It’s happened only two times before and never in Boston. And for once this week, we’re not talking about anything to do with the Boston Red Sox. Jerry York became just the third coach in college history, joining coaching legends Ron Mason and Bob Peters, to reach 700 career wins Friday when his No. 2 … Read more
Chris Abbott had a career night with two goals and two assists, while freshman defenseman Sasha Pokulok tallied the game winner as 14th-ranked Cornell opened its season with a 7-1 win over Army Friday evening at Lynah Rink. The Big Red (1-0-0) out-shot the Black Knights (0-3-1) 49-9 and scored three times each in the … Read more
Seven Bowling Green players were suspended indefinitely Tuesday, Oct. 19, after coach Scott Paluch was shown a photo of a nude player with profanity and racial slurs written on his body, apparently done as part of a hazing prank. Paluch Paluch suspended Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski, Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington and … Read more
The Lake Superior State Lakers (1-4; 1-2 CCHA) notched their first win of the year with an impressive offensive display as they downed the Bowling Green Falcons, (2-1, 0-1 CCHA) 5-1 at the BG Ice Arena on Friday night. For the Lakers, it was their most lopsided win against the Falcons since the 1997-1998 season. … Read more
Junior wing T.J. Trevelyan scored two goals and assisted on a third to lead St. Lawrence to a 6-4 victory over 10th-ranked Miami in a game which gave the ECACHL two points in the Commissioner’s Cup competition. The Saints, now 3-3-1 overall, improved to 3-0-1 in the first game of a weekend set while Miami, … Read more
Boston College coach Jerry York added yet another milestone to his illustrious career Friday, winning his 700th game, 5-3 over North Dakota. York leads all active coaches, trailing only Ron Mason (924 wins) and Bob Peters (744) all-time. At the close of the game, York was saluted not only by the Conte Forum fans, but … Read more
With just 34 seconds left in regulation and an extra attacker on the ice, North Dakota’s Jessica Kovacevich took a pass up the boards and fired it from just inside the blueline towards the net. Just 37 seconds into overtime, Liz Funk scored her third goal of the night by putting in the rebound off … Read more
Niagara turned back a relentless third-period attack by Clarkson and claimed a hard-earned road victory over the Golden Knights by a 5-3 margin at Cheel Arena. The Purple Eagles spoiled Clarkson’s home opener and the debut of highly-touted freshman Shawn Weller, who received NCAA clearance to play only hours before faceoff. Weller, a high draft … Read more
Missed opportunities in the opening 10 minutes of the first period proved costly to Rensselaer Friday against Massachusetts-Lowell. Led by Ben Walter’s four goals, the River Hawks overcame a shaky start to the game and beat the Engineers, 5-3, in a non-league game at Houston Field House. The loss not only ended a four-game unbeaten … Read more
Andrew Gordon scored two goals and Billy Hengen and Joe Jensen combined for seven assists as St. Cloud State (3-3-1, 0-2 WCHA) hammered Princeton (0-1, 0-0 ECAC) 7-2 in the Tigers’ home opener. St. Cloud State went 4-for-10 on the power play and added a shorthanded goal to dominate the scoreboard. The Huskies were happy … Read more
Last season, Jared Ross was the top offensive threat in the NCAA, leading all Division I players in points per game with 1.61. This season, he is already back on a similar track, having earned six points in his first three games. Four of those points came Friday, as Ross scored a goal and assisted … Read more
Yann Danis he wasn’t. But Brown’s new netminder, Scott Rowan, was good enough, brushing off a shaky first period to salvage a 2-2 tie in the Bears’ season opener against Harvard at Meehan Auditorium. The result, the Crimson’s best showing against its traditional rival in four years, officially kicked off Harvard hockey’s second Ted Donato … Read more
Last season, defense was Minnesota State’s undoing. But after the Mavericks’ opening series against North Dakota, during which they held the high-powered Fighting Sioux to just four goals in total, it looked like this year might be different. Friday night, new-look Minnesota begged to differ. The Gophers (4-2, 2-1 WCHA) scored at will, chasing Mankato … Read more
There’s been a different No. 1 team in the nation each of the first four weeks of the season. Yet another new No. 1 was assured Friday night at the DECC. After just five days at the top, Minnesota Duluth was toppled by unheralded Vermont 3-2 before a crowd of 4,653. It was the first … Read more
It’s hard to attach the “must-win” moniker to a game in October, but Friday’s game against UNO was as close as it gets for Michigan State. After getting swept at Northern Michigan last weekend, Michigan State came back to Munn Arena with a chip on its shoulder and something to prove against the upstart Mavs. … Read more
It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t smooth, but Colgate rode special-teams play to a 5-1 victory over visiting Sacred Heart on Friday. Junior Zac Tataryn, who returned to the ice this season after a year away from the game, assisted on the Raiders’ game-winning goal and scored the final tally of the contest in the … Read more
Last season, the Massachusetts Minutemen took two games from the Providence Friars at Schneider Arena. Friday night, the Friars made it clear that history would not repeat itself, running away from UMass 6-2 in front of 1,816 at home and improving their record to 3-1-0 (2-1-0 Hockey East). The Minutemen fell to 3-3-0, and 1-1-0 … Read more
So many of college hockey’s great rivalries are, as one might expect, conference battles: BC-BU, Michigan-Michigan State, Harvard-Cornell, etc. But, as we’ll see this week on CSTV’s Friday Night Hockey, it doesn’t have to always be that way. Just take a look at the two teams we’ll see this week, North Dakota and Boston College. … Read more
Neither No. 8 Mercyhurst nor Clarkson knew what to expect out of each other in their first ever meeting tonight. Now Mercyhurst knows to expect another hard fought game out of the Golden Knights in their rematch tomorrow. The Lakers (4-2-1) came away with a 2-1 victory primarily on the strength of their spectacular third … Read more
After 40 minutes of back-and-forth action Friday night, Wisconsin took over in the third period with a trio of unanswered goals to cap a 6-3 victory over Denver in front of 10,759. After exchanging goals in the first two periods, the Badgers took the edge. “They clamped down in the third period,” Denver assistant coach … Read more