Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
The Mavericks will play either North Dakota or Notre Dame for a spot in the Frozen Four after they ran out to a 3-0 lead and survived a rally attempt by the Crimson to open the 2022 NCAA men’s hockey tournament in Albany.
University Park, Pa. — The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s hockey team won the first national championship in their program’s history with a 3-2 defeat of Minnesota Duluth on Sunday night. Paetyn Levis scored to earn her 11th point of the postseason and transfers Clair DeGeorge and Kenzie Hauswirth each lit the lamp to lead the … Read more
Michigan took advantage of Minnesota miscues Saturday night in scoring four straight goals and registering a 4-3 victory to capture its second Big Ten tournament championship before a packed house at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The win moves Michigan to the top seed in next week’s NCAA tournament. Michigan goalie Erik Portillo was named the … Read more
The CCHA overturned Josh Groll’s overtime goal well after the playoff championship trophy was presented. The league ordered the title game to resume.
Ellie Barney scored 13:17 into overtime to give the Panthers their fourth NCAA championship.
Matthew Coronato scored 9:18 into overtime to give the Crimson a 3-2 win over Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey championship game.
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.
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
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
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
The Panthers will try to finish a perfect season and the Gusties will make their first championship game appearance.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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