Todd D. MilewskiWe’re gearing up for our biggest coverage weekend of the season, with not only conference championships being decided in Division I men’s hockey but NCAA titles on the line in Division III and at the women’s Frozen Four.
As a new era of conference tournaments dawns, here’s a look back at the figures from the last 14 years.
Boston College and St. Cloud State were eliminated from their conference tournaments by pretty good teams that just happened to have the eighth seed.
Here’s how the 20 teams in the March 10, 2014, USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll fared from March 10 to March 16.
With his team trailing by two goals late in the second period, Geneseo’s Tyler Brickler took over and delivered the Knights to the NCAA semifinals for the first time.
Matt Zawadzki made 27 saves, and Oswego advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the fifth straight year with a 3-0 victory over Babson on Sunday.
Alex Rigsby had a highlight-reel save among her 23 stops in her 100th collegiate victory, leading Wisconsin back to the women’s Frozen Four with a 2-1 win over Harvard on Saturday.
St. Norbert broke things open with a three-goal second period, and six players scored as the Green Knights routed Adrian 7-2 on Saturday in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Alex Kromm, Kyle Brodie and Garrett Ladd scored third-period goals for Wisconsin-Stevens Point, which beat St. Thomas 3-0 on Saturday in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Wisconsin-River Falls scored a pair of second-period goals to pull away from Lake Forest for a 4-1 victory in an NCAA quarterfinal game on Saturday.
Tori Charron scored an unassisted goal 4:21 into overtime for Norwich, which punched its ticket to the NCAA semifinals with a 2-1 victory over defending national champion Elmira on Saturday.
Ali Vakos scored all four goals for Plattsburgh, which beat Williams 4-1 in the NCAA quarterfinals on Saturday.
Vanessa Gagnon scored twice, leading Clarkson to its first women’s Frozen Four with a 3-1 victory over Boston College on Saturday.
Christine Bestland scored twice for Mercyhurst, which earned its second straight women’s Frozen Four appearance with a 3-2 win at Cornell on Saturday.
Denver beat Nebraska-Omaha 5-1 on Friday to force a third game in their best-of-three NCHC quarterfinal series. Here are some photos.
Denver beat Nebraska-Omaha 5-1 on Friday to force a third game in their best-of-three NCHC quarterfinal series. Here are some photos.
Courtney Umland scored twice, and Alise Riedel made 30 saves as St. Thomas earned a spot in the NCAA semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Friday.
Miami won both of its series-opening games against St. Cloud State in the regular season, and it continued the trend to start the NCHC playoffs.
Tyler Brickler’s second-period, power-play goal put Geneseo up for good in a 3-2 victory over Nichols on Thursday in an NCAA tournament first-round game.
Alex Botten scored his second goal of the game to break a tie with 2:20 remaining, and Oswego rallied past Bowdoin 4-3 in an NCAA tournament first-round game on Thursday.