After falling to eventual tournament champion Colorado College on Friday, Maine bounced back to claim second place in the Nye Frontier Classic by beating host Alaska-Anchorage 4-2 Saturday night. The Black Bears did their damage early, posting three first-period goals in a span of just over seven minutes. Colin Shields opened the scoring at 7:15 … Read more

Defenseman Tom Preissing scored twice, Peter Sejna added three points and Colorado College clinched the title at the Nye Frontier Classic with a 5-0 victory over Iona on Saturday. Third-string goalie Gian Baldrica stopped 13 shots for the shutout for CC (3-1), which didn’t allow a goal in the tournament. The Tigers beat Maine 3-0 … Read more

Behind junior center Aaron Gill’s hat trick and and offensive onslaught that saw 15 different Irish players record points, Notre Dame cruised to an 8-5 victory over Western Michigan en route to a series sweep of the Broncos. The game was never as close as the score indicated, as freshman forward Tim Wallace’s goal at … Read more

Merrimack coach Chris Serino admits Michigan is a better team, but he is upset because his team “never had a chance” to win. He blames new CCHA referee John Murphy for taking the Warriors’ chance away. “I think he’s incompetent,” Serino said of Murphy on Saturday after Merrimack lost 5-1 to the Wolverines, who swept … Read more

Sophomore defenseman Randy Jones and junior center Trevor Edwards scored in the opening five minutes of the third period to lead Clarkson University to a 2-1 come-from-behind exhibition victory over the U.S. National Under 18 Team before 3,010 fans at Cheel Arena Saturday night. Clarkson, which officially opens the season next weekend with a two-game … Read more

Miami scored four goals in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday. The RedHawks tallied three goals within a nine-minute span of the second period as they outshot the Mavericks 14-8 for the period. Derek Edwardson scored the first goal at the 1:32 mark, tying the game at 1-1. … Read more

A tense third period aside, Wisconsin fans received a treat Saturday night as the Badgers completed a weekend sweep of Alabama-Huntsville with a 3-2 win. For the second night in a row, the Chargers (0-2) rallied in the third period and threatened the Badgers’ lead several times. When asked whether the Badgers (3-1) played better … Read more

Bulldog coach Bob Daniels said he was worried about the game tonight after the rout on Friday. His team would not slip into complacency. Chris Kunitz and Mike Kinnie led the attack while key goaltending by Mike Brown helped the Bulldogs earn a 5-1 win. “Ferris State came out and picked up where they left … Read more

Adam Berkhoel made 29 saves, leading second-ranked Denver to a 3-1 victory over Northeastern on Saturday. The Pioneers (3-1) managed a split of a weekend in Boston. They lost 4-2 to Boston College on Friday. Connor James, Aaron MacKenzie and Lukas Dora scored for Denver. Mike Morris scored the lone goal for Northeastern (1-1-1). Northeastern … Read more

Holy Cross would not let history repeat itself Saturday night as it took a 2-2 score into the third period and turned it into a 7-2 victory over visiting Air Force. The Crusaders used six different goal scorers to snuff out the Falcons as well as a 24-save performance from freshman goaltender Tony Quesada, who … Read more

Alaska-Fairbanks’ David Keough scored with 4 minutes, 17 seconds left in the third period to force a 1-1 tie with Ohio State on Saturday. Dan Knapp scored for the Buckeyes (1-1-1, 1-0-1 CCHA). Mike Betz made 29 saves. Lance Mayes stopped 42 of the 43 shots he faced for the Nanooks (1-2-1, 0-1-1). The Buckeyes … Read more

Fairfield jumped out to a two-goal first period lead, but gave up four unanswered second-period goals en route to a 6-4 loss to Bentley this afternoon in the consolation game of the seventh annual Q-Cup. Sophomore Jack Devaney put Fairfield on the board just under two minutes into regulation. Junior Jim Lubinski made it 2-0, … Read more

Michigan Tech’s Colin Murphy scored with 22.1 seconds to go in regulation time as Michigan Tech salvaged a 4-4 tie at St. Lawrence Saturday night. The Huskies took three out of four points in the two-game weekend series, winning Friday’s game 7-1 and are 1-1-1 on the season. St. Lawrence is 1-2-1. The Saints had … Read more

Steph Millar provided all the offense Wisconsin needed while goaltender Jackie MacMillan provided the defense in a 6-0 victory over Connecticut at UConn Ice Arena on Saturday afternoon. Millar, who finished with two goals and an assist, tallied her first of the season nine minutes, 28 seconds into the first period. She made it 3-0 … Read more

A four-goal spurt in the second period help visiting Findlay jump to an early lead on the way to an 8-1 victory over Canisius in non-conference action Saturday afternoon at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The Griffs fall to 0-4 on the season and open the MAAC Hockey League season next weekend, while Findlay improves … Read more

Carolyn Gordon completed her hat trick three minutes, 41 seconds into overtime as New Hampshire (3-0-0) defeated Ohio State (2-2-0) 5-4 in overtime to complete a two-game sweep. Ohio State led 2-0 in the opening period on goals by Emma Laaksonen and Christine Patno, but Gordon’s first goal, a power-play tally at 13:04 of the … Read more

In a game suited more for the Spartans, defenseman Brad Fast scored two goals, the second the game-winner with 48 seconds left, and Michigan State defeated Northern Michigan 3-1 on Saturday night. “It was a bonus for us tonight that our defense was able to get a couple of goals,” Fast said. “We were ready … Read more

RIT tried to work off some of the summer rust, using Canadian school St. Clair as a warmup in a season-opening exhibition. The Tigers showed some rust, and some strong play, as they defeated St. Clair 6-3 to start the season off on a winning note. One of the reasons NCAA coaches schedule early-season exhibitions … Read more

It was hard to determine what the grandest spectacle was at the opening of Minnesota’s new Ridder Arena. It may have been the pregram festivities, which were complete with fireworks, a highlight video and ceremonial opening faceoff, conducted by Kathleen Ridder along with the Gophers’ first captain, Julie Otto, and former Gopher and 2002 Olympian … Read more