Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
Nine conference quarterfinal games were played Sunday, with some teams eliminated from the 2020-21 season and some advancing to play another day.
A Denver team shorthanded due to COVID pulled off the upset of No. 11 Omaha, 5-4, advancing the Pioneers to the NCHC semis and placing the Mavericks squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble (Photo: Russ Hons/NCHC)
North Dakota’s offense scored early and often in a 6-2 NCHC quarterfinal victory over Miami on Friday. Collin Adams finished the night with two goals and three assists (Photo: NCHC/Russ Hons)
Four second-period goals broke open the game as seventh-seeded UMass Lowell survived a tough test from 11th-seed Vermont to advance to the Hockey East quarterfinals, 5-3 (Photo: Rich Gagnon)
Bentley scored the game’s final four goals to pull away from Air Force, 7-3, and advance to the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals where they will face top-seed AIC (File photo: Omar Phillips)
Walker Sommer’s goal with 4:07 remaining in regulation completed a comeback from 2-0 down as Niagara advanced to the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals with a 3-2 victory over Mercyhurst. NIAGARA WINS!!! Walker Sommer scores the game-winner to send the Purple Eagles to the @Atlantic_Hockey quarterfinals!#uncommon pic.twitter.com/HvDNkfhknT — Niagara University Men's Hockey (@NiagaraMHKY) March 9, 2021 In … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — A late-season addition to the squad, freshman Lacey Eden was the hero for Wisconsin, scoring 46 seconds into overtime to give the Badgers their ninth WCHA Tournament Championship. The team also won the regular season title this year. The goal came off a turnover by Ohio State near the blue line. Delaney Drake … Read more
Senior night turned out to be pretty special for St. Thomas, particularly for Spencer Zwiener, who scored a pair of goals, including the game winner in a 4-3 victory over St. Mary’s Friday. Zwiener scored his second and final goal with 4:39 to play in the third to snap a 3-3 tie and catapult the … Read more
Emma Maltais had two goals and two assists to lead Ohio State back to the WCHA Tournament Championship game.
Wisconsin took home the Big Ten regular-season title with a 2-1 win over Michigan State on Saturday. The Badgers went from last place a year ago to the top of the league. (File photo: Jim Rosvold)
Freshman Makenna Webster’s two goals lead Wisconsin to a 5-3 win over rival Minnesota, who will have to wait until Sunday night to see if their season will continue.
No. 7 Michigan furthered improved its NCAA tournament resume with a 5-2 victory over No. 3 Minnesota. The result combined with Wisconsin’s victory over Michigan State puts the Badgers in position to earn its first regular-season Big Ten title with a win on Saturday (photo: Jim Rosvold)
It proved to be fantastic finish to the regular season for the Milwaukee School of Engineering despite the challenges faced during a season played amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Raiders crushed Lake Forest 6-1 in their finale Saturday. A night earlier, MSOE rolled to a 4-1 win. They close the regular season unbeaten in their … Read more
No. 10 Minnesota Duluth, paced by a hat trick by Nick Swaney, ended a three-game losing streak with an impressive 5-1 victory over No. 6 St. Cloud (Photo: Dave Harwig/UMD Athletics)
UMass junior defenseman Marc Del Gaizo scored while being tripped on a breakaway at 1:59 of overtime as the Minutemen completed a comeback from 2-0 down to upset No. 1 Boston College, 3-2 (File photo: Rich Gagnon)
Lawrence and Marian split their Battle of Highway 41 rivalry series over the weekend, but Marian managed to keep the trophy by winning Saturday’s finale by a 5-1 score and then taking care of business in a five-round shootout against the Vikings. Ty Enns and Gianni Vitali both scored in the shootout and Colby Muise … Read more
Luke Tuch (r.) scored 44 seconds into overtime as No. 11 Boston University rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat Connecticut, 3-2 (Photo: Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics)
UMass Lowell co-captain Charlie Levesque (l.) celebrate his second goal of the game as the River Hawks, upset No. 16 Northeastern, 4-1 (photo: Jim Pierce/Northeastern Athletics)
Two thrilling games, both of which went to overtime, was among the highlights of the weekend schedule in the NCHA. The Milwaukee School of Engineering and Aurora battled through a hard-fought series that resulted in the Raiders winning 5-4 on Friday before the Spartans bounced back with a 2-1 win on Saturday. In the finale, … Read more
Well it took to mid-February but there was more than just a couple of games played this past weekend in two-game series and each of them was a sweep in some highly contested action. Here is a summary from this past weekend’s action: Anna Maria v. Plymouth State The AmCats finally got to play some … Read more