Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
No. 4 BU scored six straight goals in a 6-3 victory over rival BC on Friday, doing so the Terriers take over first place in Hockey East (Photo: Kyle Prudhomme/BU athletics)
Matteas Derraugh and David Cohen stepped up in a big way for Lake Forest Saturday night. Both players scored twice to propel the Foresters to an upset win over Adrian, which came into the night ranked third in the nation in the USCHO NCAA Division III men’s poll. A wild first period ended with Derraugh … Read more
Team USA completed the men’s ice hockey tournament by doing something no other team representing the USA had done in the previous editions of the Winter World University Games, they played in the gold medal game and took home the silver medal finishing 5-2-0 in their seven games. They played a better Canadian team today … Read more
Northeastern’s Aidan McDonough (25) celebrates the only goal of the game as the Huskies completed a weekend sweep of No. 11 Merrimack, 1-0, to take over first place in Hockey East (Photo: Jim Pierce)
Playing for the first time in Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid during these World University Games, Team USA defeated Japan, 4-3 on an overtime goal from Sam Ruffin (Adrian) to send the US to the gold medal game against either Canada or Kazakhstan on Sunday. The first period saw both teams playing aggressively with … Read more
Top-ranked Quinnipiac saw its eight-game winning streak and 17-game unbeaten stretch come to an end on Friday night, falling to No. 16 Cornell 4-0 at Lynah Rink. It was also the Bobcats’ first ECAC Hockey loss of the season. Ben Berard, Dalton Bancroft, Jack O’Leary and Ondrej Psenicka scored for the Big Red with Ian … Read more
Team USA finished their Pool B bracket play with a solid 9-1 win over Hungary helping them to finish atop the pool with a 4-1-0 record. Luke Aquaro (Hobart) jumpstarted the team with goal at 59 seconds and added a second goal for a 2-0 lead just four minutes into the game. The game was … Read more
In a must win game for Team USA, the D-III comprised roster took down Pool B leading Kazakhstan, 4-1 on Wednesday morning to remain in a position to make this weekend’s medal round. The team started quickly with Matt Hannewall (MSOE) picking up his first of two goals in the game just 55 seconds into … Read more
Hamline highlighted its weekend with a pair of big non-conference wins, capping it off with a 2-1 overtime win over UW-Superior on Saturday. The Pipers have won their last five games and are now 8-6-1 on the season. Ryan Brandt came through with the game-winning goal at the 1:05 mark of OT to lift the … Read more
It is mid-January and the good teams really start finding their game and getting results. Such was the case for Hobart, Norwich, Utica, Endicott and Plymouth State among others who realized weekend sweeps despite some close games. There were more than ten overtime games this past week and while not all were decided in the … Read more
With both teams entering the game at 2-0-0, the match-up between Team USA and Slovakia figured to be a highly competitive game. After two periods of play with the score tied at 1-1, the third period saw the Slovaks with a 4-1 goal advantage on the way to a 5-2 win in Pool B. Matus … Read more
UConn was one of two Connecticut men’s programs to play their first game in a new building, though both the Huskies and Sacred Heart fell on Saturday night (Photo: Courtesy Hockey East)
No. 17 Michigan State got back to winning ways with a 3-2 overtime victory over No. 5 Penn State on Friday (Photo: Rey Del Rio/MSU Athletics)
(8) Minnesota Duluth at (2) Wisconsin The Bulldogs went to Madison and swept the Badgers, holding them to a single in both games. Emma Soderberg made 72 saves in the series. It was Wisconsin’s third loss in a row, something that hadn’t happened since 2012 – the stretch was also the last time UMD swept … Read more
The great action continued this weekend and now there are no unbeatens in D-III hockey as Norwich snuck by Hobart, 2-1 on Saturday. Canton stunned Geneseo by the same score on Saturday as well and there were a host of other thrilling OT games and tight conference battles that spiced up the scoreboards this past … Read more
Northeastern celebrates one of its four goals at Fenway Park, earning.a 4-1 win over Connecticut during Frozen Fenway. Boston College defeated UMass in the nightcap (Photo: Steve Babineau/Hockey East)
No. 1 Denver returned to home ice at Magness Arena Friday night only to be defeated 3-1 by Alaska in what can be considered a major upset. Jonny Sorenson and Brady Risk each had a power-play goal and an assist for the Nanooks, while TJ Lloyd posted a pair of assists and Garrett Pyke getting … Read more
Happy New Year! By all indications the excitement and manner in which anything can happen in any game in D-III has continued on into the second half where Hobart still remains unbeaten; Adrian came east to win the Oswego tournament and Curry upset No. 8 Norwich to take the Northfield Bank Tournament title. Lots of … Read more
Concordia made a statement in one of its final two games of 2022, knocking off nationally ranked Aurora 4-1. The Cobbers defeated the 10th-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO NCAA Division III men’s poll to notch their biggest win of the season. Special teams made the difference. Concordia scored twice on the power play tallied a … Read more
No. 12 Providence knocked off Hockey East rival No. 6 Merrimack to capture the Ledyard Bank Classic at Dartmouth, 6-1, taking home the final of three holiday tournament trophies this weekend (Photo: Doug Austin)