Nate Owen

Vindication. That might be the best word to describe the matchup between Yale and Air Force Friday night at the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard. For Yale, the 2-1 overtime win added to the Bulldogs’ case for deserving the tournament’s top seed. And for the Falcons, another thrilling tournament matchup involving an Atlantic Hockey … Read more

For Dartmouth, it was a welcome change that came a bit too late. After going 0-for-5 on the power play in a 3-0 loss to Cornell Friday, the Big Green produced three goals while on the man advantage to help them to a 5-3 win over Colgate in the consolation game of the ECAC tournament … Read more

It shouldn’t have gone like this. For much of the game, 12th-seeded Colgate kept it close against second-seeded Yale in the opening game of the ECAC Hockey Championship Friday evening at Boardwalk Hall. But then again, as the first No. 12 seed to reach the league’s championship weekend in the 50-year history of the ECAC, … Read more

 Curry Last Meeting: January 1, 2010 (Norwich, 4-0) League: ECAC Northeast Record: 16-8-3 (10-2-2 ECAC NE) NCAA History: Fourth Appearance Scoring Offense: 3.92 goals per game Scoring Defense: 3.09 goals per game Power Play: 21.6 percent Penalty Kill: 80.6 percent Team Leaders Goals: Payden Benning,16 Assists: Ryan Warsofsky,18 Points: Warsofky,27 Power play Goals: Benning,7 … Read more

Two championships. Two overtimes. This is the last year before the MASCAC receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but that hasn’t led to any letdowns in its first two championship games. For the second year in a row, Fitchburg State and Salem State went to overtime. And for a second year in a … Read more

In a way, Saturday’s ECAC Northeast championship game was a microcosm of Curry’s season. Each featured a bevy of early obstacles; the Colonels hit the toughest part of their schedule with a rash of injuries and lost five of six games in late December and early January to some of the nation’s top teams. Saturday … Read more

The top two teams are left standing in the ECAC Northeast. No. 1 seeded Curry opened the game with three unanswered goals and held off No.4  Becker 5-1  Wednesday night. Check out Melissa Wade’s photo gallery from the game here. The game acted as senior night for the Colonels,  after their original senior night game had … Read more

A frenzied closing minutes ensured the first round of the playoffs in ECAC Northeast and MASCAC wouldn’t be devoid of any upsets. Sixth seeded Westfield State scored three goals in the final 6:03 to snap a 1-1 tie and knock third seeded Plymouth State out of the playoffs. Pat Nelson’s goal broke the deadlock, while Jeff … Read more

An upset-free weekend will see the top four seeds in the ECAC Northeast meet in the semifinals on Wednesday night. Fourth-seeded Becker used three unanswered goals following a 2-2 first period to down visiting Nichols, 5-2, Sunday. Branden Parkhouse had two goals and an assist for the Hawks, while Korby Anderson added two assists. Western … Read more