St. Cloud State sophomore forward Mike Doyle was the hero Friday night, scoring the game winner at the :40 mark of overtime as the Huskies opened their home season with a thrilling 6-5 win against Minnesota State. Doyle scored with an assist from junior defender Jeff Finger. The goal ended a roller-coaster game that saw … Read more
If Michigan freshman forward Brandon Kaleniecki was ever an “unknown” to coach Red Berenson, he sure isn’t now. At least not after Kaleniecki notched his second straight multi-goal game on Friday night in Michigan’s CCHA opener against Alaska-Fairbanks. Kaleniecki’s two goals helped No. 5 Michigan beat the Nanooks, 5-2, at Yost Ice Arena. This came … Read more
Goaltender Steve Silverthorn spread his right pad just far enough to stop Sacred Heart’s penalty shot attempt with only 24 seconds remaining in the game, ensuring Colgate’s 3-2 victory. The Raiders clung to a tenuous one-goal advantage throughout the third period. The team never felt safe, as they had been on the losing end of … Read more
Holy Cross scored four unanswered goals in the second period and goalie Tony Quesada stopped 21 of 22 shots as the visiting Crusaders defeated the Army Black Knights, 4-1, Friday night at Tate Rink. Holy Cross forward Brandon Doria scored on the power play 59 seconds into the second to open the scoring for the … Read more
In a Friday night exhibition game hosted in a newly renovated Meehan Auditorium, the Brown Bears coasted to a 4-1 win over Western Ontario. The pace of play was slow, but Brown’s steady defense and timely scoring were more than enough to ensure victory over the visiting Mustangs. Junior goaltender Yann Danis, coming off an … Read more
Freshmen phenoms Gino Guyer and Thomas Vanek each scored twice to propel Minnesota to a come-from-behind win over Michigan Tech.
Bemidji State found the net in crucial situations Friday at the All Seasons Arena, going 3-for-6 in power-play opportunities as Guylaine Hache netted a hat trick to give the Beavers a 6-2 win over Minnesota State. After the Beavers came out of the gates flat, giving up a goal to Mankato’s Tristin Stephenson just 1:41 … Read more
North Dakota stole the momentum with two shorthanded goals on a single Niagara power play, going on to a 6-4 victory Friday night. Brandon Bochenski tallied a hat trick for the Sioux in the win.
Rensselaer’s last game saw the Engineers garner only 12 shots on goal against Massachusetts in a 4-3 loss. Tonight, the Engineers took 52 shots on goal and only allowed Iona 13 shots. And the Engineers put two on the board giving Kevin Kurk his first collegiate shutout, 2-0. “I thought from the drop of the … Read more
Denver dominated Alabama-Huntsville en route to a 7-2 win Friday night in front of 4,475 at the Magness Arena. Junior defenseman Ryan Caldwell and freshman forward Gabe Gauthier paced the Pioneers with two goals each, and J.J. Hartmann, Lukas Dora, and Greg Keith each added goals as the Pioneers outshot their visitors 41-18. Coming in, … Read more
Wayne State hopes this is the start of something big, a 4-1 win over St. Lawrence.
Union’s Jordan Webb flicked his second goal of the game past Bemidji State’s Kelly Shields two minutes into overtime as the Skating Dutchmen posted a 4-3 victory over the Beavers Friday at the John Glas Fieldhouse. Union forced overtime with just 3:25 to play in regulation, as Marc Neron took advantage of a slashing penalty … Read more
The underdogs struck a blow last weekend, giving the MAAC a win and a tie against Big Four conference opponents. Now, the league’s members turn their attentions inward, starting with a March kind of game in October. Jim Connelly reports.
A tide of scoring sweeps the CCHA; Alaska-Fairbanks brings it to Ann Arbor; Western Michigan loses the home-ice advantage; and Ohio State takes a break — from league play, at least. Paula C. Weston rounds up the conference.
Minnesota-Duluth has a natural rivalry with in-state opponent Minnesota, but the Bulldogs’ animosity for Wisconsin is not a thing to be missed either. The Badgers square off with the defending NCAA titlists in this weekend’s premier WCHA matchup, Craig Roberts reports.
Thanks to the league’s late formation, each CHA team will play only six conference games this season. The upside to that unique arrangement? Every game really means something. Craig Roberts previews the upcoming action.
The NCAA Ice Hockey Committee has ruled that the Maverick Stampede semifinal game between Colgate and Nebraska-Omaha on Oct. 11 is officially a tie and that only the statistics for the first 65 minutes of play will count. The game in question was played with a five-minute overtime, followed by a 20-minute period when the … Read more
A rare occurence this week in college hockey involving the coach of one team, the trials of early season injuries, a sophomore season for an arena and a possible emergence. All this week in the WCHA as Todd Milewski reports.
It’s a family reunion this weekend when Boston College takes on Wisconsin; criticism of officials draws a reprimand; Hockey East’s purported bottom-feeders turn the predictions upside down; and more. Dave Hendrickson fills us in.
The CHA starts up full-bore league play this weekend — though not Alabama-Huntsville, which carries the torch against the second-ranked team in the nation. Geof F. Morris chronicles the conference’s search for respect.