The days of the two-goal Badgers were exhausted with an empty-net goal, but it’s the Wisconsin defense that kept the team afloat at its tournament. The Badgers scored more than two goals for the first time in 10 games Monday night when John Funk’s empty-netter sealed Wisconsin’s 3-1 victory over No. 14 Northern Michigan for … Read more

Alabama-Huntsville gave up two shorthanded goals to a solid Findlay penalty kill but overcame the Oilers with strong goaltending from senior Mark Byrne and two goals by senior left wing Steve Charlebois to capture its second UConn Classic title in two chances with a 4-2 victory. Findlay got the scoring going when Oiler captain and … Read more

A day before his 20th birthday, John Daigneau had quite a party at the Bradley Center. With a group of 15 to 20 family members cheering him on save by save, the Harvard backup goaltender from nearby Brookfield, Wis., made 25 saves to backstop the 13th-ranked Crimson’s 8-1 victory over Colgate on Monday. “I couldn’t … Read more

Ferris State, the first nationally-ranked team in the 10-year history of the UConn Classic, started out slowly but netted three third-period goals to shut out homestanding Connecticut 5-0 in the consolation game of the tournament. Ferris, which had been upset by Alabama-Huntsville the night before, dominated play but had difficulty getting the puck past UConn … Read more

Findlay scored two second-period goals en route to a 4-1 victory over Connecticut in the second game of the 10th annual UConn Hockey Classic on Sunday evening at the UConn Ice Arena. UConn dropped to 4-10-1 on the season after taking more than three weeks off for exams and the holiday, while the Oilers (8-6-1) … Read more

Senior Kent Gillings tallied two goals and three assists to earn MVP honors and the marquee matchup of the Ledyard Bank/Auld Lang Syne tournament turned into a blowout win for host Dartmouth, as the Big Green skated past UMass-Lowell 10-2 at the Thompson Arena in front of 3,537. Bridesmaids no more, the Big Green (8-4-0) … Read more

A third-period goal from Vermont defenseman Thomas Hajek meant that the consolation game of the Auld Lang Syne Tournament between Vermont and Notre Dame ended in a 3-3 tie at Thompson Arena Sunday afternoon. The first period was dictated by Notre Dame (8-7-3, 6-6-0 CCHA), with much of the play occurring in the Irish offensive … Read more

Ohio State’s R.J. Umberger continued his hot streak, scoring the game’s lone goal at 15:24 of the first period to lift the No. 11 Buckeyes to a 1-0 Everblades College Classic consolation game win over No. 3 Cornell at TECO Arena Sunday. Ohio State freshman goaltender Dave Caruso that score stand, stopping all 24 shots … Read more

Against teams other than ECAC foe Rensselaer, Princeton is 0-14 this season. Plus, the Tigers lost three games during a recent exhibition tour of England. But against the Engineers, the Tigers are 2-0. Backed by two goals from Patrick Neundorfer and another solid effort by goalie Trevor Clay, Princeton won for just the second time … Read more

Faced with the loss of momentum from a potential game-turning play that didn’t go its way, Northern Michigan didn’t blink. Their two-goal lead erased in the last 2 minutes, 50 seconds of the second period — gone completely with a goal that beat the horn by a matter of instants — the Wildcats collected themselves … Read more

Sunday, Merrimack captured its first tournament championship since the Reagan Administration manned the White House. But head coach Chris Serino, who in 1986 was on his way to being named Eastern Massachusetts schoolboy coach of the year, was more impressed with his team’s four straight victories than with the hardware it carried home. “The win … Read more

Michigan State scored three power-play goals and added two more with the teams skating four apiece as the Spartans beat Michigan Tech 6-2 in the third-place game of the 38th annual Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena. Tech got on the board first just 3:30 into the game as Jon Pittis tipped a Colin … Read more

Gerald Overton scored the game winning goal with :58 left in overtime to lead the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers over the eighth-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs, 5-4, at the UConn Classic. Alabama-Huntsville scored the opening goal when Karlis Zirnis put back a rebound from a Jared Ross shot past the outstretched pad of Bulldog goaltender Mike Brown. Ferris … Read more

Progress often is measured in different ways by different viewers. One might see Wisconsin’s two-goal output against Colgate on Sunday night and assume the Badgers haven’t made many strides away from the first-half team that lost 11 of its 16 games and scored only eight goals in its last nine games. Another, however, might see … Read more

Sunday, Maine claimed its second Everblades College Classic title in convincing fashion: with an 8-3 win over Massachusetts. The win came on the heels of a 3-2 win over third-ranked Cornell in which Black Bear coach Tim Whitehead was disappointed with his team’s effort. “I liked how we responded,” Whitehead said. “I was very, very … Read more

The banners at Joe Louis Arena are a little bit redder. With a 5-4 win over Michigan Sunday night, Boston University won the Great Lakes Invitational, making the Terriers the second straight team not from Michigan to win the Detroit-based tournament. North Dakota won the GLI last year. Boston University had to endure a lot … Read more

Fairfield snapped a seven-game winless streak with its first-ever win over Air Force Sunday, 3-0, at the Wonderland of Ice. Sophomore Andrew Martin collected his first collegiate shutout while classmate Cody Wojdyla recorded the winning goal. Neither team had many quality scoring chances through the first period until 15:31, when Wojdyla picked a bouncing puck … Read more

Senior Kent Gillings scored twice, including the game-winning goal, as Dartmouth built a 4-0 lead and then held off a late surge by Notre Dame to take the second game of the Auld Lang Syne 6-4 at the Thompson Arena Saturday evening. The Big Green got on the scoreboard early with a pair of goals … Read more