A year after the Beanpot’s golden anniversary, Boston University struck silver. The Terriers won the prestigious local tournament for the 25th time Monday night, riding a 31-save performance by MVP Sean Fields to beat Boston College 3-2 for a compelling win in a classic battle witnessed by 17,565 FleetCenter fans. Despite losing all three hotly-contested … Read more

Sitting three points behind Boston University for the last home ice slot, Providence could not afford to split two games as it did with Northeastern and Massachusetts. There was an urgency for the Friars to parlay a 6-1 win at Lowell on Friday into a huge game against New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon. And that … Read more

The sudden mean streak in standout center Marco Rosa, Merrimack’s best all-around player, cost the Warriors dearly in their upset bid against second-ranked Maine on Sunday. Rosa was whistled for three penalties in Sunday’s matinee — twice within the game’s first 21 minutes — and the Black Bears capitalized on two of them on their … Read more

Ryan Manitowich’s goal at 7:36 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and powered Iona to a 4-2 victory over Connecticut. While the Gaels finished off the weekend sweep of the Huskies, more importantly, Iona took sole possession of the eighth and final MAAC playoff spot. Despite the victory, Iona coach Frank Bretti continues … Read more

The Michigan Tech Huskies showed why nobody in the WCHA should take them for granted, shocking North Dakota 5-2 and handing the No. 3 Sioux their first home loss of the season. “It’s definitely our biggest win,” said MTU wing Colin Murphy, who scored two goals. “Since Christmas, we’ve been playing real good. We had … Read more

Nick Deschenes and Joe Zappala scored goals 37 seconds apart late in the third period to erase Clarkson’s 4-3 lead and give the Bulldogs a 5-4 victory in front of an energized sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. After losing their only lead of the night after erasing three one-goal Yale advantages, the Golden … Read more

After RIT built a big lead and Elmira rallied furiously to tie the game at the end of regulation, the result Saturday night was logical. Both teams had chances in overtime — Elmira the better ones — and with 1:44 remaining in the extra stanza, RIT was called for too many men on the ice. … Read more

The magic of Starr Rink just won’t rub off. For the second time in as many weeks, Colgate thrilled its home fans with an overtime victory, as the Raiders fended off Dartmouth 2-1 on Saturday night. After blocking a Big Green (12-10-1, 8-8-0 ECAC) shot, Colgate (11-14-3, 6-8-2) assistant captain Brad D’Arco sprang fellow senior … Read more

From the opening faceoff, it was never in doubt. In possibly its biggest weekend of the season, Holy Cross passed the test with flying colors, not only capturing four points in the standings, but drubbing AIC 8-2 at the Hart Center on the back end of a home-and-home series. “This was a great weekend for … Read more

Should the Detroit Lions be worried? New Detroit coach Steve Mariucci, a Northern Michigan alum, spoke to the Wildcats before their game vs. Michigan Saturday night. Maybe Mariucci should have kept quiet. He certainly was quiet in the stands, as he watched his alma mater play its worst game of the season — a 5-1 … Read more

It was a case of too little, too late. After trailing by five goals through 40 minutes, St. Cloud State (4-16-0 overall, 9-19-0 WCHA) mounted a third-period comeback that brought the Huskies within 6-4, but Maria Rooth’s empty-net goal with 55 seconds to play ended the threat and gave No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth (18-1-1, 24-2-2) a … Read more

The upstart Bentley Falcons went on the road in hopes of upsetting another MAAC powerhouse Saturday night, but fell to the Quinnipiac Bobcats by the score of 5-1. Bentley, while playing much better than expected this season, has now lost to Quinnipiac 17 games in a row. The Bobcats took a 2-0 lead in the … Read more

When Vince Bellissimo tied the game for Western Michigan with less than four minutes left in the third, it looked as though the Broncos and Buckeyes would see overtime for the second night in a row — until Miguel Lafleche responded just 14 seconds later to give Ohio State the go-ahead goal and eventual victory. … Read more

There’s just something about the Big Red Freakout. The Brown Bears found out for the sixth time that the Rensselaer Engineers have the edge when it comes to this game. Saturday, it was an overtime goal by Ryan Shields that led the Engineers to a 4-3 victory, breaking their seven-game losing and nine-game winless streaks … Read more

Excuse Vermont for not feeling sorry for Dave LeNeveu. The Cornell goaltender, having already shut out Vermont once this season, lost another shutout bid in the game’s closing minutes Saturday night. It was the only blemish in the otherwise complete manhandling by the Big Red, 8-1, at Lynah Rink. It was the third straight game … Read more

The last time the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves played a Saturday night game in Madison, a bench-clearing brawl ensued. This time around, the only knockout came in the form of a 4-2 Wisconsin victory. Though it has taken all season to do it, the Badgers managed to pull off a weekend sweep in the WCHA. Saturday marked … Read more

Although the Alumni Cup had already been clinched with a weekend sweep by Massachusetts earlier in the year, UMass-Lowell got some sweet redemption by keeping its brother school from clinching a Hockey East playoff spot with a 3-2 victory. “Desperate times take desperate measures,” Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald said. “I don’t have an adjective to … Read more

Army’s special teams rose to the forefront once again as the Black Knights reclaimed the Challenge Trophy with a 4-0 shutout of Royal Military College of Canada before a sold-out Tate Rink crowd of 2,859 Saturday night. Army (13-12-0) increased its all-time lead in the international series to 37-29-6 with the help of three power-play … Read more