Mercyhurst won its 21st game overall, and 20th in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Friday night, 5-1 over visiting AIC. The Lakers got a pair of goals from sophomore Mike Carter, two more from sophomore Adam Tackaberry and a solo game-winning power-play goal from junior Mike Muldoon in turning back the Yellow Jackets for the … Read more
This year, Hockey East offers more perils than ever before. Witness the case of Boston University, whose reward for a potential second-place finish could be a first-round playoff match with — archrival and defending NCAA champion Boston College? Dave Hendrickson explores further, including Merrimack’s sudden burst, an Olympic return, and much more.
For the third time this season, Notre Dame defeated Lake Superior State University, this time with a 3-1 victory Friday night at the Taffy Abel Arena. With 4:37 remaining to play in the first period, Cory McClean put Notre Dame on the board with an even-strength goal from Kyle Dolder and Brad Wanchulak. The goal … Read more
Paula C. Weston notes the comparatively quiet end to the CCHA regular season, but has high hopes for things to come. Also: the Girl Reporter’s annual All-Everything Teams.
Last Saturday against St. Lawrence, Harvard rallied from a 3-0 deficit with three goals in the third period to salvage a tie. Friday night, Rensselaer took an identical lead into the final frame but refused to yield in a 5-1 victory before 2,776 at Bright Hockey Center. The Engineers (15-10-4, 9-7-3 ECAC) and Crimson (10-12-4, … Read more
Hockey 101. Forecheck hard. Force the turnover. Score. Repeat. The Wolverines were the ones teaching that lesson Friday night, as Ohio State got schooled for the first ten minutes of Michigan’s 4-0 win, allowing three goals on four shots, two from turnovers in its own zone. John Shouneyia had a hand in three of the … Read more
Perhaps fittingly, Sacred Heart gave itself a Valentine’s Day gift last weekend. Also: what’s ahead as Mercyhurst wraps up the MAAC title “race”; and Jim Connelly deciphers playoff positioning.
The mini-game provides mega-drama in the early going in the SUNYAC playoffs; Geneseo and Potsdam find scoring hard to come by; playoff previews; and Russell Jaslow pleads for mercy.
The ECAC has announced that the 2002 ECAC women’s championship title game will be aired by New England Sports Network (NESN) and Empire Sports. Empire will air the game live, while NESN will air it on a tape-delay basis March 20 at 7 p.m. The championship weekend begins with a semifinal doubleheader on March 16 … Read more
Last Saturday featured plenty of action for ECAC West fans, including heartstoppers, brawls and upsets. Scott Biggar rounds up the weekend, then looks ahead to the ECAC West playoffs and the faceoff between RIT and Elmira for a potential Pool B NCAA bid.
The bid to host the 2004 Women’s Frozen Four, the NCAA annual women’s hockey championship, has been awarded to New Haven. The announcement was made jointly Wednesday by co-hosts the New Haven Coliseum, Yale University and the ECAC.
With a weekend of reckoning on its way, Chris Lerch offers a complete look at the Division III playoff picture, and handicaps the field for good measure. Also: the Rant of the Week makes its return, in doubletime.
Air Force suddenly believes the hype; Niagara moves toward the number-two seed in the CHA tournament; Findlay hopes to play spoiler; and weekend matchups. Geof F. Morris‘ CHA Beat arrives for another week.
It’s number one against number two when Denver and St. Cloud square off this weekend. Todd D. Milewski suggests that — thanks to SCSU goalie Dean Weasler — the series could be about more than just a great offense vs. a great defense. Also: CC and the Pairwise; a fond farewell at Michigan Tech; and Don Lucia puts his faith in his senior netminder.
As the ECAC Northeast (not to mention the Division II) playoffs get started, seniors around the country will fight to keep their last game at arm’s length. One by one, they will find themselves in the closing moments of their college careers. Ed Seero offers a look.
Brown and Rensselaer continue their rise toward home ice, while St. Lawrence and Yale are headed in the opposite direction. Also: first-place Cornell can’t end one particular run of misfortune, and the Iron Columnists go on an unprecedented losing streak. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser report.
Rookie Kristy Oonincx scored her sixth game-winning goal of the season, sending No. 1 Minnesota to a 3-2 overtime victory over the Wisconsin Badgers. Minnesota was down 2-1 midway through the third period before the Gophers fought back to win their sixth overtime game this season. On the winner, Noelle Sutton won the faceoff to … Read more
Middlebury wrapped up the regular season Sunday with a 8-0 win over Colby. The Panthers will draw a first-round bye and host the NESCAC Tournament on March 1-2 at the Kenyon Arena in Middlebury. The win extends Middlebury’s league unbeaten streak to 128 games (127-0-1) and its home winning streak to 85 games. Middlebury jumped … Read more
Mercyhurst rallied from a two-goal first period deficit to upset Brown 5-3, Sunday at the Ice Center. The victory improved Mercyhurst’s record to 23-8-1 while the Bears dropped to 17-7-2. Brown started senior forward Kristy Zamora in goal and the Bears responded by getting first-period goals from sophomore defender Katie LaFleur (3:28) and junior defender … Read more
Providence defeated Connecticut, 3-1, on Sunday at PC’s Schneider Arena in an ECAC Eastern League game. After a scoreless first period, the Friars opened the scoring at the midway point of the second period on a goal by freshman Rush Zimmerman. The Huskies tied the game at 15:33 of the second period on a power-play … Read more