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Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson knew last season that Cal Burke would be a captain for the Fighting Irish as a senior, but Burke’s leadership skills didn’t only come about in South Bend, Indiana.
Devin Brosseau doesn’t like to consider his volunteerism as work.
If you’re like me, you probably sat by your computer to watch the last week unfold in real time. You watched the world continually change, minute after minute, through social media and news alerts. Sports adapted to atmospheres without crowds before shutting down for the interim (photo: Bentley Athletics).
The Minnesota Golden Gophers kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive with a 3-2 victory over Notre Dame in game three of the Big Ten quarterfinals. They will face Penn State in the semifinals next weekend (photo: Jim Rosvold)
Ryner Gorowsky registered a hat trick as Bentley knocked off Canisius, 5-3, to sweep the first-round Atlantic Hockey playoff series. The Falcons advance to the quarterfinals next weekend. (File photo: Bentley Athletics)
Trevor Janicke had plenty of reason to celebrate on Friday as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over No. 19 Minnesota to open a best-of-three Big Ten quarterfinal series on the road. The Irish were one of a handful of road teams to win on the opening night on conference playoffs. (File photo: Mike Miller/Fighting Irish Media)
No. 1 Cornell goaltender Matthew Galajda made 25 saves as the Big Red earned their final regular-season win over No. 7 Clarkson, 5-1, propelling Cornell into the playoffs on a nine-game winning streak (File phot: Omar Phillips)
UConn scored twice in the game’s final 91 seconds to earn a dramatic 3-2 victory over UMass, propelling the Huskies to a tie for second place in Hockey East (Photo: UConn Athletics)
Saint John’s is back on top of the MIAC for the first time in seven seven years and it has possession of its first outright league title in more than a decade. The first weekend of the NCHA tournament went as expected with the exception of the series between Trine and Lake Forest, while in … Read more
Wisconsin eked out a tie to win the WCHA regular season crown outright and the NEWHA conference tournament was historic in more ways than one.
Penn State’s Kevin Wall celebrates his third-period goal that capped off a comeback from 2-0 down, giving the Nittany Lions a 3-2 win over Minnesota and a four-point lead first first in the Big Ten (Photo: Craig Houtz/Penn State Athletics)
In a game that in no way was easy, Carl Berglund celebrates with UMass Lowell fans after tying the game in the third period. The River Hawks scored twice in the third to rally from a goal down for a 3-2 win over sister-school rival UMass (Photo: Rich Gagnon)
The topsy-turvy world of college hockey is seeing the bubble change rapidly from week to week. There are so many games and results that are affecting what is happening at the moment (photo: Craig Houtz/Penn State Athletics).
Back on Dec. 31, 2015, Denna Laing took the ice for the 2016 Outdoor Women’s Classic, the first outdoor professional women’s hockey game. Denna, a two-time captain at Princeton, would be playing for the Boston Pride of the National Women’s Hockey League, facing off against Les Canadiennes de Montreal of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. … Read more
It was another close-checking game, but for the second straight night, No. 1 North Dakota skated to a 3-1 victory over No. 6 Denver, further advancing the Fighting Hawks towards capturing the NCHC regular-season crown (Photo: Russell Hons/UND Athletics)
Clarkson’s Anthony Callin’s scored with less than five minutes left in the second to break a 2-2 tie as the Golden Knights earned a road win at Quinnipiac, 3-2, to keep pace with Cornell atop the ECAC (File photo: Clarkson Athletics/Jim Meagher)
We’re down to five and a half weeks until selection Sunday, and as things begin to shape up in terms of what teams are getting closer to punching their NCAA tickets, we are also running into some problems on how to best seed the tournament (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Northeastern captain Ryan Shea hoists the Beanpot for the third straight year, something no other Northeastern team has accomplished in the 68-year history of the tournament (Photo by Rich Gagnon)
Several top teams, including No. 1 Plattsburgh and No. 2 Middlebury, had a scare, escaping with one-goal wins, while No. 5 Hamline was surprised by Saint Mary’s in the second of a two-game set, settling for a tie. Oswego continued its strong play with a sweep of two UCHC foes.
It was a battle to the end, but No. 9 Penn State survived a third-period rally by No. 13 Ohio State, scoring twice into an empty net to earn a 6-3 road victory and move back into solo first place in the Big Ten standings. For much of the game, it felt like Penn State … Read more