Fueled by a three-point game from Drew Omicioli and another solid performance from goalie Nolan Schaefer, the Providence Friars finally ended their recent futility against the UMass-Amherst Minutemen in a 4-0 shutout Saturday at Schneider Arena. Coming into the game, the Friars had lost five straight to UMass, with the Friars’ last win coming almost … Read more

Colgate snapped a three-game winless streak with a 4-2 defeat of Mercyhurst in a non-conference matchup in Starr Rink Saturday evening. Colgate (4-11-3) received two goals by freshman Kyle Doyle and multiple-point efforts from Sean Nolan and Cory Murphy. Doyle gave the Red Raiders a 1-0 lead just 25 seconds into the game when he … Read more

After a sluggish 40 minutes of hockey, Minnesota broke open a scoreless game with a three-goal third period as the second-ranked Gophers defeated Mercyhurst 3-0. Minnesota was held to just one shot in the opening period, matching a school record, but turned the tables in the second period, holding a 10-4 advantage in the middle … Read more

RIT took advantage of some Plattsburgh mistakes and made some opportunities of its own to win the championship game of the Pepsi Cardinal Classic 8-2 on Saturday. The Tigers played an extremely aggressive penalty kill early in the first period and it  paid dividends.  Errol McDonald popped out of the RIT zone with the puck, … Read more

Hurting from missing two players to the World Junior team, and Andre Signoretti to academic ineligibility, Ohio State dropped its fifth straight. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, Western Michigan improved to 9-2-2 in the conference and continues to erase doubts of its place in the nation’s top five.

The Colby power play won the consolation game of the Pepsi Cardinal Classic on Saturday. The White Mules went 5-for-10 with the extra attacker on the way to a 7-2 victory over Hobart. Hobart came out with a very aggressive forecheck right from the opening faceoff, which gave Colby fits in its own zone early … Read more

No. 1 Michigan State rang in the new year by further affirming its billing as the nation’s top team. Returning to the friendly confines of Munn Arena, the surging Spartans outplayed and outmuscled a slumping Yale team, capping a weekend sweep with a 4-0 win Saturday night. MSU netminder Ryan Miller was phenomenal between the … Read more

The Hobart Statesmen and Plattsburgh Cardinals battled through a defensive game, before  the Cardinals blew it open late in the third period for a 5-2 win. Good, solid defense by both Plattsburgh and Hobart led to end-to-end action in the first  period.  Neither team managed a shot on net until Hobart broke with the first … Read more

It was a game that could have been an exciting, high-scoring, back-and-forth affair, but instead Western Michigan’s 3-1 win over Ohio State on Friday was a slow-moving, careful, lullaby of a game. The Broncos (15-3-2, 8-2-2 CCHA) handed the Buckeyes (10-8-1, 7-5-1 CCHA) their fourth consecutive loss, while retaining second place with 18 points, two … Read more

Ferris State sophomore left wing Chris Kunitz scored a pair of power-play goals and senior defensemen Scott Lewis and Jim Dube picked up a pair of assists as the Bulldogs downed the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 4-2, at the Joyce Center on Friday night. The Ferris State win moved the Bulldogs past Notre Dame and … Read more

Marc Kielkucki made 24 saves Friday night to lead Air Force over Connecticut, 3-0, at Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force (10-8-1) broke a three-game losing streak. The Huskies fell to 6-10-2. Air Force capitalized on its first power-play opportunity of the night on a tip-in from Scott Zwiers at the 7:20 mark of the first … Read more

The I-89 rivalry is heating up. Playing the second of three consecutive games against one another, Dartmouth and nearby neighbor Vermont battled before a packed house of 4,150 at Thompson Arena Friday night in a physical game that featured 18 penalties. Bouncing back from a 4-2 loss before the new year, the homestanding Big Green … Read more

Linemates Louis Goulet and Eric Ellis scored two goals apiece to lead visiting Mercyhurst to an 8-1 decision over Army Friday night at Tate Rink. Adam Tackaberry added four assists to keep the Lakers unbeaten in MAAC play at 8-0-1 and improve their overall record to 8-4-2. Army is winless (0-3-1) in its last four … Read more

Adrian Wong scored the first and last goals of the game Friday, lifting Lake Forest to a 4-3 overtime victory over Augsburg in a non-conference game at Augsburg Ice Arena. Wong’s goal, on assists from Dan Holmes and Frankie DeMasi at the 2:13 mark of overtime, gave the Foresters the victory and a 7-4-2 overall … Read more

Ryan Malone’s three points helped give St. Cloud a 6-3 road win at UMD, in the team’s return following an 18-day layoff.

Lenny Hofmann scored with 1:44 remaining in the third period to cap a five-goal rally as St. Mary’s beat Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7-6 Friday evening at the SMU Ice Arena in a non-conference game marred by 62 minutes in penalties. UW-Eau Claire scored six of the game’s first eight goals — including three on just four … Read more

Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville entered the new year needing wins to gain ground in the College Hockey America standings. The visiting Chargers grabbed the first of those wins with a convincing 5-0 shutout of the Warriors on Friday at the Great Lakes Sports City. Tyler Butler and Jessi Otis each recorded a goal and an … Read more

The RIT power play continued on its roll Friday night, going 4-for-4 in a 8-3 victory over Colby in the first round of the Plattsburgh Pepsi Cardinal Classic. Colby came out in the first period and played good defensive hockey, but the Tigers took advantage of an early power play to gain the lead 4:57 … Read more

Josh Blackburn earned the shutout, as a charged up Wolverine squad took out their frustrations on Lake Superior in the return to CCHA play.