Wisconsin and No. 14 St. Cloud State skated to a 2-2 tie on a night when each team played without one of its best. The Huskies entered Friday’s contest without top goal-scorer Ryan Malone, who is recovering from a knee injury. Alex Leavitt, the sophomore assist leader for UW, was also absent in the wake … Read more
With a crucial game tied 1-1 midway through the second period, Colgate’s Scooter Smith struck twice for the Raiders to ignite his team en route to a 5-1 victory over Union on Friday. The Dutchmen are now 1-16 at Starr Rink. Colgate’s leading scorer fired his 18th goal of the season past the left pad … Read more
The rollercoaster year for Boston College’s Tony Voce continues. The junior forward for the Eagles began the season on a scoring tear, only to see his offense dry up leading into the holiday break. After being a healthy scratch in the Eagles first game back after the break, Voce returned a house afire, scoring 17 … Read more
Junior center Rich Peverley scored two goals and had three assists and freshman linemate John Zeiler had a goal and four assists as St. Lawrence rolled to a 9-4 victory over Princeton Friday night. The Saints, now 9-18-4 overall and 6-11-2 in the ECAC, kept hopes for home ice in the first round of the … Read more
Mercyhurst scored four third-period goals, three of them in eight minutes, to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 6-3 victory over Iona. The win guarantees the Lakers will host a MAAC quarterfinal game. “When you get a game winner in a game like this, considering how big is, it definitely feels good,” said sophomore David … Read more
Senior captain Ed McGrane scored the eventual game-tying goal at 14:53 of the third period, along with adding an assist as the UMass-Lowell tied No. 4 New Hampshire 4-4 Friday evening in front of 5,254 fans at the Tsongas Arena. “Clearly a very good point for our team,” said UML head coach Blaise MacDonald. “I … Read more
Yale dominated from the opening faceoff to the final whistle to hand Clarkson its fourth straight defeat by the score of 3-1, in front of 2,495 at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena. The win solidifies Yale’s hopes for a first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs, while the loss nearly guarantees the Golden Knights their first losing season … Read more
Tom Cavanagh scored two unanswered goals to keep Dartmouth at a stiff-arm’s distance on Friday night, helping his Harvard Crimson escape Thompson Arena with a 4-1 win. Harvard stormed out of the gates as though still trying to come back from the three-goal deficit it failed to make up in its previous game against Cornell. … Read more
With a will to score and a crash-the-net mentality, the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks jumped out to a 2-0 lead over the Ohio State Buckeyes less than six minutes into the opening period, and — spurred on by Keith Bartusch’s rock-solid performance in net — held on to upset No. 11 OSU 4-1. The win ended OSU’s … Read more
Brown goaltender Yann Danis broke the school record for shutouts in a season with his fourth, Friday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Danis blanked Vermont for the second time this year, turning away 30 shots in a 3-0 victory. On November 8, Danis beat the Catamounts 5-0 with a 29-save performance at Meehan Auditorium. Brown’s Chris Legg … Read more
The penalty shot stirs excitement — and controversy; Hockey East officiating comes under the microscope; the PairWise Rankings misbehave; Maine’s Gray Shaneberger puts it all together; and amidst it all, Dave Hendrickson relates some news of a family nature.
With the regular season drawing to a close, Jim Connelly answers the MAAC’s imponderable questions — the 50-50 imponderables, at least. Also: Quinnipiac shows the rest of the league its two sides at an inopportune time.
Fredonia goaltender Will Hamele has been named 2002-2003 SUNYAC player of the year and Oswego’s George Roll coach of the year. Hamele helped lead the Blue Devils to a 10-4 conference record in his senior season, which earned Fredonia the second seed in this year’s conference tournament. He ranks third among conference goaltenders with a … Read more
Holy Cross was looking for revenge against the second-place team in the MAAC after dropping a 6-1 decision to the Quinnipiac Bobcats in the opening of its 2002-2003 campaign. Although it looked grim for the Crusaders after the first period when they fell behind 3-0, Holy Cross capitalized on a four-goal second period to go … Read more
Oswego completes an incredible run to the title as Fredonia collapses; Brockport misses the playoffs by a single tick of the clock; and Plattsburgh honors one of Division III’s top goaltenders. Russell Jaslow reports.
With just two weekends of play left in the ECAC West regular season, only one team — league-leading RIT — has clinched a playoff berth. Buckle up for a wild finish, highlighted this weekend by Scott Biggar’s Game of the Week: Manhattanville at Utica.
Disciplinary action shakes up the Findlay lineup; UAH makes a statement against Wayne State; and Geof F. Morris takes a shot at the CHA’s final standings.
Several top teams get an unaccustomed break; two more leagues open postseason play; and the last weekend in the ECAC East and NESCAC is required to settle a lot of questions.
Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves was reprimanded by the school for physical contact against one of his players, two newspapers have reported. It’s been reported Eaves had a run-in with Badgers sophomore forward Alex Leavitt, a 19-year-old from Edmonton, Alberta, at the team’s hotel after a loss at North Dakota on Nov. 23. In Thursday’s editions … Read more
Providence and New Hampshire have headed up Hockey East in its inaugural season. Now the two teams will look to decide the regular-season title — and fight for NCAA qualification — this weekend.