Matthew SemischOMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska-Omaha had a big job on its hands Saturday to salvage a split from its opening-weekend series with Bentley. In the end, though, it was mission accomplished for the Mavericks. Bentley, a team picked to finish in the bottom half of Atlantic Hockey, scored first both nights at CenturyLink Center and won, 6-4, … Read more
If Bentley coach Ryan Soderquist has his way, the Falcons’ 6-4 win Friday over Nebraska-Omaha will only be the beginning of a very successful season. Friday’s visitors at CenturyLink Center didn’t attack in waves like UNO did and were outshot 38-25 on the night by the Mavericks. Bentley was by far the more opportunistic team, … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha made quick work of its Canadian exhibition opponent, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, beating the Ooks 6-1 Monday night. Plenty of UNO’s offensive output Monday came from Mavericks both young and old. Senior forward Johnnie Searfoss picked up his first hat trick of his collegiate career, and five Mavericks freshmen found their way … Read more
Goaltender Frank Slubowski and the defense were highlights for the Broncos last season but the team is looking for scorers.
UND lost over 43 percent of its goal scoring from last season and brings in eight freshmen.
The Mavericks dismissed two players and suspended another in August, putting them short-handed to start the season.
Only two of the RedHawks’ top 10 scorers from last season are gone as they transition from a team with 12 newcomers to an experienced group.
The Chargers enter a conference after a stretch as an independent, but Mike Corbett is the team’s third head coach in the last four years. Matthew Semisch reports.
The Seawolves program has taken plenty of hits this offseason, but the former RIT captain wants to restore a good reputation. Matthew Semisch reports.
The new Pioneers coach hopes to get the team to buy into his system quickly. Matthew Semisch reports.
In what the Denver administration conceded was a poorly-kept secret, Jim Montgomery was officially named Monday as the Pioneers’ new head hockey coach. A 1993 Maine graduate, Montgomery, 43, is the head coach and general manager of the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL. His start date as the eighth hockey coach in Denver’s history … Read more
Former Denver coach George Gwozdecky made one thing perfectly clear at his farewell news conference Tuesday at Magness Arena: He’s not done. Gwozdecky, 59, was released from his contact at Denver on Monday following an impasse over a possible extension that would have kept him behind the Pioneers bench past the expiration of his existing … Read more
West Regional final – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Yale Matthew: North Dakota was the only WCHA team of the four playing in Friday’s opening day of the NCAA tournament to progress to a regional final, and UND was made to work for its success in a 2-1 triumph over … Read more
West Regional final – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Yale Matthew: North Dakota was the only WCHA team of the four playing in Friday’s opening day of the NCAA tournament to progress to a regional final, and UND was made to work for its success in a 2-1 triumph over … Read more
West Regional – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 4 Yale vs. No. 1 Minnesota Matthew: Yale is perfect so far this season against WCHA opposition – the Bulldogs won at both Denver and Colorado College back around Thanksgiving – and perhaps that ought to ring some alarm bells for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers will be looking … Read more
West Regional – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 4 Yale vs. No. 1 Minnesota Matthew: Yale is perfect so far this season against WCHA opposition – the Bulldogs won at both Denver and Colorado College back around Thanksgiving – and perhaps that ought to ring some alarm bells for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers will be looking … Read more
The Badgers won 20 of their last 27 games and three games in three days at the Final Five to win the championship. Matthew Semisch reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Three of the WCHA’s six opening-round, best-of-three playoff series required third games. In the end, only one of the pairings’ favored squads didn’t move on to this week’s Final Five showcase in St. Paul, Minn.. The only team that hosted a first-round series last weekend but didn’t advance was WCHA No. 5 seed Denver. The … Read more
Three of the WCHA’s six opening-round, best-of-three playoff series required third games. In the end, only one of the pairings’ favored squads didn’t move on to this week’s Final Five showcase in St. Paul, Minn.. The only team that hosted a first-round series last weekend but didn’t advance was WCHA No. 5 seed Denver. The … Read more
St. Cloud State fans were launched onto cloud nine – sorry – when their Huskies knocked off No. 14 Wisconsin 4-2 in Madison, Wis. Friday and clinched a share of SCSU’s first (and final) WCHA men’s regular season championship. What was missing in the visiting team’s locker room at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, however, was … Read more