Jim Connelly

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Team of Destiny, Minnesota Duluth, closed out an improbable run through the NCAA tournament and earned the school’s second national title with a 2-1 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday. The final at-large team in the NCAA field, qualifying by one ten-thousandth of a point in the Ratings Percentage Index, … Read more

Michigan won 16 of 18 faceoffs in taking a 2-0 lead, but Notre Dame made things more even afterward (photo: Melissa Wade).

ST. PAUL, Minn.  — When you’re playing a big game on a big stage, you have to love a fast start, and in Thursday’s national semifinal between Minnesota Duluth and Ohio State, it was an explosive beginning that meant everything to the Bulldogs. Two goals in the opening 3 minutes, 4 seconds was all the offense … Read more

WORCESTER, Mass. — It’s great to be good and nice to be lucky. When you’re both, you’re probably going to win. Michigan, underdogs in many people’s eyes, including their own, wasn’t picture perfect but got what coach Mel Pearson admitted was a dose of puck luck in Sunday’s Northeast Regional final to head to the … Read more

WORCESTER, Mass. — It might not be too wise to refer to Boston University as Cinderella, even if it seems like the glass slipper fits. A highly talented Terriers club that has needed to win to avoid the clock striking midnight on its season captured the Hockey East tournament title last weekend to advance to … Read more

BOSTON — The college hockey world needs to be aware: Boston University’s season isn’t over. A preseason favorite in many polls, it was hardly a banner year for the Terriers. But a playoff run to define the madness of March has BU and its lineup of blue chip players heading to the NCAA tournament after … Read more

BOSTON — Boston University may have been the preseason favorite in Hockey East, but the reality is the Terriers have been surviving on borrowed time. And BU will survive for at least one more day thanks to a 4-3 overtime victory on Friday against Commonwealth Avenue rival Boston College. The Terriers can earn an automatic … Read more

Logan Cockerill’s goal late in the second period broke a 1-1 tie and was enough for Boston University to earn a 2-1 victory and sweep the quarterfinal series against Connecticut to advance to the Hockey East semifinals, where they will face Boston College in the opening game at the TD Garden. Brady Tkachuk opened the … Read more

Chris Grando’s short-handed game-winning goal at 4:20 of overtime propelled Boston College past a plucky 10-seed Merrimack, 4-3, sending the Eagles to the Garden. They will face arch-rival Boston University in Friday’s opening semifinal game at the TD Garden. The Eagles fell behind on the shot chart for the second straight game, but unlike Friday … Read more

Host Providence held of a feisty Maine team, 3-2, on Saturday to sweep their quarterfinal series and advance to the semifinals where they will face Northeastern on Friday in the second semifinal game at the TD Garden. Providence jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead on Scott Conway’s second goal of the series combined with … Read more

BOSTON — One night after being in an absolute dogfight from beginning to end, the Northeastern Huskies and their faithful breathed a bit easier on Saturday night. The second-seeded Huskies exploded for two goals in the first period and four more in the second to romp past eighth-seed Massachusetts, 7-2, to earn a sweep of … Read more

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Minutemen had themselves in an ideal position to pull off an upset of #2 seed Northeastern in the opening game of the best-of-three quarterfinals. Then one bounce changed everything. With the game tied at 2, UMass holding a significant territorial advantage and on the power play, a timely penalty kill featuring … Read more