Two penalties in the second period were too many for Alaska-Anchorage. Colorado College converted on both its power-play opportunities in the second period, snapping a one-all tie and leading the Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Seawolves before 5,526 fans at the Colorado Springs World Arena Friday. The victory extends Colorado College’s winning streak … Read more
On The Right Path The 2001-2 season was a turnaround for Cortland, which finished tied for third place at 7-5-2 and sported an overall record of 14-11-4. The Red Dragons will be looking to continue on that road, as second year coach Tom Cranfield continues to put his mark on the team. “We’ll need to … Read more
Lost A Lot Last year was a successful one for first-year coach Brian Hills. His Geneseo Ice Knights worked out early-season kinks, then went 11-7-2 for the rest of the year, finished tied for third, defeated Potsdam in the first round in a thrilling mini-game, and stretched Plattsburgh to a mini-game before losing. With that … Read more
Niagara thought Wayne State should have won and Wayne State thought Niagara deserved to win. But the scoreboard had the final say. In an intense College Hockey America contest, the visiting Purple Eagles (5-2-0, 3-1-0 CHAW) downed the hometown Warriors, 2-1. But if you came late to the game, you missed it. “I won’t lie,” … Read more
Sporting the number ’34’ on the backs of their helmets in support of teammate Aaron Voros, Alaska-Fairbanks came to Omaha and captured an emotional win Friday night. Voros left the squad for his home in Vancouver on Tuesday after finding out he had a bone tumor in his leg. His number proved to be magic. … Read more
The Potsdam Bears used a second half surge to overcome the Brockport Golden Eagles, 5-2, at Maxcy Hall. The Bears trailed Brockport 2-1 after the first period, but two goals late in the second period gave them the lead heading into the third. Another pair in the final stanza clinched the win for Potsdam in … Read more
Yale knew it would be tough sledding, with four key players missing and facing the prohibative ECAC favorite in their building. Cornell made it that much more difficult. The Big Red got goals from six different players and took advantage of undermanned, undersized Yale, for a 6-2 win in the ECAC opener for both teams … Read more
The cliché is “Whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” Minnesota State proved that Friday night. The Mavericks, learning from previous games this season that they could rally late, came back from a two-goal deficit against No. 4 ranked Minnesota and won 3-2. Their initial lesson came on October 25 against St. Cloud. The team … Read more
The Warriors threw everything they had at Ferris State goaltender Mike [nl]Brown, but the Bulldogs still won the game. Mike Kinnie scored twice and [nl]Brown turned in another stellar performance to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-1 victory. FSU carried the play in the first period, outshooting Wayne State 10-7. Phil Lewandowski flipped the puck … Read more
Ten different players tallied points for Michigan as the Wolverines defeated the Bowling Green Falcons, 6-4, at the BGSU Ice Arena Friday night. With the win, the Wolverines have stretched their unbeaten streak on the road to 12 games, dating back to last season. “I thought we had great individual efforts tonight,” said Michigan coach … Read more
After struggling against a solid Manhattanville game plan during the entire contest, RIT broke the tie late in the third period on the way to a 3-1 win. RIT came out stronger in the third period, and evened out the play to keep momentum swaying and the intensity building. “We played one period, anyways,” said … Read more
The Year of the Goaltender may be here in the SUNYAC, and that’s despite the graduation of All-World Niklas Sundberg. Plattsburgh might be the favorite once again, but faces old and new at other programs will have something to say about that.
A Change At The Helm In Potsdam’s 24 years as a varsity hockey program, the Bears have had only two coaches. John Horan led the team from club to varsity to playoff status while earning three SUNYAC Coach of the Year awards. Then, he stepped down from coaching (but remained employed by the school), and … Read more
Darryl McKinnon’s second goal of the season — and the game — midway through the third period proved to be the game winner, as Colgate held on to beat Princeton 4-3 on Friday night. McKinnon, who had been a healthy scratch only a week before, responded to his coach’s challenge, netting the first and last … Read more
Niagara junior goalie and Fenton, Mich. native Rob Bonk entered Friday’s game at No. 13 Michigan State thinking nothing could top the feeling of playing in front of his friends and family for the first time in his collegiate career. He was wrong. Not only did Bonk get to play in familiar territory, he stopped … Read more
It’s Been A While February 15, 2000, to be exact. That was the last time that Brockport won a league game. Since then, it has gone 0-25-3 in SUNYAC regular-season play (and 0-1-1 in the playoffs right after that last win). With that kind of streak, you set modest goals. Brian Dickinson told his players, … Read more
No More Sundberg There is no beating around the bush. Niklas Sundberg is gone. One of the top goaltenders ever at Plattsburgh, and in Division III for that matter, has done his four years. Now, Plattsburgh needs to replace the two-time All-American who led it to a national championship in 2001. For now, that burden … Read more
Held scoreless for its first 80 minutes of play this season, the Harvard Crimson finally lit up the red light in the second period Friday night against Dartmouth. And once sparked, the Harvard offense didn’t stop until the waning seconds of a 5-2 Crimson victory. The second period was the time of Harvard’s ignition; the … Read more
With all the hype surrounding North Dakota’s super freshman Zach Parise entering this weekend’s series with St. Cloud State at the National Hockey Center, some forgot that the Huskies had a pair of their guns returning to the holster for the weekend. And they were loaded. Jon Cullen and Ryan Malone each returned to a … Read more
If the Clarkson Golden Knights were affected by the controversies surrounding the team and head coach Mark Morris, it certainly didn’t show on Friday night. The Golden Knights took a 2-0 lead and then held the Rensselaer Engineers scoreless for the last 44 minutes of the game to beat the Engineers, 2-1, and earn their … Read more