Lake Superior State freshman goaltender Terry Denike stopped 39 University of Alaska-Fairbanks shots to help the Lakers defeat the Nanooks 4-1 for their first CCHA win of the season. “The win was good, and Denike’s performance was sound,” said Laker coach Frank Anzalone. Senior Chris McNamara put the Lakers on the board with a shorthanded … Read more

One day after suffering an 8-0 rout at the hands of host Minnesota, the Colgate Red Raiders seemed to play harder and with greater determination Saturday night. However, the outcome looked the same. For a second straight night, the Gophers’ offense proved overwhelming and its defense well up to the task, as Minnesota claimed a … Read more

In the consolation game of the Chase Rochester Cup, the Brockport Golden Eagles (1-1) hung onto a 2-1 lead to defeat the Geneseo Ice Knights (0-2). Brockport netminder Brian Tefft stopped 36 of the 37 shots that he faced for the win. “Brian is going to be the backbone of our team,” said Brockport coach … Read more

Iona is looking to establish itself as a legitimate MAAC title challenger, and took another big step toward that goal with a nice road win in Hamden on Saturday.

The Northern Michigan Wildcats beat the Michigan Wolverines 5-3 Saturday night, completing their first two-game sweep of Michigan in Yost Ice Arena since 1984. Wildcat Chad Theuer had four points in the win. Theuer has seven points in his first four games this season. Northern Michigan won 1-0 Friday night on defenseman Ryan Carrigan’s goal … Read more

Special teams and the top line clicked Saturday, allowing North Dakota to hold off Wisconsin for a split of their weekend series in Grand Forks, N.D.

Mankato, Minn — Many hockey teams struggle when they don’t have a number-one goaltender. St. Cloud State thrives on it. After senior Dean Weasler stopped 36 of 37 shots Friday night in SCSU’s 7-1 victory, junior goalkeeper Jake Moreland stopped all 37 shots he faced to give the Huskies a 4-0 victory Saturday and a … Read more

Keyed by five straight goals midway through the contest, Providence defeated Findlay, 8-3, Saturday at Schneider Arena. The Friars jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead on power-play goals by sophomores Meredith Roth and Danielle Culgin.  The Oilers cut the lead to 2-1 at the 3:34 mark of the second period on a goal by … Read more

Freshman Troy Weibler scored his first career goal at 1:51 of overtime to give Bentley its first win of the season, 3-2, over American International in MAAC Hockey League action Saturday night at the Olympic Ice Center. Weibler’s goal capped quite a night for the Falcons’ freshman class, which provided all three scores and two … Read more

“This is a screwy place to play,” a Miami player said on the bench during Saturday’s game. Perhaps Miami coach Enrico Blasi would want to play in a “screwy place” like this all the time. Miami buried two goals in the final period to take the second game of this weekend series by a score … Read more

In the second game of their first season, the Pioneers of Utica tied Fredonia, 2-2, in the [nl]Buffalo State All Sport Invitational. Both squads went scoreless in the first period. Fredonia took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Matt Crane at 7:02 of the second. Utica tied the game at 1-1 with Jeff Titensor’s … Read more

In four games, the Broncos have taken five points from ranked teams. Their latest victim? The Univeristy of Maine Black Bears.

Now we know why hockey is a 60-minute game: it often takes that long for someone to win. In one of the more memorable finishes ever between Ohio State and Bowling Green, the game was decided in the final minute when the teams traded goals, with OSU rookie J.B. Bittner scoring the winning goal with … Read more

Led by three power-play goals and a big second period, the RIT Tigers won their third consecutive Rochester Cup title with a 7-1 win over Hobart Saturday night.

The Denver Pioneers stayed perfect on the young 2001-2002 season, running away from the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 7-2 to up their record to an unblemished 3-0-0. In the WCHA opener for both teams, No. 8 Denver (1-0-0 WCHA) blew open a close game and kept applying the pressure throughout to keep Alaska-Anchorage off-balance and playing from … Read more

Moncton got three goals from three different players in the first period and then held on to defeat Vermont, 6-4, in an exhibition game Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Moncton got on the scoreboard first when David Bilodeau fired a shot from the right point that went through a screen in front and eluded Vermont … Read more

About the only thing UMass-Lowell didn’t do in convincing fashion for the first 39 minutes was perhaps sell enough popcorn. After seizing a 4-1 lead, however, the River Hawks surrendered a late-second period breakaway goal and enough penalties in the third period to make an eventual 4-3 win over Providence a dramatic one. Even so, … Read more

Nebraska-Omaha could have crumbled after blowing a 2-goal lead to the top-ranked Michigan State Spartans, but instead rallied late to win a big early-season test.

The St. Lawrence Saints and the Northeastern Huskies fought a battle that would last until the buzzer in overtime Friday night. The Huskies took the game in the final second in overtime to win the game 3-2. The two teams battled back and forth in a tightly matched game. The first period seemed to be … Read more