Yost Ice Arena was primed for a classic — a matchup between two top-ten teams — and the Wolverines and Wildcats didn’t disappoint. No. 7 New Hampshire traveled to Ann Arbor for No. 3 Michigan’s home opener and walked away with a 4-4 tie after a back-and-forth matchup. With New Hampshire leading 3-2 at the … Read more
Last year, Minnesota State ranked last in Division I in goals against. But if Friday’s opener was an indication of the rest of the season, MSU’s goal light will go off a lot less this year. The Mavericks held No. 1 North Dakota (2-0-1 overall, 0-0-1 WCHA) to just 21 shots through three periods and … Read more
Red-hot Providence sophomore forward Bill McCreary redirected an Eric Lundberg shot from the point on the power play for his second goal of the night with 12:22 remaining, as the Friars held off a late Merrimack charge for a 5-4 Hockey East win Friday in front of 1,755 at Schneider Arena. The Warriors were shorthanded … Read more
Sophomore center Ryan Potulny continued his early-season heroics, scoring with 31 seconds remaining to lift Minnesota to a 1-0 victory over Massachusetts in the opening game of the Nye Frontier Classic. Both the Golden Gophers (2-0-0) and the Minutemen (1-1-0) struggled offensively, but Minnesota found a way to win with its first 1-0 triumph since … Read more
Minnesota State’s veterans had the opportunity to open this season by defeating the same Ohio State program that ended their last season, but they fell short in their attempt at revenge in a 2-1 defeat before 220 fans at All Seasons Arena. MSU senior forward Melanie Salatino opened the scoring for Minnesota State (0-1-0, 0-1-0 … Read more
Beginning this November, USCHO.com will present the first-ever national game of the week Internet broadcast for NCAA women’s hockey. Fans will be able to access the live game fees through the broadcast schedule soon to be linked from the USCHO women’s page, www.uscho.com/women. The inaugural broadcast schedule includes 21 regular-season games spread across the four … Read more
Amid hopes of following in the footsteps of fellow WCHA member Minnesota and repeating as national champion, the 2004-05 campaign for defending titleist Denver has gotten off to a rocky start. Returning to the beloved city of Boston where the Pioneers captured their national title last April, 1-0 over Maine, No. 11 Denver fell 6-2 … Read more
“Beat the Clock” proved an effective strategy Friday night as preseason favorite Minnesota-Duluth opened its WCHA schedule. The No. 4 Bulldogs scored late in the first two periods, including a first-period buzzer-beater, to defeat Michigan Tech 5-4 before 2,677 at MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Senior center Evan Schwabe was the catalyst with two goals and … Read more
The doors to the National Hockey Center officially opened Friday night, but unfortunately for Northern Michigan, the rink operator forgot to open up the net behind St. Cloud State goaltender Tim Boron. Or maybe it was the Husky defense that held the keys. Whatever the case, Boron turned away 18 relatively easy shots and St. … Read more
It was another penalty-fest Friday in Big Rapids — except that this time, Ohio State converted. The Buckeyes took advantage of three of their 12 chances while Ferris State couldn’t score a power-play goal in 11 tries, the difference in the game as OSU edged FSU 4-2. A clutch goal by Matt Beaudoin was the … Read more
Freshman Matt Sorteberg scored the game winning goal with 6:15 left to give Quinnipiac (1-0-0) a 3-2 win Friday over American International (0-1-0) in the opening round of the Quinnipiac Cup at the Northford Ice Pavilion. The Bobcats came back from a 2-0 deficit for the win. With the score knotted at 2, Quinnipiac took … Read more
Last season Jon Smyth piled up 42 points, a full 39 more than during his freshman campaign. Friday night the junior proved last year wasn’t a fluke, as Smyth buried a snap shot past Lake Superior State goalie Jeff Jakaitis with five minutes remaining in the contest to give Colgate a 3-2 victory. “It was … Read more
Pat Dwyer scored the game-tying and go-ahead goals in the third period to propel Western Michigan to a 5-4 win over Alaska Fairbanks in the CCHA opener for both clubs. Dwyer’s game-winner came with 2:39 left in the game on an assist from Mike Erickson. The scoring play capped a wild contest that saw 70 … Read more
In a pregame ceremony, the Minnesota Gophers unfurled three banners to commemorate each of their championships won in 2003-2004-WCHA regular season, WCHA tournament and NCAA Frozen Four. With that business accomplished, they turned their attention to St. Cloud State and triumphed over the Huskies by a score of 7-0. The specialty teams of the Gophers … Read more
Business, Not Hockey No, this isn’t the NHL. We’re not talking about a collective bargaining agreement, a salary cap or players buying one-way tickets to Europe. Still, as we open the Atlantic Hockey season, the second year of the league’s existence under that name, business is on the top of many minds as much as … Read more
Isn’t That Delay of Game? Some thoughts this week, while — oh, wait; there’s a penalty. Some thoughts — another call. Some — ah, forget it. • Let’s get the eye-popping averages from the first 24 college hockey games of the season out of the way first: 22.29 penalties for 47.79 minutes, 18 power plays, … Read more
Welcome to the penalty box. The sin bin, if you will. After attending a couple of weeks’ worth of games, I figured it would make sense to write this column from the confines of this small box. After all, this is where all the action is these days. If you’ve had the benefit of catching … Read more
The NCAA released an open letter to the college ice hockey community earlier this year, announcing to all its intention to cut down on holding, hooking and obstruction infractions. The letter basically put the onus on referees and linesmen to call the game “by the book,” and warned coaches and players that trips to the … Read more
The first weekend of the season was certainly wild, and it’s only going to get wilder as CSTV’s Friday Night Hockey heads to Ann Arbor.
At Last Congratulations to the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks, who have finally won the Maverick Stampede. “For us, it’s big,” said UNO head coach Mike Kemp. “We’ve been waiting a long time for this. We’ve been close so many times, for us to get over the hump is so very important.” The Mavs beat Connecticut 4-1 in … Read more