Two teams fell short on Saturday night — one short of home ice and one short of the playoffs. After 60 minutes of hockey, the Colgate Red Raiders were done for the season as the Rensselaer Engineers scored three times on the power play in the third period to win, 3-0. The loss, combined with … Read more

For the first time under the current format, the SUNYAC will have a third game in the finals. Potsdam used a four-goal second period to knot the series with Plattsburgh, forcing a deciding game Sunday.

Kurt Kamienski netted a hat trick and three assists and Ron D’Angelo had a hat trick plus two assists to lead Connecticut past Bentley 11-1 on Saturday evening. Connecticut’s 11 goals were a school record. D’Angelo opened the scoring 1:44 into the first period on assists from Matt Owens and Kamienski. Michael Goldkind recorded the … Read more

Wisconsin used four power-play goals and six different goal scorers in a 7-1 win over Bemidji State (9-23-1, 6-17-1) at Capitol Ice Arena on Saturday. Freshman Meghan Hunter led the UW offense with a goal and three assists. Wisconsin (19-8-5, 13-6-5 WCHA) scored three first-period power-play goals to grab a 3-0 lead. Karen Rickard scored … Read more

Three Buckeyes recorded two-goal games Saturday night to help Ohio State past Wayne State, 7-1, in the non-conference series finale at the OSU Ice Arena. Heather Farrell, Shana Frost and Emily Hudak scored two apiece for the Buckeyes, who closed out the regular season 16-15-3 overall and 11-10-3 in the WCHA. Wayne State ended its … Read more

Julia Karoly skated in alone from the blue line before scoring with a shot to the top shelf 9:05 into overtime to give Williams a 3-2 overtime win over Manhattanville on Saturday in an ECAC semifinal game. Williams will take on Middlebury, who was a 3-1 winner over Colgate, in Sunday’s championship game at 1 … Read more

Middlebury came back from a 1-0 deficit to pick up a 3-1 win over Colgate on Saturday in the ECAC semifinals. The Panthers will take on Williams for the title on Sunday. Middlebury improved its unbeaten streak to 112 ECAC games and upped its winning streak to 76 straight at home. Colgate jumped on the … Read more

Brian Yingling had three points in the title game, lifting his team to its first NCAA tournament appearance.

St. Cloud laid claim to second place in the WCHA with another convincing win Saturday, beating Minnesota 5-2. The Huskies now enter the WCHA tournament with the edge on claiming an NCAA bye.

In both teams’ final regular-season game, back-to-back third-period goals lifted visiting Yale to a 3-3 tie at Brown. Freshman forward Ryan Steeves netted the game-tying goal early in the third to help his squad to its third straight Ivy League championship. Up 3-1 going to the third, it looked like the already-eliminated Bears could finally … Read more

BURLINGTON, Vermont — Down 3-1 and with a playoff berth on the line, Vermont exploded for five unanswered goals in a wild nine-goal second period and went on to defeat St. Lawrence, 8-4, Saturday to cap both teams’ regular seasons. The win, combined with Colgate’s 3-0 loss to Rensselaer, puts Vermont in the ECAC playoffs … Read more

David Busch and Joshua Prudden each notched a goal and an assist as New Hampshire defeated UMass-Amherst, 3-0, knocking the Minutemen out of the Hockey East playoffs. The Minutemen close out the 2000-01 season with a record of 8-22-4 overall, and 7-15-2 in Hockey East. They finished in ninth place in Hockey East, one point … Read more

It was Senior Night at Magness Arena for Denver. Unfortunately for them, the Pioneers did not get the preferred gift they were hoping for from Michigan Tech. Denver (19-13-4 overall, 14-11-3 WCHA) did what it could on its end, beating Minnesota-Duluth 3-1 to finish the season. But Wisconsin shut the door on the Pioneers’ fleeting … Read more

Rival branches of the military faced off Friday night for honor, for glory, and — truth be told — for bragging rights. Supporters of both Air Force and Army turned out in droves, filling the 2,650-seat Cadet Ice Arena with a sellout crowd of 3,093 — the largest home crowd since a 1991 contest against … Read more

Miami goes 9-3-0 down the stretch to beat out Michigan for second place in the CCHA. The RedHawks cap the season with a pair of wins over Ohio State.

Dany Heatley has come alive. The Wisconsin sophomore forward headed into Friday night’s matchup against Michigan Tech with national Offensive Player of the Week honors for his five-point effort last weekend against Colorado College. Friday at the Kohl Center, Heatley was still on, scoring one goal and assisting on three others as Wisconsin defeated Michigan … Read more

As Friday night’s game between Maine and Providence entered the final 10 minutes of the third period, a wave of disbelief began sweeping over the assembled throng at Alfond Arena. Four minutes previous, Friar sniper Devin Rask had netted his 20th goal of the season, and second of the night, to give Providence an improbable … Read more

Late in the third period, it became apparent that Bowling Green was going into overtime against Ferris State with a playoff berth on the line. The Falcons were a frustrated team that had hit iron five times — and if the puck wasn’t hitting the post, it was hitting FSU goaltender Phil Osaer’s pads. The … Read more

Brad Nizwantowski’s goal 2:04 into overtime kept UMass-Amherst’s playoff hopes alive, as the Minutemen erased a 1-0 third-period deficit and defeated New Hampshire 2-1 on Senior Night. Just moments after a Sean Austin shot through a screen fluttered just wide of the left post, Nizwantowski took a feed from Jay Shaw and skated in alone … Read more

Top-seeded Middlebury needed three goals in the third period to overcome fourth-seeded Hamilton Friday night in the NESCAC semifinals.