Lee Stempniak scored all three Dartmouth goals in a 3-1 Big Green victory at Thompson Arena to extend the ECAC Quarterfinals against Colgate to a third game. Stempniak has feasted on the Raiders throughout his career. This was his second hat trick against them this season, increasing his total to eight goals in eight games … Read more

Nursing a one-goal lead after an even first period, the potent Providence offense exploded for 19 shots and four goals in the second period and the Friars cruised to win, 7-0. Asked about the second period, Connecticut coach Heather Linstad said, “It was a nightmare.” Providence coach Bob Deraney had a different view of the … Read more

Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves calls Minnesota State “a team of destiny.” He might be on to something. The Mavericks (20-8-10) rallied from a two-goal deficit, then tied the game with under a minute remaining in regulation before winning 6-5 in double overtime. The win gave MSU the playoff sweep and sent the Mavericks to the … Read more

Colgate persevered with a 4-3 victory in an epic quadruple-overtime battle on Friday night to avenge Dartmouth’s double overtime win in the first game of last year’s ECAC playoffs. Raider forward Kyle Wilson scored 1:05 into the fourth overtime period to finally defeat Dartmouth in the ECAC quarterfinal at Thompson Arena Friday night. The game … Read more

Fifth-seed Boston University will look to become the lowest seed to ever win the Hockey East tournament thanks to a thrilling, 6-5 double overtime victory on Friday night over second-seed Boston College in game two of the semifinals of the 19th annual Hockey East tournament in Boston. The hero of the night for the Terriers … Read more

Harvard has no shortage of offensive stars: three of the ECAC’s top four scorers (Tim Pettit, Dominic Moore, and Brett Nowak), a smooth playmaker (Tom Cavanagh), and one of the league’s top-scoring defenseman (Noah Welch). So would you believe that Harvard took a 1-0 lead over Vermont in its ECAC quarterfinal series without a goal … Read more

Brent Robinson scored 9:40 into overtime, breaking a 43:40 scoreless stretch for Brown to lead the visiting Bears past Yale, 4-3, before a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink in game one of the ECAC quarterfinals. “That was a great college hockey game,” said Brown coach Roger Grillo. “I am very pleased with how … Read more

Five minutes into this one, it was all Ohio State. “This was simply, I think, a case of men against boys,” said Nebraska-Omaha head coach Mike Kemp. “They were a dominant team tonight, really out-competed us in every aspect.” Scott May netted two goals, RJ Umberger had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Kesler … Read more

If not for Peter Sejna, Alaska-Anchorage may have pulled off the biggest upset of the year. The Hobey Baker candidate notched the game-winning goal and added two assists for his 25th multiple-point game of the season as top-ranked Colorado College struggled past the Seawolves, 5-3, in the opening game of their WCHA first-round series. The … Read more

Andrew Murray had two goals and two assists, and Grady Hunt saved all 29 shots he faced in leading Bemidji State to a 4-0 victory over Findlay in the first round of the College Hockey America tournament in Kearney, Neb. Bemidji has now held opponents scoreless for the last 233:17. Grady Hunt has been a … Read more

After a scoreless first period, the Wayne State Warriors rode power-play goals from senior defenseman Keith Stanich to defeat Air Force, 4-2, in the first round of the College Hockey America tournament in Kearney, Neb. Air Force was on the short end of the shot margin, 7-11, in the first period, but they seemed to … Read more

The Denver Pioneers scored two goals 33 seconds apart in the third period to take a 4-1 victory from North Dakota in the first game of the WCHA best-of-three series. “A lot of things went well for us tonight,” said Denver coach George Gwozdecky. “We got the first goal on a very fortunate bounce. We … Read more

Miami’s top goal scorer, Greg Hogeboom, scored three goals and linemate Mike Kompon assisted all three tallies to lead the RedHawks to a 4-2 win over Notre Dame in the opening game of the CCHA playoffs on Friday night. The victory improves Miami to 21-15-3 on the season while the Irish are now 15-16-6. Defense … Read more

Five years later, Minnesota-Duluth still has a winning touch at home in the playoffs. The Bulldogs opened the Western Collegiate Hockey Association post-season with a wild 5-4 victory over St. Cloud State before 3,834 fans at the DECC on Friday night. UMD (19-13-5) takes a 1-0 lead into Saturday’s second game in the best-of-3 series. … Read more

Michigan State moved one game closer to winning its CCHA first-round playoff series against Alaska-Fairbanks as the Spartans posted 11 goals during an 11-1 drubbing of UAF at Munn Ice Arena. The 11-goal outburst is the best offensive production by MSU in the CCHA playoffs, Spartans coach Rick Comley made sure his team started focusing … Read more

Cornell scored just once on five power-play opportunities Friday in its ECAC tournament quarterfinal-round game against Rensselaer. Still, it was a success. The Big Red generated 13 shots, five coming on their one full power play of the second period. That tired out the Engineers. Cornell took advantage. Matt Moulson’s goal midway though the second … Read more

Justin Kinnunen’s luck changed Friday night, and the junior defenseman helped stake Northern Michigan to a lead in its CCHA first-round playoff series. Kinnunen, who had one goal in the regular season, recorded his first career hat trick in the Wildcats’ 8-3 victory over Western Michigan. “I usually don’t have that much luck,” Kinnunen said. … Read more

Ferris State still has a perfect record in playoff games played at home. Derek Nesbitt netted a goal and three assists while Mike Brown made 31 saves to lead the Bulldogs over Lake Superior State 6-1. Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels was quick to comment about the score. “It was not a 6-1 game,” … Read more

After letting up a first period goal, Wisconsin-River Falls scored five unanswered goals to defeat St. Thomas, 5-1, in the NCAA Division III quarterfinal round and move on to the Frozen Four. St. Thomas took the initial lead when Tomery Stolz scored late in the first period. River Falls responded with three goals in the … Read more