University would become the latest member of the CHA if the school’s president, Dr. Betty L. Siegel, approves the athletic department’s plan to add men’s ice hockey as a varsity sport and to apply for league membership. Kennesaw State, located 20 miles north of Atlanta, would announce its intentions to add men’s hockey … Read more
A Freshman Will Lead Them Travis Zajac’s goal gave him five in the NCAA tournament, and 20 on the season. His 20 goals led the Sioux this season, which is the fewest that a leading goal-scorer has had since Landon Wilson had 18 to lead the Sioux in 1993-94. Travis Zajac’s first-period goal was his … Read more
20 years ago a group of young men from Troy, N.Y. engineered the longest winning streak in all of college hockey. Built from a loss in the NCAA Tournament in 1984, the 1985 Rensselaer Engineers took the game to another level and a place that would stand in NCAA history.
Moving Up The Ladder With Gabe Gauthier’s hat trick Sunday, he moved up to 111 points in his career, good for No. 59 in the Denver scoring list, leaving behind Anders Bjork, Paul Josephson, Marc Rousseau, Njorn Engstrom, Kelly Popadynetz, Cliff Koroll, Rich Preston, Mike Busniuk, Ken Williamson and Brian Konowalchuk at 109. Gauthier now … Read more
It’s tough to write about sometimes, because you feel for the kids. After all, it is just a game, but sometimes, it can be a little more. It’s life, especially for seniors. Especially for the Harvard seniors. Because for four straight years Harvard has gone to the NCAA tournament, and four times the last period … Read more
This is the final Bracketology of the season — the one that you’ve been waiting for, in which all the weeks of reading culminates in our projected brackets for the NCAA Division I men’s tournament. Before we get to the picks, we remind you of the NCAA’s guidelines on the matter, per a meeting of … Read more