Paula C. WestonZero Lake Superior has three points to show for 12 CCHA games, but the last-place Lakers have yet to beat a conference opponent. On the road last weekend, the Lakers lost spectacularly to No. 10 Michigan State, 8-2, before earning — and I mean earning — a 3-3 tie the following night. After the loss, … Read more
For the Ohio State Buckeyes, Christmas came a little late — but it did arrive, finally. With a sustained, physical effort and a dominating presence in the neutral zone, the Buckeyes beat the Alaska Nanooks, 5-2, for OSU’s first home CCHA win of the season. “I think we played a good game,” said head coach … Read more
With balanced scoring and a 31-save performance from senior goaltender Wylie Rogers, the Alaska Nanooks defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes, 4-2, for their first win in Columbus since Feb. 22, 2003, and the first UA road win over OSU for this year’s Nanook seniors. The victory was also the second for UA over OSU in … Read more
The Good Congratulations Ferris State, Miami and Michigan for midseason championship titles! And thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The CCHA had much on the line at midseason, even if no one wanted to admit it. Many people still think that Michigan State somehow stole the national championship from far superior competitors; these … Read more
The power play, the penalty kill and a little luck; that’s what it took for the No. 1 Miami RedHawks to beat Ohio State, 3-2, for the championship title of the fourth annual Ohio Hockey Classic. After exchanging goals with the Buckeyes through the first 32:08 minutes of the game, scoring one on a power … Read more
With sophomore Ryan Lasch’s first career hat trick and Dan Dunn’s second career victory, the No. 16 St. Cloud State Huskies defeated the No. 15 Harvard Crimson, 4-1, to capture third place in the fourth annual Ohio Hockey Classic in Value City Arena. Lasch netted a pair of nearly identical power-play goals, assisted by Andreas … Read more
Ohio State’s two-goal second period gave the unranked Buckeyes the lead and eventual come-from-behind 4-2 win over the No. 15 Harvard Crimson, as well as a chance to defend their 2006 Ohio Hockey Classic title in a rematch of last year’s game against the No. 1 Miami RedHawks. Four different Buckeyes scored and freshman goaltender … Read more
If Jarod Palmer weren’t psychic, Miami might be playing for third place rather than a title in this year’s Ohio Hockey Classic. As the No. 1 RedHawks headed into overtime after Justin Mercier’s late third-period goal tied their game with the No. 16 St. Cloud State Huskies, 1-1, Palmer told head coach Enrico Blasi that … Read more
For St. Lawrence, Christmas came a little early. After trailing 2-1 at the end of the first, the Saints scored two goals in the second to take the lead over the Ohio State Buckeyes and held on through a back-and-forth, up-and-down game that ended in a 5-4 SLU win, only the sixth of the season … Read more
It took two months, seven games and nearly 426 minutes of hockey, but somebody finally scored a game-winning goal at home for the Ohio State Buckeyes. That somebody was a freshman from New Brunswick named Peter Boyd, whose goal at :56 in overtime gave Ohio State a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over visiting St. Lawrence for … Read more
Another Year Over, and What Have You Done? As 2007 winds down and we’re almost to the point at which we can take stock of the first half of the CCHA season, I am haunted by the ghosts of seasons past. In fact, I can’t shake the memory of what I wrote a year ago … Read more
Hail the Conquering Heroes With a 2-0-2 record against the WCHA, Notre Dame’s capture of the Rensselaer Tournament crown and Miami’s home-ice domination of Canisius, perhaps “conquering” is a bit of a stretch. But don’t it feel good? With Miami and Michigan at the top of the national rankings and Michigan State and Notre Dame … Read more
The Semi-Awful Truth In theory, someone will pick up some points in the CCHA this week. It has to happen. Sure, I know that Earth is round, that illness isn’t caused by an imbalance of humors and that gazing into an emerald won’t make your eyesight perfect (although I’d be willing to put that idea … Read more
It’s all in the way you respond. That’s what the coaches were saying after Robert Morris beat Ohio State, 4-3, after the Colonials tied the Buckeyes in Pittsburgh Friday night. After Sergio Somma scored at 6:36 in the second to give OSU a 1-0 lead, RMU responded less than two minutes later with two goals … Read more
Chatter Is the sky falling? Can the center hold? For the first time in living memory — okay, so perhaps not that long, but you know what I mean — the top three spots in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men’s Poll belong to the CCHA. Honestly, on the heels of the second Red Sox World … Read more
With two goals from Mick Lawrence on the power play and a solid performance for the second straight night from goaltender Jerad Kaufmann, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks completed a two-game road sweep of the Ohio State Buckeyes, the 5-2 score identical to Thursday night’s final tally. The wins were the first two in CCHA play for … Read more
With two goals from Brandon Scero and multi-point games from several key players, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks earned their first CCHA win of the season with a 5-2 decision over the Ohio State Buckeyes. “Quite honestly, I think it was about the way we played throughout the season,” said UNO head coach Mike Kemp, whose Mavericks … Read more
Another World The CCHA and Buckeye football are conspiring to ruin my life. The two-week on-site playoff system forces weeknight games, while Ohio State avoids playing on Saturdays when the pigskin boys are home, giving us Thursday night contests and Sunday afternoon games when the Buffalo Bills are actually on local television because they’re playing … Read more
After trailing briefly by two near the end of the first period, the Ferris State Bulldogs rebounded with four unanswered goals — three of them on special teams — to beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 4-2 and complete the series road sweep. It was Cody Chupp’s shorthanded marker at 16:29 in the first that pulled … Read more
With goals production from all four lines, the Ferris State Bulldogs recorded their second shutout in as many games, defeating Ohio State 4-0 in Value City Arena. Pat Nagle, who stopped 27 shots in the first shutout of his collegiate career and assisted on the game-winning goal, was quick to credit his teammates for limiting … Read more