St. Cloud State faced do-or-die Saturday night in its Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series with Minnesota Duluth before 4,420 at the DECC. In fact, it was do-or-die times two. The Huskies, who lost Friday, not only needed a victory to keep alive their WCHA playoff hopes, more importantly their hopes for an NCAA tournament … Read more

Brown had given No. 1 Harvard two of its toughest games during the regular season, but come playoff time, the Bears’ youth could not match the Crimson’s experience. Harvard captain Jennifer Botterill notched four goals in all and two assists-including a first-period hat trick-and nine different Crimson players tallied points in a 10-3 Harvard victory. … Read more

Goals from Chris Olsgard, R.J. Umberger, and Miguel Lafleche gave they Ohio State Buckeyes all they needed to become the first team in the CCHA to advance to the Super Six. But the 3-1 matinee win over Nebraska-Omaha meant more to this OSU team than just an appearance at ‘The Joe’ next weekend. “This was … Read more

The New Hampshire Wildcats had to wonder if they could ever put one past Boston University goaltender Sean Fields, as the junior had denied UNH on all 40 shots through 71 minutes of play. Fortunately for the Wildcats, the Terriers managed to pull off the feat for them. At 11:43 of overtime, UNH defenseman Tyson … Read more

Ferris State is playing more like a team on a mission than an underdog team with no playoff experience. The Bulldogs 6-1 victory over Lake Superior State Saturday night was just a step toward a new goal, a CCHA playoff championship. Bulldog Mike Brown was stellar in net for a second night. (Photos: Christopher Brian … Read more

Dartmouth got what it wanted out of its ECAC semifinal against Princeton-another shot Harvard in the ECAC final. With the 4-2 victory over Princeton the Big Green earned its fourth straight trip to ECAC championship game and clinched the No. 4 spot in the USCHO.com Pairwise Rankings, the best available indicator of Dartmouth’s Frozen Four … Read more

One night after a poor performance by its special teams, Colorado College responded in a big way on Saturday. The top-ranked Tigers converted on their first three power-play opportunities and dominated from the outset in blanking Alaska-Anchorage, 4-1, to sweep their best-of-three playoff series. Colorado College, now 28-5-5 on the season, advances to the WCHA … Read more

Don’t tell Oswego that the ECAC Northeast doesn’t deserve an automatic bid into the NCAAs. Wentworth skated, hit, and played even with Oswego all night Saturday before the Lakers finally prevailed, 4-3, on a last-minute score by Rob Smith off a goalmouth scramble. The puck sat in front of the Wentworth net while goaltender Jamie … Read more

The second-seeded Quinnipiac Bobcats hosted the seventh-seeded Canisius Griffs Saturday evening at the Northford Ice Pavilion in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament. In a very close contest the Bobcats squeaked out a 3-2 victory to move on to the semifinals next weekend at West Point. The Bobcats had to battle back in the game … Read more

The good news for Alaska Fairbanks was that it allowed eight fewer goals on Saturday than on Friday. The bad news was the Nanooks couldn’t muster any more goals themselves and as a result, were eliminated by No. 15 Michigan State two games to none in a first-round CCHA playoff series. Sophomore Lee Falardeau, senior … Read more

What started as a club team in 1967 ended on March 15, 2002, as the Iona hockey program came to an end in a 5-4 loss at Mercyhurst. The Lakers (20-12-2) advance to their fourth consecutive MAAC semifinal and will play Bentley in the 5 p.m. game on March 21, 2003. One week ago Iona … Read more

Minnesota’s march through March continues. The defending national champion Gophers won their 18th straight home WCHA playoff game Saturday, reaching the Final Five with a 5-2 win over Michigan Tech at Mariucci Arena. The Gophers have not lost a home game in the opening round since the Final Five format was adopted for the 1992-93 … Read more

Middlebury scored three unanswered goals in the third period on its way to a 5-1 win over Elmira in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament Saturday. The Panthers will take on Oswego next week, while Norwich meets St. Norbert in the other semifinal. The site of the championship will be announced on Sunday afternoon. Middlebury … Read more

His team’s quarterfinal sweep of Vermont complete and its trip to Albany assured, Mark Mazzoleni was satisfied. “I thought we were outstanding tonight,” said the Harvard coach after watching his team defeat UVM, 5-1, before 1,517 at Bright Hockey Center on Saturday night to sweep the Catamounts and advance to the ECAC semifinals for the … Read more

Yale captain Denis Nam could not even watch his game-winning goal sail into the back of the net. But every other set of eyes at a sold-out Ingalls Rink saw the Bulldogs take their first lead of the series. With 6:22 left in the third period, Yale went ahead 2-1 and held on to tie … Read more

Wayne State scored a CHA tournament-record five goals in the third period to overcome a 3-1 deficit to defeat number two-seed Niagara, 6-4, in the first semifinal of the 2003 College Hockey America tournament. Seniors Marc St. Jean and Dustin Kingston each scored two goals to pace the Warriors offense, which had to overcome three … Read more

The fifth time was the charm, and charmed is exactly what this season might be for St. Norbert. Behind a goal from each of the four forward lines and a defenseman, the Green Knights are headed to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four for the first time. After four national quarterfinal failures in four tries, … Read more

Michigan has been near-flawless at home in the first round of the CCHA tournament since 1982. Despite a late scare, the Wolverines continued their first-round dominance Saturday night. No. 2 seeded Michigan, which is now 29-4 at Yost Ice Arena in the opening weekend of tournament action, took advantage of a strong first period and … Read more