One took 13 regular season series, the other 16 years, but with its 5-3 win over Providence on Saturday night at the National Hockey Center, St. Cloud State accomplished a pair of pretty important feats. First and foremost would be, combined with last night’s 2-1 over the Friars, the Huskies completed their first series sweep … Read more

Steve Slonina tallied the game winner 1:59 into overtime and freshman Dominic Smart made 27 saves as Massachusetts-Lowell beat out Northeastern, 3-2, Saturday in Hockey East action in front of 1,637 fans at Matthews Arena. The game winner marked the second career deciding goal for Slonina at Matthews Arena. Slonina netted the game-winning goal on … Read more

Things are starting to look more normal around Munn Ice Arena for Michigan State fans. A potent offense, solid goaltending, outstanding special teams and more importantly, wins, are starting to surface again after being conspicuously absent all season. The Spartans ran their winning streak to five games on Saturday, beating Nebraska-Omaha, 7-0, for their second … Read more

Shane Joseph scored two goals and Grant Stevenson added three assists as the Minnesota State Mavericks defeated the Denver Pioneers in Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) play tonight at Magness Arena. The Mavericks are now unbeaten in nine straight games. Minnesota State, which tied Denver last night 3-3, earns three WCHA points and improves its … Read more

Junior forward Dana Lattery’s second career hat-trick and 26 saves from sophomore goaltender Mike Mantua helped Western Michigan win its third straight contest and complete a sweep of Miami, 4-1, at Lawson Ice Arena. Lattery’s team-leading 13th goal of the season at 7:08 of the third period sealed the victory for the Broncos (11-12-1, 9-7-0 … Read more

Call it puck luck or simply the killer instinct that separates the nation’s No. 1 team from those that are chasing it. Either way, Maine used that secret ingredient to defeat Merrimack, 2-1, and finish with three out of four points on the weekend. For the first time all year, Merrimack outshot an opponent, in … Read more

RIT rode a trio of second-period goals to a 5-2 victory over Plattsburgh. The Cardinals tried to battle back midway through the third period, but the Tigers held on for the win. It was the first time RIT has defeated Plattsburgh at home in the regular season since 1995. “We were feeling a little bit … Read more

No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth rebounded from Friday’s defeat with a 4-1 win over No. 7 Wisconsin to earn a split of the teams’ two-game series at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. Like the Badgers did Friday, the Bulldogs jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first period. Maria Rooth put UMD (18-2-2, 12-1-1 WCHA) … Read more

Brown rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to battle No. 5 St. Lawrence to a 5-5 tie Saturday afternoon at Meehan Auditorium. Freshman Keaton Zucker tied the game with her second goal of the game with less than three minutes left in regulation. St. Lawrence got on the board first at the … Read more

Often, when a team misses as many chances as Ohio State did Saturday afternoon at the National Hockey Center, the missed opportunities come back to haunt them. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, that wasn’t the case. Despite dominating nearly every facet of the game, Ohio State (7-12-2 overall, 5-6-2 WCHA) was only able to escape with … Read more

Vermont scored five goals in less than five minutes and handed Dartmouth its first home loss of the season, a 6-4 decision. The most telling statistic of the game can be found in the breakdown of the teams’ shots. Dartmouth only managed 17 shots that were on target and a whopping 16 that didn’t even … Read more

Kevin Ackley made 28 saves including 13 in the third period to give St Lawrence a 3-2 victory over Clarkson in front of a record crowd of 4,125 at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena. The win marks the first time the Saints have swept their chief rival since 1991-92 season. Ackley shook off a shaky initial five … Read more

For No. 3 Minnesota, Saturday’s 4-0 win over New Hampshire was a win in what the Gophers considered to be a must-win situation. For the Wildcats, it was another dose of the reality that they simply don’t have the talent to consistently compete with the upper rung of women’s college hockey. The defeat dropped New … Read more

Not recently has a penalty box been put to such use as in Minnesota-Duluth’s 6-2 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers Saturday night. The Bulldog offense came out strong and never slowed down in a game marred by a shocking number of penalties. The Badgers (8-13-3, 2-9-3 WCHA) suffered their biggest loss since the season opener … Read more

The Yale Bulldogs scored three unanswered goals in the second period and for the second night in a row rode the stellar goaltending of freshman Josh Gartner for a 3-1 win over Notre Dame in a game played at the Allstate Arena Saturday night. The Irish “home” game at the suburban Chicago arena was the … Read more

Elaine Topolnisky scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the game winner in the third as Minnesota State (7-12-3) extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 5-3 win over Wayne State (5-12-0). The Warriors scored more than two goals in a game for the first time since November 24, but still … Read more

Niagara continued its conference rampage as it swept Findlay in the weekend series by a combined score of 11-5, culminating in the Purple Eagles blanking the Oilers on Saturday night, 5-0. Rob Bonk recorded the shutout for the Purple Eagles (9-13-2, 6-2-2 CHA) turning away 26 shots on the night. The game was scoreless going … Read more

By Seth Cole USCHO Arena Reporter The highly-anticipated matchup lived up to its billing. Freshman Brad Roberts stopped 42 shots and senior Nic Serre scored both Army goals, as the Cadets edged service-academy rival Air Force, 2-1, before a season-high sellout crowd of 2,409 at the Cadet Ice Arena. Army snapped a two-game losing streak … Read more

The long road home for the Cornell Big Red took them through the Capital District. On Friday night the Big Red cruised to a 6-0 win over Union, on Saturday, it was a little tougher, but in the end the Big Red — which next week plays its first home games since Thanksgiving weekend — … Read more