Anyone who told the Black Bear players to have a nice weekend had no idea just how seriously their wishes would be taken. One night after blowing out Northeastern 8-2 — going through all three Husky netminders in the process — Maine put up seven more goals and chased another starting goaltender, as the Black … Read more
Freshman forward Christian Jensen had a hat trick and an assist and Peter Cohen made 27 saves to lead the Yale Bulldogs to an ECAC weekend sweep, defeating Union 7-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. “I must have gotten lucky, I guess,” Jensen said of his hat trick, which … Read more
Finally, a win. After frontloading its schedule with powerhouses North Dakota, Providence and Cornell, Princeton broke the ice and earned a victory on its sixth attempt of the season, defeating Rensselaer, 4-3, in front of 1,993 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink on Saturday night. “It has been a rough start,” said sophomore goaltender Trevor Clay, … Read more
Early Saturday afternoon, St. Cloud head coach Craig Dahl sat his Slovakian import down for a little chat before the Huskies rematch with Minnesota State at the National Hockey Center. A year ago Peter Szabo was one St. Cloud State’s most reliable weapons, and was rewarded with a spot on the All-WCHA rookie team. But … Read more
Call it the “Plattsburgh hangover.” The combination of Cortland State coming off a physically and emotionally draining victory over Plattsburgh State the night before and Potsdam State picking up where they left off in the last two periods against Oswego State Friday night resulted in Potsdam opening up 4-0 and 6-1 leads en route to … Read more
The Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves did something that no other team has done this season — they held North Dakota standout freshman Zach Parise without a point for a series. However, UAA coach John Hill would probably be willing to trade some Parise points for some points in the WCHA standings as the Fighting Sioux (9-1, 3-1 … Read more
Michigan coach Red Berenson hopes Milan Gajic has learned his lesson. “I think so,” Berenson said of the sophomore, who was recently suspended eight days for poor academics. “We’ll see if he remembers.” After missing two games and a week of practice, Gajic returned to the lineup this weekend and scored his first two goals … Read more
Recently-fired [nl]Clarkson coach Mark Morris made a statement to the media following Friday’s Golden Knights game. The following is a verbatim transcript of that statement: “Today I was informed by the Clarkson Administration that my position as Men’s Hockey Coach at Clarkson has been terminated. Out of respect and commitment to all the players past, … Read more
Dartmouth upset ninth-ranked Cornell, 5-2, burying the Big Red with a pair of empty-net goals to stave off a valiant comeback attempt. Senior Mike Murray had a goal and an assist to lead the Dartmouth offense, while Nick Boucher recorded 24 saves, including 15 in the scrappy final period. The Big Green (3-3-0, 2-2-0) pulled … Read more
Coming into Saturday afternoon’s contest against American International, Quinnipiac had outscored the Yellow Jackets 18-5 in its two previous contests, winning 9-2 and 9-3. The third meeting of the season between these two teams was no different as the Bobcats extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games and their home unbeaten streak to 16 by … Read more
Third-ranked Harvard got a power play tally by freshman Julie Chu with 28 seconds remaining in the game to propel the Crimson to a 2-1 win over top-ranked Minnesota Duluth on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson improves to 3-0-0 in knocking off the country’s top ranked team, while Duluth suffers its first loss of the season … Read more
Western Michigan sophomore goaltender Mike Mantua’s 28 saves against 12th-ranked Ferris State Saturday would have been enough to send the near-capacity crowd of 3,587 at Lawson Ice Arena home smiling. But when Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels pulled sophomore goaltender Mike [nl]Brown for the extra attacker late in the third period, everything changed. Bronco … Read more
Freshman wing Ryan Huddy gave Bemidji State one of its most important victories since making the jump to Division I hockey in 1999, firing a rebound past Wayne State goaltender David Guerrera at the 3:59 mark of overtime to give the Beavers a 2-1 victory and a series sweep of the defending College Hockey America … Read more
Sparked by a two-goal, late third period rally, the visiting Massachusetts Minutemen knocked off the Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks, 4-3, Saturday night to sweep the weekend series. The win gives the Minutemen its first weekend home-and-home sweep of a Hockey East weekend series since knocking off Providence on Jan. 7 and 8, 2000. It also clinches … Read more
The 6,703 fans at Value City Arena witnessed a reversal of fortune as Ohio State beat Michigan State 5-2 in the Buckeyes’ CCHA home opener. The last time the Buckeyes beat the Spartans, 1,500 rabid fans packed the OSU Ice Rink in Ohio State’s last stretch in its old barn before moving into the Schottenstein … Read more
A season of streaks — all positive — continued Friday for Colorado College, which opened up a five-goal lead and then fought off a Minnesota rally for a 7-3 win, the Tigers’ seventh straight. Peter Sejna scored the eventual game winning goal and added two assists, extending his scoring streak to 12 games. CC took … Read more
The word “juggernaut” may be loosely thrown around, but it’s starting to get awfully darned appropriate for the No. 9 Cornell Big Red. Cornell got goals from eight different players, and Dave LeNeveu posted his second straight shutout, as the Big Red steamrolled past Vermont, 8-0, at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Friday. With the win, the … Read more
The Oswego State Great Lakers jumped out to a 4-0 lead against the Potsdam State Bears and held on for a hard-fought 5-3 victory in Oswego. The Bears’ penalty-killing let them down as they let up two power-play goals in Oswego’s first three chances. “In the first period and a half, we played as good … Read more
Sacred Heart topped Connecticut, 6-3, in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Challenge at Harbor Yard Arena on Saturday night. The Pioneers improved to 3-3-2 overall, 3-1-0 in the league, while the Huskies fell to 1-6-1 overall, 0-5-1 in the MAAC. Sacred Heart jumped out to an early lead with a goal by Marc-Andre Fournier. Fournier’s … Read more
After playing two solid games in a row and earning three points last weekend against St. Lawrence and Clarkson, Union needed to find out if it could put together a similar effort on the road. For the most, the Dutchmen did just that Friday against Princeton. Union bottled up the Tigers for nearly the entire … Read more