How many powerhouse teams does Hockey East have? If the answer’s not immediately clear to you, don’t feel bad, because Dave Hendrickson agrees. Also: UMass-Amherst charges out of the gate, and an opportunity seized at Northeastern.
Alaska-Anchorage head coach Dean Talafous has received a two-year contract extension and a raise from the school, according to the Anchorage Daily News. The deal was originally worked out in August, but Talafous asked that it not be made public because the school was in the middle of changing athletic directors. The current deal takes … Read more
Paula C. Weston examines the effect of the presidential election on CCHA hockey — sort of — while saluting the Defenders of the Realm, the Ferris State Bulldogs, not to mention probing for the cause of increased scoring in the league this season.
If Plattsburgh State has been distracted by its recent off-ice woes, it doesn’t show, as last weekend the Cardinals demonstrated they’re still the team to beat in the SUNYAC this season. Russell Jaslow reports.
Perennial powerhouse RIT maintained its deathlock on the standings last weekend, while Elmira lost a pair of nailbiters to a Western foe. What’s next for the ECAC West? Scott Biggar chimes in.
Wisconsin-River Falls vaults into a tie for first, while Wisconsin-Superior defends the NCHA against the East. Tim Somers rounds up the conference.
A draft loophole beckons, NCAA tournament expansion and gender equity, Princeton’s coaching situation, the future of the MAAC and the Vermont hazing scandal. Adam Wodon‘s regular column debuts for the 2000-01 season.
After four losing seasons at Michigan Tech, and a 1-7-1 start, Tim Watters resigned as head coach. He will be replaced by Mike Sertich, who spent 18 years as head coach at Minnesota-Duluth before resigning at the end of last season.
It was a night when more people cared about what happened in the Electoral College than in college hockey. Fans of Yale University hockey, though, may tell you that the night’s biggest upset took place at Boston College’s Conte Forum, not in any presidential election. Behind a two-point effort from Yale senior Jeff Hamilton and … Read more
Monday at Bright Hockey Center, Minnesota beat Harvard 3-2 in a contest delayed one day by equipment difficulties of an unusual sort. Sunday’s women’s game between the No. 2 Gophers and the No. 5 Crimson was postponed after two different Zamboni ice resurfacing machines stopped working at the arena. Attempts were made to find a … Read more
In a game delayed 24 hours by the self-destruction of two Zamboni ice resurfacing machines, No. 2 Minnesota edged No. 5 Harvard 3-2 Monday night thanks to an early third-period goal by Ronda Curtin. Angie Francisco got the Crimson on the board first with a power-play goal past a screened Erica Killewald at 11:13 of … Read more
The Providence Friars tied Princeton, 4-4, in an ECAC game Sunday. Princeton posted three third-period goals to send the game into overtime. Princeton recorded the game’s first goal at the 16:28 mark when senior defenseman Laura Hays converted on a power-play attempt. Less than one minute later, Providence freshman forward Darlene Stephenson tallied her first … Read more
The line of Kira Misikowetz, Janine Goulet and Carolyn Gordon combined for three goals and two assists to lift New Hampshire to a 4-3 ECAC victory against Boston College at the Whittemore Center on Sunday afternoon. UNH improved to 4-1-0 overall and evened its conference mark at 1-1-0. BC lost its third straight to fall … Read more
Northeastern defeated Yale 5-0 in an ECAC game Sunday afternoon at Matthews Arena. Michelle Lorion had a pair of goals and Kim Vallone had three assists to lead the Huskies. NU improves to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in ECAC while Yale falls to 0-2 and 0-2 in the league. Senior Lisa Giovanelli opened … Read more
Lake Superior State defeated Nebraska-Omaha 5-2 Saturday night to complete a two-game sweep of the visiting Mavericks. “I thought the game was very physical. They came out with a mission to take the game to us physically,” Lakers coach Scott Borek said. “We played very physical, but a little less than we did last night … Read more
Northern Michigan extended its unbeaten streak to seven games with a 4-4 tie against Bowling Green on Saturday night. After watching a 2-1 goaltender’s duel on Friday, the 3,640 fans that packed the Berry Events Center saw plenty of goals Saturday night – but the game proved to be yet another close contest between the … Read more
The Capital District rivalry renewed itself for the 2000-2001 season and it was the Union Skating Dutchmen that won their second in a row at home over the Rensselaer Engineers on the strength of four power play goals, 4-2. The ECAC season started early for both teams and for the third time in a row, … Read more
Mercyhurst and American International skated to a 1-1 tie on Saturday at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Mercyhurst is now 3-1-1 overall and 3-0-1 in the MAAC and AIC is now 1-5-1 and 1-2-1 in the MAAC. AIC got on the board first at the 12:31 mark of the first period when Trent Ulmer beat Laker … Read more
Ohio State defeated Bemidji State, 5-2, Saturday night at John S. Glas Fieldhouse to earn a split in the teams’ WCHA series. The Buckeyes stand at 3-4-0 overall and 2-2-0 in the WCHA, and the Beavers are 2-7-0 overall and 1-3-0 in the WCHA. Emma Laaksonen had a two-goal game and Shana Frost picked up … Read more
From Boston College to Clarkson to Bowling Green and back to BC again, Jerry York has been around a long time, and excelled for a long time. Saturday, he earned his 600th career win as a coach.