Dottie Gilkerson made her collegiate debut an impressive one with a hat trick, but it wasn’t enough for Augsburg, as the Auggies dropped a 5-4 non-conference decision to Wisconsin-Superior on Friday night at Wessman Arena. The game was the season-opener for both teams. After scoring the first goal, on a Gilkerson power-play tally six minutes … Read more

Andy Hedlund snapped a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal 6:26 into the third period and Minnesota State-Mankato held on to defeat Michigan Tech 2-1 on Friday night. Jesse Rooney also scored on the power play and junior goaltender Todd Kelzenberg made 33 saves for the Mavericks (2-5-0, 2-5-0 WCHA). Paul Cabana scored Michigan Tech’s … Read more

The oldest rivalry in college hockey renewed Friday night and exhibited one of the oldest syndromes in opening-night play — rust. Harvard center Dominic Moore scored a power-play goal at 10:14 of the first period and neither side did much offensively after that until the third period as the Crimson blanked Brown, 3-0, in front … Read more

The Yellowjackets of Wisconsin-Superior defeated the host Soaring Eagles of Elmira 4-3 on Friday in a East-West matchup. The first period opened with a quick Superior goal only seven seconds into the first power play of the game. Josh Liebenow took a nice feed from Bryan Grycan right off the faceoff and slapped home the … Read more

Hamline scored five power-play goals, including including three in the third period, in a 9-2 victory over Northland Friday night. Hamline led 5-2 after two periods, then the Pipers’ four third-period goals came in the game’s last eight minutes. Brice Parks scored two goals for Hamline, while Troy Kleven, Aaron Welle, Perry Smiley, Peter Contardo, … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Northern Michigan freshman goalie Craig Kowalski stopped 39 of 40 Bowling Green shots Friday night, helping his team earn a 2-1 victory at the Berry Events Center. Kowalski denied the first 34 shots he faced Friday, holding the Falcons off the scoreboard until midway through the third period. The win keeps the … Read more

Concordia’s Tony Castaneda scored with nine seconds to go in regulation as the Cobbers tied St. Mary’s 3-3. Castaneda’s goal came after the Cobbers pulled goalie Bryan Howard and capped a series of events that helped the Cobbers erase a 3-1 deficit with only two minutes to play in the game. St. Mary’s scored two … Read more

Junior Anders Johnson and sophomore Kurt Kamienski each scored two goals and six other University of Connecticut players added single goals Friday night as the visiting Huskies posted a 10-3 win over Bentley College. The Huskies took advantage of 13 Falcon penalties and scored three power-play goals, all in the third period. The victory in … Read more

It wasn’t quite the opener St. Mary’s coach Duncan Ryhorchuk was hoping for. UW-River Falls scored once in the second period and twice more in the third in handing the Cardinals a 3-0 season-opening setback Friday evening. “They outplayed us, plain and simple,” Ryhorchuk said. “Give River Falls a lot of credit — they took … Read more

So much for tradition. As steady as Boston College’s team has been, so has its line combination for the first six games of the young season. But Friday, with Marty Hughes serving a suspension for spearing and rookie Ben Eaves out with muscle spasms, BC’s first-line offense would have to come from elsewhere. And that … Read more

In this age-old rivalry, No. 5 Minnesota avenged last year’s five losses with a shutout in Round 1 of the 2000-2001 series.

With goals by Andre Signoretti, R.J. Umberger, and Nick Ganga, Ohio State picked up a win and two valuable points in conference play, but after the 3-1 decision over Alaska-Fairbanks, coach John Markell didn’t look like a man who’d just earned his second league victory. “I’m very happy with the points, and I’m happy for … Read more

Eleven penalties for 33 minutes hurt St. John’s, which fell to Bethel, 5-3, in the teams’ MIAC opener at Columbia Arena. The Royals scored three times on eight power-play chances, including the game-winner by Dennis Gould with 9:27 remaining. Jake Froiland scored two goals and Chad Hacker added a pair of assists to lead St. … Read more

Mercyhurst got two goals in the first period and held off American International, 2-0, on Friday evening. The Lakers scored the first goal of the game shorthanded when Brad Olsen scored just 1:15 into the game. The Lakers made it 2-0 at the 14:16 mark as Eric Ellis scored his third goal of the season. … Read more

Despite falling behind 2-0, the St. Norbert College hockey team beat Lake Forest College 8-4 in the Green Knights’ first game at the Cornerstone Community Center in Ashwaubenon. Lake Forest took a 2-1 lead after the first period when the Foresters scored the first two goals of the game. Lake Forest’s Matt Bruni and Adrian … Read more

Wisconsin-Eau Claire won its first varsity contest, defeating Hamline, 10-4, Friday at the Hobbs Ice Center. The game pitted two teams who were both debuting varsity teams after years with club status. Maria Falcone scored the first Blugold varsity goal, breaking the scoreless contest at 13:08 of the first period. The Blugolds led 2-0 at … Read more

If the film industry has the “six degrees of Kevin Bacon,” then the college hockey industry needs only two degrees of separation to connect most coaches. Sometimes fewer. This theory was on display Friday night as Princeton opened its new season, with new uniforms and, most importantly, a new head coach for the first time … Read more

Each time a team took a lead, the other came back. Holy Cross and Canisius battled to a 5-5 tie on Friday evening. The Crusaders opened the scoring in the first with a Greg Kealey goal, but that was matched by Mike Ferry’s power play goal. The Ice Griffs took a 2-1 in the second … Read more