The official colors of the University of Nebraska at Omaha may be crimson and black, but green may be a better color to describe the Maverick hockey team. After scoring the first goal of the game, the University of Manitoba came back and scored a goal in both the first and second periods and three … Read more
Michigan State freshman Tommy Goebel showed his rookie teammates how to put the puck in the back of the net Sunday afternoon at Munn Arena, as three of the six Spartan goals against the Windsor Lancers belonged to him. Unfortunately for Goebel, the 6-0 win was only an exhibition, so the natural hat trick doesn’t … Read more
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs picked up right where they left off last season with a knockdown, drag-out fight — literally. But unlike last season when the Sioux went 0-2-1 against the Bulldogs, UND came from behind — scoring two goals in the third period — for a 3-2 victory in … Read more
Ferris State had a strong performance against Windsor on Saturday night in a 6-0 exhibition victory. Mark Bomersback had three assists while linemate Jeff Legue had two goals and Derek Nesbitt had a goal and an assist. Legue got the scoring started with a wraparound goal in the first period at 4:54 to make it … Read more
Penalties were the key to the game as the Western Michigan Broncos opened with a 6-2 victory over Western Ontario on Saturday night. 1,950 fans were in attendance at Lawson Arena to see a game that featured 192 total penalty minutes. Seven of the eight goals were tallied on the power play. Senior center Paul … Read more
Providence scored just 14 seconds into the game and never looked back as it defeated St. Thomas, 5-1, in an exhibition game at Schneider Arena. The Friars jumped out to a quick lead when senior Cody Loughlean chipped in a shot. Freshman Tony Zancanaro increased the Friar lead to 2-0 at the 5:11 mark as … Read more
Sophomore Bobby Robins scored two goals to lead the Mass.-Lowell Riverhawks past St. Francis Xavier Saturday evening in an exhibition matchup in front of 1,036 fans at Tsongas Arena. “They’re a good hockey club, they were one of the top teams in Canada last season,” said head coach Blaise MacDonald. “They’re older, physically mature, and … Read more
Dave Steckel scored two goals, including the game winner, to lead No. 14 Ohio State to a 5-3 win over Miami in the consolation game of the Lefty McFadden Invitational at the E.J. Nutter Center Saturday. Paul Caponigri chipped in a goal and an assist, while Nate Guenin had two helpers. In the first period, … Read more
It was only an exhibition, but the Quinnipiac Bobcats showed explosiveness against the University of Ottawa after falling behind to win 5-1. Two early penalties against the Bobcats to Craig Falite and Joe Testa gave the Gee Gee’s a man-advantage and they capitalized. Ottawa’s Dylan Bliss picked up the puck deep in the Bobcats zone, … Read more
Al Montoya is in goal. Eric Werner is scoring. And Michigan’s freshmen are, so far, living up to the hype. All of that added up to a 5-3 Wolverines victory over Mercyhurst Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Montoya, who toyed with the courtship of major juniors, stopped 23 of 26 shots. … Read more
Minnesota State received a double dose of bad news after a pair of veteran defensemen, Matt Paluczak and Jon Dubel, appeared likely to miss the entire 2003-04 season due to injury, according to the Mankato Free Press. Paluczak, a senior alternate captain for the Mavericks, had surgery in the spring for a shoulder injury that … Read more
At this time last year, Alabama-Huntsville took its standard preseason excitement on the road — to Wisconsin. Then Denver. And then Minnesota. Six losses later, by the time the Chargers had returned home to face Air Force, an already veteran team had aged a generation. UAH would lose just one of its next 16 games, … Read more
It was no more meaningful than the Red Sox beating Boston College in Spring Training, but Boston University did put on quite an exhibition today. Playing in front of a paltry crowd of 1,489 at Walter Brown Arena in a Saturday afternoon exhibition game, the Terriers beat the University of Toronto, 6-1, behind two David … Read more
From the moment that the CHA met the requirements for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament the whining began. This upstart, diminutive division with barely six teams to its name, could now keep one team from a major conference out of the postseason, while providing nothing more than cannon fodder for a team on … Read more
It is a sure sign that a team is a longshot when its coach cannot name the team’s best player. Air Force managed just two conference wins last year despite featuring second-team All-CHA Andy Berg (22g, 18a). With three of its four top scorers graduated, the Falcons will need all the mettle a service academy … Read more
Boston College’s Tony Voce netted a hat trick to lead the No. 3 Eagles past the Vermont Catamounts 5-3, Saturday afternoon. BC took a 4-0 lead deep into the third period only to have the Cats battle back to make it interesting with three goals in a five-minute span. BC jumped out to a 1-0 … Read more
At the end of last season, Iona and Fairfield dropped hockey as a varsity program. When the only coach Findlay had ever had, Craig Barnett, left for a position at a prep school this summer, some wondered if a similar fate was in the offing for the Oilers. It seems like the Findlay rumors were … Read more
Tops among the preseason priorities for Wayne State coach Bill Wilkinson was finding a replacement for goaltender David Guerrera, who backstopped the Warriors for his entire four years at the college. Fortunately, WSU is located in Hockeytown, USA, and Wilkinson thought he could give a fellow Detroit club a hand with its roster problems. “We … Read more
With a trip to the NCAA tournament on the line, Bemidji defenseman John Haider, killing a five-on-three disadvantage, stole the puck and raced in on Wayne State goaltender David Guerrera for a critical insurance goal in last year’s CHA finals. Veteran teams seize such moments. Unfortunately for the Beavers, Haider was only a sophomore and … Read more
Junior Jeff Drummond scored one goal and added an assist, and senior Adam Berkhoel made 24 saves to lead the No. 13 Denver Pioneers to a 3-0 win over St. Lawrence in the championship game at the Lefty McFadden Invitational. Junior Kevin Ulanski added two assists. Drummond, named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was joined … Read more