Middlebury completes perfect season with OT win against Gustavus Adolphus for NCAA Division III women’s title
Ellie Barney scored 13:17 into overtime to give the Panthers their fourth NCAA championship.
Game Recaps
Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
Coronato delivers ECAC Hockey championship, NCAA bid for Harvard in overtime
Matthew Coronato scored 9:18 into overtime to give the Crimson a 3-2 win over Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey championship game.
Fanti’s second straight shutout backs Minnesota Duluth’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff title
Fanti made 25 saves for his second shutout in as many days, and the Bulldogs became the first NCHC team to win three Final Faceoff championships by beating Western Michigan.
AIC blanks Air Force for third straight Atlantic Hockey tournament title as five different players score to back Calvaruso’s shutout in net
Neither Air Force coach Frank Serratore (7-0) or American International coach Eric Lang (2-0) had lost an Atlantic Hockey championship game. Something had to give. It was Lang’s Yellow Jackets that came out on top 7-0, thanks to goals by five different players and an 18-save shutout by goaltender Alec Calvaruso. “I’ve been here a … Read more
Bohlinger comes through in OT as UMass captures second straight Hockey East tournament championship with win over UConn
If Aaron Bohlinger scores a goal, there’s a 100 percent chance Massachusetts will hoist a championship trophy at the end of the game. Less than a year after scoring the game winner in the NCAA championship game for his first career goal, Bohlinger scored his second career goal in overtime to lift UMass to a … Read more
Glover nets pair of goals for Western Michigan as Broncos double up North Dakota, will play for NCHC title
Western Michigan used two gritty goals from Ty Glover and big saves from netminder Brandon Bussi to notch its first NCHC win at the Frozen Faceoff with 4-2 victory Friday night over North Dakota. The win also solidified a No. 1 seed for the Broncos in next week’s NCAA tournament. “Just playing my game, getting … Read more
Middlebury, Gustavus Adolphus earn spots in NCAA Division III women’s championship game
The Panthers will try to finish a perfect season and the Gusties will make their first championship game appearance.
Harvard scores three in the third period to down Clarkson, earn berth in ECAC Hockey championship game
A year after not playing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard is one win away from being ECAC Hockey champions. The third-seeded Crimson scored three third-period goals to beat No. 2 Clarkson 5-3 in the second semifinal of the night Friday at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid. Harvard will face No. 1 Quinnipiac … Read more
NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Ohio State advances to first-ever national championship game with 2-1 win over Yale
University Park, Pa — The top seeded Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Yale Bulldogs 2-1 in the national semifinal on Friday night to advance to their first-ever NCAA title game. They will face fellow WCHA team Minnesota Duluth for the national championship at 4 pm Eastern on Sunday. The Bulldogs will be playing in their … Read more
Defending champion Minutemen back to Hockey East title game after scrappy win over rival UMass Lowell
It was ugly and sometimes even a little bloody, but UMass is on its way to the Hockey East championship game for the second straight season. The Minutemen rode a two-goal spurt in less than two minutes of the first period Friday night as a springboard for a 3-1 win over intra-state rival UMass Lowell … Read more
Air Force off to Atlantic Hockey championship game after one-goal victory over RIT in conference semifinals
Frank Serratore has seen a lot of glory in his 25 seasons behind the Air Force bench. Those accolades include seven conference titles in addition to a 14-2 record in the Atlantic Hockey final four coming into tonight’s semifinal with Rochester Institute of Technology. But after dispatching Army West Point in this year’s Atlantic Hockey … Read more
NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Rogge’s goal in 2OT sends UMD to national championship game
University Park, Pa — Noami Rogge’s wrister with fewer than two minutes to go in the second overtime sent Minnesota Duluth to their first national title game since 2010 and their seventh in program history. McKenzie Hewett put pressure on Maddie Mills in the neutral zone as Mills tried to break out. Élizabeth Giguère picked up … Read more
Fanti stops all 30 shots in NCHC semifinal to lead Minnesota Duluth over Denver
Minnesota Duluth’s postseason magic continued with 2-0 win over Denver in a hard-fought NCHC semifinal matchup Friday night. The Bulldogs used there patented smothering defense to contain Denver’s potent offense. They missed out on numerous chances throughout game to extend lead to two goals until notching the second tally on an empty-net goal with 20 … Read more
Behind three-goal performance from Bennett, AIC edges Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey semifinal
Good things have come in threes lately for Blake Bennett, and American International hopes that continues. Bennett’s hat trick, his second in as many games, led AIC to a 5-4 win over Mercyhurst. The Yellow Jackets (21-12-3) are a game away from their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey playoff title. “It was an entertaining college hockey … Read more
In first ECAC Hockey semifinal, Quinnipiac bounces Colgate to advance to title game
As it has for much of the season, Quinnipiac outshot its opponent in Friday’s 3-1 win against Colgate in the opening game of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals at the Herb Brooks Arena. But the numbers don’t always tell the whole story. The Bobcats outshot the Raiders 33-26 in Friday’s game, although No. 5 Colgate hit … Read more
Hanson’s 24 saves lift UConn past Northeastern in Hockey East semifinal matchup
Darion Hanson would like to remind you that his team plays in a pro hockey barn, thank you very much. Unfazed by his first appearance at the TD Garden, the Connecticut graduate-student transfer netminder backstopped his Huskies past Northeastern’s Huskies to the tune of a 3-1 win in the semifinals of the Hockey East tournament … Read more
Division I Women’s Hockey: NCAA Tournament Regionals Wrap, March 14, 2022
Regional semifinal Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse The Bobcats earned their first NCAA tournament win in program history with a 4-0 defeat of Syracuse on Thursday. The two teams played a close battle for the first half of the game, but Quinnipiac began to pull away in the second. Taylor House opened the scoring, finding the back … Read more
Walker’s late goal lifts No. 2 Minnesota to B1G title date with Michigan; No. 11 Northeastern solidifies NCAA hopes with 3-2 win over BC; No. 6 Quinnipiac heading to Lake Placid after 2OT win vs. SLU
Sammy Walker scored late in regulation as Minnesota advanced past Penn State to earn a date with Michigan next Saturday in the Big Ten title game (photo: Jim Rosvold)
Harvard scores three late goals to force OT before Jack Donato wins it in OT, 4-3, over Rensselaer; No. 5 North Dakota survives, 2-1, against Colorado College; RIT scores game’s only goal in OT for 1-0 win over SHU
Jack Donato redirected a shot two minutes into sudden-death overtime to complete one of the craziest comeback for Harvard, which scored three goals in the final four minutes of regulation to force overtime in a 4-3 win over RPI (Photo: Edward Jacobs/Team Shred)
McLaughlin’s OT goal lifts Boston College past New Hampshire; Providence, Merrimack also win Hockey East first-round games
Boston College celebrates after Marc McLaughlin scored at 10:56 of overtime to lift the Eagles to a 4-3 first-round victory over New Hampshire and a date with top-seeded Northeastern in Saturday’s quarterfinal round of the Hockey East tournament (photo: Boston College athletics)