Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
In what truly may have been one of the craziest NCAA D-III tournament game, Adrian took an 8-7 overtime win over the University of New England on a power play goal by Alessio Luciani. The game saw five lead changes and dramatic swings that included an extra-attacker goal to send the game into extra time … Read more
Ohio State tied a regional record for largest margin of victory in winning a first-round game against Harvard.
Minnesota fans may have had flashbacks to 2006 early on, but the Golden Gophers erupted for six goals in the third to down Canisius, 9-2.
St. Cloud State withstood the Minnesota State forecheck and beat the Mavericks 4-0 on Thursday night backstopped by Jaxon Castor’s 34 saves.
Junior forward Jack O’Leary scored early and the rest of the Big Red, including goalie Ian Shane, shut the door for a 2-0 win over Denver to advance to the Manchester regional final (photo: Matt Dewkett/Cornell Athletics).
Boston University advanced to the Manchester regional final with a 5-1 win over Western Michigan in their tourney opener on Thursday.
DULUTH, Minn. — It has been 179 days since Wisconsin opened the women’s hockey season with a surprising 4-1 defeat by Penn State. They’d go on to add nine more games to the loss column – their worst record in 10 years. In that season, the Badgers lost in the WCHA semifinals and did not … Read more
The excitement continued into the quarterfinal round with two more overtime games and another major upset as the nation’s No. 1 team, Utica, was stunned in overtime by the University of New England for the second year in a row. Adrian also escaped with an overtime win over Wisconsin – Stevens Point while Hobart and … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — In a game played before a packed crowd of 10,305 in 3M Arena at Mariucci, the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines rallied twice from one-goal deficits to repeat as Big Ten Champions with a 4-3 win over No. 1 Minnesota. The game between the top two scoring teams in college hockey was a … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. – After righting the wrongs that hurt the team near the end of the season, the St. Cloud State Huskies are heading into the NCAA tournament playing their best hockey at the right time. No. 7 St. Cloud State claimed its second NCHC playoff title with a 3-0 victory over the Colorado … Read more
MANKATO, Minn. – It wouldn’t be a conference title game in Mankato without some drama. At the end of the regular season, Minnesota State and Michigan Tech played an eventful final five minutes for the MacNaughton Cup that featured a penalty shot and a controversial goal review. Minnesota State won that game 3-2 and took … Read more
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – It took 33 grueling years, but Colgate finally returned to the peak of ECAC Hockey Saturday night, stopping Harvard 3-2 to claim its first Whitelaw Cup since 1990 and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Raiders got out to a quick 2-0 lead thanks to brothers Colton and … Read more
BOSTON — If Boston University freshman Lane Hutson was expressly showing off for the Hobey Baker Award voters, he could have done a lot worse than the performance he turned in during the Hockey East championship game. Hutson scored twice, including the game winner at 1:57 of overtime to lift the Terriers to a 3-2 … Read more
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Nick Bowman’s goal at 17:59 of the second period and Jacob Barczewski’s 24-save shutout were the difference as Canisius defeated Holy Cross 3-0 for its second Atlantic Hockey championship. The Golden Griffins tacked on a pair of empty-net goals in the final minutes to seal the victory. “Down the stretch, the second … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. – For the last four weeks, No. 7 St. Cloud State has had everything thrown at them by desperate teams trying to salvage their seasons. For the most part, the Huskies have been able to weather the storm. They were able to end one archrival’s season a week ago to advance to … Read more
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – It took over 64 minutes of game action to put a goal on the board, but No. 2 Harvard punched its ticket to the ECAC Hockey title game with a hard-fought 1-0 overtime victory over No. 3 Cornell Friday. Crimson’s Alex Laferriere struck early in the OT period on a pass … Read more
DULUTH — Two long-time rivals treated fans to a fast-paced, heart-pounding national semifinal Friday evening as Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 3-2 in overtime. While the Badgers have defeated the Gophers twice in the National Championship game, this was the first Wisconsin had beaten their Border Battle rivals in the semifinal round in four attempts. Minnesota came out … Read more
BOSTON — Like Moses parting the Red Sea or Paul Bunyan carving the Grand Canyon, Merrimack’s Ottoville Leppänen can now also lay claim to creating a legendary chasm. Leppänen’s work with the puck pulled UMass-Lowell goalie Gustavs David Grigals out of position to create the opening Matt Copponi needed to flick Leppänen’s centering pass into … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Nearly 10 years since its previous conference tournament championship game appearance, Colorado College is getting hot at the right time again. One week removed from a stunning road sweep against high-powered Western Michigan to get the Tigers to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff for the second time, CC has suddenly put itself … Read more
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – An up-and-down regular season left questions for Colgate as it entered the ECAC Hockey tournament as the No. 5 seed, but any misnomers were put to bed Friday night as the Raiders sunk top-seeded Quinnipiac 2-1 in double overtime at the Herb Brooks Arena. Ross Mitton played hero for Colgate in … Read more