Colquhoun Shuts Out River Falls as St. Norbert Advances

St. Norbert advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Division III semifinal with a 3-0 win over Wisconsin-River Falls. St. Norbert, ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com D-III poll, improved to 26-2-2 on the year and will play Plattsburgh in the national semifinals. River Falls saw its season end at 21-6-4. Senior goaltender Chancy Colquhoun made … Read more

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No. 1 Minnesota Rolls Over Ohio State

No matter who No. 1 Minnesota plays high in its umbrella power play, it still looks pretty good. Although sophomore Ashley Albrecht is now the third Gopher defensemen to fill that position, Minnesota’s top-ranked power play has shown no signs of missing a beat. The Gophers (27-4-2) had two five-on-three goals, including one in the … Read more

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Bulldogs Beat Odds, Force Game 3 Vs. Mavericks

History didn’t favor Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday in the second game of its WCHA playoff series at the DECC. The Bulldogs lost the opener in the best-of-3 Friday and faced the task of winning two straight games. Only nine teams have come back from a one-game deficit to win a first-round series since the format was … Read more

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Clarkson Evens Series in Barnburner at Lynah

The fact that half the rest of the nation’s big shots got bumped on one of the craziest Saturday’s in college hockey playoff history, did nothing to make the Cornell Big Red feel better as they let a chance to close out their series slip away. Cornell never led, and Clarkson scored an early power-play … Read more

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Quesada, Holy Cross Blank AIC

Saturday has officially become donut day at the Atlantic Hockey tournament. Holy Cross’ Tony Quesada became the third straight goaltender to post a shutout, blanking ninth-seeded American International, 5-0, as the tournament’s number-one seed advanced to Sunday’s semifinal of the inaugural Atlantic Hockey tournament. “The goaltending in this league is great,” said Pearl. “I look … Read more

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Dartmouth Pounds RPI To Force Game 3

The RPI Engineers learned a valuable lesson tonight. Don’t make Dartmouth angry. You wouldn’t like them when they’re angry. It may not have been the Incredible Hulk, but there was something Big, Green, and furious on the Thompson Arena ice, and it rolled over Rensselaer for a 6-0 win that tied this ECAC quarterfinal series … Read more

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Black Bears Rally To Reach FleetCenter

Rusty start, fine finish for Maine. Showing the mettle that has earned them the No. 2 ranking in recent polls, the Black Bears battled back from a 2-0 deficit for three goals, including two in the final period, to end Merrimack’s season with a 3-2 win over the Warriors in front of 5,206 fans at … Read more

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Spartans Rally From Three-Goal Deficit, Advance To Super Six

Michigan State scored five unanswered goals, four in the third period, to come back from three goals down and defeat Ferris State 5-3 and advance to the CCHA Super Six in Detroit next weekend. The Spartan freshman class was a force Saturday as forward Drew Miller scored the game-winning goal and defenseman Ethan Graham tallied … Read more

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Niagara Battles Way Into CHA Title Game

Niagara ended Wayne State’s run of eight straight CHA tournament victories with a 2-1 win in a gritty, hard-fought semifinal Saturday. The second-seeded Purple Eagles scored in the third period to halt another upset by the sixth-seeded Warriors. “Wayne State plays a great team defense,” Niagara head coach Dave Burkholder said. “It’s what playoff hockey … Read more

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Panthers Cruise to Third Straight NCAA Semis

For the third consecutive year and the seventh time in ten seasons, Middlebury will move onto the NCAA semifinals. For the second time in three years, the Panthers had to defeat Wentworth to advance, as the Panthers skated to a 9-1 victory behind three Kevin Cooper goals. The dynamic duo of seniors Cooper and Adam … Read more

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Hagge, Weatherston Lead Dartmouth Past Yale

When all anyone can talk about after a 3-0 shutout is the losing goalkeeper, you know the winning forwards must have been good. When those same forwards lead the team to a 4-3 win the next day, you know they needed to be good. Despite a 42-save performance by Yale’s Sarah Love, Dartmouth got two … Read more

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Silverthorn Shuts Out SLU To Bring Game 3

Colgate managed only one goal against St. Lawrence goaltender Mike McKenna for the second straight night. On Saturday night at Starr Rink, however, McKenna’s counterpart, Steve Silverthorn, kept the Saints off the board entirely, saving his team’s season by earning the Raiders a 1-0 victory. Silverthorn stopped all 25 shots he faced en route to … Read more

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Sioux Come From Behind For Overtime Win

Freshman Drew Stafford’s goal in overtime enabled North Dakota to escape upset-minded Michigan Tech and punch its ticket for next weekend’s WCHA Final Five. Trailing 3-1 in the third period, UND got goals from sophomore Zach Parise and freshman Chris Porter to send the game into overtime before claiming a 4-3 victory and winning the … Read more

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Cavanagh’s OT Winner Sends Harvard Back To Albany

The high-powered Harvard Crimson offense pulled off an overtime 3-2 win, lifting the Crimson to the ECAC semifinals and ending Brown’s season with two quick home playoff losses. In a spirited battle facing elimination, Brown, backstopped by senior goaltender Yann Danis, had a two-goal lead, but the Crimson battled back to send it to overtime. … Read more

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Near-Death Experience: Mercyhurst Needs Rally To Top Bentley

Second-seeded Mercyhurst saw the grim reaper in Saturday’s last quarterfinal game of the Atlantic Hockey tournament. Thanks, though, to a three-goal, third period rally, the Lakers escaped postseason death, knocking off pesky seventh seed Bentley, 5-4, to advance to Sunday’s semifinals. “We’re excited that we’re still playing hockey,” said head coach Rick Gotkin. “That was … Read more

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Marvin Shuts Out Notre Dame To Force Game 3

Sophomore goaltender Eric Marvin made 30 saves and senior left wing Dana Lattery scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Western Michigan Broncos to a 4-0 shutout win over Notre Dame in game two of their best-of-three first round playoff series Saturday night at the Joyce Center. The Bronco win evens the … Read more

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Finally Healthy, Bulldogs Top Badgers in WCHA Semis

For all that’s changed in women’s hockey over the past four years, some things just don’t seem to — such as Minnesota-Duluth winning postseason games and Wisconsin coming up short in the WCHA tournament. On the strength of a goal and assist from UMD senior Jenny Potter, who played like she wanted to extend her … Read more

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Bemidji State Advances To CHA Championship

The Findlay hockey program officially came to a close this afternoon as top-seeded Bemidji State defeated the Oilers 6-2 in the semifinals of the College Hockey America tournament in Kearney, Neb. Despite outshooting the Beavers 38-28, Findlay was unable to overcome strong goaltending by Bemidji State’s Grady Hunt and a hat trick by John Haider. … Read more

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Defending Champs Battle Back

Kurtis McLean scored a hat trick in the third period to lead defending national champion Norwich to a 9-5 win over Hobart in the NCAA quarterfinals. Norwich jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 14:26 of the game, but Hobart responded with a pair of two-man advantage power play goals, and then a … Read more

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(Under)Dog Day: Terriers Shock Top-Seeded Eagles

Boston University has seen this David-Goliath story before. It’s better from David’s point of view. The No. 8 seeded Terriers upset top seed Boston College 4-2, to win the best-of-three series and advance to the FleetCenter and the Hockey East semifinals for the 13th time in 20 seasons. BU needs to win the tournament to … Read more

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