Rensselaer freshman goaltender Nathan Marsters had 32 saves in route to a tough 4-1 win in Brown’s Meehan Auditorium on Friday. Brown surprised RPI, coming out strong in a scoreless first period, but the Engineers rebounded with two goals apiece in the second and third frames for the win. The turning point in the game … Read more
Spectators who got there late really did miss something. A scoreless tie between Maine and New Hampshire invalidated that old, hackneyed joke: “The score is still 0-0? Great! I didn’t miss a thing.” With valuable points in the Hockey East race at stake, not to mention bragging rights in this heavyweight rivalry, tension hung in … Read more
After losing four straight road games, Harvard returned to home cooking and the ECAC schedule with a resounding win over Union.
Freshman Dave Hominuk is a quick study. The Niagara coaches did not know whether the 6-foot-2, 206-pound defenseman from Welland, Ontario, would play many, if any, games this season. The Purple Eagles now have an idea of what the biochemistry major brings to the table as Hominuk’s first collegiate goal at 15:09 of the second … Read more
Almost two decades ago, Middlebury head coach Bill Beaney beat Wentworth head coach Bill Bowes with a little bait-and-switch — and switch — in goal. Tuesday, Bowes showed he hadn’t forgotten. Chris Lerch reports.
Without its two biggest scorers, UMass-Lowell managed to climb out of the Hockey East basement with a 2-1 victory over Northeastern.
Suspensions Threaten Quinnipiac’s Chances Against Cornell Entering one of the bigger weekends of the year, it’s an obvious disappointment for Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold to be without Dan Ennis, who has been out with an injury since early in the season and is not expected to return, and Ryan Olsen, who broke his leg earlier … Read more
Hockey East comes out of the holiday season with split feelings; Boston College head coach Jerry York puts on the hex; the second half starts out with a bang; and Dave Hendrickson stumps the readers.
With the first half of the year gone by, it’s time for a little look back. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser recap each ECAC team’s high and low points, and assess the league’s upcoming second half.
The CCHA sweeps USCHO.com’s first Players of the Week this season; Commissioner Tom Anastos sounds off on uniform scheduling; and the Ganga Watch continues into 2001. Paula C. Weston reports.
They didn’t win it all, but Mike Sertich’s Michigan Tech squad turned more than a few heads in Detroit. Also: a fierce rivalry is renewed — at just the right time, too — in Colorado, and St. Cloud takes a vacation. Todd D. Milewski pipes up.
The vacation is over in the NCHA, which returns to varsity play with interleague games against the neighboring MIAC this weekend. Tim Somers eyeballs the league’s fortunes.
Faced with only one game bridging a 19-day holiday break and the start of the second half of its Hockey East schedule, UMass-Amherst realized that Tuesday night’s game against a 1-7-2 Brown club couldn’t be taken lightly. After all, the Minutemen had yet to defeat a nonconference opponent [0-7-2] heading into their matchup with the … Read more
After allowing only one goal in its first six games, Middlebury gave up four goals to Wentworth as the Leopards, despite being outshot 58-17, were able to muster up a 4-4 tie with the top-ranked Panthers on Tuesday. Wentworth opened the scoring just 1:32 into the game when Tim Yakimowsky took a nice feed from … Read more
Canada defeated the United States, 2-1, in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Championships on Tuesday. After a promising 3-1-0 record in Group play, the best the U.S. can finish now is fifth. Team USA outshot Canada, 23-15, but were stymied by Philadelphia Flyers product Maxime Ouellet. Former Boston University goalie Rick DiPietro made 13 … Read more
Army’s Nathan Mayfield registered his first career two-goal game, but it was Joe Dudek’s power-play goal with 2:46 remaining in regulation that helped the Black Knights escape with a 3-3 tie with Queen’s in a New Year’s Eve matinee at Tate Rink. Army, which outshot the Golden Gaels 47-29, led 2-1 after two periods but … Read more
The United States defeated Sweden, 3-1, on Saturday, at the World Junior Championships, thus finishing Group A play with a 3-1-0 record, good for second place. That mark earns the U.S. a date in the quarterfinals on Tuesday with Canada, which finished third in Group B with a 2-1-1 record. Rensselaer’s Marc Cavosie scored on … Read more
Cornell defeated Ohio State 5-3 in a non-conference game on Sunday at Lynah Rink. Ohio State freshman Erin O’Grady scored the first goal of her college career and Lindsay Ogren added her first of the season. Cornell left wing Erica Olson hit hard and fast for the Big Red, knocking in her third and fourth … Read more
St. Lawrence, a Frozen Four team from a year ago, got off to a slow start this season. It also got off to a slow start in the game against Northeastern. But the Saints rallied to win, and take the Rensselaer Tournament, as they hope to propel themselves toward a better second half.
The host Rensselaer Engineers took out some of the frustration of not making the finals of their own Rensselaer/HSBC Holiday Hockey Tournament, defeating Notre Dame, 6-2. The Engineers scored four times in the second period to put the Irish away. “Coming off last night’s loss we were able to put it out of our minds … Read more