Paula C. Weston

Notre Dame may have been the stingiest team in the country, but the Michigan State Spartans out-defensed the Fighting Irish to upset the No. 1 seed, 2-1, and advance to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2001. “A great win, obviously,” said head coach Rick Comley, who last advanced to the NCAA semifinals … Read more

After taking a two-goal lead on three shots in the first five minutes of play, it took the Fighting Irish another 90 minutes and 16 seconds — plus a man advantage — to score the goal that beat Alabama-Huntsville in double overtime, 3-2, giving Notre Dame its first-ever NCAA tournament victory. Ryan Thang scored twice … Read more

It would be too easy to say that the Irish got a little lucky in capturing their first-ever CCHA playoff championship on St. Patrick’s Day, but the mistake by Michigan goaltender Billy Sauer that led to Jason Paige’s game-winning goal was at the very least a little fortuitous. And the magic post that Wolverine Jack … Read more

With smothering defense and senior goaltender David Brown’s sixth shutout of the season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the Lake Superior State Lakers, 3-0, to advance to the CCHA championship game for just the second time in program history, the first since 1982. Irish head coach Jeff Jackson said that the contest was everything … Read more

With two shorthanded goals and another strong performance by goaltender Brian Stewart, 10th-seeded Northern Michigan Wildcats upset the No. 7 seed Ohio State Buckeyes,3-2, to win this best-of-three series and advance to the second round of the CCHA playoffs. “We have a saying we say in our locker room all the time,” said NMU head … Read more

Apparently, the 10th time is the charm. The Northern Michigan Wildcats played their 10th game in Columbus since rejoining the CCHA and earned their first win in Ohio’s capital city when it counted, beating Ohio State in overtime, 3-2, to force a third game in this best-of-three CCHA first-round playoff series. Dusty Collins had the … Read more

The Buckeyes may not be hosting the first round of the CCHA playoffs in the Schottenstein Center, but a 6-2 win over Northern Michigan certainly made the OSU Ice Arena feel like home. “What do you think about our new rink?” junior forward Tommy Goebel asked the press post-game. “We’re 1-0 in it.” Goebel had … Read more

Who better to sum up Ohio State’s high-scoring, come-from-behind, 6-5 win over Michigan than the senior who scored the game-winning goal with 1:30 left in regulation? “It was Ohio State-Michigan,” said Mathieu Beaudoin, who opened and closed the scoring for the Buckeyes. “It is what it is.” So what was it? A sleepy first period … Read more

It was a game that easily could have been considered quirky, except that when the Wolverines meet the Buckeyes, anything out of the ordinary is perfectly normal-and a Brandon Naurato goal with 1:08 left in regulation to give Michigan a 4-3 win was as logical a conclusion as any other. After Kyle Hood and Andrew … Read more

Backstopped by Joseph Palmer’s 30-save performance, the Buckeyes earned a 4-1 win over the Wildcats to sweep the weekend with their first four-point home performance of the year and settle into an uncomfortable tie for fifth place in the CCHA standings with their next opponent, Nebraska-Omaha. “In the third, I thought Joe Palmer came to … Read more

Sometimes, when you need to get something done, you have to put your back into it. Sometimes, when you need to score a game-winning goal, you need to put someone else’s back into it. At 7:18 in the third, Buckeye senior Mathieu Beaudoin banked the puck into the Wildcat net off the backside of Northern … Read more