Rensselaer scored two goals in each of the three periods and got 12 saves from Nathan Marsters to defeat Army, 6-0, in a nonleague game before a crowd of 4,117 at the Houston Field House. The Engineers opened the scoring when freshman Tommy Green tallied his first career goal on a two-on-one with sophomore Chris … Read more

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves has been searching for that line since the start of the season — that one line that goes out and plays with intensity that sets fire to the whole team. Saturday, he found that line and it came up big. Rene Bourque, Ryan MacMurchy and Andrew Joudrey accounted for all … Read more

Saturday night’s game between Western Michigan and Michigan State was one of those games that only one team deserved to win. Michigan State dominated play on both ends of the ice in a 7-3 rout of the Broncos at Lawson Arena. The Spartans worked quickly to silence the Bronco faithful and as the third period … Read more

Never mind who wasn’t dressed for the New Hampshire Wildcats. You still have to play the game. Niagara shocked the nation’s number-one team with a stirring performance at the HSBC Arena, handing UNH its first loss of the season by a 5-2 margin. The Purple Eagles put on a relentless two-way display of hockey, and … Read more

If Minnesota-Duluth slipped away with a win Friday night, the next night the Bulldogs simply reached out and grabbed one. On Saturday, UMD took the lead early, then fended off a Minnesota comeback attempt for a 4-2 win. Isaac Reichmuth stopped 39 shots, and Friday’s heroes, Brett Hammond and T.J. Caig, scored the first two … Read more

The J. Thom Lawler Arena era at Merrimack is still waiting for its first goal. Warriors goaltender Casey Guenther and Providence netminder David Cacciola tried their best to show each other up for 65 minutes Saturday night in a back-and-forth, 0-0 overtime tie. The scoreless duel was the first collegiate shutout for both goalies as … Read more

Sophomore Ben Walter picked up his first career hat trick, scoring the first three goals of the game for UMass-Lowell as the River Hawks rolled past Niagara 6-1 Friday evening in the first game of the Xerox Punch Imlach College Hockey Showcase at HSBC Arena. “I’m very happy about tonight,” said Walter. “It was the … Read more

Army junior Chad Mayfield scored his fourth goal of the season to break a 1-1 tie with 2:11 left in the third period, and the Black Knights added an empty-netter with 30 seconds left to upend Bentley 3-1 in Atlantic Hockey action Friday night. The Black Knights defeated Bentley for the first time since November … Read more

Senior goaltender Craig Kowalski made 55 saves Friday, but that wasn’t enough to keep Northern Michigan from recording the loss. Michigan blanked the Wildcats 2-0. While Kowalski couldn’t keep the Wolverines from lighting the lamp, he did frustrate at least one of them. Junior Milan Gajic scored in the third period, and he might have … Read more

One shouldn’t read too much into an exhibition game, but after Harvard’s 8-0 snowing of Guelph on Friday before a friends-and-family Bright Hockey Center crowd, this much could be said without fear of overstatement: Harvard can skate. And Harvard can score. With last year’s prized pivots, Dominic Moore and Brett Nowak, taking their turns in … Read more

Friday night’s game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Western Michigan Broncos was one of those that should have ended in a tie. Both teams deserved to win, playing the entire game with red-hot intensity and the skills to match — goaltenders at the top of their game, and key players making key plays … Read more

Air Force senior Spanky Leonard scored two goals to lift Air Force to a 5-1 win over American International in a nonconference game Friday at the Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force won its second straight game and improved to 3-2 overall this season. AIC fell to 0-5. AIC lit the lamp early after a Falcon … Read more

Next time Boston College needs a big win, coach Jerry York may want to give Ray Bourque a call. It sure worked for Notre Dame coach Dave Poulin, who played four years with the Boston Bruins legend, and arranged to have him join the Irish for breakfast. The result was a 1-0 upset of the … Read more

Union (4-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) won its fourth consecutive game, the longest season-opening winning streak in program history, as the Dutchmen downed the Bowling Green Falcons (1-4-0, 1-3-0 CCHA), 3-1 on Friday night. “It was a gutsy effort by our guys tonight,” said first-year Union coach Nate Leaman. “We got up 3-0 and maybe sat back … Read more

Friday night, the Minnesota Golden Gophers and their fans got to celebrate the pinnacle of college hockey achievement. Before the Gophers’ home opener, the 2003 NCAA title banner was hung from the Mariucci Arena rafters to commemorate Minnesota’s second straight national championship. Meanwhile, all Minnesota-Duluth got was the win. T.J. Caig carried the big stick … Read more

When the Mercyhurst Lakers came to Columbus to challenge the Ohio State Buckeyes, they knew they had to play one of their better games to compete with a nationally-ranked team, but to win they needed something only Ohio State itself could have provided — former Buckeye and current Mercyhurst assistant head coach, Dave Smith. According … Read more

Much had been written about New Hampshire coach Dick Umile’s decision to suspend eight of his players prior to the Punch Imlach Classic, but the loudest statement of the night came from the play of Sean Collins, Jacob McFlickier and Steve Saviano. UNH’s top line factored in seven of the Wildcats’ eight goals, and the … Read more

Shiny new uniforms and a season-high crowd of more than 1,300 fans at the John Glas Fieldhouse had Bemidji State energized in the early moments Friday against Minnesota State. But a Maverick power-play goal just 3:36 into the game ended that momentum, and from there Minnesota State took a three-goal lead en route to a … Read more