Mercyhurst won its 20th game of the season and remained unbeaten in the MAAC with a 4-2 victory over visitng Quinnipiac on Saturday night at the Ice Center. Mercyhurst improved its overall mark to 20-7-3 and its conference slate to 19-0-3. Quinnipiac dropped to 14-12-4 overall (12-6-4). The Lakers jumped on the visitors early, as … Read more

After a long night of hockey, Geneseo finally prevailed in overtime of the mini-game.

Union wanted a win Saturday night to keep hopes alive for a first round playoff series at its home, Achilles Rink. All the Skating Dutchmen received was its Achilles heel — penalties. Union (12-10-6, 7-8-3 ECAC) took nine minor penalties and Princeton scored on two of them as the Tigers marched to a 4-2 victory … Read more

The St. Cloud State Huskies probably couldn’t have picked a better time to play their most complete game in months Saturday night at the National Hockey Center. They used a combination of suffocating defense and some timely scoring to complete the weekend sweep of Alaska-Anchorage with a 4-0 win. More importantly, they stayed within a … Read more

Coming into Saturday night’s contest against Minnesota-Duluth, the Minnesota State Mavericks were a perfect 12-0-0 when leading after two periods. They took a 3-2 lead into the third Saturday night and even built a 4-2 lead before watching UMD come back and tie the game in front of 3,511. After being down 2-1 in the … Read more

Merrimack associate head coach Mike Doneghey was the best man at a childhood friend’s wedding today and, for the better part of three periods, his Warriors were the best team on the ice tonight. The resulting 5-2 win over the visiting Boston College Eagles was no fluke. And they know it. Last night, the Warriors … Read more

Bowling Green and Lake Superior State played to a 4-4 draw Saturday night at the BGSU Ice Arena. The Falcons had two players with multiple-point games, while netminder Jordan Sigalet stopped 43 shots. The Lakers’ Barry Pochmara registered the game’s first goal at 8:42 of the opening period. Pochmara scooped up a Derek Seal rebound … Read more

Junior forward Colin Hemingway scored his first career hat trick, and freshman Preston Callander added a goal and an assist, as the top-ranked New Hampshire Wildcats rebounded from a last-second disaster the previous night to gain a weekend split with Northeastern, 6-2, at the Whittemore Center in Durham. Hemingway, an All-America candidate, scored his 23rd, … Read more

Ferris State came out flying and outshot Ohio State, 33-21, in the last regular-season meeting between these two clustermates, but the tenacious Buckeyes came from behind to win this one, 4-3, evening the season series 2-2-0 and securing their third weekend sweep of the season. The Bulldogs came out with jump and took an early … Read more

Rensselaer scored twice in the first 5:46 on its way to a 5-2 win over over host Yale before a sellout crowd of 3,486 at Ingalls Rink. The score was not wholly indicative of the competitiveness of the contest, with RPI notching an empty netter in the waning seconds and the Bulldogs actually outshooting the … Read more

Trent Ulmer put home a rebound from an Olivier Gagnon shot, 3:58 into overtime to give American International a 3-2 victory over Bentley in a MAAC league contest Saturday. The win snaps AIC’s 10-game losing streak; it improves to 7-18 overall and 6-16 in the league, while Bentley falls to 4-24-2 (4-18-2). Bentley jumped on … Read more

The Brown Bears rallied from a 2-1 second-period deficit to defeat Mercyhurst 4-2 Saturday afternoon, at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Bears improved to 17-6-2 while Mercyhurst dropped to 22-8-1. Junior defender Randi Pilger scored a power-play goal at 17:00 of the first period to give the Lakers a 1-0 lead. It was Pilger’s seventh … Read more

Bemidji State will have to wait for another day to clinch its berth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five. The St. Cloud State Huskies, who earlier in the week learned their head coach, Kerry Brodt Wethington, would be resigning at the end of the season, rode a four-goal effort from Roxanne Stang to … Read more

A pair of second-period goals put visiting Quinnipiac ahead for good, beating Canisius 4-3 at the Buffalo State Sports Arena Friday night in MAAC action. The Griffs fall to 12-15-2 overall and 11-8-2 in the MAAC, while Quinnipiac improves to 14-11-4, 12-5-4 in conference play. Canisius fell behind at the 3:48 mark of the first … Read more

No. 9 Ohio State emerged from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Minnesota State-Mankato, 4-2, and snap its season high four-game losing streak Friday in the series opener at the OSU Ice Rink. Heather Farrell had a two-goal outing, including an empty-netter with 1:08 remaining in the game. Jeni Creary and Jennifer Desson each added a … Read more

The shots on goal for the second period Friday night stood at 17-4 in favor of Princeton. However, one of Rensselaer’s shots went in the net; none of the Tigers’ did. If there ever was a stat that showed the difference in direction for two programs, that was it. The Engineers (13-10-4, 7-7-3 ECAC) capitalized … Read more

Bowdoin snapped a two-game losing streak with a lopsided 8-2 win over visiting Amherst on Friday night. The Polar Bears, the last unbeaten team in the nation prior to the streak, improved to 17-2-3 (14-1-3 NESCAC) on the year, while Amherst fell to 6-12-5 (6-8-4 NESCAC). The Polar Bears opened the scoring 11:28 into the … Read more

Boston College goaltender Tim Kelleher made the saves when they counted most while Merrimack College netminder Joe Exter wishes he could have one back. The surging Eagles escaped Conte Forum Friday with a typical, tight late-season 2-1 Hockey East victory over an improving Warriors club. The Eagles earned their third straight win, thanks mainly to … Read more

When the playoffs begin, the defense tightens up. However, for Geneseo and Potsdam, it was no different than in the regular season. Goals are not commonplace when these two teams meet. Geneseo edged Potsdam in game one of the SUNYAC play-in round, 2-1, as defense was the name of the game. Potsdam, despite driving down … Read more

Two second-period goals and a 23-save shutout effort from sophomore goaltender Yann Danis were more than enough for the surging Brown Bears to earn a 2-0 win on the road at St. Lawrence. The win was the third in a row for the Bears, having swept last weekend’s home action versus Dartmouth and Vermont. Brent … Read more