Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
In a penalty-filled battle between two of the nation’s top teams, North Dakota defeated Omaha, 6-2, in the first of six games these clubs will play in the coming weeks (Photo: Bonnie Ryan/Omaha Athletics)
Boston College coach Jerry York, already the winningest college hockey coach of all time, reached another milestone on Saturday earning his 1,100th coaching victory as No. 1 BC 4-2 defeated Connecticut, 4-2 (File photo: Boston College Athletics)
Late goals for Michigan by Jay Keranen and Brendan Brisson broke open a 1-1 tie and gave the No. 8 Wolverines a two-game sweep of No. 16 Notre Dame, 3-1 (Photo: Fighting Irish Media)
A cutout of coach Gordon Bombay seems to approve as Notre Dame took it to No. 1 Minnesota for the second straight night, sweeping the Gophers in a road series, winning Saturday, 2-1. The Fighting Irish are now 3-1-0 since the start of 2021 (Photo: Jim Rosvold)
Graham Slaggert’s late third-period goal assisted by his brother Landon gave Notre Dame a road upset of No. 1 Minnesota, 3-2 (photo: Jim Rosvold)
Quinnipiac’s Desi Burgart fired a laser of a shot past Clarkson goaltender Kris Oldham at 2:29 of overtime as the Bobcats won, 4-3. it was the second of three games the teams will play this weekend, each earning OT victories thus far (photo: Rob Rasmussen/Quinnipiac Athletics)
(1) Wisconsin at Minnesota State On Saturday, Makenna Webster and Casey O’Brien each scored their first career goals and Sydney Langseth scored for the Mavericks to make it 2-1 Wisconsin after two periods. Brittyn Fleming tied it up for Minnesota State midway through the third, but Daryl Watts scored with less than four minutes in … Read more
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Ryan Fanti made 19 saves but needed a goal from Noah Cates to earn a 4-3 OT victory over No. 6 St. Cloud State on Saturday (photo: Tom Nelson/St. Cloud State Athletics)
Two late goals by UMass combined with a strong special teams game gave the ninth-ranked Minutemen a 4-3 road win over No. 13 Northeastern (photo: Jim Pierce/NU Athletics)
Northeastern’s Mike Kesselring celebrates with goaltender Connor Murphy after the Huskies goalie stopped Providence’s Zach Poisson to win a shootout, 1-0, and earn an extra Hockey East point (photo: Jim Peirce/NU Athletics)
Sophomore defenseman Jack Judson’s goal with 12 seconds left in the second period was the difference-maker as the Sun Devils knocked off No. 18 Ohio State to close the first half of the season (File photo/ASU Athletics)
No. 4 North Dakota picked up its second straight win on a Jordan Kawaguchi goal eight seconds into overtime for a 4-3 victory over No. 9 St. Cloud State (File photo: Russell Hons)
UConn’s Jonny Evans scored 4:15 into the second, setting off an explosion of three goals in 4:19 for the Huskies in a 3-1 victory over a shorthanded No. 2 Boston College squad (photo: UConn Athletics)
UNH’s Kalle Ericksson opened the scoring with less than eight minutes remaining, but Maine responded to earn a tie and an extra Hockey East point winning a shootout in five rounds (Photo: UNH Athletics/Ben Humphreys)
McKade Webster (pictured) opened the scoring and rookie Carter Savoie scored a late game-winning goal as No. 9 Denver knocked off No. 1 North Dakota, 3-2 (photo: Mark Kulhmann)
Grad transfer Hank Johnson made 38 saves as Mercyhurst and junior forward Stephen Ipri (pictured), a team that finished last season last of 60 clubs in the PairWise last season, opened the 2020-21 campaign with a 2-1 upset of No. 18 Bowling Green (File photo)
No. 1 North Dakota got a goal from Jordan Kawaguchi’s at 1:17 of 3-on-3 overtime to earn a 4-3 win over No. 4 Denver, closing out a thrilling back-and-forth affair inside the NCHC bubble on Friday (photo: Mark Kulhmann/Omaha Athletics)
It was a crazy finish, but two goals by Notre Dame in the final three minutes helped lift the Irish, 2-1, over No. 4 Michigan, completing the weekend sweep of the Wolverines (photo: Jonathan Knight)
Jack McBain opened this scoring for No. 2 Boston College as the Eagles battled past No. 7 UMass, 4-3, to open the season on Friday (Photo: BC Athletics/John Quackenbos)
Connecticut goaltender Tomas Vomacka stopped 34 of 36 shots and earned a 2-2 tie against No. 7 Massachusetts. The Huskies won a shootout that will only have impact if this game needs to be substituted to replace a league game between these teams canceled by COVID later this season (photo: UConn Athletic Communication)