On the eve of its homecoming weekend, No. 2 Dartmouth opened its season with a 7-1 victory over Boston College in Thompson Arena. Junior Katie Weatherston, Dartmouth’s leading scorer from a year ago, led the way for the Big Green (1-0) with a hat trick, and she added two assists late in the third period … Read more
Breaking out their alternate maize sweaters for their CCHA home opener against the Bulldogs, the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines broke a scoreless tie in the second period on freshman Kevin Porter’s third goal of the season. Michigan senior Milan Gajic added another goal in the second and Michigan went on to win 3-0. Junior goalie … Read more
For the second time this season, center Sara Bauer has won the hearts and the hats of the Wisconsin crowd. The Wisconsin sophomore scored a goal each period to lead the No. 5 Badgers (6-1, 4-1 WCHA) to a 7-0 victory over St. Cloud State (2-5, 2-5 WCHA) on Friday afternoon at the Kohl Center. … Read more
Forward Jon Jankus scored a pair of second-period goals and goaltender Jimmy Howard turned aside 21 shots as No. 7 Maine shut out Merrimack, 3-0, Friday night at Lawler Arena to open its Hockey East campaign. The loss was the fourth in five games for the Warriors and eighth in a row against the Black … Read more
Domination has been the story of Minnesota women’s hockey so far this season and the trend continued Friday night as the Gophers (7-0-0, 7-0-0 WCHA) overpowered Minnesota State (0-4-1, 0-4-1 WCHA) to pick up a 6-1 victory in front of 411 fans at All Seasons Arena. The No. 1 Gophers outplayed the Mavericks from beginning … Read more
The traditional tussle between Harvard and Brown kicks off the ECACHL season, and the Crimson have a new bench boss to boot; Mike McKenna backstops St. Lawrence’s early-season wins; and all 12 teams hit the ice. Juan Martinez reports.
Most teams know that success doesn’t begin when the puck is dropped: it starts with the preparation beforehand. The art of devising the perfect college hockey schedule has taken this adage to the extreme, however.
Don’t put too much stock in the early results, but a few CCHA teams are going in unexpected directions; Bowling Green has a powder keg of a story coming to light; and Paula C. Weston’s beloved Red Sox reverse the curse.
Connecticut pulls off the nonconference upset and then looks ahead, while Sacred Heart builds momentum in league play and Mercyhurst gets off the schneid. And were there a couple of baseball games this week? Jim Connelly sounds off.
Robert Morris makes the historic start for its program even more memorable — and opening-night hero Jeff Gilbert owes a thank-you to the opposition; Niagara ends a brief skid with a road sweep of a “Big Four” opponent; and Barret Ehgoetz continues his trip up the record books. Brian Coe reports.
Chris Lerch counts down the second half of the USCHO.com/CSTV D-III men’s preseason poll, looks at some overlooked teams, and adds his salute to the no-longer-long-suffering fans in Beantown.
Hockey East suffers some tough losses in nonconference goings-on, as Boston College, Massachusetts and Merrimack all feel the sting; and coaches weigh in on the continuing officiating crackdown. Dave Hendrickson reports.
Scott Biggar completes his look at the ECAC West for this season, reviewing a program that has made it to the playoffs, but will battle for a spot this year, plus two squads with a lot of work ahead of them.
Russell Jaslow is back on the SUNYAC beat, previewing that conference, and telling us that half of the league is entirely ‘up for grabs’ this season.
St. Cloud State suffers from some in-the-crease deja vu; a bit of a slow start leaves Chris Conner’s impact on Michigan Tech undiminished; Wisconsin owns up to a little slip by head coach Mike Eaves; and Minnesota’s Ryan Potulny keeps up his blazing start. Todd D. Milewski runs down happenings in the WCHA.
The American Hockey Coaches Association’s highest honor for a Division III male hockey player will bear the name of one of the AHCA’s greatest coaches. Beginning this season, the College Division Player of the Year Award will be known as the Sid Watson Memorial Award, named in honor of the late Bowdoin coach and administrator, … Read more
Last weekend Robert Morris, in its first season of intercollegiate hockey, opened eyes by splitting close games with Atlantic Hockey participant Canisius. Tuesday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Arena, it was the Colonials who got their eyes opened. After dropping their first three games, all on the road and all to NCAA Division I powers, … Read more
BU has a lot of alums in the NHL, and right now, they don’t have much to do. So they came back to BU for fun and a good cause.
Division I conference commissioners held a conference call with the media today, during which they reiterated their commitment to the new rules emphasis. They also said that while adjustments continue to be made by players, coaches and referees, that generally things are going well.
Unbeaten Minnesota-Duluth moved into the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll Monday, taking over the No. 1 ranking in the wake of Boston College’s upset loss Friday to Notre Dame. The Bulldogs, 5-0-1 overall, swept Minnesota State at home and were rewarded with 31 of a possible 40 first-place nods from the … Read more