Jim Connelly

A 3-0 win for Maine over Boston University on Saturday night was more than just two points in the Hockey East standings for the two goaltenders involved. That lead this week’s three things: 1. Swayman wins bronze then makes history at BU Maine’s Jeremy Swayman and BU’s Jake Oettinger each had a bronze medal place … Read more

Boston College traveled out to Las Vegas for the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational as slight favorites in the four-team field. In the end, the Eagles left without a victory and a fourth-place finish. A night after falling, 4-3, to Michigan Tech in the semifinals, Boston College skated to a 3-3 tie with Northern Michigan in … Read more

A night after battling to a 3-3 tie against the Falcons, Northeastern’s offense exploded. Adam Gaudette and Brandon Hawkins each netted two goals and Gaudette added two helpers for a four-point night in a 6-1 win over visiting Bentley. Five different players recorded multi-point games, while goaltender Cayden Primeau finished the game with 13 saves … Read more

While host New Hampshire skated to a 4-4 tie with visiting Brown, the result might have felt more like a loss for the Wildcats. Trailing 4-0 with less than 17 minutes remaining, Brown battled back on goals from Tommy Marchin, Tim Lappin, Tyler Bird and Brent Beaudoin to tie the game. When neither team tallied … Read more

LOWELL, Mass – Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel was pretty frank when describing his team’s loss to sister-school rival UMass Lowell on Saturday, a game where at times the Minutemen controlled the flow of play for stretches but still came out on the wrong end of an 8-3 score at Tsongas Center. “A very ugly score … Read more

Trailing 2-1 late in the second period, host Providence netted the game’s final four goals to take a 5-2 decision over Merrimack. Brian Pinho knotted the game at 15:48 before helping set up Kasper Bjorkqvist’s tally less than three minutes later. Erik Foley spotted the Friars the game’s first two-goal lead at 10:51 of the … Read more

In a battle of bronze medal winning goaltenders, Maine’s Jeremy Swayman came away the winning. Both Swayman and Boston University’s Jake Oettinger returned to their respective teams after being part of the Team USA team, which took third place on Friday at the World Juniors in Buffalo. Swayman stopped all 31 shots he faced for … Read more

Somehow Dave and I continue to put up the same record, week after week. That leaves us tied yet again. Jim last week: 10-6-0 Jim to date: 82-54-12 Dave last week: 10-6-0 Dave to date: 82-54-12 Friday, January 5 Merrimack at Connecticut Jim’s pick: These are two teams each looking to get things going in … Read more

Team USA, comprised mostly of college players, earned the second seed in Group A and will face Russia in Tuesday’s Worl Juniors quarterfinal. Along the way, a number of American players – and those representing other countries – hailing from Hockey East schools have played extremely well. That leads our takeaways this week. 1. Hockey … Read more

HANOVER, N.H. — Yale scored three times midway through the third period to break open a 1-1 game to defeat New Hampshire in what amounted to the third-place game of the Ledyard Bank Tournament. Though these two teams were scheduled to meet in predetermined pairings for the event, each lost on the opening night, making … Read more

HANOVER, N.H. — In a goaltenders’ duel, Minnesota Duluth rookie Kobe Roth, without a goal on a season, scored the winning goal in a shootout as the Bulldogs took home the crown of the Ledyard Bank tournament. The game will officially go down as a 2-2 tie, but Duluth earns the championship on a 2-1 … Read more

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Crimson scored the game’s final three goals –- all from the stick of Ryan Donato –- to skate to a 4-1 win over host Vermont and take third place at the Catamount Cup. Donato also assisted on the game’s opening goal scored by Ty Pelton-Byce to finish with a four-point game. … Read more