Women’s Division I College Hockey: Five-goal second period propels Ohio State to 7-3 semifinal win over Minnesota Duluth
Emma Maltais had two goals and two assists to lead Ohio State back to the WCHA Tournament Championship game.
Game Recaps
Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
SATURDAY ROUNDUP: Wisconsin becomes first men’s Division I team in more than 25 years to go worst-to-first, capturing Big Ten title with 2-1 win at Michigan State
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)
Women’s Division I College Hockey: Wisconsin advances to seventh straight WCHA Tournament Championship game with 5-3 win over Minnesota
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.
GOTW: No. 7 Michigan spoils No. 3 Minnesota’s B1G title hopes, knocking off Gophers, 5-2; Wisconsin now in catbird seat to take regular-season crown
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)
Weekend Wrap-up in D-III West Hockey
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
GOTW: Nick Swaney’s hat trick returns No. 10 Minnesota Duluth to win column with 5-1 win over No. 6 St. Cloud State
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)
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Del Gaizo’s OT game-winner completes comeback from 2-0 down as No. 9 UMass upsets No. 1 BC, 3-2; Merrimack knocks off No. 8 BU; No. 2 North Dakota scores late to skate past No. 11 Omaha
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)
Weekend wrap-up in D-III West Hockey
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
GOTW: Luke Tuch’s overtime game-winner completes rally as No. 11 BU skates past UConn, 3-2
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)
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Upsets abound as No. 7 Michigan falls to Ohio State, UMass Lowell upends No. 16 Northeastern and Bemidji St. knocks off No. 18 Michigan Tech
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)
Weekend wrap-up in D-III West Hockey
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
Weekend wrap-up in D-III East hockey; February 15, 2021
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
GOTW: No. 8 Michigan shakes off early rust of 21-day pause, routs No. 7 Wisconsin, 5-1
No. 8 Michigan used a four-goal second period to take control of the game against No. 7 Wisconsin, earning a 5-1 victory (photo: Daryl Marshke!/Michigan Athletics)
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Top-ranked BC returns to win column with dominating 7-1 victory over UMass Lowell; Western Michigan upsets No. 4 UMD; Miami knocks off No. 6 SCSU
No. 1 Boston College had plenty of reasons to celebrate as the Eagles got back to the win column with a 7-1 victory over UMass Lowell (Photo: John Quackenbos/BC Athletics)
West Region Weekend Hockey Wrap: Pointers, Blugolds split series
Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Wisconsin-Eau Claire played a pair of games this week, and in the end, the two rivals split their series. The Blugolds won the opener Wednesday by a 7-3 score but were tripped up 2-1 by the Pointers on Friday. In the finale, the Pointers scored twice in 29 seconds during the second … Read more
SATURDAY ROUNDUP: No. 15 BU upsets top-ranked BC, 3-1; No. 11 Wisconsin convincingly completes sweep of No. 2 Minnesota; UNH provides dramatic rally for sweep of No. 20 UML
No. 11 Wisconsin put an absolute beat-down on No. 2 Minnesota, handing the Gophers their worst home loss in the long history of the series between the two clubs, 8-1 (photo: Jim Rosvold)
GOTW: Special teams, McKay spark a statement win for No. 6 Minnesota State, 4-0, over No. 8 Bowling Green
Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay made one of his 30 saves on Friday in posting his seventh shutout in 11 starts this season, a 4-0 whitewashing of No. 8 Bowling Green (photo: Jim Rosvold)
Saturday roundup: Lindberg, No. 10 UMass prove stingy in completing weekend sweep of rival No. 16 UMass Lowell, 2-1
UMass goaltender Filip Lindberg was superb all weekend, including making this glove save on UMass Lowell’s Reid Stefanson as the Minutemen completed a two-game sweep of sister school Lowell, 2-1 (Photo: Rich Gagnon)
GOTW: No. 2 North Dakota wins round one of physical, penalty-filled battle against No. 9 Omaha, 6-2
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)
Saturday round-up: BC’s York hits another milestone, winning 1,100th game as No. 1 Eagles hold off UConn, 4-2
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)