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Northeastern and Merrimack wrapped up their season series Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at Lawler Arena in the second game of a home-and-home weekend series that saw the Warriors sweep both ends. Junior Jordan Heywood, coming off a two-goal night Friday, netted the game-winner late in the third period. Merrimack came out … Read more

After a lackluster Friday night, fourth-ranked Miami came out ready to play and beat Ferris State 4-2 to salvage a weekend split. “We played with the intensity we needed to play with,” said Miami coach Enrico Blasi. “When you bring the work ethic, sometimes the bounces go your way.” After a dominant performance in Friday … Read more

Friday night’s hero for Nebraska-Omaha, Zahn Raubenheimer, and Josh Archibald each notched two goals as the Mavericks completed the road sweep of the Michigan Tech Huskies 5-3 despite a better effort from the Huskies at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. “Raubenheimer had another good one,” said UNO coach Dean Blais. “Gritty performance in the third … Read more

Records can be deceiving. Canisius and Clarkson entered Saturday’s non-conference showdown at the Buffalo State Ice Arena with a combined record of 1-8-2. The lone victory coming nearly three weeks ago on the Griffs’ season-opening road trip to Alaska. What the raw numbers do not show, however, is that five of the team’s eight combined … Read more

Some performances inspire awe, others excitement. But when asked of Connor Gaarder’s hat trick performance for UND Friday night, Rocco Grimaldi started with a chuckle. “What do you want me to say? It’s unbelievable,” Grimaldi said. “The kid was absolutely flying out there.” Gaarder, an undrafted sophomore walk-on, exploded for three goals to help No. … Read more

By his own admission, Colorado College coach Scott Owens has been around too long to quantify the importance of one win or loss over a marathon season, especially considering his team is barely four weeks into its season. But maybe, just maybe, this is one that could mean a little something more. “I was happy … Read more

Great goaltending from sophomore C.J. Motte and a lackluster performance by the nationally fourth-ranked Miami RedHawks led to a 3-0 win for the 19th-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs. Miami coach Enrico Blasi was succinct after the game. “They outplayed us in every aspect of the game,” said Blasi. “First period, second period, third period, we just … Read more

No Matt White, no problem for Nebraska-Omaha Friday night. Without their star winger, the Mavericks got two goals from junior winger Zahn Raubenheimer, including one in the final 70 seconds of regulation, to defeat the reeling Michigan Tech Huskies 2-1 at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. “It was a tough game,” said Mavericks’ coach Dean … Read more

The engine revved. The accelerator responded. The tires squealed. For the first time out of the showroom, just about everything about Dartmouth hockey worked in a 7-4 ECAC home-opening win over Yale at Thompson Arena on Friday night. Tyler Sikura, Eric Robinson and Matt Lindblad all had two-goal evenings for Dartmouth (1-0-0 ECAC, 2-0-1 overall), … Read more

With a four game losing streak and a 1-6-0 record, Maine needed to come up with a special performance to win their lone home game against top-ranked Boston College on Friday night. The power play was the difference maker, as BC scored on two power plays with the game-winner coming 4:52 into the third period … Read more

Providence got by Maine 4-3 Friday afternoon in a highly-competitive Hockey East showdown at Alfond Arena. The Black Bears’ record dips to 1-6-0 overall and 1-4-0 in Hockey East, while Providence improves to 5-3-1 on the year and a perfect 3-0-0 in conference. UMaine was outshot 41-19, but looked in control throughout and dominated puck … Read more

Two late-period goals and a 30-save shutout effort from Laura Bellamy led the way in Harvard’s 2-0 win against Quinnipiac. Tonight was the first regular-season game of the year for the Crimson after last season’s 2-1 overtime loss to St. Lawrence in the ECAC semifinals. “We’ve all worked so hard over the offseason and we … Read more

Thanks to a last-second goal, Lake Superior State opened up CCHA conference play with a 3-2 victory over Michigan State. The Lakers scored with less than one full second remaining on the clock in the second period that at the time, gave the Lakers a 3-1 lead over the Spartans. The Lakers ultimately held on … Read more

For Wisconsin, it was almost like starting over Friday night as the WCHA regular season began on the road at Amsoil Arena. The Badgers had lost two close games to Northern Michigan on Oct. 12-13 in Green Bay, Wis., then had an off week. A renewed chance at 2012-13 was a success as Wisconsin beat … Read more

Holy Cross delighted the jam-packed home crowd on Friday night, defeating Connecticut 2-1 in a gritty, chippy game in front of 2,016 at the Hart Center. With the win, the Crusaders remained undefeated, improving to 3-0-0 (2-0-0 AHA), while UConn dropped to 0-2-0 (0-1-0 AHA). It was clear from the outset that it would be … Read more

Bemidji State recovered well from a poor start Friday, eventually tying Nebraska-Omaha 3-3 and continuing the Beavers’ chokehold on UNO in the teams’ meetings at the CenturyLink Center. The Mavericks (2-2-1, 0-0-1 WCHA) are now winless in their last seven games at home against the Beavers, who feel that they picked up a solid point … Read more

Looking at the scoresheet, it didn’t look like a close hockey game, but to those inside Thom Lawler Rink Friday night, it was indeed a nail-biter as Merrimack topped Vermont 6-3. “We weathered the storm well,” said Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon. “But we let them back in the game.” That was the story of the … Read more

North Dakota’s lineup was upgraded from 15 skaters to 18 and the venue switched from Fairbanks’ nearly-empty Carlson Center to Grand Forks’ nearly-full (11,446) Ralph Engelstad Arena, but the result of North Dakota’s second matchup with Alaska-Anchorage in a week was no different. UND skated out a full lineup this time around and dominated all … Read more

Friday’s contest between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Bowling Green Falcons symbols a beginning of the end of sorts as the game marked the start of their final year in the CCHA as the conference will disband at the end of the season. The two remaining charter members of the CCHA battled Friday evening … Read more

For the second consecutive the game, Ferris State overcame a two-goal deficit. This time it was en route to a 6-3 win over Alaska. Alaska jumped out to a two-goal lead with tallies from Kaare Odegard and Colton Beck with Beck’s tally coming on the power play against a penalty kill unit that has been … Read more