Twenty years of Hockey East history remained intact with a bounce of the puck and an overtime goal for the Boston University Terriers Saturday. David Van der Gulik’s goal at 2:30 of overtime gave the Terriers a 4-3 victory over No. 8 New Hampshire, salvaging their playoff lives by finishing eighth in Hockey East, one … Read more

Two quick goals to open the second period proved enough of an advantage for Hobart to win in the ECAC West semifinals. The Statesmen held on, pacing Utica for the remainder of the game in a 4-2 decision. The victory sends Hobart into the ECAC West championship game on Saturday, where it will face RIT, … Read more

Behind two goals by senior David Lundbohm, North Dakota claimed its fifth WCHA title in eight years by defeating the Michigan Tech Huskies, 5-1. The Sioux victory, combined with Minnesota-Duluth’s tie at Wisconsin, means that UND takes the MacNaughton Cup outright, regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s league games. North Dakota’s Zach Parise hoists the … Read more

Everything you need to know about Friday night’s ECAC first-round opener at Bright Hockey Center happened in 10 seconds. Trailing by two midway through the third, Vermont forwards Jeff Miles and Brady Leisenring stormed into the Harvard zone on a 2-on-1. All that stood between them and a one-goal game was Crimson defender Peter Hafner … Read more

All the effort Union put into getting home ice for the first round of the ECAC hockey tournament was wasted Friday night. Ninth-seeded Clarkson, which missed out on hosting by one point, felt right at home at Messa Rink at Achilles Center. The Golden Knights used a three-goal second period to rout the eighth-seeded Dutchmen, … Read more

It was a game Air Force needed to win and a game Wayne State couldn’t afford to lose. Both happened as the visiting Falcons took a 6-4 win in front of a sparse crowd at the Compuware Sports Arena. Mike Knaeble scored twice for Air Force (13-20-2, 5-13-1 CHA) and Mike Polidor made 32 saves … Read more

In something out of a goaltender’s nightmare — or an NHL All-Star game — Minnesota and St. Cloud State seemed to play with defenses optional Friday at Mariucci Arena. The result: 11 goals on 56 shots, and a 7-4 Gopher win that left Minnesota (21-13-3, 14-12-1 WCHA) one point from home ice in the first … Read more

Rensselaer led 4-1 with 12:29 to go in the third, and 5-2 with 3:27 to go — meaning, of course, that the game was over. Somebody forgot to tell Princeton, as the Tigers scored twice in a span of 1:16, but couldn’t get the tying goal as the Engineers held off the Tigers in game … Read more

For the third consecutive year, the SUNYAC finals consist of Oswego and Plattsburgh. For the first time in those three years, the home team won the first game as Plattsburgh defeated the Lakers, 4-3, in overtime. Paul Kelly, with a drive from the left faceoff circle, won the game for Plattsburgh at 3:39 of the … Read more

Northeastern may be holding on by a thread to its playoff life, but with only one game left in the regular season, the string has not broken. Thanks to an all-out effort that included a two-goal performance by Jason Guerriero and a 38-save shutout by goaltender Keni Gibson, the Huskies’ remained alive for the playoffs … Read more

Five-on-five, St. Cloud State outscored top-ranked Minnesota 1-0. Unfortunately for the Huskies, it was the three goals that the nation’s best power play scored that spelled the difference in Minnesota leaving the National Hockey Center with a 3-1 win Friday afternoon. With a 26.1 percent efficiency and two of the nation’s top five power-play goal-scorers, … Read more

According to Stace Page, scoring the game winner in overtime of the game between Yale and St. Lawrence — a goal which gave the Saints their first overtime victory since November 2001 and ended the longest home game in Yale history — was really quite simple. “The puck just found me,” said Page, whose tip-in … Read more

WCHA play began Friday night without any team cemented in its position in the league standings. All that began to change, finally, as Friday night ended. The game between Wisconsin and Minnesota-Duluth helped solidify the top three spots as the two teams skated to a 2-2 draw at the Kohl Center. The game had a … Read more

Chris Michael’s overtime power-play goal lifted the RedHawks over the Buckeyes, 4-3, keeping Miami in the hunt for the regular-season CCHA title. With the Wolverines and Spartans tying in East Lansing, the RedHawks are just one point behind Michigan in league play with one game remaining in the season, but Miami head coach Enrico Blasi … Read more

During the regular season, RIT and Manhattanville played to a pair of ties. They met again in the semifinals of the ECAC West and for a while it was more of the same. Tied 2-2 after two periods of play, RIT broke through midway through the third period, then added an empty-netter to skate away … Read more

It was a wild and crazy game between Michigan State and Michigan Friday night. Wolverine junior forward Jason Ryznar scored with 1:18 left in the third period to send the game into overtime, forcing a 4-4 tie. Down 3-1 at one point, and 3-2 entering the third, the Spartans scored three consecutive goals to take … Read more

On senior night, Denver’s senior captain finally struck gold. Playing his final regular season home game, Ryan Caldwell’s power-play goal with 3:27 remaining lifted Denver to a 3-2, penalty-laden win over Colorado College. Denver’s win streak now stands at five and the Pioneers are unbeaten in their last nine. Denver (23-10-5, 13-10-5 WCHA) had clinched … Read more