In its first game of the year, Hobart came out flying and put a lot of pressure on the Potsdam net, only to see the Bears, in their fourth game, weather the storm on the way to a 4-0 victory. “We expected that [effort] being it is their first game,” said Potsdam coach Glenn Thomaris. … Read more

Clarkson took advantage of Ohio State defender Eric Skaug’s five-minute major and game disqualification for spearing to pull within one late in the third period, but Ohio State escaped with a one-goal win to complete the two-game sweep, 4-3. OSU led 4-1 midway through the third when Miguel Lafleche’s second goal of the season appeared … Read more

The Yale Bulldogs outshot the US National Under-18 team 41-20, including 5-2 in overtime, but it was not enough for a victory as the squads skated to a 3-3 tie in front of 1,923 at Ingalls Rink for Yale’s final exhibition game. The Elis got two goals from Chris Higgins, including a shorthanded score midway … Read more

Exhibition games are there to shake off some rust, get the freshmen acclimated to the college game, tinker with some line combinations, and avoid injuries. On all counts, Cornell’s 9-1 win over Canadian school York University at Lynah Rink on Sunday was a success. All, that is, except the last one. Highly-regarded freshman Matt Moulson … Read more

The Rensselaer Engineers came into the weekend needing a spark. They got it as Kevin Kurk posted 17 saves and earned his second consecutive shutout, while the Engineers scored twice in the third period to put the game away, defeating the Black Knights of Army, 3-0. The Engineers opened the scoring in the first period … Read more

Freshman Joey Gasparini scored with :38 remaining in overtime and Travis Russell stopped 13 of 15 shots as Vermont escaped with a 3-2 victory over Fairfield Saturday. Fairfield opened the scoring just 2:52 in the first period as Stag Rae Metz lit the lamp on the power play. Jack Devaney and Hunter Greeley assisted on … Read more

A line with a scary dog has Michigan off to a great start in the CCHA. The Wolverines’ line of sophomores David Moss and Michael Woodford plus “the pit bull,” freshman Brandon Kaleniecki, has surprised with its offensive outburst. Moss scored two goals and Woodford had two assists to lead the Wolverines to a 6-2 … Read more

Mercyhurst snapped a two-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over visiting St. Cloud State Saturday afternoon at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The win improved Mercyhurst’s record to 5-2 while the Huskies dropped to 1-5. Freshman forward Samantha Shirley scored her first career goal on a power play at 16:59 of the first. The teams … Read more

On a night when scoring was at a minimum, Minnesota State was able to answer a late St. Cloud State goal as the two teams battled to a 1-1 tie. Husky forward Brian Schuster scored at 16:52 of the third to put SCSU (1-0-1 WCHA, 2-1-1 overall) up 1-0. But only 33 seconds later, defenseman … Read more

Providence used shorthanded goals from Rush Zimmerman and Danielle Culgin to forge a 2-2 tie with St. Lawrence Saturday afternoon. St. Lawrence came into the game ranked seventh in the USCHO.com Division I poll, while Providence was eighth. Trisha Powers gave St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead with 50 seconds left in the first period, making … Read more

Harvard’s three returning Olympians — senior Jennifer Botterill, junior Angela Ruggiero and freshman Julie Chu — each tallied a hat trick to propel the Crimson to a 12-2 exhibition win over the Pacific Steelers on Saturday afternoon at the Bright Center. The Steelers got on the board first on a goal by Tsena Tatomir on … Read more

As role reversals go, it was about as complete as one could imagine. On Friday night, Wisconsin fell victim to Boston College’s first-period barrage in which it put the game away by seizing a 4-0 lead. One night later, the Badgers returned the favor at Northeastern’s expense, grabbing an identically dominant advantage in the opening … Read more