Nicholas Jon WoodContinuing their strong play, Dartmouth was able to win its second consecutive game against a ranked opponent, defeating the Union Dutchmen, 4-1. James Mello had another phenomenal game for the Big Green letting in only one goal on 40 shots. The story of this game, however, was the special teams of Dartmouth. They scored on … Read more
What has already been a trying season for Michigan Tech coach Jamie Russell became seemingly worse Friday night after he watched his team play evenly with No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth for 20 minutes. From that point forward, the Bulldogs notched five unanswered goals over the final 40 to skate away with a 5-0 win at the … Read more
One period turned out to be enough for the Vermont Catamounts as they toppled the Massachusetts Minutemen, 2-1, Friday night in Hockey East action at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Seniors Josh Burrows and Jack Downing scored for Vermont while freshman Conor Sheary netted the lone goal for UMass. All of the game’s scoring took place in the … Read more
The Minnesota Gophers won for the first time this season after trailing at the first intermission as they struck with three third-period goals over a 2 minute, 40 second span to defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes 4-2. Minnesota (17-6-1 overall, 12-6-1-1 in the WCHA) had been 0-4 when outscored in the opening 20 minutes before … Read more
It took a little longer than they expected, but the University of Maine men’s hockey team opened up their 2011 home schedule with a victory over Providence College in overtime, 4-3. Junior forward Brian Flynn scored two goals for the Black Bears including the game winner in overtime. The win in the extra period was … Read more
On the strength of Nathan Longpre’s two point night and goaltender Eric Levine’s 37 saves, the Robert Morris defeated the Connecticut Huskies 3-1 in the first meeting ever between the two schools. In a contest that saw plenty of hard hits and end-to-end action, the teams accumulated a combined 81 shots for the night with … Read more
Minnesota Duluth scored its first two goals in Amsoil Arena, earned its first win in the new rink and moved into a first-place tie in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association men’s standings. That made for a productive Friday night. The fifth ranked Bulldogs blanked No. 9 Wisconsin 2-0 before a revved-up crowd of 6,405 as … Read more
Looking for any kind of spark to help keep his team from setting a new school record with 16 consecutive losses, the Michigan Tech Huskies received a big one in the form of co-captain Brett Olson. Olson notched an assist and was the Huskies on-ice leader all night as they battled back from a one-goal … Read more
Ferris State played the perfect road game through the 25 minutes against Michigan Friday night, scoring two unanswered goals and smothering any chances the Wolverines could muster. Lee Moffie scored for Michigan through a maze of players at 5:42 of the second period and ignited the Wolverine offense. Michigan added two more goals in the … Read more
The Minnesota Gophers started quickly against a Minnesota-Duluth Bulldog team just coming off its break, but they couldn’t pull away. The visiting Bulldogs (12-5-2 overall, 10-5-2-0 in the WCHA) got a pair of power-play goals to erase one-goal deficits, the last coming from Katie Wilson at 9:33 of the third period, to salvage a tie. … Read more
Regardless of the sport being played, every team has the odd night where being lucky trumps being good. Eleventh ranked Nebraska-Omaha was both on Friday. Coming off of a two week stretch without having played any games and after zero home games in the last 35 days, but it was more the former attribute than … Read more
North Dakota became the latest highly ranked team to discover that Minnesota is better than its record. Playing before a raucous sellout crowd of 11,844 at Ralph Engelstad Arena, the Gophers used a third period power-play goal by Nico Sacchetti and solid goaltending from Kent Patterson (35 saves) to defeat the second-ranked Fighting Sioux 3-2. … Read more
Troy Jutting thought the game deserved to end in a tie. Denver head coach George Gwozdecky thought his sixth ranked Pioneers essentially stole a point from Minnesota State. Kyle Ostrow scored with 1:16 left in the third period to force overtime and the game ended in a 4-4 tie Friday at the Verizon Wireless Center. … Read more
Ohio State Buckeyes junior goalie Cal Heeter was still in high school the last the Miami RedHawks lost to the Buckeyes at Value City Arena in Columbus. The Buckeyes snapped a nine game home winless streak against the No. 7 RedHawks with a 1-0 victory Friday evening. The last time Ohio State defeated Miami in … Read more
The last time these two teams met it was the semifinals of the ECAC tournament and the Dutchmen advanced with a 3-1 victory. From watching this game it looked like both teams thought they were back in Albany as both played very physical. There were a lot of hard hits and shoving after plays, not … Read more
The Minnesota Gophers won every period in defeating the Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks 4-0 in a contest matching two teams going in opposite directions. Coming into the teams’ first meeting in Mankato in mid November, the Mavericks (6-12-3 overall, 5-9-1 in the WCHA) were on a four-game win streak and looked poised to position themselves in … Read more
Head coach Mike Eaves didn’t waste any time when asked Monday if Scott Gudmandson was playing the best hockey of his four-year career. Combine the way the senior goalie was handling and stopping the puck and communicating with his defensemen, Eaves said there was no question that Gudmandson was playing with a head full of … Read more
North Dakota excelled in all phases of the game in an 8-0 drubbing of nonconference opponent Robert Morris University before 11,074 fans at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Sophomore goalie Aaron Dell delivered his second consecutive shutout, UND’s special teams tallied four goals and the Fighting Sioux picked up three goals from two forwards who just returned … Read more
The Rochester Institute of Technology extended their conference winning streak to four games and firmly established their grasp on the top spot in the standings with hard fought 4-3 win over Robert Morris in a game played at the Pittsburgh Penguin’s Consol Energy Center Thursday night. The Tigers got two goals from junior forward Tyler … Read more
Michigan State entered the game riding a three-game losing streak. Michigan Tech had even more at stake, having lost their last 12 in a row. Something had to give in the third place game at the Great Lakes Invitational Tournament at Joe Louis Arena Thursday afternoon. Kevin Walrod’s first two career goals and a rare … Read more