Stopping Power
“Jimmy who?” Maine has found a pair of netminders to cushion the blow of a key offseason loss, Joe Haggerty says.
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Scoring In Transition
Perennial D-II and D-III power RIT is new to Division I this season, and Scott Biggar finds that the long-awaited move is going well.
Living The Dream
He may not have arrived to much fanfare, but Kevin Ulanski left Denver amid plenty of it. Nicholas Jon Wood traces the path of one of the Pioneers’ key championship contributors.
The Sophomore Six
Last season’s freshmen are this season’s stars between the pipes in Hockey East, says Joe Haggerty.
U.S. Overcomes 2-0 Deficit Against Hockey East All-Stars
2004 Patty Kazmaier winner Angela Ruggiero (Harvard ’04) scored goals 83 seconds apart in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and lift the U.S. Women’s National Team to Sunday afternoon’s 5-2 victory against the Hockey East All-Star Team in an exhibition women’s ice hockey game at the Whittemore Center Sunday. Hockey East represented … Read more
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
New Hampshire at Harvard
Bright Hockey Center has not been kind to No. 3 New Hampshire over the past seven years. No. 9 Harvard is 5-0 against the Wildcats and owns a 25-8 goal differential during that time. Yet UNH, just two weeks removed from a statement victory over then-No. 1 Wisconsin, will enter the Cambridge facility favored to … Read more
Hell On Wheels
For Colorado College defenseman Lee Sweatt, hockey isn’t just the kind played on ice, Alex Clark reports.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week Previews
There are close series and then there’s Princeton-Colgate 2004-05. Two ties, including the rare scoreless deadlock last December at Baker Rink. Both teams have been playing solid hockey as of late. Colgate has won six of its last seven games including its first four conference tilts, and Princeton is coming off a respectable 2-1-1 run … Read more
Wayne State’s MacKay ‘Surviving, Done For Now’
After a stellar rookie season at Wayne State, an injury sent Derek MacKay down a path about which he has no regrets, Matt Mackinder finds.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
Wisconsin vs. New Hampshire
New No. 1 Wisconsin faces No. 4 New Hampshire in a November game with a March feel. Broadcast starts Sunday 1 p.m. ET.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week
No. 7 Mercyhurst (6-5-1 overall, 2-0-0 CHA) Top Scorers: Valerie Chouinard, Fr., F (8-8-16), Julia Colizza, Jr., F (2-10-12), Samantha Shirley, Sr., F (4-4-8) Top Goaltender: Laura Hosier, So. (6-5-1, 1.95, .918) Scoring Offense: 2.58 (18th) Scoring Defense: 1.92 (9th) Penalty Minutes: 12.3 (22nd) Power Play: 9 of 75, 12.9% (25th) Penalty Kill: 61 of … Read more
Middlebury Tournament Preview
No. 3 Elmira at No. 1 Middlebury, Sat. 7 p.m. Semifinal This Saturday, the only two programs ever to win an NCAA Championship in Division III women’s hockey, will go head-to-head once more. The Elmira Soaring Eagles took the first two titles, while the Middlebury Panthers have captured the last two, including a thrilling 4-3 … Read more
Century Cat
After seeing his 2004-05 season go up in smoke, UVM senior Brady Leisenring is back leading the Cats — and better than ever, Joe Haggerty finds.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
St. Lawrence at Dartmouth
The No. 1 Saints passed unscathed through a tough nonleague schedule to start the season, but Saturday’s 2 p.m. ET broadcast at No. 8 Dartmouth will be their first ECACHL test.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
Princeton at Harvard
Ivy rivals converge for an important early-season ECACHL contest in Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET broadcast.
Hockey East’s Twin Bill
Short in stature but big in heart, grit and leadership, twin brothers Tony and Brad Zancanaro make quite an impression on-ice and off, Joe Haggerty finds.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
Minnesota State at Ohio State
No. 9 Ohio State, perennially a top-four team in the WCHA, faces a challenge in Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET broadcast from visiting Minnesota State’s young forward talent.
Feels Like The First Time
Denver may be the two-time defending NCAA champion, but head coach George Gwozdecky and Co. see only the season to come.
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
New Hampshire at Brown
No. 5 UNH looks to continue to establish itself as a national contender against historical rival Brown in Sunday’s 2 p.m. ET broadcast.
A Dream Realized
With the drop of the puck and look to the sky, a new era began for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on October 8. The drop of the puck signified the first game that RPI would play as a Division I women’s hockey program. The look to the sky was for Bill Cahill — this was, after … Read more