One way or another, the game between the St. Norbert Green Knights and the RIT Tigers was going to be decided by the freshmen. St. Norbert dressed a total of eight freshmen, including five freshmen defensemen. RIT, by comparison, only dressed a total of five freshmen, but all five of those were forwards, including two … Read more
After opening the season with five road games, Minnesota-Duluth opened its home schedule impressively by downing Alaska-Anchorage, 8-1. Backed by a hat trick by senior right winger Junior Lessard, the Bulldogs rolled to a 3-0 first period lead and never looked back. UMD got the Halloween party started at 3:17 of the first period when … Read more
Power-play goals made the difference in the game at the BG Ice Arena on Friday night, as Bowling Green topped Miami, 4-1. The Falcons, coming into the game with an 8.3 percent power-play success rate, scored a pair of power-play goals, while the Red Hawks, entering the game at 33 percent, were shut out with … Read more
There were too many taglines in Friday night’s game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Ferris State Bulldogs to choose from. First of all, there is the score — 8-0 in favor of the Spartans (four in the first and four in the third against two Bulldog netminders) — the same Spartans that registered … Read more
If it looked as if one team was playing its first game of the season and the other had three games and nearly a month of practice under its belt, that’s because it was the case. In North Dakota’s 8-4 drubbing of Yale, UND coach Dean Blais and Yale coach Tim Taylor agreed that the … Read more
Minnesota used a quick start as the No. 10 Gophers downed No. 6 Denver, 6-2. The aggressive Gophers scored two quick goals early in the opening period marking the first time this season that they have scored first. “You kind of had the feeling before the game we would have a good night. We were … Read more
On the night that folklore marks as the scariest of the year, nightmares continued for the Northeastern Huskies. Despite dominating Massachusetts-Lowell for the better part of two periods, the Huskies relinquished a 2-1 lead midway through the game, allowing the River Hawks to score the game’s final four goals to lose 5-2 at Matthews Arena … Read more
Chris Conner, Taggart Desmet, and Colin Murphy combined for four goals and 10 scoring points in Michigan Tech’s 7-3 non-conference victory over Vermont. Conner, the nation’s scoring leader, finished a scorching month of October with his 10th and 11th goals of the season to stake Michigan Tech to a 2-0 lead after one period of … Read more
After two tough weekends at Michigan and Wisconsin without a victory, the Quinnipiac Bobcats ended their four-game losing streak and finally came out on the winning end, as Matt Craig scored twice and the Bobcats got great goaltending again to sneak past Connecticut, 4-2. Connecticut opened the scoring in the first period at 7:19 on … Read more
The offensive firepower that seemed to be evading a young Northern Michigan hockey team finally reared its head Friday night as the Wildcats beat the US Under-18 Team, 8-3. After going down 2-0 in the first period, NMU (3-3-0, 2-2-0 CCHA) was able to mount a comeback behind multi-point performances by senior Alex Sawruk and … Read more
Tristan Lush broke a 1-1 tie early in the third period for his first goal of the season to pace Clarkson to a 4-1 victory over Findlay. The Golden Knights, who improved their record to 2-1-2, broke open a tight game with three third-period goals for their first win at home this season. Lush put … Read more
If they didn’t know already, it didn’t take long for Cornell to realize this year would be very different than last. Not necessarily better or worse, but different. After all, Cornell didn’t allow more than two goals in a game at home last season, a season which it went 15-0 at Lynah Rink. The Big … Read more
On a night when costumes roamed most of Central Minnesota, it was the one that Princeton goaltender Eric Leroux wore inside the National Hockey Center that nearly spooked St. Cloud State out of their own building. But, the Huskies got a Halloween surprise of their own, as Billy Hengen pulled another trick out of his … Read more
No. 2 Dartmouth struggled to get its offense going early Friday night against No. 5 Providence, but when Friar penalties provided a jump start, the Big Green scored goals in bunches. Dartmouth (1-0) scored three goals in three minutes during the second period to break a scoreless tie and four goals in three minutes in … Read more
Freshman Jacob Micflikier scored four goals, including the game-winner, and assisted on another to propel No. 3 New Hampshire to a 9-2 non-conference victory against Union at the Whittemore Center. The Wildcats improved to 4-1-0 overall and is 1-0-0 in Hockey East. This was the first loss of the season for Union, now 4-1-1 (0-0-0 … Read more
Junior Bo Cheesman and sophomore Colin Nicholson each notched a goal and an assist for Lake Superior, which scored two goals in 21 seconds to bring the Lakers back from a 2-0 second-period deficit during Friday’s non-conference game against St. Lawrence at Taffy Abel Arena to tie 2-2. LSSU (1-2-2) outshot the Saints 11-9 in … Read more
Two-time Kazmaier finalist Chanda Gunn wasn’t pleased with her performance last season, when her team hit bottom. But this year, her aim is true.
The dissolution of two D-I programs opened up a shopping spree of transfers in the D-III ranks this offseason.
In the first month of the season, no team has held on to the No. 1 ranking in the poll longer than a week. On Thursday, Maine took its first step toward breaking that trend with a methodical 6-2 win over Merrimack in front of 5,501 fans at Alfond Arena Thursday night. “It’s always good … Read more
Cory McLean scored two goals, goaltender Morgan Cey made 29 saves in his first start of the season, and Aaron Gill had a goal and two assists as Notre Dame downed Nebraska-Omaha, 5-3, at the Joyce Center on Thursday night. The win gives the Irish a three-game winning streak and improves them to 4-2-0 overall … Read more