The top of the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll looked remarkably similar to last week, as the top team, Minnesota-Duluth, handily won two games against North Dakota by a combined score of 18-0, and No. 2 Minnesota completed a 3-1, 2-1 sweep of No. 5 Wisconsin. Despite going 0-3-1 in the last four games, Wisconsin … Read more
Norwich remained first in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, earning eight first-place votes despite not having played a game thus far this season. St. Norbert used a two-win weekend, including a 2-1 victory at No. 4 Wis.-Superior, to strengthen its grip on second place. The Green Knights received three first-place votes. RIT captured … Read more
Elmira captured first-place honors in the first regular-season edition of the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll, but despite outscoring this weekend’s opponent, Chatham, by a combined 24-0 score and improving to 4-0-0 in the process, the Soaring Eagles do not have a stranglehold on first place. No. 2 Manhattanville garnered one first-place vote, despite having … Read more
Denver reclaimed the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll on the strength of two convincing wins, both games by a 5-3 score, against a visiting Wisconsin. The Pioneers captured 27 first-place votes when last week’s No. 1 team, New Hampshire, dropped a 3-2 decision to No. 7 Boston University and correspondingly fell … Read more
Defending champion St. Thomas is picked to repeat by MIAC coaches in the league’s 2002-2003 pre-season poll. The Tommies received seven of nine first-place votes, with the other two going to last year’s runner-up, Gustavus Adolphus. The Golden Gusties lost to St. Thomas in overtime of the MIAC championship game last season. Not much is … Read more
The Vermont Catamounts skated to a 3-1 win over the University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres in a matinee exhibition Sunday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. UVM’s leading scorer, junior Jeff Miles, and all the team’s seniors sat out the game. Vermont looked to rest its big guns for ECAC play beginning next weekend, when the team … Read more
Ohio State scored five first-period goals en route to a 6-2 win over visiting Colgate on Sunday at Value City Arena. Ryan Kesler scored his first collegiate goal, and goalie Dave Caruso made his first start. “Coming into league play, I had to know what he had back there,” said Ohio State coach John Markell … Read more
Merrimack entered Sunday’s contest against Dartmouth 0-for the season — zero goals in 22 chances — on the power play. Looking for the special teams unit to click, the Warriors picked a perfect night, scoring three goals with the man advantage and adding a shorthanded tally en route to a 4-3 victory in front of … Read more
Despite being stifled for two periods, Providence was able to break the game wide open in the third period, notching six goals in a 15-minute frenzy. When the smoke cleared, the Friars toppled Princeton, 8-1, in front of 2,308 at Schneider Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers had gained the momentum, using a wraparound goal … Read more
Michigan Tech can’t wait to get back to Houghton. Colorado College dominated in all facets Sunday, receiving goals from eight different players and 24 saves from Curtis McElhinney in a penalty-filled 9-0 rout of the Huskies before 5,477 fans at the Colorado Springs World Arena. The Tigers, unbeaten in their last six contests, improved to … Read more
The 2004 Women’s Frozen Four could be played in Providence, R.I. The tournament had been scheduled for the New Haven Coliseum, but the coliseum closed on Aug. 31 because of economic problems. The New Haven Register reported this week that Yale and the ECAC, the Frozen Four hosts, have recommended the tournament be played at … Read more
Miami struck first — at 1:23 in the first period — and went on to post a 6-1 victory Saturday over visiting Bowling Green at Goggin Ice Arena. The RedHawks took advantage of several of Bowling Green’s 13 penalties, scoring on 4-of-7 power plays in the game, to finish with a series sweep of the … Read more
Joe Tallari and Bernie Sigrist each scored two goals to lead Niagara to a 6-2 win over Air Force in a College Hockey America game Saturday night at Dwyer Arena. The two teams split the CHA series as Niagara improved to 3-7 overall and 1-1 in the CHA. Air Force fell to 4-4 overall and … Read more
Denver took an early lead, then was forced to rally to claim a weekend sweep over Wisconsin in Madison. Greg Barber scored two goals for the second-ranked Pioneers.
Nothing happened on time for RIT and Potsdam on Saturday. The 4 p.m. start was pushed back two hours waiting for a substitute bus after the Tigers’ first bus dropped its transmission on an interstate off ramp on the way to the team meal, 75 miles from the rink. Then it took an extra 4:13 … Read more
A year ago, almost to the day, he recorded his career high in regular-season saves against New Hampshire. Although he didn’t quite match the 45 stops of that evening, Boston University goaltender Sean Fields was the difference in another slugfest with UNH, this time a 3-2 win. BU was outshot for the first time all … Read more
Army and Iona’s home-and-home series can be summed up in two words — Brad Roberts. After stopping 27 shots in Army’s 3-0 win at Iona on Friday, Roberts stepped up his play with 34 saves as the Black Knights finished their weekend sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Gaels in front of a crowd … Read more
Bemidji State started slow again Saturday, giving up an early goal to Ohio State. But the team used a dominant second period to beat Ohio State 4-2 and take three points on the weekend series. After a night were the teams’ play mirrored each other, the Beavers stepped their game up to take sole position … Read more
Wisconsin’s Jackie MacMillan stopped 40 shots but her offense was only able to supply one goal and Minnesota garnered a series sweep from the Badgers with a 2-1 win Saturday at Ridder Arena. After getting off to a slow start Friday, in which they managed just four first-period shots, the second-ranked Gophers were intent on … Read more
The Huskies’ Jonathan Jepson scored the tying goal and added an assist as Fairfield and Connecticut battled to a 2-2 tie Saturday night. The draw moves the Stags to 0-3-1 and 0-0-1, and the Huskies to 1-3-1 overall and 0-2-1 in the conference. Kurt Kamienski put UConn on the board at 8:24 of the first … Read more