Call it déjà vu or bad luck, but either way, Bemidji State left Mankato without a single goal. For the second straight night, Minnesota State defeated Bemidji State (1-3-0 overall) by a score of 4-0, giving the Mavericks their first sweep of the season. The consecutive shutouts were the first for MSU since the 1995-96 … Read more

Senior assistant captain Scott Mifsud netted a hat trick, and goaltender Joe Fallon had another solid game in net for Vermont as the Catamounts dropped a seven-spot on Yale, beating the Bulldogs 7-1 in front of a sellout crowd at Gutterson Fieldhouse Saturday The Vermont power play keyed the win for the home squad, converting … Read more

Junior Eric Leroux earned his third career shutout by making 41 saves, helping Princeton coach Guy Gadowsky grab his first ECAC Hockey League win on Saturday night as the Tigers blanked Dartmouth, 3-0, in a contest marred by an apparent ankle injury to star Big Green forward Hugh Jessiman. Jessiman, a first-round NHL draft pick … Read more

Vince Bellissimo showed Saturday that he has more than just a scorer’s touch, being highly involved in a hard-hitting battle which resulted in a 4-1 victory for Western Michigan over the Purple Eagles of Niagara. Rough play seemed to be the theme for a game packed with hard hits, not to mention a rare college … Read more

One night after David Moss set up each one Jeff Tambellini’s three goals, the duo added another five points for a weekend total of 11 in Michigan’s 5-3 home victory over Miami. After Miami clawed its way back from a 3-0 deficit to make it a one-goal game in the third period, Tambellini secured the … Read more

If Union had played the way it did Saturday against Clarkson, then the Dutchmen would have advanced to the ECACHL tournament quarterfinals last March instead of the Golden Knights. The Dutchmen weren’t looking for revenge. They just wanted to show the Knights that the playoff sweep was a fluke. Mission accomplished. Goalie Justin Mrazek stopped … Read more

Behind outstanding goaltending by freshman Phillippe Lamoureux, North Dakota broke a four-game winless slump, knocking off previously-undefeated Colorado College 2-1 at Ralph Engelstad Arena. On Friday night, CC’s Curtis McElhinney was the difference in the Tigers’ 3-2 overtime victory. Saturday, the 5-10, 155-pound Lamoureux — a Grand Forks native — was the difference for the … Read more

In a closely fought contest, RIT defeated Utica, 2-1, to remain undefeated in ECAC West play. This was a game of momentum. Utica thoroughly controlled play in the first period, although the score was tied 1-1 at the end of it. RIT took control of the second period, scoring the eventual game winner midway through … Read more

The Gophers scored from all three avenues on Saturday afternoon, with five even strength, four power play goals and a show stopping short hander in a 10-0 victory over Ohio State. The top line of Krissy Wendell, Natalie Darwitz and Kelly Stephens wowed the crowd of 1,556 at Ridder Arena with 15 total points. “We … Read more

In a game with 52 total penalty minutes and 23 power plays, it was an even-strength goal by Chase Trull that gave St. Lawrence a 3-2 win over Rensselaer, giving both teams a split in their ECACHL opening weekends. Trull found the puck just inside the blueline and fired a shot that beat Rensselaer goalie … Read more

When Merrimack coach Chris Serino was asked for a bright spot in Friday night’s game against Massachusetts, his response was short, if not all that sweet. “Yeah, it’s over,” Serino said. “Now we get to play tomorrow night, so we don’t have to carry that through the week.” “That” was the 8-2 drubbing the Minutemen … Read more

In Friday night’s season opener against Colgate, Harvard unveiled its latest offensive weapons – freshman Sarah Vaillancourt and the new and improved Jennifer Raimondi. The junior edition of Raimondi has just as much heart as ever, but now speed, strength and precision like never before. Raimondi assisted on Vaillancourt’s first career goal to open scoring … Read more

It’s time for Dartmouth freshmen David Jones and Nick Johnson to find shelf space for their first collegiate goals. Once someone delivers the pucks, that is. Jones and Johnson, the headline players from the Big Green’s highly-regarded freshman class, both delivered their debut strikes Friday night as Dartmouth opened ECAC Hockey League play with a … Read more

No. 2 Dartmouth faced its first major road test of the young season on Friday night, and passed with flying colors. The Big Green women came to No. 8 Princeton’s Hobey Baker Rink, where the Tigers upset them last season, and ensured that no such thing would happen this time around. Dartmouth (2-0, 1-0 ECACHL) … Read more

Fighting Sioux coach Dave Hakstol saw his struggling team turn in one of its best performances in the past two weeks against the visiting Colorado College Tigers. Unfortunately, the score didn’t reflect the effort as the Tigers won their WCHA opener 3-2 with an overtime goal by junior forward Brett Sterling. The Sioux were better … Read more

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish jumped out to a 3-0 lead, saw the Bowling Green Falcons rally to take a 4-3 lead, and then saw sophomore defenseman Wes O’Neill score with just three seconds left to salvage a 4-4 tie on Friday night at the Joyce Center. O’Neill’s second goal of the game came with … Read more

Nearly eight months ago, Maine broke the hearts of Boston College fans from Chestnut Hill to Beacon Hill. In one of the most thrilling duels in Frozen Four history, the Black Bears took down favored BC 2-1, leaving the Eagles one game away from a coveted national title shot. Friday, with summer — and nearly … Read more

No. 2 Dartmouth faced its first major road test of the young season on Friday night, and passed with flying colors. The Big Green women came to No. 8 Princeton’s Hobey Baker Rink – where the Tigers upset them last season – and ensured that no such thing would happen this time around, winning 3-0 … Read more

Going into Friday’s game between Connecticut and Northeastern, everyone knew that the Huskies would come out winners. Northeastern, though, kept things according to script, outplaying and outscoring its brethren Huskies from UConn, 5-2, to earn its first home victory of the season in front of an announced crowd of 1,740 at Matthews Arena. The offensive … Read more