Miami University was on spring break, but that fact wasn’t obvious on Saturday night at Goggin Ice Arena when junior Todd Grant scored the game-winning goal to advance No. 9 Miami (22-12-4) to the CCHA Super Six for the first time since 1996-97. The RedHawks needed overtime to put away 11th-seeded Laker Superior State (9-20-7), … Read more

The Northern Michigan Wildcats completed their two-game sweep of Alaska Fairbanks Saturday night by beating the Nanooks 3-2 in the second game of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Playoffs. The first period of action looked like a copy of Friday’s game as Northern Michigan’s goaltender Tuomas Tarkki came up big time after time. The Nanooks … Read more

Wisconsin needed a response. Its senior scoring leader provided it early. Rene Bourque scored two minutes into the game, A.J. Degenhardt scored twice and Bernd Brückler earned his third shutout of the season as the third-seeded Badgers beat Alaska-Anchorage 4-0 on Saturday at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin stayed alive in the first round of the … Read more

Change-up gaffe. Cost: Game 2. Wide-open opportunity late in the third period, but shot over the net. Cost: Potentially, Game 3. Scoring the game-winner just seconds later. Priceless. Redemption was sweet for Preston Callander, whose goal with 2:38 left in regulation gave New Hampshire a 1-0 win in the deciding game of its Hockey East … Read more

There was a lot of talk all week about how poor some of the NCAA Division III quarterfinal matchups appeared. Curry and Plattsburgh didn’t heed all that talk. In a thrilling contest, Plattsburgh defeated Curry, 5-4, at 18:09 of overtime when Paul Kelly completed a hat trick. Plattsburgh, seemingly going for broke, crashed the net. … Read more

What began as a little more than a pleasant morning skate for Sacred Heart resulted in enough to propel the fourth-seeded Pioneers to the semifinals of the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Championship. Paced by a solid 26 save performance by goaltender Kevin LaPointe and a goal and an assist from fourth-line winger William Billinghurst, the Pioneers … Read more

The grin on Chris Holt’s face said everything you needed to know about the outcome of Saturday night’s game at Yost Arena, including how much it meant to Nebraska-Omaha. The freshman goaltender was elated as he stood outside the locker room after the 12th-seeded Mavericks (8-25-5) stunned No. 1 seed Michigan, 3-1, to square the … Read more

Up-and-down Colorado College picked the right weekend to be up. The Tigers kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive and completed a sweep of their WCHA first-round series at Denver with a 6-1 victory Saturday before 4,732 fans at Magness Arena. CC won the best-of-three series a week after Denver swept the Tigers in a home-and-home … Read more

Colorado College is one game away from winning its WCHA first-round series with Denver, but it might have to try to clinch the series without defenseman Mark Stuart. Stuart fell to the Magness Arena ice holding his right knee after he was hit away from the play by Denver forward Jeff Drummond with 17.2 seconds … Read more

They hadn’t led once in the series and had to rally from deficits three times, but in the end the Providence Friars stood ahead on the scoreboard when it counted, 4-3. An overtime two-on-one by freshmen Colin McDonald and Bill McCreary turned into the game-winner at 2:49 and forced a deciding third game in their … Read more

At times this season, Minnesota has relied on its stars. At others new faces have taken turns in the spotlight. Friday at Mariucci Arena, there was room in the camera eye for the whole Gopher roster. Led by four points by Troy Riddle, a playmaking three-point performance from Thomas Vanek and two goals out of … Read more

Michigan goaltender Al Montoya earned his sixth shutout of the season as the Wolverines blanked Nebraska-Omaha 2-0 in a gritty game Friday night. Thanks to goals from David Rohlfs and Dwight Helminen, Michigan (24-11-2) took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three first-round playoff series at Yost Arena. Montoya made 16 saves and was named the … Read more

A couple of weeks separated the last meeting between Cornell and Clarkson. But in between Clarkson played a couple of games, while Cornell, banged up for a while, rested. And it showed. “We’re the most rested we’ve been this season,” said Cornell coach Mike Schafer. The Big Red came out flying from the drop of … Read more

Northern Michigan became the only road team to win its CCHA playoff Game 1 Friday night, getting 39 saves from backup netminder Tuomas Tarkki to hold off host Alaska-Fairbanks 3-1 before a crowd of 4,300. “It is a long series and we are not going to get too high,” NMU head coach Walt Kyle said. … Read more

“Deja Sioux: It’s All Over (Again),” read a sign held aloft in the North Dakota student section of Ralph Engelstad Arena. As if it’s not bad enough for the Michigan Tech Huskies to lose to the Fighting Sioux three straight times, they’ve now played UND five times since Jan. 16 and lost every game by … Read more

The talented Harvard Crimson hit full stride at just the right point. After a lackluster regular season, Harvard has now won four in a row, and took a one-game lead in its best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal matchup at Brown with a 4-2 win. Friday, Harvard rode its hot goaltender, Dov Grumet-Morris, who made 28 saves to … Read more

The Buckeyes led 3-0 after 20 minutes, but two early third-period Falcon goals kept this one close as Ohio State squeaked by Bowling Green State, 3-2, in the opening game of their first-round CCHA playoff series. “We weren’t paying attention to detail, everything we worked on last week,” said OSU head coach John Markell. “I … Read more

The Massachusetts Minutemen are going back to the FleetCenter. UMass downed Massachusetts-Lowell, 3-1, Friday night in front of 3,884 at the Mullins Center, giving it a 2-0 sweep of the River Hawks and an entry in the Hockey East semifinals. It is the second quarterfinal sweep in as many years for the Minutemen, who shocked … Read more

The RedHawks scored three goals in the second period and held a 46-9 shot advantage over visiting Lake Superior State, taking a convincing 4-0 decision at Goggin Ice Arena Friday that brought No. 9 Miami within one win of to Joe Louis Arena and the CCHA Super Six for the first time since 1996-97. Freshman … Read more

There’s something about the post season that brings out the best in Notre Dame goaltender Morgan Cey. Not that he doesn’t excel in the regular season, but in each of the last two seasons, the junior has led the Fighting Irish to the CCHA Super Six with outstanding goaltending. It looks like this season could … Read more