If there was a lesson Union could take from its 6-0 loss to Cornell on Friday, it was that you need to play a tough defensive game to win. The Dutchmen proved to be excellent scholars. They did to Colgate what was done to them by Cornell. The Dutchmen held the Raiders to 16 shots … Read more
Going 40 shots without hitting the back of the net could be seriously demoralizing for some teams. Colorado College will tell you it’s not one of them. Michigan Tech goaltender Cam Ellsworth stopped 55 of the 58 shots the second-ranked Tigers unleashed Saturday night — including the first 40 — but CC finally broke through … Read more
Perhaps the most telling sign of what to expect in Saturday’s rematch with No. 1 Maine could be read on the faces of the Warriors. They weren’t at all satisfied. Within a span of 3:48 in the waning minutes Friday night, Merrimack College squandered two one-goal leads against the best team in the land and … Read more
Ninth-ranked Ohio State completed a two-game sweep of Bowling Green, beating the Falcons, 6-1, Friday in front of 11,287 fans in Value City Arena. The win extends the Buckeyes’ unbeaten streak to 10 games (9-0-1) and their winning streak to five. Said Buckeye head coach John Markell, “Our guys appreciate the crowd — we would … Read more
The Wisconsin Badgers collected their second league win of the season by triumphing over the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in a 2-1 overtime thriller Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison. Excluding an exhibition with Team Italy, the victory was the Badgers’ first at home since mid-October. Brad Winchester collected his sixth goal of the season … Read more
Miami blew a 2-1 lead in the third period to continue its road woes as Vince Bellissimo’s game winner at 13:34, his fourth goal in his last two games, put Western Michigan over the RedHawks 3-2. A neutral-zone turnover by Miami (14-9-2, 8-7-2 CCHA) turned into a 3-on-0 rush the other way, and before the … Read more
Craig Levey scored a goal in each of the first two periods, and freshman Brian Keane got a goal and an assist in the third period to help Hobart break a 2-2 tie on the road en route to a 5-2 victory over a pesky Brockport team in a nonconference matchup at the Tuttle North … Read more
The scoreboard said it was a tie, and the standings will reflect that. But there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that it was a moral victory for Michigan Tech. The Huskies completed an improbable third-period comeback from a two-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with second-ranked Colorado College Friday night at MacInnes Arena. With … Read more
Senior Mike Ryan scored a goal and added an assist while sophomore netminder Keni Gibson made 32 saves as Northeastern beat Massachusetts-Lowell 4-1 in the battle of the cellar-dwellers in Hockey East Friday at the Tsongas Arena in front of 2,208 fans. “Keni Gibson played great tonight, he did what he does when he’s really … Read more
Sometimes your goaltender can win a game for you. On Friday night David Cann did just that for the Colgate Raiders, making 28 saves to shut down the Rensselaer Engineers and pick up his third career shutout — second of the year — and give his Raiders a 3-0 win. Cann came up big for … Read more
Brown defeated St. Lawrence 4-3 Friday night at Meehan Auditorium. Brown took a 1-0 lead early in the game and the Saints were never able to get ahead of the Bears. Brown took a 4-1 lead halfway through the second period but the Saints crept back in the third, cutting the lead to one. Brown … Read more
It was men among boys Friday at Achilles Rink. Union never stood a chance against fourth-ranked Cornell. Ryan Vesce had two goals and an assist, and goalie David LeNeveu recorded his fourth shutout of the season as the dominating Big Red thoroughly outclassed the Dutchmen in a 6-0 ECAC victory. Cornell (8-1 ECAC, 13-3 overall) … Read more
Marty Rychley’s first goal of the season put Mercyhurst in front for good, Adam Rivers had a tally and an assist, and steady goaltending from Adam Franck backstopped Mercyhurst up the MAAC ladder with a 5-1 win at first-place Quinnipiac Friday. The victory was the third straight for Mercyhurst and stretched its unbeaten streak to … Read more
Yale freshman goaltender Josh Gartner, making just his third career start, made 24 saves and got goals from four different teammates to lead the visiting Bulldogs to a 4-1 win over Notre Dame Friday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Joyce Center. On the night, the Irish, playing their first home game … Read more
Sometimes you get one of those Christmas gifts that just keeps on giving. St. Cloud State got one this year with the return of Derek Eastman to the defensive corps, and even though it’s nearly three weeks after the holiday, that gift is one that was never meant to be returned. Since his insertion into … Read more
They might as well have dubbed it “Waiting to Exhale at the Whitt.” UNH’s Steve Saviano works his way around UMass freshman Chris Capraro. Saviano assisted on the OT gamewinner. (Photos by James Schaff) In a game that was far more exciting than a 2-1 affair should ever be, Nathan Martz scored 48 seconds into … Read more
With four seconds left and a safe 6-3 lead over No. 3 Minnesota, Dartmouth coach Judy Oberting called a surprise timeout. It wasn’t to make a statement to the Gophers she said, but rather to preserve the moment. For the Big Green, it was as close to a full team as they had dressed all … Read more
Minnesota State’s Tristin Stephenson scored with 1:54 remaining to play as the Mavericks (6-12-3 overall) extended their unbeaten streak to five games with a 2-1 win over Wayne State (5-11-0). MSU scored the only goal of the opening period as Devon Nichols picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated in and beat … Read more
The Denver Pioneers scored two goals in the last minute to pull even with the Minnesota State Mavericks, 3-3, in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play Saturday night at Magness Arena. With the tie Denver is 15-6-4, 6-5-4 and Minnesota State is 9-7-7, 7-5-5. “We were very fortunate to get the tie and one point,” said … Read more
It was your basic, run-of-the-mill 140-foot shot that went in — just the way Boston College coach Jerry York diagrammed it. Trailing 2-1 to Boston University more than halfway through the third period, BC used a failed touchdown pass from John Adams in his own defensive zone to Ben Eaves at the far blue line … Read more