Feature stories
The Denver Pioneers are still, so far, unbeatable at the Xcel Energy Center. Unfortunately for them, they’re not around enough for that to really become a feared fact. As successful as the Pioneers have been since the tournament moved back to St. Paul in 2001 — seven consecutive 20-win seasons, three national tournament appearances and … Read more
Following last weekend’s high-powered 7-2 romp in the quarterfinals against Manhattanville, the Norwich Cadets have returned to the Frozen Four for the first time since they hosted the championship weekend in 2004. For this group of Cadets, it’s the first time they have advanced to the title round and with no experience in this round; … Read more
Minnesota has seen more than its share of overtime games this season, and until recently they hadn’t gone the Gophers’ way. That’s changed, says Tom Reale.
It hasn’t been a smooth ride, but Notre Dame is at Joe Louis Arena with a shot at the Mason Cup, not to mention an NCAA tournament bid. Dave Starman seeks out the reasons.
If the CCHA is truly a two-tiered league as Northern Michigan Walt Kyle says, then Kyle’s Wildcats are chipping away at the supports, says Dave Starman.
They say opposites attract, and it’s hard to find a defensive pairing more opposite than North Dakota’s Chay Genoway and Joe Finley. Patrick C. Miller reports.
Thanks to Alex Kangas, Minnesota has a steady hand in net for the stretch run. Scott Brown assesses the freshman goaltender’s contributions.
Erika Lawler has experienced a lot of things in NCAA play in her three seasons at Wisconsin. Until this season, heading to the locker room with her team behind on the scoreboard in the national tourney wasn’t one of them. Now she has found herself in that situation in consecutive games in this season’s tournament, … Read more
Chris Butler can score — of that there’s no doubt. But the Denver blueliner is equally at home on defense, where he leads by example. Theresa Spisak reports.
Heading into Minnesota Duluth’s NCAA semifinal versus New Hampshire, Saara Touminen’s chances of playing with a knee injury were listed as fifty-fifty. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the wrong half of that probability came up on game day. “We just asked everyone to step up and do the best you could,†coach Shannon Miller said. To … Read more
When Wisconsin’s Jessie Vetter is in net, the puck stops here — with “here” being about three feet in front of the goal line. Mike Scandura profiles the Badgers’ record-breaker.
The Magic Ingredient When Elmira skated off the ice after warm-ups for last Saturday’s NCAA Quarterfinal game against Trinity, the packed house of fans were treated to quite the surprise as the players removed their helmets. The Soaring Eagles players were sporting Mohawk style haircuts. “All of our players got them,†said Elmira coach Tim … Read more
As Nathan Gerbe has gone this season, so has Boston College — right into the Hockey East semifinals. That’s no coincidence, Candace Horgan finds.
He thought he would live his dream in Maine, but it didn’t quite work out. Now on the shores of Lake Erie, the dream lives again for Matt Lundin at Mercyhurst. Russell Jaslow tells us about the thriving goaltender.
Elmira Soaring Eagles (19-3-5 overall, 10-2-3 in ECAC West) After starting the season undefeated in its first 19 games, some might say that the Elmira Soaring Eagles backed into the NCAA tournament. Elmira went a rather mediocre 2-3-3 over the last month as the ECAC West beat up each other down the stretch. However, the … Read more
Plattsburgh Cardinals (23-4-0 overall, 14-2-0 in SUNYAC) The most successful SUNY hockey team is back in the NCAA playoffs. The Plattsburgh Cardinals, after winning their 18th SUNYAC championship, return to the national playoffs for the 18th time (making it to the final four nine of those times), and their first since 2004. In that year, … Read more
Norwich Cadets (22-6-0 overall record, 15-4-0 in the ECAC East) With Sunday’s convincing 8-2 win over yet another six seed (Salem State) in the ECAC East looking to claim the title, the Cadets claimed the auto-bid to the NCAA tournament and now move on to prepare for an ECAC East meets ECAC West battle as … Read more
St. Norbert (24-1-4 overall record, 10-0-4 in NCHA) St. Norbert hosting a NCAA Quarterfinal game has become about as big of a life certainty as death and taxes. As such, the Green Knights will be hosting yet another this Saturday as they face MIAC Playoff Champion St. Thomas in the NCAA Quarterfinals. The game will … Read more
UMass-Dartmouth (18-8-1 overall, 13-3-0 in ECAC Northeast) This magical season continues to roll on for UMass-Dartmouth. Fresh off the heels of their exciting 5-3 win over Nichols Saturday night to capture their third straight Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast tournament championship, it was announced that the Corsairs will host Trinity (CT) on Wednesday at the … Read more
Princeton’s surge has put the Tigers in a lofty position not seen in a decade. Local boy Zane Kalemba has been a big part of that, Roman J. Uschak finds.