Brown came from two behind in the third period to tie Clarkson 3-3 in the regular season finale for both teams. Sophomore defenseman Gerry Burke scored the game-tying goal — his second goal in three games — with just over eight minutes to go in the game. Both teams earned two points with a pair … Read more

One night after erasing a big lead in a tie against Denver, Minnesota apparently wasn’t satisfied. Saturday, the Gophers went one better, again watching the Pioneers accumulate a three-goal lead before scoring six straight times in an 8-5 win at Mariucci Arena. With Denver up 4-1 midway through the second period, Minnesota stunned the Pioneers … Read more

Historic. Emotional. Exciting. All words to describe Saturday’s game between Quinnipiac and Connecticut, the battle for the second annual “Heroes’ Hat” played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Bobcats, playing in the world’s most famous arena, narrowly beat the Huskies by the score of 4-3. The game itself was huge for both … Read more

St. Cloud State did its part. Now, if the Huskies could just get some help. After competing its first sweep of the conference season, and second overall, with a 7-0 win over Alaska-Anchorage in front of 6,286 fans at the National Hockey Center Saturday night, the Huskies moved back to two games over .500 in … Read more

Union didn’t get a first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs, but it did get a matchup with a familiar foe. The Dutchmen’s 2-1 loss to Dartmouth in the ECAC regular-season finale Saturday at Achilles Rink kept them in sixth place. They will face Capital Region rival Rensselaer in the best-of-three series starting Friday. It is … Read more

Sophomore forward Jeremy Cheyne’s fifth goal of the season at 8:21 of the third period broke a 2-2 deadlock and 24 saves by freshman goaltender Scott Foster helped lead Western Michigan to key 4-2 victory over Notre Dame. Cheyne put in a rebound from a shot by junior captain Dana Lattery on a two-on-one rush … Read more

Hobart played an aggressive game, scoring an early third period goal to re-tie the game for the second time. But RIT tallied the game-winning goal just under seven minutes into the third period and held off a furious Hobart charge at the end, ultimately scoring two empty-net goals to preserve the 6-3 win. “Hobart is … Read more

It took Colorado College seven years to regain the MacNaughton Cup. On Friday, the top-ranked Tigers did so in convincing fashion. Senior Noah Clarke notched his first career hat trick and Curtis McElhinney stopped 23 shots as Colorado College clinched its seventh WCHA regular-season championship, and first since 1996, with a 8-1 rout of MSU-Mankato. … Read more

New Hampshire’s Friday night game plan was to make Saturday’s rematch at the Whittemore Center meaningful in the fight for a Hockey East title. Mission accomplished. Barely. Colin Hemingway’s game-tying, extra-skater goal with 42 seconds left in regulation gave UNH a 3-3 tie with Boston College and kept alive the Wildcats’ hope of a regular … Read more

Friday night at Mariucci Arena, Denver kept late-charging Minnesota from a complete reversal of fortune, but the teams settled for a 3-3 tie with home ice in the WCHA playoffs on the line. After claiming an early 3-0 lead through two periods of play by exploiting Minnesota’s defensive miscues, the Pioneers watched as the Gophers … Read more

Behind a four-goal second period, Connecticut edged past Quinnipiac, 5-4, on Friday evening at the UConn Ice Arena. Mark Murphy scored the game winner for the Huskies seconds after the Bobcats had rallied to tie the game in the third period. Rob Hammel put the Bobcats on the board at the midway mark of the … Read more

If Saturday’s game between Michigan Tech and Wisconsin in Green Bay didn’t already have enough meaning, it now has a little bit more. The Huskies will be looking to regain control of eighth place after the Badgers beat them, 3-2, Friday night at MacInnes Arena and temporarily took over sole possession of eighth in the … Read more

Dartmouth got five goals and seven assists from its top line, including a hat trick from freshman center Mike Ouellette, and the Big Green went on to defeat Rensselaer, 7-1. Along with Ouellette’s hat trick, sophomore right wing Lee Stempniak had a goal and four assists and left wing Hugh Jessiman, a freshman who had … Read more

It’s not too often that a goaltender pitches a shutout but is outdone by his counterpart on the opposite side of the rink, but on this night that was just the case. Chris King did everything he possibly could have Friday night, but in the end as he stood outside his locker stall deep inside … Read more

After 22 penalties, two lead changes, and over 61 minutes of hockey, Friday night’s game between Clarkson and Harvard came down to one of the ECAC’s leading goal-scorers standing in anticipation near his blue line, a goaltender performing his ritual slapping of the goalposts, and a lonely puck at center ice. A penalty shot. In … Read more

Vermont goalie Shawn Conschafter nearly eliminated Union from first-round bye consideration with his 24-save effort through two periods Friday as he protected a two-goal lead. But in the third period, the Dutchmen finally wore down Conschafter. The Dutchmen scored four times in the third, two by defenseman Matt Vagvolgyi, and kept their bye hopes alive … Read more

In a typical Potsdam-Oswego playoff game, the Great Lakers eked out a 4-3 victory in the first game of the SUNYAC semifinals in a hard fought, hard hitting, highly emotional contest. So much about the game was close — both teams had seven power play opportunities, both teams took advantage of one of them, and … Read more

Friday night’s game between Providence and Massachusetts-Lowell featured two teams fighting for their playoff lives. The Friars, tied with Boston University for the fourth and final home-ice slot in Hockey East, were looking for a big win to force the Terriers into taking three out of four points at Maine. The River Hawks, battling Northeastern … Read more