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

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

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

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)

Division I Women’s Hockey: WCHA final – Ohio State scores three unanswered to defeat Minnesota 3-2 in overtime to win title

How it happened: The teams skated to a scoreless tie in the first. Ohio State had one unsuccessful power play and outshot the Gophers 12-9 through the first 20 minutes. In the second, a defensive breakdown at the blue line allowed Taylor Heise and Abigail Boreen to enter the zone with the puck. The Buckeye … Read more

Last-second goal gives Northeastern Hockey East regular-season title in crazy finish; Denver win, North Dakota loss give Pioneers share of NCHC crown, No. 1 seed; Notre Dame, Penn State lead long list of teams to force game three in playoff series

Northeastern celebrated its first-ever Hockey East regular season title, scoring the clinching goal with 9.6 seconds remaining for a 1-0 victory over Merrimack (photo: Northeastern Athletics)

Division I Women’s Hockey: WCHA semifinal – Minnesota advances to title game with 5-1 win over Minnesota Duluth

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota women’s hockey team advanced to their 18th WCHA tournament championship with a decisive 5-1 win over Minnesota Duluth on Saturday afternoon. The Gophers scored 51 seconds into the game on their first shot as Catie Skaja put a pretty innocuous-looking shot on Chobak from her right side. The puck squeezed between … Read more