New Hampshire’s Darren Haydar tallied a hat trick and added three assists as New Hampshire blasted Brown, 11-3, en route to the Badger Showdown tournament title Friday. A nine-goal third period secured the win for the Wildcats as Haydar was named tourney MVP.
Pete Summerfelt may have given the Dartmouth Big Green a 4-3 win at the Sheraton/Howard Bank Classic, but Merrimack enjoyed the boon of its head coach, as Chris Serino was behind the bench for the first time since late October.
Whether it’s surprising Holy Cross or underachieving Bentley, Jim Connelly takes a look at the high-flyers and the bottom-feeders in the MAAC at the season’s halfway point.
With Christmas now past, it’s time to get back to Hockey East action. Dave Hendrickson sorts out who’s been naughty (Providence) and nice (UMass-Lowell) during the first half of the season.
In case there were any Hobey Baker Award voters in the Bradley Center on Thursday, Darren Haydar put on a show. The New Hampshire forward scored a goal and assisted on two others, and the Wildcats scored four goals in the third period to defeat Colorado College 6-2 in the first round of the Bank … Read more
In a typically-unpredictable ECAC season, half the season is hardly enough to pick the eventual winner. Still, Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser run through the first half with facts and analysis.
College Hockey America comes out of the holiday break slowly, but one conference battle looms large as Wayne State visits Huntsville to rematch with league-leading UAH. Geof F. Morris lays out his vision of the weeks to come.
Les Haggett was one of the first ones off the bench to mob Brown goaltender Yann Danis after the horn sounded. It’s somewhat fitting because the pair was the difference in Thursday’s Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown semifinal. Haggett scored with 2:24 remaining, sending the Bears into the championship game with a 2-1 victory over … Read more
Holiday tournaments may not be for conference points, but they’re often a bellwether of things to come in the second half. With that in mind, Todd D. Milewski checks off the WCHA’s tourney participants, keeping a special eye on the Badger Showdown and a potential battle of titans at the Denver Cup.
We at USCHO.com hear and obey. Special correspondent Sam Bohney returns with the second installment of What?, USCHO.com’s feature on historical facts and figures.
Saturday night at the National Hockey Center, Minnesota State-Mankato found out first hand what it’s like to be hit dead on by a Mack truck at full speed. In their rematch with top ranked St. Cloud State, the Mavericks proved to be nothing but a speed bump to the truck as the Huskies put it … Read more
Wisconsin senior forward Matt Doman was suspended for one game, a penalty imposed on Friday by the WCHA for kneeing North Dakota’s David Lundbohm on Dec. 7. Doman, who received a two-minute penalty on the play, will be forced to sit out the Badgers’ opening game at the Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown next week … Read more
An old sports cliche says defense wins championships, and Friday night at the National Hockey Center, the St. Cloud State Huskies proved why they sit atop the national polls, and the WCHA standings with a 12-2-1 conference record. The Huskies used that defense — and special teams play — to withstand an excellent effort from … Read more
Nizwantowski UMass-Amherst coach Don Cahoon has decided to remove junior forward Brad Nizwantowski from the hockey program following action taken today by the school. The specific action taken against Nizwantowski is protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. According to a story in today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette, Nizwantowski was arraigned Monday in local … Read more
College hockey’s top individual prize, the Hobey Baker Award, is now accepting nominations in the first phase of naming the Hobey winner. From now until Jan. 6, hockey fans may nominate Division I men’s college hockey players. The Vote For Hobey process offers college hockey fans the unique opportunity to actually participate in the selection … Read more
According to his doctors, Matt Curran would never walk again. The Providence goaltender had shattered his body in a 30-foot fall, and medical science gave him a better chance of winning the lottery than of ever getting to his feet. But as Dave Hendrickson found, Curran defied those odds.
After playing the nation’s No. 1 team tough Friday night, Bemidji State had some confidence coming into the series finale this afternoon at John Glas Fieldhouse. It was short-lived, as the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs used a dominant third period to blow the game open and cruise to an 8-1 win. Already eading 4-1 at the second … Read more
Sophomore netminder Darren Gastrock stopped 27 saves, including a game-saving highlight-reel effort late in the third, to backstop Dartmouth to a 3-2 win over Merrimack Saturday night.
The two-minute drill was the key Saturday to Northeastern’s defeat (8-7-2) of Iona (7-7-2), 7-2, in the two teams’ first-ever meeting. Northeastern (8-7-2) scored two goals in a two-minute period of time on three separate occasions in the night. Chris Lynch had four points for the Huskies while Mike Ryan added two goals in the … Read more
The Bulldogs prevail through another penalty-filled game to issue the Buckeye their first pointless weekend of the season.