Skating on the power play and with its net empty, Miami escaped against Alaska-Fairbanks with a 2-2 tie when senior Matt Medvecz scored with eight seconds left in regulation Friday night. The Nanooks (3-6-2, 2-5-2 CCHA), coming off a bye week, were the first to score in the game. Blaine Bablitz netted his fourth goal … Read more
Colgate goaltender David Cann made 23 saves he faced and registered his second career shutout in a 3-0 win over visiting Brown.
Will the real Fighting Sioux please show up? With a 2-0 win over the Wisconsin Badgers at Engelstad Arena, North Dakota proved that it doesn’t need center Zach Parise to do much scoring to win. A single goal from the freshman phenom was all it took as netminder Jake Brandt shut out the Badgers by … Read more
Northern Michigan goaltender Tuomas Tarkki was all smiles Friday night after he pulled out his first conference win, a 2-1 victory over Nebraska-Omaha. Before the game, however, was another story. Tarkki, a sophomore, was told he would get the start on Tuesday as staring netminder Craig Kowalski was sidelined for what coach Walt Kyle described … Read more
Bowling Green took Michigan State to overtime in a 3-2 home win on Friday, the third of four CCHA games at the BG Ice Arena to go to overtime this year. But it took a while for the Falcons to find out whether they did actually win.
A battled of two nationally-ranked ECAC teams lived up to billing, but the Big Red prevailed in the first meeting since Harvard won last year’s ECAC championship game.
D.J. Miller scored all three Husky goals as Connecticut snapped Holy Cross’ seven-game win streak with a 3-2 victory at the Hart Center on Friday night. The win is UConn’s second straight as it improved to 3-6-1 overall, 2-5-1 in the MAAC. Holy Cross dropped to 8-3-0 overall, 6-2-0 in the league. Miller netted one … Read more
Brady Leisenring scored at 3:36 in overtime to give the Vermont Catamounts a 5-4 win over the Princeton Tigers at Gutterson Fieldhouse Friday. On a two-on-one with Scott Mifsud, the sophomore winger had his initial shot stopped by Princeton netminder Nate Nomeland, but tracked down the rebound and put it past Nomeland to send 3,453 … Read more
The two-game suspension to Denver junior forward Max Bull was cut in half by the WCHA’s executive committee on Tuesday. Bull will sit out Friday’s non-conference game against Mercyhurst. WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod announced the suspension on Nov. 21, citing a collection of events over a two-week span. Bull appealed to the executive committee, which … Read more
A wild weekend in the SUNYAC saw Cortland pull off a result that hadn’t been seen since the days of disco; the excitement continues this weekend, then after Thanksgiving with the PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout. Russell Jaslow reports.
In vintage soothsayer fashion, Massachusetts coach Don Cahoon warned all week of a letdown against MAAC opponent Iona. But instead of deflecting the responsibility, he instead placed it squarely on the maturity of his players. Those players responded with a 5-3 win in a one-sided game. The Minutemen (5-4-0) dominated play, outshooting Iona (1-10-1) 45-18, … Read more
Who says USCHO.com’s weekly awards don’t matter? Controversy abounds as Geof F. Morris argues that Grady Hunt should have won Defensive Player of the Week and received more recognition as a top goaltender in Division I. All this and more…
It’s Michigan Week in Columbus, Ohio, which means several things to a certain USCHO.com writer. Paula C. Weston details the CCHA Games of the Week — not to mention a number of Grudges — and more.
Rebuilding Iona stuns Mercyhurst; the MAAC streaks toward the holidays; southern Connecticut offers the league some hospitality; and Quinnipiac logs miles and miles on the road. Jim Connelly reports.
Colorado College begins to fulfill expectations — last season’s expectations; Denver struggles for consistency, sort of; the search for offense continues in Anchorage, while a goaltender emerges in Duluth; and Todd D. Milewski offers WCHA recruiting and injury updates.
Boston University struggled through 54 sluggish minutes before slugging UMass-Lowell with three goals — including two in 38 seconds and a third with 47.6 seconds left on the clock — to beat the River Hawks 3-2 in front of 2,252 at Walter [nl]Brown Arena. Only a stellar 36-save performance by Terrier goalie Sean Fields kept … Read more
It’s antipathy. It’s a rivalry. It’s fish. It’s Cornell-Harvard this weekend, as Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy report. Also: Yale starts out hot, and a farewell to an era at Clarkson.
Niagara has overcome a perceived hole in net in the early going, but the Purple Eagles will be tested in the coming weeks, Craig Roberts says. Also: Mercyhurst keeps its poll position, and the CHA continues nonleague play.
Division III hockey is now fully underway and turkey tournaments are right around the corner. There’s lots to celebrate as Chris Lerch reports.
Competition for top recruits is pushing verbal commitments earlier and earlier. Dave Hendrickson, along with some of Hockey East’s coaches, wonders if it’s gone far enough. Also: Maine’s Jimmy Howard makes a new first impression on BU, Eagle D Andrew Alberts takes it up a notch, and more.