It was Senior Night at the BG Ice Arena on Saturday, but it was a corps of freshman for both teams who came up big as Bowling Green (10-16-9; 8-13-6 CCHA) and Northern Michigan (16-14-4; 11-13-2 CCHA) skated to a 2-2 tie. “It’s interesting that on senior night, two freshman get the goals for us,” … Read more
After a night of outplaying Clarkson, but repeatedly being denied by standout goaltending, Cornell finally figured out a way to get the game winner by Dustin Traylen: Land on him. Whether Shane Hynes was knocked into Traylen, intentionally knocked him over, or was just slow to get up was all a matter of contention, both … Read more
Freshman Billy Irish-Baker scored two goals and junior Todd Bowler added three assists as Canisius defeated American International College 6-3 to complete a season sweep of the Yellow Jackets Saturday night at the Buffalo State Ice Arena. The Golden Griffins have won four straight and improve to 9-13-8 overall, 9-9-4 in Atlantic Hockey. American International … Read more
Freshman Jamie Hunt scored a goal and added two assists and senior Mike Carter recorded three assists as the Mercyhurst Lakers defeated Bentley, 7-1, in Atlantic Hockey action Saturday afternoon at the John A. Ryan Arena. The Falcons dropped their third game in a row and fell to 7-18-4 overall and 5-13-4 in conference play. … Read more
Sophomore Jon Jankus tallied twice and added an assist while classmate Jimmy Howard made 20 saves as No. 3 Maine avenged a loss to Massachusetts-Lowell from the previous evening with a 4-0 shutout over the host River Hawks Saturday in front of 4,153 at Tsongas Arena. “From our standpoint, it was a much better game … Read more
After being defeated Friday, Michigan wanted to come out of the gate better in Saturday night’s contest against Notre Dame, looking to put more traffic in front of Irish freshman netminder David Brown. The Fighting Irish, meanwhile, didn’t want to lose their last regular-season game at home — otherwise known as Senior Night. They didn’t. … Read more
Merrimack’s special teams turned from goats into heroes over night, but it wasn’t enough to keep the club’s hopes alive for what would have been a remarkable late-season run to a fifth-place Hockey East finish. The Warriors managed to kill off seven of eight Providence penalties — including a five-minute major in the third period … Read more
If Colorado College doesn’t end up at home for the first round of the WCHA playoffs in two weeks, you can bet the Tigers won’t mind coming back to St. Cloud. The Tigers made themselves at home inside the National Hockey Center this weekend, and after completing the two-game sweep with a 5-2 win Saturday … Read more
Picked to finish eighth in the ECAC by hockey pundits, Colgate proved its doubters wrong, holding the Cleary Cup high after a 3-2 win over St. Lawrence on Saturday night at Starr Rink. The Raiders entered the weekend needing only two points to clinch first place in the league. After Clarkson upset Colgate with a … Read more
Suddenly the CHA is no longer a two-horse race. Findlay made that emphatically clear after pummeling Niagara 8-3, sweeping the Purple Eagles in a weekend series that astounded many observers by its one-sidedness, and imbued the hard-charging Oilers with an indelible sense of confidence and purpose. Niagara was left grasping for answers, as its anticipated … Read more
Steve Saviano scored two goals and set up another while Justin Aikins recorded three assists to propel eighth-ranked New Hampshire to Saturday night’s 3-2 Hockey East victory against No. 1 Boston College at the Whittemore Center. The Eagles, who had not lost since falling to Northeastern, 3-0, on Jan. 3, had a nation-leading 14-game unbeaten … Read more
The Crusaders’ Greg Kealey took a shot with two seconds left in regulation that snuck through Justin Eddy’s pads as Quinnipiac and Holy Cross skated to a 3-3 tie. Quinnipiac opened the scoring at the 13:37 mark of the first period when Aaron Ludwig scored on the power play. The play developed from the left … Read more
Big players make big plays in big games, especially the playoffs. Just don’t tell that to Oswego fourth-liner Tim Thomas. His hat trick led the Lakers to an 8-2 victory over Potsdam, sweeping the Bears two games to none in the SUNYAC semifinals. “I challenged the seniors. Obviously, Timmy wasn’t the guy I had in … Read more
If cats have nine lives, how many do dogs have? The Huskies may have used up a couple of theirs this weekend. Facing elimination from the Hockey East playoffs both Friday and Saturday, Northeastern played like a team with its back to the wall, earning a tie at home before delivering a rare but resounding … Read more
Brown broke a four-game losing streak with a convincing 6-0 home win in the last game of the regular season over Vermont to earn a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament. After being shutout in three of their last four games, the Bears poured on the offense tonight to finish off a successful season on … Read more
It was a bit of a frustrating night for Michigan Tech. The Huskies outshot the visiting Mavericks of Minnesota State Mankato by a 38-27 margin, but could only manage a pair of goals as the visitors slipped by MTU, 3-2, in Tech’s final home game of the season. Michigan Tech had a clear edge in … Read more
Twenty minutes into the last regular season game for RPI and Yale, fans at Ingalls Rink figured they were in for a tightly matched, low scoring college hockey game. With both teams getting a number of quality scoring chances and both goalies coming up with big saves to stop them, the Engineers and Bulldogs went … Read more
One of the best teams in Minnesota-Duluth history got to see one of the best games in the WCHA this season Saturday night. The 1983-84 Bulldogs, who finished second in NCAA Division I, sat in one end zone of the DECC during their reunion weekend and got to see the top two teams in the … Read more
After leading Dartmouth all season as a senior tri-captain, Sarah Clark led the Big Green to an Ivy League title on Saturday, scoring the game-winning goal with 5:09 to play as Dartmouth topped Brown, 3-2. “I think people were really worried about us after that little slide,” said Clark, whose Big Green had dropped four … Read more
On the final night of ECAC regular-season play, the Harvard Crimson met the Big Green of Dartmouth at Bright Hockey Center with playoff positioning hinging on the outcome. The teams were coming off diametrically different games; Dartmouth had traveled to Brown’s Meehan Auditorium and defeated the always-stingy Bears 3-0. Harvard, on the other hand, had … Read more