After Ohio State’s 5-4 overtime upset in the first game of this best-of-three series and Nebraska-Omaha’s 2-1 rebound Saturday night, only a double-overtime game could end this hard-fought, closely contested battle. In the end, the hero was UNO’s Billy Pugliese, who backhanded one into the OSU net at 7:31 in the second overtime to give … Read more
Neither Boston University nor Providence seemed eager to take off their uniforms and begin their summer vacations. With the Terriers and Friars both needing victories to keep their seasons alive and advance to the Hockey East Semifinals, the two teams played the longest game in Hockey East history — an exhausting and physical thriller in … Read more
The NCAA made it official today, announcing that RIT will host the Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four next Friday and Saturday at the Ritter Memorial Arena on the RIT campus. RIT, 26-0-1 on the season and the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, earned the right to host after an 8-1, 10-2 sweep … Read more
Maine coach Shawn Walsh is travelling today to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., for tests designed to identify his next course of cancer treatments. He will stay at the National Cancer Institute until Tuesday, when he will return to Maine to prepare his team for Friday’s Hockey East semifinal game. Walsh, who … Read more
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux sent the old Engelstad Arena out with a win Sunday night against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, securing the number-one seed in the WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn. The Sioux beat the Bulldogs 4-0 in the last game to be played in the old barn, as the Sioux move to … Read more
Northern Michigan put on the most important rally of its season Sunday, overcoming a three-goal deficit to beat Western Michigan 5-4 in overtime, winning its best-of-three series in dramatic fashion. Ryan Riipi’s goal 11:40 into overtime capped off an incredible comeback for the Wildcats. In the end, Northern Michigan won both of its games against … Read more
Niagara won the consolation game of the College Hockey America Final Five as the Purple Eagles defeated the Air Force Falcons, 2-1. Niagara, the second seed in the tournament, concludes the season with a 14-19-5 overall record. Air Force, the fifth seed, finished fourth in the tournament and ended the season with a 16-17-4 overall … Read more
When Paula C. Weston headed out to Omaha, Neb., for the Mavericks-Buckeyes CCHA series, she got more than she bargained for. Follow USCHO.com’s CCHA correspondent through one of the Midwest’s hidden jewels.
Four different players scored and netminder Stephen Fabiilli notched 22 saves as Canisius defeated Connecticut, 4-1, to advance to the semifinals of the MAAC tournament Saturday night. Rob Martin opened the scoring in the first period when he scored a goal on a bad bounce through UConn goalie Jason Carey’s legs at the 9:53 mark … Read more
Paul Dowe netted the game-winner late in the third period, and Niklas Sundberg turned away 33 shots Saturday night as Plattsburgh topped Middlebury 5-2 to earn a sweep of the Panthers in their NCAA quarterfinal series. Despite outshooting Plattsburgh 78-49 in the series, Middlebury could not find the back of the net, going 0-for-13 on … Read more
If you could take every Cornell (15-11-5, 13-8-3 ECAC) victory from the past season and wrap them up into one package, the Red’s 2-1 victory over Princeton (10-16-5, 9-11-4) to clinch a spot in the ECAC’s final five would be it. The game featured everything: great special-teams play, hard work, solid goaltending and a raucous … Read more
A backdrop rich with playoff intensity gave way to history Saturday night at the Alliant Energy Center as the fifth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers defeated the sixth-seeded Denver Pioneers 6-2 in the second and final game of a best-of-three WCHA playoff series. With Wisconsin (20-13-4) ahead in the series 1-0, the visiting Pioneers played the first period … Read more
The top-ranked Dartmouth Big Green, the regular-season ECAC champions, took a 2-0 lead in the first period over Niagara and never looked back en route to a 3- 1 win, advancing to next weekend’s women’s championship to be held on their own home ice. “This game was the pressure game,” said Big Green coach Judy … Read more
Some say consolation games lack intensity, due to the very nature of the contest. Nobody told that to St. Mary’s and Williams, who played another stirring game at the ESL Centre in Rochester, N.Y., in the third-place game of the AWCHA Division III championships. St. Mary’s took the lead late in the second period and … Read more
Netminder Tuula Puputti stopped all 26 Ohio State shots as top-seeded Minnesota-Duluth captured its second consecutive WCHA playoff title, defeating OSU 3-0 Saturday night at the Rochester Recreation Center. The Buckeyes outshot the Bulldogs, 12-6, in the first stanza but were unable to convert. Rather, UMD center Erika Holst tallied first, on the power play … Read more
Down a game to Northern Michigan, Western Michigan stayed alive in its first-round playoff series Saturday night, beating NMU 9-7 in an offensive shootout, forcing a deciding Game 3 on Sunday. Western Michigan proved the hardest thing to do is to end a team’s season, scoring five goals in the second period and four in … Read more
Propelled by the third line of Stuart Senden, Nick Anthony and Matt Koalska, Minnesota downed Michigan Tech 3-1 Saturday night to claim a berth in the WCHA Final Five. The Senden-Anthony-Koalska line figured in all three Gopher goals, scoring two of them and adding four assists. “That’s big at this time of the season, to … Read more
On the night that Chris Cerrella moved into the top spot on the career scoring chart at Quinnipiac, the Braves’ senior assistant captain helped his team accomplish something that was just as, if not more important — keep his team’s season alive. Despite squandering a 3-1 lead with under seven minutes to play in the … Read more
The Boston College Eagles got one step closer towards a third Hockey East championship in four seasons — but it certainly wasn’t easy. After winning game one of their quarterfinal series against Merrimack, 1-0, the Eagles found themselves deadlocked 1-1 through two periods Saturday before rookie Tony Voce scored his second game-winning goal in as … Read more
Nate Ziemski turned aside all 27 St. John’s shots Saturday night to lead Wisconsin-Superior to a 4-0 victory and a sweep of their NCAA quarterfinal series in front of 1,680 fans at Wessman Arena. The win sends UWS back to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four for the third straight year. Sophomore forward Josh Liebenow … Read more