At 3:45 in the second period, Buckeye Paul Caponigri scored his seventh goal of the season to give Ohio State a 3-0 lead over visiting Bowling Green — and at that point the Buckeyes had more goals than the Falcons had shots. That’s the way it went. The Buckeyes beat the Falcons, 6-3, a score … Read more
NHL second round pick Ed Caron, who left New Hampshire after his freshman year in 2001-2002 and transferred to Yale, will head back to UNH and enroll in classes this spring. Caron, who had already sat out one semester at Yale because of NCAA transfer rules, would need to sit out another full year at … Read more
An early goal and great goaltending was enough for RIT to defeat Fredonia, 4-0, on Wednesday, as RIT netminder Tyler Euverman earned his 11th career shutout. “We have a lot of confidence in Tyler [Euverman],” said RIT coach Wayne Wilson. “In the second half of the year he has done much, much better. We had … Read more
With a three win week, Norwich improved to a perfect 12-0 and received all 15 first-place votes for the second straight week in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. Among the other games played in the last seven days, the Cadets downed No. 8 Plattsburgh by a 5-3 score. Weighing in at second place is … Read more
Eight of the top ten teams saw action, but with all of the results, save one, going to the higher-ranked team, the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll featured no change in the top ten teams or their places, from one week ago. Elmira remained on top of the poll, earning nine of the available 12 … Read more
While Maine captured the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll by a comfortable margin, earning nearly 40 points over the nearest competitor and getting 25 first-place nods, voting was extremely close for many of the remaining spots. At the top of the poll, No. 2 Colorado College and No. 3 North … Read more
Harvard held onto the top spot of the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week with 11 first-place votes, earning two wins on the weekend, 6-0 over Yale and 5-2 over No. 8 Princeton. The Crimson enter into their exam break, with the next games coming on January 28. The nation’s No. 2 team, Minnesota-Duluth, … Read more
Minnesota center Matt Koalska is expected to be out three weeks after surgery to repair a hernia. The Gophers expect him to return for their Feb. 7-8 series at Colorado College. Koalska has been playing for the past few weeks with the hernia under the approval of team doctors, who recommended surgery soon. With Minnesota … Read more
Senior Dan Cotter scored with 4.7 seconds left in overtime, to lift Fairfield over Connecticut Saturday, 3-2, in MAAC action. Cotter’s game winner was his seventh goal, and sixth power-play tally this season The win concludes a weekend road split with the Huskies, and improves the Stags to 4-13-1 overall and 3-7-1 in the MAAC. … Read more
Freshman wing John Zeiler scored two goals and assisted on a third as St. Lawrence came from behind with six unanswered goals to take a 7-3 victory from Dartmouth Saturday night. The Saints improved to 5-13-3 overall and 2-6-1 in the ECAC with their most productive night of the season. Dartmouth, 8-0-0 at home, dropped … Read more
Saturday night’s game between North Dakota and Minnesota looked very much like Friday’s series opener. In reverse. In a contest which mirrored the scoreboard from a night earlier, Minnesota got down one early, then rallied for four consecutive goals in a 6-3 win. With the game tied at two entering the third period, the Minnesota … Read more
For the second night in a row, Merrimack took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission against Massachusetts. And again the Minutemen found a way to erase the deficit and tie the game at three in third period. But this time it was Tony Johnson and the Warriors who scored a late goal to take … Read more
One night after completely dominating the Mass.-Lowell River Hawks en route to a 6-3 victory, Boston College withstood an early Lowell onslaught and used a five-goal second period to rout the River Hawks, 7-1, to complete the weekend sweep. The key to the game — special teams. Boston College, despite struggling at times on the … Read more
Alaska-Anchorage and Wisconsin skated to a 1-1 overtime tie Saturday night. After their 2-2 tie Friday night both teams leave the weekend with two points and extended streaks. For the Seawolves, winless in the last 19 collegiate games, this marks their team record seventh tie of the season and their fourth in the last five … Read more
On a night where Northern Michigan and Michigan were upset, the same bug would not bite the Bulldogs. Trailing 3-1 in the third period, Ferris State came back to tie the Irish, 4-4, in Big Rapids. “Unlike last night, the game was a lot slower tonight,” Ferris State coach Bob Daniels said. “Both teams are … Read more
Nobody thought Western Michigan had the resolve to recover from a two-goal deficit with 17 minutes remaining. Brandon Rogers’ power-play tally at 3:02 of the third period to put Michigan up 3-1 seemed to be the insurance marker. The Wolverines (15-6-1, 9-4-1 CCHA) offense kept the puck away from the Broncos all night, outshooting WMU … Read more
St. Cloud State built an early lead only to see Denver rally to tie, but Mike Doyle tallied the key goal for the Huskies in a 5-4 win over the Pioneers. Trailing 3-1, the Pioneers capitalized twice on a five-minute power play in the second period to tie the game. Then, Doyle scored shorthanded two … Read more
Clarkson freshman goaltender Dustin Traylen stopped 17 shots and earned his first career collegiate shutout, a 1-0 decision over Vermont in front of 2,886 at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena. Randy Jones’ goal at 2:27 of the third period was enough as Traylen stopped seven shots in the third period to lead the Golden Knights to victory. … Read more
Because of its exam period, Harvard won’t play again until Jan. 31. That could be a good thing for the Crimson. It might take it until then to forget about what happened Saturday before a sleepy matinee crowd of 2,104 at Bright Hockey Center. “Gives you something to think about, doesn’t it?” asked Harvard coach … Read more
Matt Craig’s hat trick paced Quinnipiac to a 7-4 victory over Iona at the Northford Ice Pavilion as the Bobcats finished off their sweep of the home-and-home series with the Gaels. Unlike Friday night’s game that featured playoff-like hockey, Saturday night’s matchup seemed more like a group of guys getting together to play pond hockey. … Read more