Holy Cross rookie Fred Coccimiglio netted the tying goal early in the third period, and the Crusaders skated to a 3-3 tie with the homestanding Canisius Golden Griffons Saturday night at the Buffalo State Sports Arena in front of 247 fans. Canisius wasted little time getting on the board in the first period as sophomore … Read more

The Mercyhurst Lakers bounced back from a disappointing tie with Holy Cross Friday night to defeat Bentley 6-2 Saturday at the Ice Center. The Lakers got a pair of goals from senior forward Tom McMonagle, his first lamplighters of the season, and two more from sophomore forward Mike Carter in turning back the Falcons. Junior … Read more

No. 2 St. Cloud used an impressive offensive performance to defeat fifth-ranked North Dakota 8-4 in the teams’ series opener Friday night at the National Hockey Center. Mark Hartigan and the Huskies stayed perfect with an 8-4 win over North Dakota Friday night (photo: Jason Waldowski). The win moves SCSU’s record to 7-0-0 overall and … Read more

Brian Schroeder and Ryan Carter scored in a two-minute span late in the third period to break a 2-2 tie as Iona defeated Army 4-2 in front of a crowd of 750 at the Skate Nation Arena Friday night. Schroeder has made his last two goals count.  Prior to the Army game, his last goal … Read more

Having given up three goals or more in his previous three games, it appeared as if Michigan State goalie and Hobey Baker winner Ryan Miller was mired in slump. Consider the slump over. Miller returned to his usual spectacular self on Friday night, stopping 30 shots to record his 21st career shutout in a 4-0 … Read more

Bemidji State junior center Amber Fryklund turned in the seventh hat trick in the program’s history to lead BSU past the Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks, 4-1, in WCHA play Friday at the All Seasons Arena. Fryklund, now the only player in BSU history with two career hat tricks, tied the score at 1-1 with her first … Read more

Friday night, Plattsburgh took advantage of Oswego penalties and miscues to down the Lakers, 6-4, in the conference opener for both. Brian Toussaint led scoring for the defending national champs, getting a natural hat trick in the first period. The Cardinals, who scored on fewer than a fourth of their power plays last season, went … Read more

Kurt Kamienski’s three goals and two assists led Connecticut past American International, 5-2, at the Olympia Ice Center in Springfield, Mass., on Friday evening. Kamienski opened the scoring 58 seconds into the game on assists from Mike Boylan and Anders Johnson. AIC evened the score on a shot from Ron Miller less than a minute … Read more

Defending NCAA champion Boston College’s slow start continued Friday as the Eagles were bested by homestanding Wisconsin. The Badgers’ Scott Kabotoff stopped 41 shots in a 5-2 Badger victory.

Freshman Lyon Porter scored the game-winner in the third period, lifting the Stags to an upset victory over Quinnipiac, 5-3 Friday night. On the winning play, Porter forced a turnover at the Fairfield blue line, creating a two-on-one and getting a shot from the right faceoff dot that beat QU goaltender Justin Eddy low to … Read more

Based on the preseason projections, this was Hockey East’s top team against its bottom one.  On the ice, however, it was anybody’s game.  UMass-Amherst gave Providence everything it could handle until Jon DiSalvatore’s goal with 5:10 remaining provided the final margin in a 3-2 win. The victory came just five days after the Minutemen had … Read more

It seemed like every time that one looked up, a goal was being scored. And being scored by a different player as the Union Skating Dutchmen downed the Bemidji State Beavers in a wild game in Union’s home opener, 8-6. “What a game,” said Bemidji State head coach Tom Serratore. “It’s too bad we weren’t … Read more

For two periods, fans at the Cadet Ice Arena could not tell that the team picked to finish last was battling the team picked to win College Hockey America. With the score tied at 3-3 entering the third period, Air Force, picked to finish last, had outshot defending tournament champions Wayne State 24-9. However, Wayne … Read more

Niagara goalie Rob Bonk made 28 saves, several of the spectacular variety, to help the Purple Eagles defeat Princeton 4-2 Friday night at Dwyer Arena. The win was Niagara’s fifth in a row after opening the season with two defeats. Joe Tallari, John Heffernan and Nick Kormanyos (two goals) provided the offense for the Purple … Read more

Miami (4-2-1, 2-0-1 CCHA) tied Western Michigan (3-2-2, 2-2-1 CCHA) 4-4 after a late third-period goal by junior Danny Stewart put a cap on the game’s scoring. Special teams dominated the game as Miami finished 3-of-11 on the power play while WMU converted on 1-of-8 chances. The RedHawks got off to a quick 2-0 lead … Read more

Cornell skated to a convincing victory Friday night in its home opener against outgunned Alabama-Huntsville. The game, won 6-1 by Mike Schafer’s Big Red, was the first of back-to-back contests against the Chargers. Play got off to a physical start when Alabama winger Steve Milosevski laid a punishing check on David Kozier of Cornell during … Read more

Holy Cross sophomore forward Greg Kealey scored three goals, two within a 2:17 span late in the third period, as the Crusaders rallied for a 5-5 overtime tie with Mercyhurst before nearly 600 fans Friday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers are now 2-3-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, … Read more

Many in hockey will tell you that defense wins games. Friday night, though, it was a defense-man that won the game for the Terriers. Terrier blueliner Chris Dyment broke a 3-3 tie early in the third period by scoring a highlight-reel goal, as Boston University remained undefeated (4-0-0, 2-0-0 Hockey East) knocking off crosstown rival … Read more