Holy Cross completed a weekend sweep of Mercyhurst with a 6-5 win in overtime Saturday night before over 800 fans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Crusaders improved to 6-3-1 overall and to 6-0-1 in the Atlantic Hockey Association. The Lakers dropped to 4-3-0 and 3-2-0 respectively. Mercyhurst was forced to play catch-up most of … Read more

Northern Michigan is no longer 0-fer on the road. With outstanding contributions from two of the team’s three seniors, the young Wildcats scrapped out a split with Nebraska-Omaha Saturday night, winning a 4-2 series finale at the Qwest Center. It was Northern Michigan’s first road win of the season. “I think this was important, we … Read more

Boston University fans would have been hard-pressed to predict two of the top three stars for tonight’s game. Terrier junior forward Kenny Magowan narrowly avoided a healthy scratch after disappointing Coach Jack Parker with his play in the last two games. Playing behind stalwart netminder Sean Fields, sophomore goaltender Stephan Siwiec hadn’t played a minute … Read more

Bowling Green ended its weekend series at Lake Superior on Saturday with a scoreless tie at Taffy Abel Arena. Junior Jordan Sigalet recorded his second career shutout by stopping 36 Laker shots on goal. The Falcons held a 12-9 shot advantage in the first period, but LSSU held a 36-30 advantage for the game. BGSU … Read more

The night after being upset 2-1 by No. 8 St. Cloud State, top-ranked North Dakota returned the favor by ending the Huskies’ undefeated streak with a 2-1 victory. SCSU coach Craig Dahl rested red-hot goalie Adam Coole, who was nursing a pulled groin muscle, in favor of sophomore Jason Montgomery. UND coach Dean Blais stuck … Read more

What started as a friendly league game in the first period, erupted in the second period into a penalty-fest. Thirty seven minutes of penalties were distributed between Utica and RIT in the second period, including a rare fighting disqualification. RIT may have lost the fight, but the Tigers won on the scoreboard by a score … Read more

For a Minnesota team with four U.S. national team players still recuperating from a week-long international tournament and extended travel, it was time for some younger Gophers to pick up the slack at Brown on Saturday. Freshmen Andrea Nichols and Becky Wacker, the two Gopher linemates of U.S. Olympian Krissy Wendell, set each other up … Read more

Saturday night’s contest between Minnesota and Wisconsin was nearly an exact replica of the game they played on Friday. The only difference was that one team skated off a winner. Minnesota outshot the Badgers, but once again squandered away a two-goal lead. Star player Thomas Vanek scored two goals again, but it was the outstanding … Read more

For the No. 9 Massachusetts Minutemen, Saturday night’s 3-2 road victory over Providence was an example of making the most of the situation. A night after losing, 4-1, to No. 3 Boston College on home ice, the realization was that getting two points out of the weekend was what counted the most. So with their … Read more

Even though it was mid-November, it seemed like March. Dartmouth and Rensselaer skated to a 1-1 tie in an atmosphere that was defensive with offensive opportunities and two goaltenders that made the saves when they had to. Nathan Marsters stopped 30 Dartmouth shots while Dan Yacey stopped 28 Rensselaer shots. Marsters made 20 saves in … Read more

Two unassisted shorthanded goals by junior Beau McLaughin helped Connecticut take an insurmountable lead over American International College in a game that ended 7-4 in favor of the Huskies. Freshman Scott McDougall also tallied two goals for UConn, scoring the first and second of the game to get the Huskies off to a strong start. … Read more

Cornell sophomore wing Cam Abbott won a race to a long lead pass with 5:20 to play in the second period and scored his second goal of the season to lift the Big Red to a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence on Saturday night. In a tight-checking affair, scoring opportunities at even strength were hard … Read more

Friday night, Yale lost to Brown, 6-0. Harvard, likewise, crumbled in the third period, falling 4-2 against Princeton. Both teams entered Saturday’s old Ivy rivalry with something to prove, but it was the Crimson that made the game a statement, defeating Yale 4-1. From the opening whistle, this Crimson team contrasted strongly with the listless … Read more

On the strength of their penalty kill and an overall solid performance from goaltender Mike Betz, Ohio State downed Michigan, 5-2, to earn a weekend split with the Wolverines and remain in first place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings. Dave Steckel’s fluky goal in the second period held up as the game-winner, as … Read more

The hockey game Saturday night between the Michigan State Spartans and the Miami Redhawks was more of the game everyone expected than the game on Friday night. It became the game of dueling goaltenders everyone wanted, with Redhawks freshman goalie Steve Hartley stepping between the pipes, while Spartan freshman netminder Dominic Vicari was in net … Read more

Junior forward Justin Carre tallied two third-period goals as Canisius battled back from a 3-1 deficit to earn a 3-3 draw with Bentley in Atlantic Hockey action Saturday afternoon at the John A. Ryan Arena. Bentley built a 3-1 advantage in the final frame when freshman Kyle Larman netted his first collegiate goal with a … Read more

Brent Robinson and Brian Ihnacak each scored two goals to help Brown breeze to its third straight win, 5-1 over Princeton. Brown’s offense looked great for the second night in a row and made star goaltender Yann Danis’ job a little easier for a change. Danis had to make just 20 saves because the Brown … Read more

Niagara forward Justin Cross came out from the wilderness of his sophomore season in time to give the Purple Eagles a much needed boost in their thrilling victory over Western Michigan by a 3-2 margin at Dwyer Arena. Felled by an early season virus, Cross had been a bystander at most Niagara games but was … Read more

For the Pioneers it was a case of better late than never this weekend against Army. Sacred Heart came into the series playing solid hockey, but did not have a single win to show for its efforts. After notching their first victory Friday, the Pioneers carried momentum into Saturday’s matchup with the Black Knights for … Read more

The postgame shot charts showed Boston University with a multitude of attempts from just outside the crease. The scoreboard, however, still indicated that the Terriers had to settle for a 2-2 tie with Merrimack. “Territorial advantage is what we want,” BU coach Jack Parker said, looking at the shot charts. “They got two grade-A [chances] … Read more