Two-Time Winner Marsh Heads List of Penrose Finalists

Last year’s Spencer Penrose Award winner, Joe Marsh from St. Lawrence, is among the 12 finalists for this year’s award, sponsored annually by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Five of the 12 finalists are participating in this year’s NCAA tournament. The following are this year’s candidates: Craig Barnett, Findlay: Competing in a Division I … Read more

Liscak Sends Black Bears Into Quarters

Just another day at the office for Maine, now officially the comeback kids. A tying goal in the closing seconds and an OT winner gave the Black Bears a win over Minnesota and a date with BC.

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Minnesota, Maine Deadlocked After Two

After a double-overtime opening game of the 2001 NCAA East Regional, game two between the fifth-seeded Maine Black Bears and the number-four seed Minnesota Golden Gophers could reach the same destiny. Through two periods, the clubs are deadlocked, 2-2. After the Gophers controlled the play through the opening period, outshooting Maine, 14-7, the Black Bears … Read more

BC Finishes Next Leg in Season Quest

For the third time in four years, Boston College is the HEA tournament champion, and will now look for that elusive NCAA title. The Eagles will be the top seed in the East Region.

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Quinnipiac Breaks Playoff Jinx

Quinnipiac has gone into the last two tournaments as the conference’s top seed, only to lose in the semifinals. Not this time. The Braves will contend for an NCAA berth on Saturday afternoon.

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Gotkin: Fulfilling His Dreams

Rick Gotkin has built the Mercyhurst program from scratch, through transitions from D-III to D-II to D-I. Now, the Lakers are a step away from the NCAA tournament, a dream so amazing, Gotkin is trying not to think about it.

This Week In The MAAC: March 14, 2001

Around 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Saturday, the first bid to the 2001 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament will be handed out — to the MAAC playoff champion. And with the conference’s top four seeds all on hand in Storrs, Conn., expect a dogfight. Jim Connelly reports.

Voce Gets Second Winner of Weekend: BC Advances

The Boston College Eagles got one step closer towards a third Hockey East championship in four seasons — but it certainly wasn’t easy. After winning game one of their quarterfinal series against Merrimack, 1-0, the Eagles found themselves deadlocked 1-1 through two periods Saturday before rookie Tony Voce scored his second game-winning goal in as … Read more

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Voce Nets Only Goal as BC Edges Merrimack

If you’re the Boston College Eagles, a team that boasts three 20-goal scorers including Hobey Baker candidate Brian Gionta in its arsenal of players, it might be very easy to lick your chops at the thought of an offensive explosion facing eighth seed Merrimack in the quarterfinal of the Hockey East playoffs. Think again. The … Read more

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This Week In The MAAC: March 8, 2001

Let’s all say it together, once more: this season, for the first time, the MAAC playoff champion gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Now, if that doesn’t motivate the eight contenders, nothing will. Jim Connelly previews Saturday’s quarterfinals.

Lowell Emerges From Penalty-Marred Contest

It was a record-setting night at Matthews Arena on Saturday night, when UMass-Lowell defeated Northeastern, 6-2. For the Hockey East Association, though, it’s probably a record they’d like to forget. Referee Tim Benedetto, along with assistant officials Tom Fyrer and Chuck Wynters, lost control early in a contest that broke the longstanding Hockey East record … Read more

1949 Revisited?

They’re eight players with one number separating them from receiving the acclaim they probably deserve. That number: 1949. The Boston College senior class is close to making school history — but a few weeks from what could be their fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four. That alone is plenty an accomplishment, as only … Read more

Black Bears Barely Escape Warriors

Maine needed every scoring chance to edge past determined Merrimack, as a 53-20 shot advantage translated into just a one-goal Black Bear victory.

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This Week In The MAAC: Feb. 22, 2001

Thanks to geography, home-ice advantage in the MAAC playoffs might mean a little more to two teams than to the rest of the league. One is already there — what about the second? Jim Connelly inspects Mercyhurst and Canisius’ tournament hopes.

Northeastern PP Gets Healthy on Warriors

Merrimack picked the wrong night to put Northeastern on the power play. The Huskies’ power play, that has operated at only 15.7 percent efficiency in Hockey East all season, scored on each of its first four chances en route to a 5-2 win over the Warriors at Matthews Arena on Saturday. Northeastern broke open a … Read more