site administratorVictoria Vigilante made 17 saves for her national-high-tying fifth shutout of the season, and freshman Kelly Babstock scored a school-record 16th goal of the season in Quinnipiac’s 4-0 victory over Brown on Friday. Babstock broke the Bobcats’ record for goals in one season when she put Quinnipiac up 2-0 in the second period. Freshman Shelby … Read more
Bemidji State University’s Zuzana Tomcikova has often been brilliant in net against the University of Minnesota without a win to show for it. On Friday, in the first game between the two teams in the new Bemidji Regional Events Center (BREC), she earned her first win against a Gophers team that did much to stop … Read more
Just 47 seconds was all No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth needed to turn around a weekend series against No. 1 Wisconsin. After a late collapse on Friday, the Bulldogs trailed 1-0 in the second period Sunday afternoon, but two quick UMD goals at the game’s halfway mark pushed the Bulldogs to a 3-1 victory at the Kohl … Read more
Wayne State earned its second series sweep of the season by blanking the Minnesota State Mavericks 1-0. Goaltender Delayne Brian disallowed the Mavericks between the pipes for 120 minutes this past weekend. She stopped a total of 36 shots and earned her eighth career shutout. Alli Altmann at the other end stopped 22. Both players … Read more
It’s not often a college hockey player chooses humility over individual accolades so quickly, without any prompting, protesting or investigating. Though Wisconsin junior defenseman Jake Gardiner kept quiet, the assistant captain became the first UW defenseman to register a hat trick since Barry Richter did the feat against Minnesota-Duluth on Nov. 27, 1992. Instead, he … Read more
Brooke Ammerman notched a hat trick and Brianna Decker tallied three points as No. 1 Wisconsin crushed Robert Morris, 7-1, at the RMU Island Sports Center Friday afternoon. In addition to three-point efforts from Ammerman and Decker, Hilary Knight scored two goals, and sophomore Stefanie McKeough posted two assists. Senior Meghan Duggan had one goal … Read more
In one of their most complete efforts of the season, the Robert Morris Colonials used a recipe they’d like to replicate for the rest of the year. The Colonials used some good defensive zone coverage with some brilliant playmaking and added solid goaltending and special teams play to the mix in their 5-1 victory over … Read more
Pucks bounce. They bounced and then they bounced some more, off just about everything possible three different times for Michigan Saturday night. Those bounces enabled the Wolverines to take a 5-3 decision from Notre Dame at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor. Michigan’s final three goals resulted from crazy bounces that went their way, one by … Read more
The Lake Superior State Lakers improved their winning streak to three straight on Saturday night. The Lakers defeated the Ferris State Bulldogs 4-0, sweeping the weekend set at the Taffy Abel Arena. The Lakers exploded for four second period goals in the victory, which improved their conference record to 3-4-1. “I thought we had a … Read more
Its special teams were flat, its play was uninspiring and the chorus of boos raining down on them was easily deciphered. One would seem the kick in the pants the Badgers received Friday would be enough for a more inspired effort the following night. Instead, No.13 Wisconsin found out what other members of the Western … Read more
A game that began in a remarkably similar way to Friday night’s contest had a very different ending, as Vermont defeated Boston College, 5-3. in Hockey East action at Gutterson Fieldhouse and captured its first win of the season. The previous night’s game had ended in a 3-2 Boston College victory. Victory in this game … Read more
In front of a packed Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine, the University of Maine Black Bears achieved the weekend sweep of the Northeastern University Huskies. One night after a come from behind 4-2 victory over the Huskies, the Black Bears erased a one-goal deficit twice, defeating the Huskies 4-2. The Black Bears improve their record … Read more
Massachusetts left the Whittemore Center after Friday’s beatdown and reexamined its penalty kill. It came back with a new look last night, slowing New Hampshire’s power play to one goal on five chances and stopping a minute and a half two-man advantage late in the third period, forcing a 3-3 tie. The Minutemen, though, weren’t … Read more
After swiping a point in the standings from Boston University in a 1-1 tie at Agganis Arena, Merrimack returned to Lawler Rink looking to grab more much needed points from the No. 1 team in Hockey East. The game featured arguably two of Hockey East’s best goaltenders, Kieran Millan and Joe Cannata, both of whom … Read more
Down 2-0 early in the second period, Holy Cross rebounded to forge a 3-3 tie with Atlantic Hockey Association rival Canisius at the Buffalo State Ice Arena on Saturday afternoon. The draw kept the Golden Griffins winless in their last five games (0-3-2), moving their record to 4-4-3 overall. Canisius is 3-3-3 in Atlantic Hockey, … Read more
Quinnipiac Downs Colgate Zurevinski Tallies Twice for the Bobcats By Richard Righi – USCHO Arena Reporter – Saturday November 13, 2010 HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats visited the Colgate Raiders at Starr Rink Saturday afternoon with both teams searching for their first league victory of the year. Two second period goals from Quinnipiac’s captain, … Read more
After a humbling weekend at the end of October, Derrick LaPoint not only wondered if his penalty kill was any good, but if the rest of his team was better than average. For one night at least, the Fighting Sioux showed their assistant captain how a stifling defense can help pick up an average offensive … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth remained unbeaten at home and stayed on top of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association men’s standings Friday night at the DECC. Most importantly, the Bulldogs avoided a repeat of a game exactly one year earlier. No. 2 UMD scored five straight goals, four in the third period, in rallying to beat Michigan Tech 5-3 … Read more
The Robert Morris Colonials have already developed a reputation as a good third period team this season. The Colonials have seen their share dramatic comebacks and thrilling finishes, and tonight’s game against the visiting Sacred Heart Pioneers was no exception. However, the late game heroics are not something coach Derek Schooley wants his team to … Read more
It wasn’t always pretty, but the University of Maine defeated a feisty Northeastern University team, 4-2, at the Alfond Arena Friday night. Two goals in the final two periods gave the Black Bears the win, as they improved to 5-1-3 on the season and the Huskies fell to 1-6-2. Twice the Black Bears had to … Read more