Paula C. WestonA.J. Thelan had two goals to cap a four-point weekend, as Michigan State completed a sweep of Ohio State with a 3-0 shutout. It was the first road sweep for the Spartans since Feb. 22-23, 2002, in Oxford; more importantly, it was the first time MSU has put together back-to-back wins against a single opponent … Read more
The Michigan State Spartans broke their six-game winless streak against the Ohio State Buckeyes with a solid 4-2 win in Columbus, but the topic of conversation postgame was the Spartans’ new best friend: the crossbar. With 2:20 remaining in regulation and trailing 3-1, OSU pulled goaltender David Caruso in favor of an extra skater, a … Read more
Paula C. Weston names the CCHA’s newest Blueliner of the Week; Bowling Green gets off the Saturday schneid; and Michigan takes on Western Michigan in the Games of the Week.
With a 3-2 win over Lake Superior State, the Ohio State Buckeyes completed a weekend sweep and moved up in the standings to second place, but head coach John Markell said that OSU’s ends and the means are out of sync. “I’m happy we got four points, I’m happy that the guys got four points, … Read more
It was a night of milestones for three Buckeyes in Ohio State’s 5-0 win over Lake Superior State. Senior Scott May reached the 100-point mark, but his 99th won the game as classmate Mike Betz became OSU’s all-time shutout leader. “I’ve been trying to chase this down for a while,” said May, who has flirted … Read more
Midway through January, and the CCHA standings are bunching up. Paula C. Weston examines the teams in the middle of the pack, any of which could take the conference title — or miss home ice.
It’s time for New Year’s resolutions for the CCHA! Also, Paula C. Weston hands out her coveted first-ever Blueliner of the Week award, and the Game of the Week features … well, go see for yourself.
Quinnipiac goaltender Justin Eddy tied a record for saves in a game at the Schottenstein Center with 49. Unfortunately for Eddy and the Bobcats, it was Ohio State’s 50th shot on goal, with .2 seconds left in regulation, that mattered most. After as close as you can get to 60 minutes of hockey without a … Read more
Ferris State ends 2003 with the CCHA’s lone tournament title; FSU coach Bob Daniels and CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos address the notion of the league’s “down year”; and next, the impending debut of Paula C. Weston’s Blueliner of the Week award.
Miami exceeds preseason expectations as the CCHA’s non-Michigan teams push toward the top of the league. Meanwhile, Michigan and Alaska-Fairbanks do not play each other this weekend, but that won’t keep USCHO’s Paula C. Weston from a little compare-and-contrast.
Derek Edwardson’s 10th goal of the season at 18:31 of the third period broke a deadlock to give Miami a 2-1 win in hostile territory over intrastate rival Ohio State, but Mike Betz’s postgame summation stole the show. “I don’t get a chance to see who’s having a good game out there and who’s not, … Read more
Defending regular-season champion Ferris State starts to get its legs; Nebraska-Omaha gives visiting Massachusetts a rude welcome; and fresh off a disappointing College Hockey Showcase, Michigan and Michigan State get to take their frustrations out on each other in Paula C. Weston’s CCHA Games of the Week.
It was a special-teams kind of night for the Ohio State Buckeyes, who scored three times on the power play and twice shorthanded en route to a 7-0 win over Bowling Green. After a scoreless first period that had all the markings of a classic goaltenders’ showdown, Ohio State exploded for four second-period goals, including … Read more
Youth may or may not be served this season in the CCHA — including the extreme youth of Michigan State, which along with Michigan takes on Minnesota and Wisconsin this weekend. Also, Paula C. Weston delivers the Games of the Week: Northern Michigan vs. Notre Dame with a shot at first place in the CCHA on the line.
Matt Christie scored at 2:58 in overtime to give Miami a 5-4 win and weekend sweep of the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. One night after beating UAF 7-1, Miami was forced to battle from behind twice to take the league contest. “I thought we played our game for the most part, stayed in our systems for most … Read more
Michigan’s Al Montoya keeps up the heroics; yin-yang Ohio State continues its Saturday reversals of fortune; alumni ties help Bowling Green head East (along with OSU); and Northern Michigan coach Walt Kyle has some spicy commentary after a series with Nebraska-Omaha. Paula C. Weston reports.
On the strength of their penalty kill and an overall solid performance from goaltender Mike Betz, Ohio State downed Michigan, 5-2, to earn a weekend split with the Wolverines and remain in first place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings. Dave Steckel’s fluky goal in the second period held up as the game-winner, as … Read more
Al Montoya’s 30 saves and Mike Brown’s second goal of the season proved to be all the Wolverines needed to beat the Buckeyes Friday, as Michigan posted a 4-0 shutout over Ohio State in the first of four regular-season meetings between the clustermates. Brown and Dwight Helminen each had a goal and an assist and … Read more
Michigan and Ohio State face off in a rivalry which means more with each passing season — and we’re not talking about football, either. Also: Lake Superior and Nebraska-Omaha get off the schneid, against one another, no less. Paula C. Weston reports.
Bowling Green and Lake Superior start to turn the corner; Notre Dame starts strong thanks to the (young) man in the net; and has the CCHA Coach of the Year Curse struck again, this time in Big Rapids? Paula C. Weston reports.