It was a history-making day for the Union College men’s hockey team Sunday afternoon. For the first time in the Dutchmen’s Division I history, they have won their first three games. But it wasn’t easy. A pesky American International team played the Dutchmen tough, but thanks to Joel Beal and Scott Seney, the Dutchmen prevailed … Read more

In a game where the penalty box was seldom empty, Colorado College pulled out the 8-3 win over Alaska-Fairbanks in the final meeting of the two-game series at the World Arena. The Tigers were up a game in the nonconference series after Friday night’s 6-2 win. CC’s first line of Brett Sterling, Marty Sertich and … Read more

Chris Capraro scored two goals, including the game winner, and added an assist as the Massachusetts Minutemen defeated St. Lawrence, 5-1, in a penalty-laden affair at the Mullins Center. The sophomore from Medford, Mass., netted the clincher at 5:15 of the second period. Tim Vitek circled around the net and flipped a pass to Capraro, … Read more

Union coach Nate Leaman thought his team was outplayed for two periods by Merrimack. However, neither team was able to score. Then came the third period. The Dutchmen started working harder, and it paid off. Scott Seney scored the game-winning goal and assisted on two others Saturday, lifting the Dutchmen to a 3-1 victory over … Read more

Kevin Reiter stopped all 28 shots he saw, and freshman Brett Arcand-Kootenay made his first career goal at Alaska-Anchorage a memorable one, scoring the game’s only marker as the Seawolves beat UMass-Lowell 1-0 Saturday evening in the championship of the Nye Frontier Classic at the Sullivan Arena. The win for UAA (3-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) breaks … Read more

When is a conference game a nonconference game? When you enter the wonderful world of life in Atlantic Hockey. Chris Garceau’s power-play goal early in the second period proved the difference in the Black Knights’ 2-1 non-league victory over American International College at Tate Rink. The Yellow Jackets played two previous non-conference “conference” games when … Read more

The opponents weren’t national powers, but the victory was just as sweet for the Maine Black Bears. Paced by five different goalscorers, Maine drowned Holy Cross 7-0 at Alfond Arena Saturday in front of 5,452 fans to win the Black Bear Classic. The win gives the Black Bears their second tournament title in as many … Read more

Special teams proved to be Boston College’s salvation and North Dakota’s undoing as the Eagles defeated the Sioux 2-1 to split a nonconference series at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Despite losing senior captain Ben Eaves less than three minutes into the game, the Eagles used a power-play goal by Ryan Shannon and a shorthanded goal by … Read more

Senior Mike Polidor posted his first career shutout as Air Force defeated Miami, 2-0, in the consolation game of the 13th annual Nye Frontier Classic at Sullivan Arena. The win was Air Force’s first over a team from one of the Big Four conferences since defeating Yale, 2-0, in 1999. It was the first win … Read more

A night of firsts netted Ferris State its second win of the season, as the Bulldogs claimed a 3-1 victory over Colgate at Starr Rink. Freshman Zac Pearson registered his first goal in his first game of his career midway through the third period when he crashed the net and directed a rebound past Colgate … Read more

When Jeff Tambellini beat Justin Eddy early in the second period Saturday, he must have been thinking, ‘Finally.’ Michigan pounded the Quinnipiac goaltender with 21 shots in the first 20 minutes, but he turned them all away. “I think by the 20th shot, I deserved a couple,” Tambellini joked. But when the sophomore forward did … Read more

If the play Friday was supposed to be an indication of what the future held for Saturday night’s game, it may be time to fix the crystal ball, as Western Michigan and Nebraska-Omaha skated to a 2-2 tie. Gone were the offensive fireworks displayed by the Broncos the previous night, gone were the defensive turnovers … Read more

Adam Coole’s been trying to forget his last college game for some time now. In fact, it’s been over a year and a half. Wisconsin shelled the goaltender for three goals in the first two minutes of a game back in March of 2002. He returned to action Saturday night with a different sweater on … Read more

Six different Pioneers scored in Denver’s 6-3 win over Northeastern to complete the two-game sweep. Head coach George Gwozdecky recorded his 200th career win as freshman goaltender Glenn Fisher made 22 in his regular-season debut. Junior Kevin Ulanski led the Pioneers with one goal and an assist in front of 5,729 fans on homecoming weekend. … Read more

On an historic night for Bemidji State hockey, the Beavers delivered with an exciting game on the ice as Wade Chiodo’s goal in the final minutes of regulation helped BSU to a 1-1 draw with the Clarkson Golden Knights. “It was the happiest tie I’ve ever got,” BSU head coach Tom Serratore said. “Any time … Read more

In just his second career start, Notre Dame freshman goalie David Brown turned aside 40 shots as his Fighting Irish (2-2-0, 2-2-0 CCHA) posted a 3-0 shutout win against the Bowling Green Falcons (1-3-0, 1-3-0 CCHA). Brown’s shutout is the earliest career shutout ever by an Irish goalie. “Brown was great tonight,” said Irish head … Read more

If you’ve followed sports in the United States the last six weeks, you’ve seen some wild comeback victories. Michigan Tech got into that act Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena as the Huskies scored three times in the final 2:05 to erase a 6-3 Northern Michigan lead and then won it in overtime … Read more

For the second year in a row, Providence swept Minnesota State in the Mavericks’ first series of the year. Duplicating last season’s feat in Rhode Island, the Friars (4-0-0) swept this year’s series with a 5-3 win over MSU (0-2-0) in a physical contest that finished with 70 penalty minutes and the ejections of three … Read more

Lake Superior State’s Steve McJannett snared a Canisius giveaway in the Griffs’ defensive zone and scored the game-winner at the 3:27 mark of overtime to give the visiting Lakers a 3-2 victory Saturday night in non-conference action at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The Griffs fall to 0-2-2 overall, while Lake Superior State is now … Read more