Old habits are dying hard at the ECAC championships. Following up Harvard’s third victory of the year over Brown in the first semifinal, St. Lawrence beat Dartmouth for the third time in the second semifinal. With the 4-2 win, the No. 4 Saints (28-8-1) have now accounted for half the season’s losses for No. 3 … Read more
Middlebury won the Division III women’s championship, 2-1, over Wisconsin-Stevens Point Saturday night at Kenyon Arena. All the scoring came in the first period with Liz Yale-Loehr’s goal at 15:32 the game-winner. She rammed home a rebound from the right crease after a shot from the left circle by Butler was saved by Amy Statz. … Read more
Grant Potulny comes through again in the postseason.
After persevering through two come-from-behind overtime Super Six contests, the Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Michigan Wolverines, 4-2, for the CCHA championship. It’s the second postseason league title for the Buckeyes, their first since 1972. “I thought it was a fantastic effort on our players’ part, especially the third game in three nights, and a … Read more
On Feb. 18, four U.S. college players made the final cut for the Canadian women’s national team — Cherie Piper and Gillian Apps of No. 3 Dartmouth, Gina Kingsbury of No. 4 St. Lawrence and Caroline Ouellette of No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth. One college player, Carla MacLeod of No. 5 Wisconsin, was among the final eight … Read more
Yann Danis, the ECAC Player of the Year and a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, became the first prominent college player to sign with an NHL team this spring. The Montreal Canadiens signed the 22-year old Quebec native to a two-year deal, with terms not disclosed. Danis was 15-11-4 with a 1.81 goals-against average … Read more
Saturday’s OT was déjà vu all over again.
Plattsburgh scored three unanswered goals in the third period to beat Manhattanville 4-2 in the third-place game of the Division III Women’s Championship at Kenyon Arena. Plattsburgh (22-6-2) scored three consecutive goals in the third period to win the consolation game. Jenn Clarke’s goal 46 seconds into the period tied the game at 2. Clarke … Read more
Michigan gets its offensive spark from a veteran and a rookie alike.
As the number-one seed in the ECAC tournament, Colgate expected to win on the final day in Albany. Just not in the early evening. Colgate captain Rob Brown put an unsatisfying cap on the season in which he guided his program to a regular-season championship by teeing a seemingly-harmless shot from the right point that … Read more
In the end, Harvard ended up exactly where everyone had predicted. When Captain Kenny Smith’s game-winning goal with 38 seconds left in the contest eluded Clarkson’s Dustin Traylen, the preseason favorites were on their way to a 4-2 win and the 2004 ECAC Championship. It’s the Crimson’s second title in the last three seasons and … Read more
Was there ever a doubt over who would score the game winner? After an epic weekend where the Middlebury Panthers won both the Division III semifinals and finals in overtime, it was their best player — the nation’s best player — who scored the goal that gave Middlebury a 1-0 win for the national title, … Read more
Yale defenseman Joe Callahan has signed a multi-year deal with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes, forgoing his final year of eligibility. Callahan, 21, from Brockton, Mass., played 31 games this season, leading Bulldogs defensemen in goals (6), assists (14), points (20) and penalty minutes (38). The 6-foot-3, 219-pound junior had 2-11–13 and 38 PIM in 32 … Read more
The Miami RedHawks’ offense proved to be too much for a fatigued Northern Michigan team, taking a two-goal lead in the first and beating NMU 4-0 to win the third-place game of the CCHA Super Six at Joe Louis Arena. The game was important for Miami (23-13-4) from an NCAA standpoint, allowing the RedHawks a … Read more
Heroes in the rich tradition of Providence hockey have come from the hotbeds of Massachusetts, Minnesota and Ontario. Now you can add Albuquerque, New Mexico, to that list. Hockey East Rookie of the Year Sonny Watrous, an Albuquerque native, scored with 9:06 remaining in the third period to break a 2-2 tie as the second-seeded … Read more
Andrew McKay scored two goals and goaltender Tony Quesada made 28 saves to record his second shutout of the championships, and Holy Cross cruised to a 4-0 victory over Sacred Heart to claim the league’s inaugural title in front of 1,428 fans at Tate Rink on the campus of Army Saturday night. With the win, … Read more
From defunct Fairfield to the ECAC Semifinal, two former Stags relay their experience.
Kate Kogut made 27 saves to lead Middlebury to a 2-1 win over Plattsburgh in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Women’s Championship. The Panthers will face Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a 4-1 winner over Manhattanville, in the national title game on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Plattsburgh will meet Manhattanville in the third-place game at 3:30 … Read more
The lights are shining bright for these underdog Seawolves.
Epic is the word for Friday’s double overtime semifinal.