Q: What do an NCAA first-timer on the rise, a traditional powerhouse returning after an off year, the biggest surprise of the season in the WCHA, and the two-time defending national champion have in common? A: They’ll all be on the ice this Friday and Saturday in Grand Rapids, Mich., at the Midwest Regional. Top-seeded … Read more
Add Greg Mauldin to the ranks of early departures, and to the suddenly exploding list of Massachusetts players in the NHL. Mauldin was second on UMass with 15 goals this season, despite missing eight games. (photo: James Schaffer) Before today, the only UMass player ever in the NHL was Brad Norton, who saw action for … Read more
Hobey Baker Award finalist defenseman Thomas Pöck has signed a free agent contract with the New York Rangers. Pöck was in the lineup tonight for his NHL debut at Madison Square Garden, and scored a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pöck’s four-year playing career at Massachusetts recently ended with the Minutemen’s 2-1 triple overtime loss … Read more
A look at the picks, the process and more.
When the Providence women struggled early in the season, head coach Bob Deraney went back to the drawing board with his players.
Rensselaer president Shirley Ann Jackson has announced the timeline for the school’s elevation of the women’s ice hockey program to the Division I level. After one more season at Division III, the Engineers will move up to Division I beginning in 2005-06. That team, which will feature scholarship players for the first time, will compete … Read more
The Minutemen are still on the rise.
The selections for the 2003-2004 NCAA Tournament were announced Sunday, and we almost hit it on the head with our final Bracketology. Once again USCHO.com’s PairWise Rankings correctly picked all 16 teams in the tournament, all 16 seeds correct, and, using Bracketology, we had every matchup correctly picked except for two, with two teams being … Read more
It’s all over. The games are done, it’s time for the NCAA Tournament. But we have to figure out who is in and who is out and who is going where. It’s been a crazy weekend, and now it’s time to check it all out and make my prediction as to what the tournament will … Read more
Kenny Smith caps his, and Harvard’s, comeback.
Maine’s Ben Murphy earned the limelight Saturday.
Of Harvard’s six goals in its ECAC championship victory over St. Lawrence, none was more well-received than senior Mina Pell’s goal at 10:50 of the third period. Not only was it Mina’s first goal this season, it also meant all four Harvard lines had scored. The achievement was indicative of Harvard’s complete team effort. The … Read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Last year at this time, Providence finished first in the inaugural year of women’s Hockey East play, and went on to shut out New Hampshire 1-0 in the title game in the postseason tournament. “The change” this year was that New Hampshire won the regular … Read more
The finish line of the historic Boston Marathon is in front of the Boston Public Library. The finish line of this year’s historic Hockey East marathon was Maine’s Ben Murphy’s stick. The longest game in Hockey East championship history finally came to a close 12 minutes short of midnight Saturday night with Murphy deflecting a … Read more
“Exhausted” was the word to describe the state of everyone involved after Harvard’s 2-1 double overtime win over Brown in Saturday’s ECAC semifinals. That’s exhausted mentally, emotionally, and physically. And it goes for those who played in it and to some extent, those who watched it. Much of the emotional exhaustion came as a result … Read more
Tim Warner is making his time as UMass’ starting netminder count.
This game was decided in 20 seconds. That’s because at just 20 seconds after the opening faceoff, New Hampshire freshman Nicole Hekle roofed a shot from the right post that beat Northeastern star goaltender Chanda Gunn. The goal eventually stood as the game winner in a 5-0 New Hampshire victory. “20 seconds into the game? … Read more
From 2-7-1 to the Broadmoor Trophy winners. Watch out, college hockey — Minnesota is hot at NCAA tournament time again. A team that has been asked over and over again this season why it hasn’t performed up to expectations may have finally quieted the critics Saturday night with an energetic third period that provided a … Read more
After a tough loss, UMD rallies — and looks ahead.
The margin for error for Alaska-Anchorage goaltenders Chris King and Kevin Reiter has always been small. The Seawolves aren’t the kind of team that will win a lot of shootouts, especially against the powerful offenses they faced in the last two days of the WCHA Final Five. So as more pucks found their way past … Read more