Matt Mackinder
It’s Friday the 13th – and our columnists dare to pick this weekend’s games as we are entering crunch time. Away we go. BRIAN LESTER – West Lake Forest enters the final weekend of the regular season with a chance to clinch a share of the NCHA championship. The challenge, however, is finding a way … Read more
It’s Friday the 13th – and our columnists dare to pick this weekend’s games as we are entering crunch time. Away we go. BRIAN LESTER – West Lake Forest enters the final weekend of the regular season with a chance to clinch a share of the NCHA championship. The challenge, however, is finding a way … Read more
We are getting down to the nitty and the gritty in the women’s Division III season. While no ranked teams play one another this weekend, expect lots of scoreboard watching to be happening. Candace and Matt prognosticate the weekend’s spotlight games. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14 Stevenson at Oswego Candace: Home ice usually helps. This is likely … Read more
We are getting down to the nitty and the gritty in the women’s Division III season. While no ranked teams play one another this weekend, expect lots of scoreboard watching to be happening. Candace and Matt prognosticate the weekend’s spotlight games. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14 Stevenson at Oswego Candace: Home ice usually helps. This is likely … Read more
Several games in the Eastern U.S. have had their game times changed this Saturday with the impending snow storm forecasted for several areas. — Maine at Merrimack has been moved up to 4 p.m. at Lawler Rink. — Massachusetts at Massachusetts-Lowell has been moved up to 4 p.m. at the Tsongas Center. — Boston University … Read more
Nina Waidacher came to play hockey at St. Scholastica from Switzerland, and has found the American college hockey experience invaluable to her development as a player, including her opportunity to play for the Swiss National Team in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
BOSTON — For Harvard, Tuesday evening’s Beanpot championship game against undefeated Boston College wasn’t just a chance to meet one of their season-long goals of a tournament title. It was also a chance to show how far they’ve come since a 10-2 loss to the Eagles in late November. How far have the Crimson come? … Read more
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut hosted Merrimack Tuesday night and the Huskies rebounded from their dreadful performance Saturday night (a 10-1 loss at Providence) to knock off the Warriors 1-0. Spencer Naas scored the only goal of the game, with 5:08 left in the third period. “I was really proud of us, to come back after … Read more
BOSTON — Marie-Philip Poulin led the way with two goals as No. 7 Boston University defeated injury-plagued Northeastern 3-1 in Tuesday afternoon’s Beanpot consolation game. Poulin struck first, intercepting an errant Huskies pass and coming in alone on goaltender Sarah Foss to put the Terriers up 2:38 into the game. After letting Harvard get up … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced Tuesday that Canisius senior forward Mitch McCrank has received a one-game suspension for his contact to the head penalty during the game against Robert Morris on Saturday, Feb. 7. McCrank was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct at the 15:03 mark of the first period. He is ineligible for Canisius’ … Read more
What went down last weekend in Division III circles? Read on. ECAC EAST – Norwich went into the weekend with the Nation’s No. 1 ranking and strengthened its position with wins over wins over Castleton (3-0) and Skidmore (6-3). The Cadets allowed Castleton just seven shots, Friday, with goalie Ty Reichenbach recording one of the … Read more
What went down last weekend in Division III circles? Read on. ECAC EAST – Norwich went into the weekend with the Nation’s No. 1 ranking and strengthened its position with wins over wins over Castleton (3-0) and Skidmore (6-3). The Cadets allowed Castleton just seven shots, Friday, with goalie Ty Reichenbach recording one of the … Read more
The WCHA announced Monday that Michigan Tech sophomore defenseman Cliff Watson has been suspended one game for an elbowing penalty from the Huskies’ game Feb. 6 against Bemidji State. The penalty occurred at the 9:44 mark of the third period last Saturday. Michigan Tech’s next scheduled game is Friday, Feb. 13, at Alaska-Anchorage. Watson is … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Sunday the 18 semifinalists for the fifteenth Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college player in New England at the NCAA Division II/III level. This year’s list is made up of nine forwards, five defensemen and four goaltenders. The candidates include eight players from the … Read more
As we are nearing the home stretch of the NCAA Division III schedule, each game matters more and more and each point makes a difference. Last weekend was no different. Top-ranked Elmira swept a home-and-home with Buffalo State, with the first game Friday night causing some minor angst in Soaring Eagles’ town. Brooke Wilgosh’s goal … Read more
As we are nearing the home stretch of the NCAA Division III schedule, each game matters more and more and each point makes a difference. Last weekend was no different. Top-ranked Elmira swept a home-and-home with Buffalo State, with the first game Friday night causing some minor angst in Soaring Eagles’ town. Brooke Wilgosh’s goal … Read more
CHICAGO — Miami sure gave fans quite the scare in its second outdoor hockey game in as many calendar years. After the RedHawks took a 4-0 lead in the waning moments of the second period, Western Michigan countered with three tallies of its own in the final frame. The comeback fell short, however, and Miami … Read more
CANTON, N.Y. — A five-goal second period powered St. Lawrence to a 7-1 victory over Union as the Saints won their seventh in a row, propelling them towards the top of the ECAC standings. The Saints got a breakaway goal from Tommy Thompson in the first period to go up 1-0. Thompson found himself left … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With their ailing teammate paying them a visit, Providence put on a show on Saturday night, scoring early and often in a 10-1 victory over Connecticut. On “Drew Brown Night,” the Friars were led by Nick Saracino’s hat trick and Jon Gillies’ two shutout periods before an extremely pleased crowd of 3,003. … Read more
ITHACA, N.Y. –Holden Anderson’s first career goal was the difference on Saturday night as Cornell found a way to slip past Princeton 4-2 in a back-and-forth game at Lynah Rink. With the two clubs knotted at two early in the third period, Alex Rauter worked the puck along the wall to Anderson. The sophomore fired … Read more