Exactly four weeks ago, Merrimack and Massachusetts-Lowell played a wide-open, pond-hockey game with the River Hawks coming away with a 6-5 victory. If any of the 1,117 fans at the Volpe Center on Tuesday night expected a repeat, they didn’t get it. Just the same, though, few left disappointed as Lowell and Merrimack battled to … Read more
On a team full of offensive threats, CC defenseman Tom Preissing is going for some lofty numbers of his own.
Boston College and Northeastern finished on opposite ends of history at the conclusion of one Beanpot semifinal. With a 3-2 win, BC attained its first Hockey East victory and first victory over Northeastern in two decades. For Northeastern (7-16-2, 3-8-1 Hockey East), the loss was its fifth in a row. A year after finishing on … Read more
Harvard and Northeastern in the Beanpot championship game; Boston College and Boston University in the consolation. Now that would be something new. In the tournament’s 50-year history, it’s never happened. Make that 51 years. As has been the case of late, BU and BC will tangle for all the beans while relegating the Crimson and … Read more
The USA Hockey Foundation Monday announced the top 10 candidates for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. (See listing and bios below.) An award of the USA Hockey Foundation, Patty Kazmaier Award recognizes the most outstanding player in women’s college hockey each season. This year the awards dinner, set for Saturday, March 22 at the … Read more
After the two teams battled evenly for the first 52 minutes, this Beanpot semifinal came down to a 75-second stretch. Boston University goalie Sean Fields made an amazing kick save on a two-on-one to preserve a 1-1 game, and the charged-up Terriers responded with Freddy Meyer’s game-winner just over a minute later. The 2-1 win … Read more
Being just the second college goalie to play in the World Juniors for Team Canada was a cherished experience for Cornell’s Dave LeNeveu.
Colorado College was the only team in the top five of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll not to lose a game, and ascended to the number one position in this week’s poll. After winning two games against No. 3 North Dakota, the Tigers captured 35 of the 40 first-place votes for a commanding lead … Read more
Let the trash-talking begin. The storied rivalry between Boston College and Boston University will once again be renewed on the greatest of the city’s stages thanks to Boston College’s 5-2 win in Monday’s second semifinal of the 51st annual Beanpot. The Eagles will meet the Terriers, themselves 2-1 winners over Harvard in the opening game, … Read more
Rest Factor In Beanpots past the Harvard Crimson had a legitimate gripe to claim the role of underdog. Hockey East, the conference of the other three Beanpot schools — BC, BU and Northeastern — allowed those teams to play only one game the weekend before each Beanpot Monday. Harvard’s conference, the ECAC, wasn’t as generous. … Read more
Lucas Lawson scored the game-winner with six seconds remaining in overtime as top-ranked Maine escaped No. 5 New Hampshire with a 3-2 win in front of a rowdy and thunderous 6,501 at the Whittemore Center Sunday evening. “It was really exciting; I thought both teams played fantastic,” commented Maine head coach Tim Whitehead. “It was … Read more
The Beanpot, now past half a century old, continues to capture the imaginations of hockey fans in Boston, around New England and nationwide.
Just like Friday’s game against Miami, Michigan State on Saturday fell behind two goals to the RedHawks. Unlike Friday, the Spartans had a rally in them, coming from behind for a 3-2 victory to gain a split of the weekend series. Brian Maloney, David Booth and Mike Lalonde provided the offense as Michigan State (15-10-2, … Read more
Joe Motzko had a goal and three assists as St. Cloud State earned a weekend split by beating Michigan Tech, 4-1, Saturday night at MacInnes Arena. Matt Gens, Joe Jensen and Jon Cullen also scored for St. Cloud (13-10-3, 9-8-3 WCHA). Jake Moreland made 29 saves. Colin Murphy and Frank Werner scored for Michigan Tech … Read more
There’s a well-known maxim in hockey that goals in the last minutes of the period can be huge lifts or incredible deflators. Tonight, down 3-1 with 1:39 to play in the first period, Providence notched two goals within 25 seconds en route to a 5-3 victory against Massachusetts. Friar co-captain Jon DiSalvatore was the first … Read more
Wayne State blitzes Niagara, 5-2 Win leaves NU winless all-time v. WSU by Matt Mackinder/USCHO Arena Reporter PLYMOUTH, Mich. — It took a little bit longer than seven seconds, but like Friday night, Niagara got on the board first against Wayne State. But even so, the Purple Eagles are still winless in three years worth … Read more
Clarkson dominated from the opening faceoff and scored seven goals in two periods to hand RPI its sixth straight loss by a score of 7-1 before a crowd of 3,016 at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena. The offensive explosion for the Knights matched their highest goal output of the season and moved Clarkson into a tie for … Read more
Hugh Jessiman and Jarrett Sampson each had a goal and an assist and Nick Boucher had 26 saves, including all 11 shots he faced in the third period, to lead the Dartmouth Big Green to victory over the Yale Bulldogs, 4-3, before a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. The win extends Dartmouth’s streak … Read more
For the second game in a row, No. 7 Wisconsin (14-6-5 overall, 7-5-4 WCHA) needed a wakeup call. For the second game in a row, the Badgers got it in the form of a Minnesota State (7-16-3, 2-13-3) goal. The Mavericks scored eight minutes, 37 seconds into the period and the Badgers, who didn’t get … Read more
What a difference a day makes — just 24 little hours. Iona used a three-goal third period on Friday night to defeat American International College 3-0. On Saturday night it was AIC’s turn to score three goals in less than three minutes to turn a two-goal deficit into a 3-2 victory as the Yellow Jackets … Read more