Despite being outshot 32-13, Bemidji State started out the 2002 calendar year with a 3-2 victory over Ohio State Friday at the OSU Ice Rink. Special teams were the story, as four of the game’s five goals were scored on power-play opportunities. Caesare Stimson scored the first of her two goals at the 15:44 mark … Read more
By definition, it should have been a goal. And a pretty one at that. On a second-period Dartmouth power play, Trevor Byrne passed the puck to fellow defenseman P.J. Martin, who winged it to Chris Snizek in the slot. Snizek roofed a quick shot, sending the goaltender’s water bottle into the air and apparently tying … Read more
Senior left wing David Inman continued his red-hot play with a two-goal game and freshman goaltender Morgan Cey stopped 33 of 36 Michigan shots as Notre Dame rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to pull out a 3-3 tie versus the Wolverines Friday night. The tie gives the Irish a 5-1-1 record in their last … Read more
Miami and Alaska-Fairbanks combined for 70 shots in a 2-2 draw Friday night in Miami’s Goggin Ice Arena. UAF outshot the RedHawks 37-33 in a contest which featured a paltry ten penalty minutes combined between the two schools. Playing on his home ice for the first time since hosting Michigan in early December, Miami senior … Read more
Junior center Brett Nowak netted a pair of goals and sophomore netminder Will Crothers made 19 saves to help Harvard to a 3-2 victory at Union College on Friday evening. The Crimson increases its lead in the ECAC, improving to 6-2-2 (14 points) in conference play and 7-5-3 overall, while Union falls to 5-6-2, 1-4-1 … Read more
The U.S. finished in fifth place at the 2002 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship after earning a 3-2 overtime win against Sweden. Yale’s Chris Higgins scored the game-winning goal just over six minutes into the overtime period when he and Kris Vernarsky went on a two-on-one breakaway. Vernarsky dished the puck to … Read more
Bowling Green struck first in the first period, but visiting Princeton scored the deciding goal and an insurance goal in the third period for a 4-2 nonconference win over the Falcons in the BGSU Ice Arena, 4-2. The Falcons’ special teams showed signs of improvement with two power-play goals while holding Princeton to 0-for-5 on … Read more
Denver continued its winning ways Friday night, as Wade Dubielewicz shut out visiting Wisconsin. Kevin Doell’s first-period tally stood up as the game-winner for the nation’s No. 2 team.
AMHERST MEN’S HOCKEY SNAPS THREE-GAME SKID WITH 5-1 WIN OVER WESLEYAN Behind a pair of goals and an assist by senior forward Bob Miele and a 19-save performance by junior goalie Justin Jagher, Amherst ended a three-game losing skid with a lopsided 5-1 win over visiting NESCAC and Little Three rival Wesleyan Friday night at … Read more
Behind goaltender Brett Leone — making his first start this season — Wayne State scored four unanswered goals to win its first-ever game against a CCHA opponent, topping Lake Superior 4-2 Friday night.
Boston University and Northeastern continued to move in opposite directions Friday night, though the story was closer than the teams’ records might have suggested. Jay Pandolfo’s pair of tallies propelled BU past the homestanding Huskies 3-2.
No. 13 Colorado College put the power back into its power play Friday night, converting three of its five opportunities en route to a 4-1 WCHA victory over Minnesota-Duluth. Alex Kim led the way for the Tigers, registering three points (1g, 2a), while Jeff Sanger rejected 18 of the Bulldogs’ 19 shots to give CC … Read more
In a contest featuring two CCHA teams bubbling under the USCHO.com Top 15, Ohio State got 20 saves in a workmanlike effort from Mike Betz, and claimed a 3-1 decision by taking advantage of Western Michigan’s defensive lapses.
Michigan State entered Friday having never played Quinnipiac, but quickly gave its no-nickname Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent a lesson in what hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association is all about. Special teams, strong goaltending from Ryan Miller and a flurry of activity around the Quinnipiac net propelled Michigan State to a 4-1 victory … Read more
Former Connecticut hockey coach John Chapman died Wednesday at his home in Venice, Fla., at age 76. Chapman was a 1950 graduate of Dartmouth, where he lettered in football, hockey and lacrosse. The native of Marblehead, Mass., coached tennis and hockey at Rhode Island from 1950-55. He earned a master’s degree from Columbia in 1956, … Read more
Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser review the ECAC’s holiday action, and report on the success of a different kind of interconference performance.
At the beginning of the season, AIC’s coaches thought they had recruited a solid goaltending duo. Half of that expectation has already been supported; now the other half may be tested. Also: the MAAC suffers through a tough tournament season, partly thanks to an old nemesis. Jim Connelly reports.
One week after assessing the relative first-half performances of Hockey East’s member programs, Dave Hendrickson hands out the individual hardware. Also: Anthony Aquino and international politics, the league’s biggest surprise, and the New England Patriots.
With the second half about to get underway, Geof F. Morris shakes up the standings to assess each CHA team’s shot at the title. Also: this weekend’s contests previewed.
Freshman forward Preston Callander scored a career-high three points — eclipsing his previous best of two set in UNH’s last game — as the fourth-ranked New Hampshire Wildcats defeated Yale, 5-3, before 6,027 at the Whittemore Center. UNH improved to 14-3-2 on the season. Yale fell to 4-8-2. New Hampshire was coming off an impressive … Read more