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It’s easy to look at the box score and flush out that Minnesota-Duluth’s power play made the difference in its 5-4 overtime victory Friday over Princeton in the West Regional. The Bulldogs scored one of their two final-minute goals with the man advantage (actually a two-man advantage because goaltender Alex Stalock was on the bench) … Read more
Vermont’s opponent wasn’t at all a common one. The third-seeded Catamounts don’t play the East Regional’s No. 2 seed, Yale, regularly — not since UVM joined Hockey East prior to the 2005-06 season, anyway. Still, UVM coach Kevin Sneddon’s game plan strangled the Yale forecheckers, forcing them to play a game he knew his Catamounts … Read more
Upset (up’-set), n.: a game or contest in which the favorite is defeated. No. 4 seeds went two-for-two Friday in the NCAA regionals. After Air Force a rode a 43-save performance by Andrew Volkening to a 2-0 win over Michigan in the East Regional, Miami — not to be outdone — dominated top-seeded Denver in … Read more
Defending national champion Boston College may have missed this year’s NCAA tournament, but 2008 runner-up Notre Dame is very much alive this time around. Unlike last season — when Notre Dame battled its way to the title game as a number-four seed — the Fighting Irish won’t be taking anyone by surprise this time around. … Read more
The puck drops on the first game of the NCAA tournament Friday afternoon in Connecticut when Michigan and Air Force hit the ice in the East Regional semifinals. Neither team is a stranger to this stage: the Wolverines are making their umpteenth consecutive national-tourney appearance while the Falcons have won the Atlantic Hockey autobid three … Read more
The No. 1 team in the nation and the NCAA tournament’s overall top seed goes for a perfect ending to a near-perfect season starting this weekend. Boston University, which already has titles in the Ice Breaker Invitational, the Denver Cup and the Beanpot as well as the Hockey East regular-season and playoff crowns to its … Read more
If the favorites hold, the final of the West Regional will look familiar to WCHA fans. Denver and Minnesota Duluth — which met last weekend in the league finals — are top seeds in the regional, respectively, which along with its venue gives this corner of the NCAA bracket a distinct flavor. Sights like this … Read more
Facing a void in net to start the 2008-09 season, fans of the Vermont Catamounts might have been nervous. Enter Rob Madore. Mike Scandura reports.
Local Women Make Good Wisconsin featured three key players from New England, each playing in front of family and friends in Boston’s Agganis Arena. All three had an outstanding pair of games. Meghan Duggan, from Danvers, Mass., finished the weekend with one goal and four assists, Hanover, New Hampshire’s Hilary Knight had three goals and … Read more
Mercyhurst may have broken the WCHA’s three-year grip on the NCAA women’s hockey final this season, but a tougher barrier still lies ahead: cracking the schedules of women’s hockey’s best. Mercyhurst still has six games open for its 2009-10 schedule. “We’ll play anyone,” said Mercyhurst coach Mike Sisti “I’d like to see more crossover games. … Read more
Wisconsin goaltender Jessie Vetter might need to make a shopping trip before leaving Boston after her Badgers team captured the National Championship with a 5-0 victory over Mercyhurst on Sunday. With all the hardware she’s taken from this trip, she’ll probably need a new suitcase to carry it back to Madison. Vetter, who on Saturday … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell had made a living rallying in the waning minutes, but against Boston University Saturday night that came to an end. Dave Hendrickson reports.
All-Tournament Team Returns For the first time since 1987 the Division III championships announced an all-tournament team. Neumann freshman goaltender Ross MacKinnon was named most outstanding player and was joined on the all-tournament team by three of his teammates. The all-tournament team was: F, Jesse Cole, sr., Neumann F, Matt Ward, jr., Neumann F, Patrick … Read more
Two heroes, one award. That was the conundrum at the WCHA Final Five, where UMD goaltender Alex Stalock and his teammate MacGregor Sharp both put in starring performances. Todd D. Milewski reports.
Kieran Millan has made a difference for Boston University all season long. Saturday night, the freshman netminder did it again en route to tournament MVP honors. Scott Weighart reports.
There’s more to a hockey team than the players and coaches. Melissa Wade and Melissa Parrelli give us a look into the dedication of some of those behind the scenes.
When Cinderellas-in-waiting Massachusetts-Lowell met Northeastern in the Hockey East semifinals Friday afternoon, something had to give. It did, as Dave Hendrickson reports.
Patrick Wiercioch nearly became a Wisconsin Badger. Saturday, the Denver freshman helped his Pioneers roll past UW into the WCHA final.
For much of the season, the penalty kill had been a weakness for Minnesota Duluth. At the WCHA Final Five that has changed, helping carry the Bulldogs to the title game. Scott Brown reports.
Fresh off a 33 save performance in Gustavus Adolphus’ 2-0 NCAA quarterfinal win over the University of Wisconsin-Superior, Gusties senior goaltender Matthew Lopes will lead his team into the Division III final four. Lopes’ route to Lake Placid has been anything but conventional; however, as two years ago he would have been about the last … Read more