Last spring, Peter MacArthur wasn’t sure he was ready for college hockey. Now he’s got four goals and two assists in his first four games, including one of each Friday, as Boston University beat Providence 3-2 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,806 at Walter Brown Arena. Playing against his twin brother Tony, Brad … Read more
If Merrimack wanted to prove to its fans it’s worth missing the Red Sox play Game 1 of the World Series Saturday night to watch them face visiting Wayne State again, Friday night’s effort wasn’t the way to go about it. Merrimack sleepwalked through most of its home opener, taking unneeded penalties and unnecessary risks … Read more
Colorado College scored four power-play goals, including two in the third period, as the Tigers beat Air Force, 4-1, in a nonconference game Friday at Cadet Ice Arena. A crowd of 2,879, the second-highest attendance in school history, watched as 11th-ranked Colorado College improved to 3-0 on the season. Air Force suffered its first defeat … Read more
If there was any question whether Wisconsin would be able to put the puck in the net this season, it has been answered in the last two games. After an 8-0 rout of Mercyhurst last Saturday, the Badgers notched a 7-3 victory over Michigan Tech Friday night. For the second straight Friday, the Badgers outplayed … Read more
Freshman Matt Tyree scored his first collegiate goal with 27 seconds left to cap a late comeback and secure a 3-3 tie for Bentley against Army in Atlantic Hockey action Friday night. For the second time in season’s first three games, the Falcons overcame a two-goal deficit in order to gain a share of the … Read more
The Buffalo State Bengals defeated the host of the SUNYAC Challenge, the Cortland Red Dragons, 7-5, in the nightcap of the first day of the tournament. Like the first game, this too was filled with penalties due to the new point of emphasis calls. Twenty-six penalties were called, seven power-play goals were scored (Buffalo State … Read more
The first season-opening sellout crowd for Minnesota-Duluth in nearly 20 years saw an offensive show Friday night at the DECC. No. 3 UMD scored six second-period goals on the way to an 8-3 victory over Minnesota State to stay in first place in the WCHA. The unbeaten Bulldogs (4-0-1) were in a 1-1 tie after … Read more
Sometimes the hockey gods giveth, and sometimes they taketh away. On Friday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena, the unpredictable forces that decide which team gets puck luck and which doesn’t were clearly on the side of North Dakota. The Fighting Sioux scored four unanswered goals to erase a 2-0 deficit, claiming a hard-fought 4-2 victory … Read more
Before a subdued crowd at Alfond Arena, St. Lawrence’s Mike McKenna put on a goaltending clinic for all of New England. In a performance that confirmed McKenna’s emergence as one of the best goaltenders on the East Coast, the Saints upset heavily-favored Maine 1-0. In a game that saw both goalies counter each other on … Read more
Chris Lerch starts a new season for his weekly national D-III column by looking at the top half of the USCHO preseason poll. He also points out which teams are ranked too high, and which one had the opposite happen.
Take Me Away! Maybe that was the cry of Canisius before boarding a plane from Buffalo (with connections through Atlanta and Salt Lake City) to Anchorage for last weekend’s Nye Frontier Classic. The Griffs traveled a total of 17 hours including layovers but when they arrived on the ground in Anchorage, were without the necessary … Read more
Of Bandwagons: To Jump On Or Off With all of New England foursquare on the Red Sox bandwagon — and oh how sweet that is! — it’s appropriate to examine one particular bandwagon in Hockey East. Namely, one that I thought I was on. A bandwagon with few members, where I’d be one of the … Read more
Michigan began the CCHA regular season with a 4-3 decision against Lake Superior State on Thursday (Oct. 21) at Taffy Abel Arena. Michigan scored a season-high three power-play goals as it extended its winning streak over LSSU to nine games. Michigan overcame 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to earn the victory on Milan Gajic’s power-play score … Read more
Eric LeMarque Sometimes there are events that touch the college hockey community that help us put sport in perspective. In February of this year, former Northern Michigan Wildcat and U.S. Olympian Eric LeMarque lost both of his legs below the knees after surviving seven days in California’s High Sierras without shelter, food, or fire. LeMarque … Read more
Random hockey musings from a writer still coming to grips with the Evil Empire’s massive collapse … Off and Running Yes, it is still October. Yes, half of the ECACHL has yet to play a game. But the Colgate Raiders are 4-0-0 after conquering two Western opponents and you’ll have to forgive them if they … Read more
20 Minutes of Fury Some thoughts this week, while debating whether there’s a good situation to start the third period against Minnesota-Duluth: • So you think there’ll be only two meetings between Minnesota and North Dakota this season? We don’t believe it. • Wisconsin 8, Mercyhurst 0: Apparently, there is an “O” in Wisconsin, after … Read more
ECAC commissioner Phil Buttafuoco today confirmed his conference’s commitment to following the NCAA’s points of emphasis in its leagues and in the conferences for which it assigns officials.
The Robert Morris Colonials open their inaugural Division I season this weekend with a pair of games against Canisius, and they’ll be doing it with a contingent of largely unknown players. Twenty of the 25 players on the RMU roster are freshmen, and only two players eligible for opening night (Kurt Wright and Doug Conley) … Read more
Ohio State surprised Miami 1:30 into the first and continued to control on its way to a 9-3 home-opening win, dealing the RedHawks their first loss of the year and moving, for the moment, into sole possession of first place in the CCHA standings. Domenic Maiani and Matt Waddell each had two goals and in … Read more
Scott Biggar returns with his regular weekly look at the ECAC West. Parity has come to the league, and Scott says that’s a good thing, as he reviews the top four teams in the conference.