Lee UrtonAge vs. Experience The first semifinal featured two teams with two different strengths. New Hampshire relies on an experienced core of players, three of which — goaltender Mike Ayers, and forwards Colin Hemingway and Lanny Gare — landed on the Hockey East All-Star Team. Massachusetts’ strength lies in underclassmen, showcased by freshman Stephen Werner, a … Read more
Nursing a one-goal lead after an even first period, the potent Providence offense exploded for 19 shots and four goals in the second period and the Friars cruised to win, 7-0. Asked about the second period, Connecticut coach Heather Linstad said, “It was a nightmare.” Providence coach Bob Deraney had a different view of the … Read more
New Hampshire scored two goals early in the first period and used stifling defense to limit Boston College’s chances in a 4-1 decision. The win gave New Hampshire a share of the Hockey East regular season title with the Eagles, and gave the Wildcats the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, which begin Thursday night. … Read more
With two goals in a “three”-second span late in the third period against No. 5 Maine, Boston University went from six feet under to breathing on life support in the Hockey East race. The goals turned a 2-1 deficit to a 3-2 lead with less than three minutes to play in the game. An empty-net … Read more
No goals were the most exciting in this game. In the latter stages of the third period, two dramatic goals were scored then disallowed, one for each team, which left the game at 2-1 in favor of Boston University over Massachusetts-Lowell and the crowd of 2,952 breathless. The more important of the two was waved … Read more
In 1996, she won Minnesota’s first Ms. Hockey. It’s been a strange ride since, but Winny Brodt has earned many plaudits along the way.
The 7770 fans in attendance all received an early Christmas present as Maine and Boston College skated to a 2-2 tie in an absolute gem of a hockey game that featured no winner and no loser, but just about everything else. The story in the game was the play of the other first-year goaltender for … Read more
In a high-octane, penalty-filled game, Boston College outshot, outhit and outlasted Vermont, 8-6. The game featured 22 penalties for 44 minutes, with only two of those matching. It also saw seven power-play goals between, two of those on a two-man advantage, and two more at 4-on-4. “That was a different-type hockey game,” said Eagle head … Read more
Providence, defending tournament champion of the former ECAC Eastern, was chosen as the preseason No. 1 team in the new Women’s Hockey East by the league’s coaches.
Boston University, which finished last year tied for second in Hockey East with a league record of 15-6-3, has been selected as the preseason No. 1 team by the Hockey East coaches.
Heartstoppers With less than a minute remaining in regulation, Minnesota goalie Adam Hauser was pulled for an extra skater and Minnesota got the game-tying goal from Matt Koalska. That marked the second straight year that a goal was scored with an extra man on the ice in the championship. Last year, North Dakota scored two … Read more
(North Dakota’s) Pride On Ice One of the more remarkable traditions Minnesota has is the near-exclusive use of Minnesota-born talent in the lineup. But when Don Lucia became coach at Minnesota three seasons ago, he recruited the first non-Minnesota player since 1986 by signing Grand Forks, N.D., native Grant Potulny. Potulny, a sophomore, scored the … Read more
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Minnesota and Niagara skated to a 2-2 tie and each took third place at the Frozen Four. Both netminders were sharp in the game, Minnesota’s Brenda Reinen making 25 saves and Niagara’s First Team All-American goalie Tania Pinelli recorded 34 saves. During a five minute overtime period, the … Read more
Northeastern’s Brooke Whitney won the 2002 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the outstanding women’s hockey player at the University level.
It was D-Day, where “D” stood for Dreyer. That’s Pam Dreyer, junior goaltender for Brown, who allowed just one goal while making 35 saves, including 17 in a tense, scoreless third period that saw Minnesota pepper Dreyer furiously in an attempt to tie up the game. In that period, Dreyer withstood power-play shots, shorthanded bids, … Read more
The bubble has burst. Harvard’s dramatic double-overtime victory over Cornell in the ECAC championship game effectively sealed the field of teams that will be included in the NCAA tournament. Alaska-Fairbanks and Northern Michigan, the top two teams that had outside chances of being included, now have virtually no chance of making the tournament. The five … Read more
Experience has its privileges. But talented freshmen are a plus, too. Making its fourth straight appearance in the MAAC semifinals, Quinnipiac withstood a furious rush from a determined Sacred Heart squad that had never advanced this far in the conference tournament, holding on to win 3-2. Clinging to a one-goal lead, Quinnipiac goaltender Jamie Holden, … Read more
With three goals in the game’s opening 20:43, Boston College scored early and often, and put the consolation game of the 50th Beanpot Tournament out of reach for the Harvard Crimson. Two different Eagles, Tony Voce and Ales Dolinar, had two points apiece as BC cruised to a 4-0 final. “We came out with some … Read more
In a game in which Harvard never led until 9:59 of overtime, Lauren McAuliffe capped an emotional evening by taking a pass from freshman phenom Nicole Corriero and blowing it past Northeastern goalie Chanda Gunn to give the Crimson a 4-3 win.
The Golden Gophers came east and downed Brown yesterday. On Sunday, the Gophers rallied from a 2-0 deficit late in the third to cap a 3-2 win over the Crimson.