In the always-intense battle between St. Lawrence and Clarkson, the Saints solidified their place back among the ECAC elite with an impressive 4-2 win over the North Country neighbor.

Will the real Notre Dame hockey team please stand up? Less than 24 hours after suffering an 8-2 thrashing at the hands of Yale, the Irish rebounded on Sunday afternoon with a 4-3 win to salvage a weekend split with the Bulldogs. Notre Dame goaltender Tony Zasowski, who allowed all eight Yale goals on Saturday … Read more

Hunter Greeley scored twice during a three-goal second period to lift Fairfield to a 4-2 win over Bentley at the Wonderland of Ice. Fairfield, which snapped a four-game losing streak, improved to 7-13-1 overall and 6-9-1 in the MAAC with its third win of the year over Bentley. The Falcons, who dropped a 7-3 decision … Read more

With its lunch pail and hard hat in hand, Connecticut walked into the Northford Ice Pavilion on Saturday night and continued its ascent up the MAAC standings. Thanks to a gritty defensive effort, solid goaltending from Jason Carey and a balanced offensive attack, the Huskies kept regional rival Quinnipiac reeling as a result of its … Read more

Yale might want to think about playing some more games at the New Haven Coliseum. Playing at the cross-town arena for the first time in 17 years, the Bulldogs pounded Notre Dame 8-2 before 5,110 fans. Yale (10-8) picked up its fourth straight win while the Irish (5-19-5) suffered their second blowout loss of the … Read more

Minnesota goalie Erica Killewald turned in a 29-save performance and the third-ranked Gophers had to hold on after a pair of late penalties as they defeated ninth-ranked New Hampshire 3-1 to complete a two-game sweep of the Wildcats. For the second consecutive game, the teams skated through a scoreless first period, but Minnesota got on … Read more

They say defense wins games, but could the No. 1 defense in the country topple the No. 1 offense in the CCHA? No. 1 Michigan State failed to prove the old sports cliche true on Saturday night. Michigan sophomore Andy Hilbert scored with 1:57 left in overtime to give the sixth-ranked Wolverines a 4-3 victory … Read more

Third-ranked Middlebury scored four goals in a 4:01 span in the second period on its way to a 6-0 shutout over Southern Maine. After 34:20 of scoreless hockey, Middlebury got on the board as Kevin Cooper circled the net before scoring from the left faceoff circle for a power-play goal. Just 1:17 later, Cooper struck … Read more

Sacred Heart received goals from five different players and goalie Eddy Ferhi stopped 35 shots in the Pioneers’ 5-2 victory over Army at sold-out Tate Rink Saturday night. Leading 2-1 midway through the second period, Sacred Heart’s Mike Reagan scored on the power play, and early in the third period Chuck Metcalfe one-timed a feed … Read more

Boston University ended New Hampshire’s 32-game Hockey East regular-season home unbeaten streak Saturday night with a 4-2 win at the Whittemore Center. The last time the Wildcats lost a home league game was a 2-1 loss to Northeastern on Feb. 28, 1998. The win also ended a stretch of four consecutive ties between the Terriers … Read more

Brian Gionta scored a record five goals in an electrifying first period, and did it on only five shots, as BC rolled to a 7-2 win over Maine. In the process, Gionta tied David Emma for the all-time BC career goals record (112), and put himself right in the thick of the Hobey Baker race.

The Saints scored five unanswered goals en route to steamrolling the Big Red in their own barn, 6-3. Last year’s Frozen Four participant went over .500 for the first time this season.

Struggling with three key injuries, the Colorado College Tigers were still able to hang onto a 4-2 lead to complete their weekend sweep of the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves on Saturday. Junior forward Chris Hartsburg suffered a deep thigh bruise in the first period, sophomore defenseman Tom Preissing bruised a knee, and junior defenseman Mike Stuart aggravated … Read more

In another titanic clash at the Thunderdomes Saturday, a goal by RIT’s Mike Bournazakis midway through overtime gave the Tigers a 4-3 win over the Elmira Soaring Eagles and put them in the driver’s seat of the ECAC West. Elmira applied physical play for much of the game, and RIT never responded as the Soaring … Read more

Matt Poapst deflected a shot from David Reid off his shin pad and into the net at 9:27 of the third period to record the game-winning goal in Clarkson’s 4-2 victory against Colgate Saturday night. The win was the second consecutive and second this season against Colgate for Clarkson, which defeated the Red Raiders 5-3 … Read more

Boyd Ballard’s goaltending and Heath Gordon’s goal midway through the third period helped Providence escape with a 3-3 tie against UMass-Lowell on Saturday night at the Tsongas Arena. Kyle Kidney scored two goals to pace Lowell, which improved to 12-10-3 (5-7-3 Hockey East). Providence fell to 13-7-4 (7-5-2 Hockey East). Lowell improved to 4-1-3 in … Read more

Tim Skarperud scored the game-winning goal with 8 minutes, 40 seconds remaining on Saturday to break a 3-3 tie and give North Dakota a 4-3 victory over St. Cloud State and a series sweep. Skarperud’s eighth goal of the season was a hard shot from the top of the circle that beat a screened Scott … Read more