The Ivy schools take to the ice this weekend, which means that the ECAC’s two most successful programs of 2001-2002, Cornell and Harvard, join the fray. Also: the league shakes off a tough weekend, and justice delayed is still justice for Colgate, say Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser.
With Division III play just getting under way, Chris Lerch rounds up the offseason news, including the (near-) demise of the minigame, potential NCAA tournament layouts, and the 15-second faceoff rule.
In a mid-season exhibition game two years ago, the University of Manitoba Bison lost in overtime to the Frozen Four-bound North Dakota Fighting Sioux. The 2002 Sioux would have none of that. Hoping to take back the home-ice advantage that eluded them last season, UND skated to a convincing 6-1 exhibition victory over the Bison … Read more
The reasons were all stacked against the Merrimack Warriors. They had yet to win a game; in Boston University, they were facing the sixth-ranked team in the country. Merrimack had been a unanimous preseason pick in the Hockey East coaches’ poll to finish last; BU had been the choice of all but two coaches to … Read more
And, they’re off … Wisconsin-Superior may be defending D-III champs, but it’s Norwich again on top of the polls.
Last season’s NCAA champion Elmira earned first place in the preseason edition of the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll, nabbing ten of eleven possible votes. Elmira loses no one to graduation from a squad that went 26-1-1 on its way to the championship. The Soaring Eagles will have plenty of competition from within its own … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth held on to first place in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll following a weekend sweep of unranked MSU-Mankato, but saw it’s lead slip slightly as challenger Minnesota earned two first place votes. Last week the Bulldogs earned all but one first place vote. With a 8-0 win on Saturday over St. Cloud, … Read more
New Hampshire surged into first place in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after a win and tie against previous-No. 1 Minnesota over the weekend. Friday night’s 5-5 tie and Saturday’s 3-1 New Hampshire win lived up to expectations, thrilling thousands of fans in attendance. The Wildcats were the new consensus No. 1 team, garnering … Read more
Merrimack coach Chris Serino was issued a formal reprimand by Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna after blasting referee John Murphy to reporters following his team’s loss at Michigan, 5-1, on Oct. 19. Serino said of Murphy, “I think he’s incompetent.” He later added, “You don’t have a game like this anywhere. There were observers here … Read more
Freshman center T.J. Treveleyan scored two goals and set up the third as St. Lawrence skated to a 3-2 exhibition victory over the U.S. National Development Under-18 Team in an exhibition game at Appleton Arena Sunday evening. The Under-18 team lost its second game of a North Country weekend set, both by one-goal margins. The … Read more
Inexperience can do a lot of things to a hockey team. It can be channeled into youthful excitement or it can explode into sloppiness and inconsistency. For Massachusetts, it was the former in a 4-3 win over ECAC opponent Rensselaer. The Minutemen thoroughly dominated the contest in almost every facet. The shot total was almost … Read more
In a high-octane, penalty-filled game, Boston College outshot, outhit and outlasted Vermont, 8-6. The game featured 22 penalties for 44 minutes, with only two of those matching. It also saw seven power-play goals between, two of those on a two-man advantage, and two more at 4-on-4. “That was a different-type hockey game,” said Eagle head … Read more
Though Niagara is playing with the energy and determination necessary to win against good teams, the wins are not piling up because of mistakes. Sunday afternoon was no different. The Purple Eagles out-hit and outplayed Mass.-Lowell for most of the game. They possessed a 3-1 lead with 26 minutes left, but three gaffes was all … Read more
Chera Marshall scored two goals and added an assist as seventh-ranked St. Lawrence beat No. 9 Mercyhurst 5-2 Sunday. Marshall, a senior forward, is off to a quick start this season with three goals and two assists in two games. Senior co-captain Shannon Smith had a goal and two assists in both of this weekend’s … Read more
Chris Peterson scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal 3 minutes, 40 seconds into the second period Saturday night, leading Lake Superior State over Mercyhurst 3-1. Terry Denike made 24 saves for Lake State (3-1). Andy Franck stopped 23 shots for Mercyhurst (0-2). Peterson gave Lake Superior State a 2-0 lead less than … Read more
Michael Ayers stopped a career-high 44 shots, including all 31 over the last two periods, to anchor New Hampshire’s 3-1 win over top-ranked Minnesota. Ironically, the winning margin for UNH came in the second period, during which it managed only three shots but still scored on two. Lanny Gare’s shorthanded strike stood up as the … Read more
In a game filled with ups and downs, Connecticut’s Ron D’Angelo snap shot from between the circles with 1:22 left in overtime beat Colgate goaltender David Cann to the stick side and toppled the Raiders, 5-4, on Saturday. The goal provided a fitting ending to the last-minute heroics that UConn exhibited in front of a … Read more
From the first few minutes of Saturday’s game, it was clear that this contest with MSU-Mankato (0-2-0) would be much different for Providence (4-0-0). Rather than facing an early deficit as they did the night before, the Mavericks rode two man advantages to a 2-0 lead in the first period, putting the Friars on their … Read more
Bemidji State sophomore Andrew Murray scored two power-play goals in a span of just 3:54 in the second period to help lift the Beavers to a 2-2 draw with the Sacred Heart Pioneers at the John S. Glas Fieldhouse Saturday night. Murray recorded his third career game with two or more power-play goals. He helped … Read more
In a rematch of last year’s Quinnipiac Cup final, tournament MVP Ryan Morton, scoring his first career hat trick, helped the Bobcats defeat AIC, 9-2, and win their fifth Q-Cup in seven years. Morton’s third goal was shorthanded and came with 10 seconds to play in the game. “He breaks his stick and goes to … Read more