USCHO’s Game of the Week previews
No. 10 Minnesota Duluth, paced by a hat trick by Nick Swaney, ended a three-game losing streak with an impressive 5-1 victory over No. 6 St. Cloud (Photo: Dave Harwig/UMD Athletics)
Luke Tuch (r.) scored 44 seconds into overtime as No. 11 Boston University rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat Connecticut, 3-2 (Photo: Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics)
No. 8 Michigan used a four-goal second period to take control of the game against No. 7 Wisconsin, earning a 5-1 victory (photo: Daryl Marshke!/Michigan Athletics)
Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay made one of his 30 saves on Friday in posting his seventh shutout in 11 starts this season, a 4-0 whitewashing of No. 8 Bowling Green (photo: Jim Rosvold)
In a penalty-filled battle between two of the nation’s top teams, North Dakota defeated Omaha, 6-2, in the first of six games these clubs will play in the coming weeks (Photo: Bonnie Ryan/Omaha Athletics)
Late goals for Michigan by Jay Keranen and Brendan Brisson broke open a 1-1 tie and gave the No. 8 Wolverines a two-game sweep of No. 16 Notre Dame, 3-1 (Photo: Fighting Irish Media)
Quinnipiac’s Desi Burgart fired a laser of a shot past Clarkson goaltender Kris Oldham at 2:29 of overtime as the Bobcats won, 4-3. it was the second of three games the teams will play this weekend, each earning OT victories thus far (photo: Rob Rasmussen/Quinnipiac Athletics)
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Ryan Fanti made 19 saves but needed a goal from Noah Cates to earn a 4-3 OT victory over No. 6 St. Cloud State on Saturday (photo: Tom Nelson/St. Cloud State Athletics)
Northeastern’s Mike Kesselring celebrates with goaltender Connor Murphy after the Huskies goalie stopped Providence’s Zach Poisson to win a shootout, 1-0, and earn an extra Hockey East point (photo: Jim Peirce/NU Athletics)
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Ryan Fanti saved 26 of the 28 shots he faced in regulation and overtime and all three shots he faced in a shootout as the No. 3 Bulldogs earned an extra point in the NCHC over No 1 North Dakota, 3-2 (photo: NCHC/Mark Kuhlmann)
No. 1 North Dakota got a goal from Jordan Kawaguchi’s at 1:17 of 3-on-3 overtime to earn a 4-3 win over No. 4 Denver, closing out a thrilling back-and-forth affair inside the NCHC bubble on Friday (photo: Mark Kulhmann/Omaha Athletics)
Behind multi-point games by three Gophers, No. 11 Minnesota completed to a two-game sweep of No. 10 Penn State, 3-2, on Friday. The Gophers will have two days off before a two-game series against No. 9 Ohio State (photo: Jim Rosvold)
The puck finally dropped on the college hockey season, as Wisconsin and No. 20 Notre Dame kicked off the 2020-21 campaign with the Badgers earning a 2-0 shutout victory over the Irish (photo: Fighting Irish Media)
The second round of the 2020 NHL Draft kicked off Wednesday morning and saw a string of NCAA freshmen get picked as defenseman Tyler Kleven (44th overall, Ottawa Senators), defenseman Brock Faber (45th overall, Los Angeles Kings), goaltender Drew Commesso (46th overall, Chicago Blackhawks) and forward Luke Tuch (47th overall, Montreal Canadiens) went consecutively to … Read more
U.S. National Team Development alum Jake Sanderson, who is now enrolled at North Dakota, is anticipated to be the top selection in Tuesday’s NHL Draft (Photo: Rena Laverty / USA Hockey’s NTDP)
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)
Atlantic Hockey’s first round is never short on thrills, but the Bentley-Canisius series sticks out for its initial storyline (photo: tomwolf.smugmug.com).
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)
When a commissioner starts out to create a schedule, certainly every single one of them hopes to ensure that the final weekend of a regular season might have some excitement. Defining that excitement is difficult (photo: Josh Lavallee/Anaheim Ducks).
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)