Union didn’t have to worry about blowing a lead in the third period for the third straight game Saturday. That’s because Brown never gave the Dutchmen a chance. The Bears scored two power-play goals in the first period, and an even-strength goal in the second before allowing one to get past goalie Yann Danis in … Read more

Wisconsin weathered an early storm by Minnesota State and rode a hot second period to a 6-2 win. The Badgers (13-4-5, 7-2-5 WCHA) were led by defenseman Tom Gilbert, who tallied two goals and an assist, and goalie Bernd Bruckler, who stopped 29 shots in front of 4,190 spectators at the Midwest Wireless Civic Center. … Read more

If you thought Friday’s tie between Minnesota and Boston University was wild — well, as the saying goes, you ain’t seen nothing yet. A high-spirited game again turned into a shootout. Minnesota battled back from a two-goal deficit in the third period on Garrett Smaagaard’s shorthander and two power-play goals, only to see BU knot … Read more

It was the classic David vs. Goliath matchup. Northeastern, winless in Hockey East play, was hosting Boston College, undefeated in the league. First place vs. last place. And like the Biblical protagonists, Hockey East’s David, namely the Northeastern Huskies, toppled the league’s Goliath, shutting out second-ranked BC, 3-0, in impressive fashion. “It’s a tremendous, tremendous … Read more

Alaska-Fairbanks has been horrible on the road so far this season. From the looks of this game, there should be a turnaround in the making. It was a game of firsts for the Nanooks; Aaron Voros scored his first collegiate hat trick, and goaltender Keith Bartusch notched his first collegiate shutout. The rest of the … Read more

As expected, Saturday night’s game between Michigan State and Northern Michigan was better than Friday’s. For diehard fans, the outcome — the Wildcats earned a 6-5 overtime victory, in a close game after being embarrassed the night before — wouldn’t be surprising. It happened both times these two teams met last year during the regular … Read more

In a familiar story, No. 8 New Hampshire found itself on the losing end against No. 3 Dartmouth despite holding a first-period lead, and the game was delayed in the final minutes with a player down on the ice. The same was true of the teams’ last meeting on Dec. 12. Dartmouth freshman Caroline Ethier, … Read more

North Dakota sent a little message to the rest of the WCHA this weekend. Matt Jones scored late in the game and Jake Brandt made 17 saves to outduel Adam Coole and put a stamp on an envelope that read pretty much like this: Here we come. Playing without three of their top four scorers, … Read more

Niagara stormed back from a two-goal deficit to tie Colgate 2-2 in the final 10 seconds of play, as Barret Eghoetz fought off two defenders and found Joe Tallari for the tying goal before a packed house at Dwyer Arena. This was no “kissing-your-sister tie,” as both teams battled mightily for whatever meager offensive opportunities … Read more

Paced by a two-goal effort by Elias Godoy and a 25-save effort by goaltender Chris Davidson, the Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks shut out sister-school rival No. 11 Massachusetts, 3-0, at Tsongas Arena in a Saturday matinee. The win evens up the season series between the two schools which determines annually the winner of the Alumni Cup … Read more

Ryan Steeves scored his third shorthanded goal of the season and sophomore Josh Gartner recorded 29 saves, as Yale stunned No. 7 New Hampshire, 3-2, at the Whittemore Center. Steeves had been stoned earlier in the second period by UNH senior netminder Mike Ayers, who made a point-blank save on the senior’s bid on a … Read more

Trevor Edwards recorded his first career hat trick and Jay Latulippe posted a career-best four-point game with two goals and two assists to lead Clarkson to its most productive offensive outing of the season in a 8-2 victory over Mercyhurst before 2,046 fans at Cheel Arena Saturday night. Rob McFeeters also tallied twice as Clarkson … Read more

Bemidji State scored two goals in the first period and two in the second for a 5-1 win over Air Force in a College Hockey America game at the Hodgins-Berardo Arena in Coleraine, Minn., hometown of the two head coaches, AFA’s Frank Serratore and his younger brother Tom of Bemidji State. Bemidji State improved to … Read more

Coming off diametrically different games — Harvard’s a come-from-behind third-period offensive explosion at Union and Rensselaer’s a frustrating 1-0 shutout at the hands of the nation’s best goaltender, Brown’s Yann Danis — the Engineers and the Crimson came out with opposite results. Saturday it was Rensselaer’s turn on offense and Harvard’s turn to search in … Read more

For the second consecutive game, Notre Dame has managed to score just one goal, and for the second consecutive game, that’s all Irish goaltender Morgan Cey needed as he turned aside 27 shots by Findlay in a 1-0 shutout victory in front of a sellout crowd of 2,763 at the Joyce Center on Saturday night. … Read more

After a tough start to the season, Merrimack headed into a three-week break with an impressive 7-2 win over New Hampshire. Not wanting to lose whatever edged the Warriors gained from that big win, there was no better opponent than struggling Princeton this weekend. Merrimack (7-10-3) completed a two-game road sweep of the Tigers on … Read more

Last weekend at the Sheraton/Banknorth classic, Dartmouth and Vermont had nearly identical results on the ice, as each team tied Massachusetts and beat Minnesota State. However, Dartmouth’s plus-3 goal differential topped UVM’s plus-1, and Dartmouth took home the tournament title. Less than a week later, Dartmouth and Vermont, at opposite ends of the ECAC schedule, … Read more