Under an odd set of circumstances, North Dakota held on to the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll despite not winning either of two games this weekend. North Dakota faced its strongest opponent of the year, Colorado College, in Grand Forks. The two teams battled to a 4-4 stalemate both nights, … Read more
In the first USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll of 2003, Harvard remained in first place, just six points over No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth. There was only limited action this weekend, with only one game being played among the top three teams, as No. 1 Harvard cruised past Wayne State by a 9-0 margin. Minnesota-Duluth and No. … Read more
The Soaring Eagles remained the only team to capture first place in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll in the 2002-2003 season, despite remaining idle this week. Elmira returns to action Saturday and Sunday, hosting Neumann. The biggest results of the week came from Williams, making a tour through the west. After defeating No. 7 … Read more
Gustavus Adolphus scored twice in a 26-second span late in the second period and held on for a 3-1 win over No. 7 Williams College at the Don Roberts Ice Rink. The Gusties (6-3-2), playing their first game in three weeks, stayed close to the nationally-ranked Ephs (5-4-1) until goals by Josefin Pettersson, at 16:21, … Read more
Michigan freshman goalie Al Montoya has come up huge in some of the Wolverines’ most crucial games this season. Sunday’s contest against CCHA foe Miami was his most important game yet and Montoya didn’t disappoint, stoning the RedHawks 34 times, including seven on power plays, as No. 10 Michigan overcame a 36-21 shot differential to … Read more
Cornell got used to blowing out teams early in the season — even good teams like Boston University — to the tune of a 50-15 goal differential. But for the fifth straight time, the fifth-ranked Big Red found themselves in a one-goal game. As good teams do, however, they found a way to win. Senior … Read more
By Matthew F. Sacco USCHO Arena Reporter After spending the last few weeks in the “others receiving votes category,” Massachusetts staked its claim for its first-ever national ranking by following a 3-2 win over No. 7 Boston College on Friday, with a 5-4 pulse-pounding victory over Providence. Defenseman Thomas Pock got the game winner, a … Read more
Dustin Kingston scored two goals to lead Wayne State to a 5-3 win over Air Force Sunday at the Cadet Ice Arena. Wayne State took three points in the series with a win and a tie and improved to 7-11-1 overall and 2-3-1 in the CHA. Air Force fell to 8-11-1 overall and 2-5-1 in … Read more
Freshman defenseman J.R. Bria scored from point-blank range with just 2.3 seconds to play in regulation time to lift Colgate to a 3-3 tie with St. Lawrence Sunday night. Bria found himself unguarded at the side of the Saint net with Colgate goalie David Cann pulled for an extra attacker and redirected a pass from … Read more
It was like deja vu all over again. One night after Boston University dominated the first period to grab a 2-0 lead that Northeastern never recovered from, the two teams followed a similar script to a 7-2 BU win. The back end of the home-and-home series, played at Walter Brown Arena, completed a sweep of … Read more
Nick Hamm’s first career goal proved to be the game winner, and four different Army players scored to lead the Black Knights to a 4-2 victory over visiting American International in front of 1,910 fans at Tate Rink Saturday night. With the win, Army (8-9-0, 6-7-0 MAAC) completed a weekend sweep of the Yellow Jackets … Read more
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman prospect Jeff Woywitka scored with 8:20 left in the third period, giving Canada a 3-2 win over the United States on Friday, in the semifinals of the World Junior Championships. Team Canada (5-0), which had a bye in the opening round of medal-round play, outshot the U.S., 42-15, and advances to the … Read more
The Colorado College Tigers appeared to be on their way to unseating North Dakota as the number-one team in the nation when the Sioux abruptly changed their plans. Trailing 4-2 with under two minutes to play, UND’s Brandon Bochenski scored on the power play at 18:13 to narrow the Tigers’ lead to one goal. North … Read more
Katie Gilbert The situation Minnesota State and Wisconsin faced Saturday night looked very familiar. With the score tied at four goals each, the Badgers and the Mavericks headed into overtime, much like the previous night’s two-goal tie at the end of regulation. But this time, the outcome was different, as the result was a 4-4 … Read more
Michigan began its second-half gauntlet of a schedule on the right skate. Freshman Jeff Tambellini scored his fifth goal in seven games at the 2:43 mark of overtime and Michigan’s defense held Miami’s high-powered top two lines in check for a 3-2 victory Saturday night. “We were lucky,” Michigan coach Red Berenson said. “Miami is … Read more
Eleven different players tallied points for Alaska-Fairbanks Saturday night as the Nanooks defeated the Bowling Green Falcons 6-3 at the BG Ice Arena. With the victory the Nanooks picked up three points in the front half of a four-game road trip. While the Falcons played shorthanded on Friday night, It was the Nanooks who played … Read more
RIT rode three goals in the latter half of the first period and a hat trick by captain Sam Hill to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Williams Ephs. Tiger senior Mike Bournazakis scored a goal and assisted on another, making him just the eighth RIT player to tally 200 points in his collegiate career. … Read more
Trailing by a goal with under a minute to play, Quinnipiac tied the game late in regulation on a marker from John Kelly, then won it in overtime on a power-play goal from Matt Froehlich to edge Canisius, 4-3. The victory allowed the Bobcats to extend their winning streak to three and improve to 12-4-1, … Read more
Everybody knew that T.J. Caig was going to make a difference. In just his second collegiate game, Caig scored on a breakaway to open up a 2-2 tie and lead Minnesota-Duluth to a split of a weekend series with Rensselaer. The Engineers had just tied the game when Justin Williams, playing in only his fourth … Read more
Wayne State’s Jack Redwood’s goal with 10 seconds remaining in the third period sent the game into overtime as the Warriors and Air Force skated to a 2-2 overtime tie Saturday at the Cadet Ice Arena. The tie was the first of the season for both teams. Air Force is now 8-10-1 overall and 2-4-1 … Read more