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The ballots for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award have already been cast, but Junior Lessard is making a strong showing on the Frozen Four stage just to confirm his candidacy. Lessard scored just 69 seconds into the first national semifinal at the FleetCenter on Thursday, then added a second goal to cut short Denver’s run … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth was oh-so-close, but it wasn’t meant to be for the Bulldogs — at least not this season.
The Maine penalty kill shut down BC’s power play.
The season and careers of six BC seniors come to an end.
Prestin Ryan has evolved into a force for the Black Bears.
After two periods, it’s a 1-1 tie between Maine and Boston College in the second Frozen Four semifinal Thursday. Jon Jankus had the first-period goal for Maine, Ryan Shannon tied it up for BC early in the second, and Maine goaltender Jimmy Howard put on a show of his own. Jon Jankus shoots on Matti … Read more
DU’s Connor James returned just in time for the Frozen Four.
This season has been about survival for Denver, and the Pioneers have survived to reach the championship game.
For Maine, serenity radiates from the crease.
Ice To See You Besides the Frozen Four games themselves, the leading story this week at the FleetCenter could be ice conditions. On Wednesday, the building will see five practices (the Montreal Canadiens and each of the Frozen Four teams) plus a Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup playoff game at 7 p.m. Thursday, BC and Maine … Read more
Books Lose Out to Hot Tub With 10 U.S. players and four Canadian players still in U.S. colleges, it raises the obvious question, what happens with academics during the two to three weeks of preparation and competition? Not much. “It kind of takes a back seat in tournament like this,” said Dartmouth sophomore Gillian Apps. … Read more
They played together in different combos this year, but the trio, recently united, proves the whole is greater than its parts.
The names Cherie Piper and Gillian Apps didn’t show up in the scoring summary of the gold medal game, but the Dartmouth sophomores did everything but score in lifting Canada to a 2-0 win over the U.S. to win their first World Championships in front of a sellout crowd of 10,508 at the Halifax Metro … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth vs. Denver Thursday, noon ET, FleetCenter, Boston Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Final USCHO.com ranking: No. 5 Record: 28-12-4 NCAA seed: Midwest No. 2 How they got here: beat Michigan State 5-0, beat Minnesota 3-1 Junior Lessard was at dinner the other day when he was greeted with congratulations. Evan Schwabe was walking through the halls at … Read more
Junior Lessard is POTY, Mike Eaves is top coach, Dan Boeser is the Unsung Hero, plus All-USCHO teams and more.
Boston College vs. Maine Thursday, 6 p.m. ET, FleetCenter, Boston Boston College Eagles Final USCHO.com ranking: No. 4 Record: 29-8-4 NCAA seed: Northeast No. 1 How they got here: beat Niagara 5-2, beat Michigan 3-2 Entering the NCAA tournament, Boston College had its share of doubters. The Eagles had virtually gone wire-to-wire as the number … Read more
The Frozen Four at the FleetCenter, six years ago.
Peter Harrold might think defense first, but the BC blueliner is giving the Eagles another two-way threat.
The U.S. has had nothing but positive results on the ice so far. The only catch is the team is starting to run out of bodies at the forward position as it approaches Tuesday night’s gold-medal game with Canada. Captain Cammi Granato returned from her injury to take a few shifts in the 9-2 U.S. … Read more
Forgive the NCAA, Frozen Four officials and the four teams if they were rooting for the New Jersey Devils last Sunday. No, it’s not because of their affinity for Devils general manager, and former Providence coach, Lou Lamoriello. Nor is it because of the presence of Brian Gionta, David Hale and Paul Martin. It’s because … Read more