On Saturday night the Bears of Brown failed to live up to their billing as the resident giant-killers of New England. Brown, coming off recent upsets of such powerhouses as UMass-Lowell, St. Cloud State, and Wisconsin, finally met its match against nationally-ranked Cornell. With their 2-0 win, the Big Red completed a four-point weekend sweep, … Read more

The Minnesota Gophers continue to make their Saturday nights extra special. For the fifth straight week, Minnesota bounced back from a series-opening loss or tie to win the series finale. This time the victim was Minnesota-Duluth, as the Golden Gophers scored two third-period goals just 90 seconds apart to beat the Bulldogs 2-1 in front … Read more

Kirk Gibson. Ronnie Lott. Michael Ayers. What do these three have in common? They all played fantastic games with tremendous pain. After having a tendon completely torn in his left wrist by the skate blade of teammate Mick Mounsey on Friday night, New Hampshire goalie Michael Ayers returned to the ice wearing a brace on … Read more

In describing St. Lawrence’s 4-3 victory over the Yale Bulldogs, Eli head coach Tim Taylor found himself paraphrasing legendary football coach Bill Parcells. “We know how to lose by a goal, but we haven’t proven we can win by one goal,” said Taylor, whose team has now lost nine contests by that margin. “That’s just … Read more

Like the last two UMass-Amherst vs. Providence meetings this season, a lone goal set the two teams apart, as the Friars took a 3-2 road victory in front of 2,180 at the Mullins Center in Amherst. Regan Kelly’s second goal of the contest at 2:51 of the third period sealed the win for visiting Providence. … Read more

Ryan Campbell and Aaron Voros scored two goals each and defenseman Felipe Larranaga had a three-point game (a goal and two assists) to lead Alaska Fairbanks to a 6-5 win over Notre Dame Saturday night at the Joyce Center. The Nanooks took 5-1 and 6-2 leads only to see the Irish rally with four second-period … Read more

The Tigers of RIT came out with a high level of intensity right from the opening faceoff against the Hobart Statesmen. Junior David Bagley scored just 41 seconds into the game, on the way to a 7-1 victory. The Tigers (18-2) dominated territorially throughout most of the game, especially in the opening ten minutes of … Read more

The confidence has started to flow again for Clarkson. A day after recovering from a 5-2 deficit, scoring five unanswered goals to defeat Yale, 7-5, the Golden Knights erased a more modest 1-0 Princeton lead to sweep the weekend, winning 3-1 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink in front of 2,152. “It was a solid effort … Read more

With his team holding a tenuous advantage early in the third period against Harvard, Colgate’s Kyle Doyle pushed a rebound past Crimson goalie Will Crothers, giving himself a hat trick and Colgate an insurmountable three-goal lead en route to a 5-3 win Saturday. Harvard was only able to generate 16 shots on goal and never … Read more

After losing a 3-1 lead Friday night, allowing Ohio State to take a point in a 3-3 tie, Spartan John-Michael Liles put his own spin on a hockey standard. “A two-goal lead is the worst in hockey,” said Liles, “and it was proven here tonight.” Perhaps the Buckeyes should have read all about it. After … Read more

Ninth-ranked Mercyhurst broke open a close game with three third-period goals to subdue Wayne State 4-0 Saturday and sweep the weekend series. The Lakers improved their overall record to 20-7-1 and their Great Lakes Women’s Hockey Association mark to 14-2-1. Wayne State dropped to 3-21-2. Mercyhurst got a first-period power-play goal from junior defender Randi … Read more

Western Michigan’s Dave Cousineau scored the game-winning goal with just four seconds left in overtime for a 5-4 Central Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Bowling Green on Saturday night at the BGSU Ice Arena. The Bronco goal came off of just their fifth power-play try of the game after BGSU’s Scott Hewson was called for … Read more

Freshman forward Wade Richardson scored a pair of goals and sophomore Dennis McNally added two assists as Manhattanville defeated Wentworth, 4-1, in a nonleague contest at Matthews Arena. The Valiants scored first, as Richardson notched his first of the game from McNally and freshman forward James Willis at 10:10 of the first. Wentworth countered with … Read more

Michigan goaltender Josh Blackburn admitted he was bored. He had a right to be. The senior had to stop just 14 shots to shut down Lake Superior in Michigan’s 1-0 victory. “I did get bored,” Blackburn said. “The guys played unbelievable defense, probably the best we played all year. And as you can see by … Read more

D.J. Miller scored two goals and assisted on another to lead Connecticut past Bentley, 5-2, on Saturday night at the UConn Ice Arena. The win was the Huskies’ fourth straight, as they improved their record to 9-11-6 overall, 8-6-4 in the league. The evening’s scoring started in the first minutes of the game. Bentley’s Mike … Read more

Apparently the St. Cloud State power-play unit had something to prove. After an 0-for-20 streak that spanned over five games, the WCHA’s top unit went 4-for-6 Saturday night at the National Hockey Center to lead the nation’s fifth-ranked team to a 7-2 nonconference win over Alabama-Huntsville. In fact, the Huskies special teams were productive on … Read more

Friday night Minnesota State had an easy victory in sight early on, only to let Michigan Tech come back and make the game close. Saturday night turned out much the same as the Mavericks (13-14-1, 9-11-1 WCHA) forfeited a three-goal lead but were able to pull out a victory and earn the series sweep. After … Read more

Bemidji State survived a wild contest with Niagara Saturday, capturing a 3-2 win on a third-period power-play goal and retaining a share of first place in College Hockey America. As in Friday night’s 7-4 BSU victory, the power play was key for the Beavers. BSU scored two third-period power-play goals, the first by Jeff McGill … Read more

If his team keeps this up, Bob Gaudet is going to have a full head of gray hair by season’s end. Gaudet’s Dartmouth squad kept shooting and missing Saturday night, to the tune of zero for their first 36 shots and a tough-to-swallow 2-0 Union lead. But then the Big Green opened the floodgates in … Read more

Behind three first-period goals, the St. Lawrence Saints finished off a weekend sweep of the Yale Bulldogs with a 5-2 victory Saturday at Appleton Arena. Gina Kingsbury tallied two goals, and leads the team in scoring with 13 goals in the 11 games she has played this year. Kingsbury put the Saints on the board … Read more