Despite yet having played a game, Middlebury picked up three first-place votes and remained in the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division III men’s poll. Norwich claimed No. 2; the Cadets don’t hit the ice until next week. St. Thomas, with wins against St. Norbert and Lake Forest lifted the Tommies seven spots to No. 3, and garnered them the remaining two first-place votes.
Apparently, the Eagles like it fine right where they are. Boston College repeated at the summit of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll Monday, taking 38 of 40 first-place votes and all but two of 600 possible points to stay at No. 1 for the second consecutive week. The Eagles are the first No. 1 … Read more
Though it’s still early, some pivotal games were played last weekend; the MIAC does a little better against the NCHA; and once again, it’s time to retire some dubious traditions.
Providence junior Karen Thatcher once believed her weakness was playing around the net, but you wouldn’t have known it from watching Saturday’s 5-1 Friar win over St. Lawrence. A testament to her offseason training, she netted three power play goals to match her season total of 10 as a sophomore in just eight games. All … Read more
Tim Hambly has always had a lot expected of him — and the senior defenseman is fulfilling that promise for Minnesota-Duluth.
Ohio State recovered from a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of Minnesota yesterday by limiting the Gophers without a single goal on even strength today. But the No. 1 Gophers still won on the strength of their specialty teams, as usual, and cruised to a 5-1 victory and series sweep. Defenseman Lyndsay Wall and forward … Read more
An outstanding game by Bemidji State freshman goalie Emily Brookshaw denied North Dakota its first series sweep of the year and ended an eight-game losing streak The Beavers were outshot by UND 36-23 but came away with a 5-2 victory thanks to their goalie’s solid play. Brookshaw stopped all 11 Sioux shots in the first … Read more
New Hampshire hasn’t won at Maine’s Alfond Arena in nearly five years — since Jan. 8, 2000, to be exact. And on Sunday afternoon, nothing changed, as Maine skated away with a 3-0 victory in a crucial Hockey East matchup. The ninth-ranked Black Bears halted a two-game losing skid by shutting out the eighth-ranked Wildcats. … Read more
After facing Yale in the first round of the ECACHL playoffs last season, No. 2 Dartmouth already knew exactly how good Yale goalkeeper Sarah Love could be. Saturday at the Bulldogs’ Ingalls Rink, Dartmouth was determined not to let anyone else know, chasing Love off the ice en route to a 9-1 win. Junior Katie … Read more
Providence sophomore Sonny Watrous is riding high as the reigning Hockey East Rookie of the Year after a slow start to her college career.
You can’t blame Cornell coach Melody Davidson for looking ahead to tomorrow. After all, that’s when Harvard freshman Sarah Vaillancourt will be on her side once again. Vaillancourt tallied two goals and two assists to lead all scorers in the 8-2 Crimson (2-0, 2-0 ECACHL) win over Cornell (0-2, 0-2), her last opponent before she … Read more
Ash Goldie got two goals in a row for Michigan State, one the game winner, as the Spartans cruised past Ferris State 5-1 on Saturday. The winner came at 1:21 of the second period while on the power play. Tyler Howells passed the puck over to Goldie, who put it over the outstretched pad of … Read more
One night after losing to No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth on a 5-on-3 in the final minutes, Wisconsin could not take advantage of power play situations of its own-a five-minute major and a 5-on-3 in the second period. Those squanders, and the Bulldogs’ success in such situations, are a big part of why the No. 4 Badgers … Read more
One night after his penalty-shot heroics helped beat Wisconsin, Danny Irmen again provided the offensive firepower for Minnesota, scoring two goals to lead the Gophers to a series sweep. Minnesota claimed a 4-2 win Saturday before a record crowd of 10,587 at Mariucci Arena, dominating the first two periods, then holding off mounting pressure from … Read more
Dan Knapp earned his second career hat trick in Ohio State’s 7-1 win over Sacred heart, and Buckeye fans have Knapp’s nine-year-old cousin to thank for it. “My little cousin called me and told me the other day, ‘You’ve got to score. Shave your head again,’” said Knapp. “That’s how I got the idea. As … Read more
Princeton, fresh off a scoreless outing against Dartmouth, found the solution to its offensive woes in its defense. Senior defenseman Becky Stewart scored twice, and fellow defensemen Dina McCumber and Katharine Maglione added three assists between them in the 4-1 victory at Hobey Baker Rink over a plucky but ultimately overmatched Vermont squad. “Our D … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha remained winless at the Carlson Center as Alaska-Fairbanks held on to a 3-2 win to give the Nanooks a 3-1 CCHA record, moving UNO to an even 3-3 CCHA record, putting the two teams in a three-way tie, along with Northern Michigan, in fourth place. Wylie Rogers was in net for the second night … Read more
Visiting Bemidji State came out firing with 10 shots in the first four minutes of the game but failed to sustain that intensity in a 6-4 defeat against WCHA newcomer North Dakota. The eventual game-winning goal came 14:13 into the second period from UND junior defenseman Devon Fingland, who finished the game with a goal … Read more
Junior Daniel Pegoraro tallied the game winner in the sixth minute of the second period, and 12 different Cornell players recorded a point as the Big Red rolled to a 7-2 victory over Brown on Saturday night at Lynah Rink. For the third time in four contests, Cornell (4-0-0, 2-0-0 ECACHL) hung seven goals on … Read more
Colgate erased a dubious streak while Harvard extended one of its own, as the Raiders knocked off the Crimson 4-1 at Starr Rink on Saturday afternoon. Colgate (7-2-0, 2-0-0 ECACHL), the loser of its last five games against Harvard and eight of the last nine contests between the two clubs, had been outscored by the … Read more