Four times in the regular season, Minnesota-Duluth and Minnesota met, and four times the Bulldogs walked away winners. Friday at the WCHA Final Five, the Gophers made sure the fifth game would be different. Down two goals early, Minnesota reversed the momentum on a pair of goals by Danny Irmen, then pulled away late for … Read more

Due to one stretch of seven minutes, the clock struck 12 on Boston University’s Cinderella run in the Hockey East playoffs. Although the eighth-seeded Terriers got the kind of game they wanted through 40 minutes of scoreless, defensive-minded play, Maine finally gained the upper hand in the opening of the third period. They took it … Read more

Bust up your brackets, it’s underdog night at the ECAC semifinals. Brendan Bernakevitch broke a 1-1 tie 33 seconds into the third period to give No. 6 Harvard a 2-1 win over No. 3 Dartmouth in the ECAC semifinals Friday night in front of 5,641 at Pepsi Arena. The victory puts the Crimson in the … Read more

The proverbial slipper that Alaska-Anchorage slid on last weekend in Madison finally broke Friday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center. After knocking off Wisconsin last weekend and Colorado College Thursday night, the clock finally struck midnight for a Seawolf hockey team that may have been outmatched against top-ranked North Dakota. The Fighting Sioux used three … Read more

Rookie defenseman Matt Curley scored his first collegiate goal and Dustin Traylen made 27 saves to lead the Clarkson Golden Knights to a 2-1 win over the top-seeded Colgate Raiders in their ECAC semifinal. With the victory, the Knights advance to their 12th championship game appearance all-time and their first since 1999. Clarkson goalie Dustin … Read more

Levi Doria’s wrister from the top of the faceoff circle at 7:17 of the second overtime ended over 33 minutes of deadlocked hockey, giving Middlebury a 3-2 win, and a shot at its sixth national championship. Doria had just hopped onto the ice on a line change, and took a touch pass from winger John … Read more

They are the Super Six team that refuses to die. After coming from behind three times against second-seeded Miami, No. 4 seed Ohio State won 4-3 in overtime to advance to the CCHA championship game. J.B. Bittner had the game-winning goal just 23 seconds into OT. Paul Caponigri and Rod Pelley each had a goal … Read more

St. Norbert has finally arrived. After years of frustration, the Green Knights are finally going to be playing for the national championship thanks to a 4-1 victory over Plattsburgh in the first semifinal game of the 2004 NCAA Division III Men’s hockey championship. “We’re obviously pleased to get to the championship game,” St. Norbert coach … Read more

A rested Michigan, playing tentatively at times, got it going in the third period with a barrage of four goals, defeating the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 5-1, in the semifinals of the CCHA Super Six on Friday night. “[Northern Michigan] was in the game after two periods and gave us a real good game,” said Michigan … Read more

Trailing 2-1 entering the third period of Friday night’s Hockey East semifinal against fourth-seeded New Hampshire, third seed Massachusetts knew it would have to put on a show in the game’s final period to advance. Thus, it made perfect sense to call on the Warner Brothers. Paced by two goals from senior Mike Warner, including … Read more

Evidently, Alaska-Anchorage is getting used to big victories. One week after claiming the school’s first two WCHA playoff wins ever, the Seawolves advanced to the league semifinals with a gutty 4-1 win over Colorado College in Thursday’s play-in game at the Xcel Center. Goaltender Chris King continued to impress, stopping 44 Tiger shots to follow … Read more