No Kingsbury, no problem this time for St. Lawrence. Well, it did take until the final 8.6 seconds of overtime for the No. 5 Saints (4-2-1) to put away No. 9 New Hampshire (2-2-1). But they’ll take the win, even though it wasn’t pretty. Senior Ricki-Lee Doyle netted the game-winner for St. Lawrence when linemate … Read more

Playing at home for the first time since early October, Miami (4-5-2) made the hometown fans sweat as it scored three times in the final period to topple visiting Alabama-Huntsville (3-2-0), 4-2, in Goggin Ice Arena on Friday night. The RedHawks had not won a game when trailing after two periods since a 4-3 victory … Read more

Friday night’s game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish involved teams so closely matched their similarities are worth noting. The Fighting Irish came into the first of two contests with a four-game winning streak. So did the Spartans. The Spartans have a red-hot freshman goaltender (Dominic Vicari) competing with red-hot … Read more

The Bowling Green Falcons (3-4-2, 2-3-1 CCHA) ran their unbeaten streak to four games by downing the Purple Eagles of Niagara (2-4-0, 1-1 CHA), 4-2 at the BG Ice Arena on Friday night. The unbeaten streak is the longest for the Falcons since March of 2001. “Both teams were counterpunching pretty well,” said Falcon head … Read more

The last time Michael Ayers played at Walter Brown Arena, he surrendered three third-period goals and ended up slamming his stick against the wall in frustration outside the University of New Hampshire locker room. Since then, it’s been nothing doing for Boston University against the Wildcats, as Ayers notched his fourth consecutive shutout against the … Read more

Although Boston College opened the season as the consensus choice as Hockey East’s top team, Maine invaded a sold-out Kelley Rink with a 7-0 record and the number one ranking. BC, however, proceeded to make a convincing claim that the preseason hype was justified, knocking off the Black Bears, 4-1. The Eagles took a 3-0 … Read more

The streak is over. With a 7-1 win over Lake Superior State on Friday night at Qwest Center Omaha, Nebraska-Omaha snapped a 14-game winless streak that dated back to Feb. 21. Freshman Scott Parse added to his team scoring lead with two goals and, like much of the rest of the team, was smiling broadly … Read more

Any question as to whether Northern Michigan could handle the top team in the CCHA was answered Friday night as the Wildcats edged the No. 14 Ohio State Buckeyes, 2-1, at the Berry Events Center. “I saw signs of growth tonight; it’s one of the first times I can say that,” said NMU head coach … Read more

North Dakota forward Brandon Bochenski’s nine-game goal-scoring funk against Minnesota ended in grand style as the second-ranked Sioux skated to a 7-3 victory over the Golden Gophers Friday night. In nine career games against Minnesota, UND’s junior forward and leading goal-scorer had a mere three assists. But Friday night, Bochenski scored his first-ever goal against … Read more

DU: Denver Dominates A Young Tiger Team By: Skye McFarlane The Colorado College Tigers (5-1-1) dropped their first game of the season to archrival Denver (6-1-0) 5-2, in a contest filled with strange bounces and missed opportunities for both teams. With a Thunderstix-filled crowd at its back, Colorado College came out firing. As the Tigerspressured … Read more

Lee Stempniak’s three goals were all the offense Dartmouth needed to down Brown 3-1 Friday night. Junior goaltender Dan Yacey was also a key to the victory, as he made 23 saves to give the Big Green a win in its ECAC opener in front of a spirited Thomson Arena crowd. The hat trick was … Read more

Air Force scored two third-period goals to defeat Bentley, 4-3, in a non-conference game at the John Ryan Arena. Air Force snapped its two-game losing streak and improved to 5-4 overall this season. Bentley fell to 1-4-1. “We played OK tonight, but I don’t think we played as well as we can,” head coach Frank … Read more

Brett Smith has always been a strong role-player at Ferris State. Friday, he gave the Bulldogs his biggest goal this season, tipping a shot from Jeff Legue at 2:52 of overtime to clinch a 6-5 victory over Michigan. “In the past, Brett has never had the opportunity to play on the power play where a … Read more

A seemingly comfortable three-goal third-period lead for Union over St. Lawrence suddenly turned into a one-goal game. And the Saints were pressing for the tying goal. But they never got the equalizer Friday night. Goalie Kris Mayotte made two key stops after the Saints cut the Dutchmen’s lead, helping them hold on for a 4-3 … Read more

Connecticut overcame losing a lead with just two seconds remaining in the third period, and received the game-winner from freshman William Magnuson, who scored his first career goal in overtime to give the Huskies a 4-3 victory over Canisius at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The win was the Huskies’ first in Atlantic Hockey Association … Read more

It wasn’t the long sought-after win for the Northeastern Huskies on Friday night, but it was enough to make head coach Bruce Crowder somewhat satisfied. “I’m really encouraged by this club,” said Crowder, whose club, after a 2-2 tie Friday night at home against Providence is now 0-5-2 – the longest winless streak for Northeastern … Read more

Thus far this year, Princeton has gotten very good at extending a game to overtime. Winning it — now that’s another story. For the second time in three games this season, the Tigers found themselves in sudden death, and for the second time in three games, the opposition put the puck past sophomore goaltender Eric … Read more

Dusty Sedars Late Surge Powers Mavericks It took a little of last year’s magic for Minnesota State to gain its first conference win of the season. After six come-from-behind wins in the third period last year, the Mavericks (2-4-1, 1-2-0 WCHA) replicated that formula to overcome a 2-1 deficit in the third and defeat Alaska-Anchorage, … Read more

Matt Froehlich’s game winning goal at the 12:12 mark of the third period provided enough for Quinnipiac to sneak past Sacred Heart 5-4 in Atlantic Hockey action at the Northford Ice Pavilion Friday. The Pioneers opened the scoring after Quinnipiac failed on the power play just under two minutes into the game. After the penalty … Read more

Long ago, the Moody Blues penned a song called “You Can Never Go Home,” but St. Cloud State junior goaltender Adam Coole proved that wrong by returning to Duluth to defeat his former team, 3-2. Coole was named player of the game — not bad for a guy cut by Minnesota-Duluth after the 2002 season. … Read more