Senior forward Fred Mattersdorfer scored 11:54 into overtime Friday, lifting fifth-seeded Northern Michigan to a 3-2 win over Western Michigan in Game One of their best-of-three CCHA playoff series. The Wildcats needed a late third-period goal to tie the game at 2 and force an overtime period. Jimmy Jackson’s coast-to-coast, power-play marker gave NMU that … Read more
Coming into this weekend, Harvard and Yale had never met in the first round of the ECAC playoffs, but when the two schools have their annual epic football match, it is called The Game. Judging by Friday night’s performance, this can rightly be called The Series. The Crimson took a 5-4 lead into the third … Read more
The Middlebury Panthers defeated the St. Mary’s Cardinals, 3-1, at the ESL Centre in Rochester, N.Y., in the first semifinal game of the AWCHA Division III championship Friday. The win moved Middlebury into the title game Saturday night against Gustavus Adolphus, a victor over Williams in the other semi. Looking at shots on goal (44-12 … Read more
Niklas Sundberg made 42 saves, and Plattsburgh beat host Middlebury 3-1 in the first game of a NCAA quarterfinal series.
Senior center Erik Anderson returned to the lineup for the first time in six games Friday night and scored two goals and set up a third as St. Lawrence beat Union 6-3 in the first game of a best-of-three ECAC playoff series Friday night. St. Lawrence, seeded second in the tournament, improves to 17-12-4 heading … Read more
Maria Rooth scored a power-play goal eight minutes, 49 seconds into overtime and second-ranked Minnesota-Duluth posted a 6-5 win Friday over seventh-ranked Wisconsin to advance to the WCHA Women’s Championship finale. The Badgers trailed 5-3 with 5:57 to play in the third period after Sanna Peura scored for the Bulldogs. Meghan Hunter scored a power-play … Read more
Coming into Friday night’s game two of its Hockey East quarterfinal series with Northeastern, Maine knew it would be facing a desperate team. “They’re playing for their season,” said Black Bear co-captain Doug Janik. “We expected them to come with everything, so we knew that we’d have to come out with a lot of jump.” … Read more
With the exception of a one minute, 42 -second stretch in the first period, Friday night’s Hockey East Quarterfinal game between Boston University and No. 11 Providence College could have been considered a nailbiter: the teams traded goal for goal for the other 58 minutes and 18 seconds. Unfortunately for the Terriers, the Friars notched … Read more
The ninth-seeded Bowling Green Falcons completed the upset sweep of the second-seeded Miami RedHawks with a 4-3 overtime win.
Corinne Rosen scored a pair of third-period goals, including an empty-net goal, to cap Ohio State’s stunning 4-0 victory over Minnesota to catapult the Buckeyes into Saturday’s WCHA Women’s Championship finale against second-ranked Minnesota-Duluth. Ohio State goalie April Stojak needed to stop just 11 shots through two periods as her team took a 2-0 lead … Read more
There may have been a men’s national playoff game down the road at RIT, but those fans didn’t get their money’s worth. The best playoff game in the Flower City took place at the ESL Centre between Gustavus Adolphus and Williams College in the semifinal round of the AWCHA Division III Women’s Hockey Championship. Gustavus … Read more
UMass-Lowell’s victory over New Hampshire was a quick look at the River Hawks’ season. They’re still alive, thanks to a late comeback.
Graham Mink scored two goals as the 10th seeded Vermont Catamounts upset ECAC Regular Season Champion Clarkson Golden Knights, 5-3, in the first game of the league quarterfinals before 2,326 fans Friday night.
David Kozier’s overtime goal lifted Cornell to a 3-2 victory over Princeton in the first game of a best-of-three, first-round series. Princeton and Cornell will play Game 2 of the series Saturday at 7 p.m. Cornell won the faceoff to the right of Princeton goalie Dave Stathos. Sam Paolini slid a pass to Kozier, and … Read more
Friday night at Engelstad Arena, the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs and the Fighting Sioux of UND demonstrated the parity that exists in the WCHA this season. In game one of the teams’ first-round playoff series, tenth-seeded Duluth beat top seed UND 3-2 in a game plagued by poorly timed penalties and missed opportunities for the WCHA regular-season … Read more
In the opening game of their NCAA quarterfinal series, the RIT Tigers (25-0-1) defeated the Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (18-8-2) by a score of 8-1. After RIT established a 4-0 lead early in the second period, Lebanon Valley scored a shorthanded goal to get on the board, presaging an even and scoreless remainder of the … Read more
Middlebury’s Michelle Labbe was named the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Women’s College Division Player of the Year. Labbe, a dual citizen from Pt. Claire, Quebec, scored 24 goals and 32 assists for 56 points in her senior year.
Friday night, the Denver Pioneers jumped out to a three-goal lead before the Wisconsin Badgers came roaring back with six consecutive goals to win the first game of their first-round WCHA playoff series, 6-4. The Badgers got two goals each from Dany Heatley and Rene Bourque, who, along with linemate David Hukalo, accounted for 10 … Read more
Wayne State let a 2-0 lead slip away late, but eventually prevailed on sophomore center Jason Durbin’s goal with 6:05 left in sudden-death overtime to advance to the CHA final with a 3-2 win over Niagara on Friday. Sophomore goalie David Guerrera stopped 37 shots, including 13 in overtime for Wayne State (17-4-3). The win … Read more
St. Cloud State opened first-round play of the WCHA playoffs with a strong 5-1 win at home over Alaska-Anchorage. The victory moves the No. 4 Huskies’ record to 28-8-1, while UAA falls to 7-23-5. The two teams will square off in the second game of the best-of-three series on Saturday night. St. Cloud State jumped … Read more