Nic Serre beat Seneca goalie Arthur Strojny top shelf over the right shoulder with 24 seconds left in the third period, giving Army a come-from-behind, 4-3, victory over the visiting Sting on Friday night at Tate Rink. The Black Knights trailed 3-1 entering the final period, but scored three times to open their 100th season … Read more
What a difference six days makes. While it might not have been on the scale of God creating the world, Vermont coach Mike Gilligan certainly had a hand in the creation of a major turnaround for the Catamounts following a 10-0 shellacking at the hands of UNH last Saturday. Buoyed by a stellar 42-save performance … Read more
In a wild night at the Hart Center, Holy Cross had a 4-1 lead with 18:12 to play, only to see Air Force come roaring back, scoring five unanswered goals to ruin the evening for the Crusaders and steal a 6-4 victory. Senior captain Adam Berg led the rally, netting two goals in the third … Read more
Northeastern coach Joy Woog’s master plan for the inaugural Hockey East season is to emulate the growth of a successful team from the 2001-02 ECAC East season. No, it’s not last year’s Huskies, who started the year with 10 straight wins and finished 27-7-1. Rather, Woog wants to be like last year’s Providence team — … Read more
It was a game of firsts at the Northford Ice Pavilion Friday night. For Quinnipiac, it was its first home game as the Bobcats. Bentley started its season with a new face behind the bench — Bentley hockey alumnus Ryan Soderquist. Bentley came in as an underdog in this Quinnipiac Cup tournament game finishing at … Read more
For Providence, it was a case of the usual suspects on Friday night. The Friars used strong performances from their leaders: Nolan Schaefer, Peter Fregoe, Jon DiSalvatore and Devin Rask to best MSU-Mankato 5-1. Nolan Schaefer was sharp early and often for the Friars, turning away 39 of 40 shots on the evening. The senior … Read more
Jackie Duerr’s power-play goal at one minute, 54 seconds of overtime lifted Vermont to a 3-2 victory over Boston College Friday afternoon. The win was the Catamounts’ first of the year while the Eagles were playing their first game of the season. Vermont was first to hit the net when Liz Reed scored 9:29 into … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish opened their home and CCHA schedule with a big 4-2 win over Western Michigan at the Joyce Center on Friday night. The Irish line of Michael Chin, Connor Dunlop and Rob Globke combined for three goals and five assists and goaltender Morgan Cey made 33 saves as the Irish improved … Read more
Just three years ago, Maine was a six-win team. Today, the Black Bears are coming off back-to-back above-.500 campaigns, and coach Rick Filighera thinks his program can compete with anyone this year. “All of sudden, we show up a rink, we can win that game now, but we can also lose that game,” he said, … Read more
C.J. McConnell broke a 3-3 tie with 3 minutes, 25 seconds left in the third period, and American International scored three goals in the third period to defeat Fairfield 4-3 in the semifinals of the Q-Cup. It was the season opener for both teams. AIC will play Quinnipiac in the title game at 7 p.m. … Read more
Kristy Oonincx tallied five points, three of which came in a five-minute span, as Minnesota (3-0-0, 1-0-0 WCHA) opened defense of its WCHA title with a 10-1 win over St. Cloud State (1-1-0, 0-1-0) on Friday. It was an eight-minute span late in the first period and early in the second period that hurt the … Read more
Sacred Heart¹s Les Hrapchak scored off his own rebound with less than four minutes to play in regulation, helping the Pioneers to a 1-1 draw with the Bemidji State Beavers tonight at John S. Glas Fieldhouse. Hrapchak took a pass from Marc-Andre Fournier right in front of the crease and fired a shot off the … Read more
Minnesota forward Grant Potulny, who scored the game-winning goal in the 2002 NCAA championship game, will miss up to four months after breaking his leg and tearing ligaments in his ankle. Potulny Potulny was injured in Saturday’s game against Ohio State, but the severity of the injury was not known until X-rays were taken Monday. … Read more
If you somehow hadn’t heard, the CHA has an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament this year. Geof F. Morris gets a momentous season started with some facts, some opinions and a little friendly competition.
One year ago, the news of Chris Serino’s cancer came as a shock. Now the return of one of the sport’s good guys is being celebrated.
After a rough weekend, the MAAC looks to right the collective ship. That begins at the Q-Cup, where this year’s edition features an all-MAAC lineup. Jim Connelly reports.
Hockey East is off to a blazing start, and there might just be more where than came from this weekend. Also: the new faceoff rule claims its first victim, eligibility questions arise, and notes from a couple of other sports. Dave Hendrickson muses.
Zach Parise may get the headlines, but a Minnesota trio and other WCHA freshman figure to make an impact this season. Plus, nets are going up around the league, Minnesota-Duluth is appealing and WCHA teams face big tests out East this weekend. Todd D. Milewski reports.
After solid performances in nonconference play — led by Mercyhurst’s 4-0 start — the CHA women’s league kicks off its inaugural season of conference action this weekend. Craig Roberts reports.
Rensselaer upends the host school in Madison, Wis., while Colgate gets short shrift from the arbiters at another tournament, and Vermont just wants to put last week in the rear-view mirror. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser report.