Jim Connelly

Providence got the upper hand as two upstart teams met at Matthews Arena. With the win, the Friars moved into first place.

For a blue-collar team like Merrimack, the formula to beat a talent-laden team like No. 2 Boston College is to outhit, outshoot, and, in general, outplay the opposition. When the opposite happens, you end up with what 3,026 fans witnessed at the Volpe Complex Friday night — a 6-1 Eagles rout. Warriors coach Chris Serino … Read more

Surviving one of the craziest offensive periods in recent memory, the Merrimack Warriors snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the UMass-Lowell River Hawks, 5-4, before a loud and raucous crowd at Merrimack’s Volpe Complex. Junior Ryan Kiley, notching his third goal of the season with a hard snapshot over the blocker of Jimi St. … Read more

It was a night when more people cared about what happened in the Electoral College than in college hockey. Fans of Yale University hockey, though, may tell you that the night’s biggest upset took place at Boston College’s Conte Forum, not in any presidential election. Behind a two-point effort from Yale senior Jeff Hamilton and … Read more

From Boston College to Clarkson to Bowling Green and back to BC again, Jerry York has been around a long time, and excelled for a long time. Saturday, he earned his 600th career win as a coach.

So much for tradition. As steady as Boston College’s team has been, so has its line combination for the first six games of the young season. But Friday, with Marty Hughes serving a suspension for spearing and rookie Ben Eaves out with muscle spasms, BC’s first-line offense would have to come from elsewhere. And that … Read more

In one of the most lopsided contests of the young hockey season, the Providence College Friars, sparked by two goals and an assist by Jon DiSalvatore and a 35-save shutout by Nolan Schaefer, defeated the Union College Skating Dutchmen, 8-0, Sunday at Schneider Arena. The victory came one night after Providence lost a two-goal lead … Read more

The Boston University Terriers and head coach Jack Parker were 93 seconds away from escaping their trip to the “coffin” with two points and their first Hockey East win of the season. But thanks to Devan Rask’s deflection of a Matt Libby shot with 1:33 remaining in regulation, the Providence Friars were able to muster … Read more

It took more than five seasons, 169 games, and a new arena, but Northeastern coach Bruce Crowder finally got a win in Lowell. The Huskies coach, now in his fifth season at Northeastern, had not won a game at Lowell since 1996, while he was the head coach of UMass-Lowell. Crowder won his last home … Read more

The Connecticut Huskies proved Saturday night that the old expression, “close, but no cigar,” still doesn’t make losing any easier to stomach. One night after falling 6-2 to the Merrimack Warriors, the Huskies, in only their third season of Division I hockey, put the scare of a lifetime into the Warriors in the rematch, falling … Read more

Six different goal-scorers lit the lamp for Merrimack College, including a shorthander and a power-play tally, as the Warriors cruised past the University of Connecticut, 6-2, Friday at the Volpe Complex in the Warriors’ home opener. Despite the victory, Merrimack head coach Chris Serino was none too enthusiastic about his team’s execution in the game. … Read more

When a team is victimized by an inability to score goals, sometimes it’s the addition of a quick-moving scorer that helps, while other times a little luck can work just as well. In the case of the UMass-Lowell River Hawks Friday, it was a little bit of both. Coming off a struggling year offensively, the … Read more

Behind a career game by left wing Ryan Kiley, the Merrimack Warriors cruised to a 12-2 exhibition victory over Ottawa on Sunday at the Volpe Complex. Kiley registered five goals, two of the shorthanded variety, to pace the offense. “We’ve got some guys who can put the puck in the net this year,” Merrimack coach … Read more