Lowell Wears Down No. 11 Rensselaer, 4-3
UMass-Lowell came back from a one-goal deficit three times before taking a 4-3 victory over No. 11 Rensselaer.
UMass-Lowell came back from a one-goal deficit three times before taking a 4-3 victory over No. 11 Rensselaer.
Mike Reagan scored two goals as Sacred Heart spoiled American International’s home opener with a 7-1 victory on Friday at the Olympia Ice Center. Lloyd Tennant and Richard Naumann each added a goal and an assist for the Pioneers. American International tied the game at 1 with a Tom Cogan goal in the first period, … Read more
Down 1-0 late in the third period, ninth-ranked Wisconsin-River Falls got the tying goal from defenseman Adam Kragthorpe en route to a 1-1 overtime draw with Marian. Marian opened the scoring in the first period when freshman forward Tommy Kotsopoulos stuffed one past River Falls’ goaltender Jacque Vezina at the 4:11 mark. He was assisted … Read more
Jackie MacMillan made 47 saves and Wisconsin topped Minnesota-Duluth for its first win over a ranked team.
Chris Cerrella netted a pair of goals and added an assist as Quinnipiac defeated Bentley 6-1 on Friday in the opening round of the Quinnipiac Cup Tournament. Cerrella notched his third multiple-point effort in as many games for Quinnipiac, which will play Air Force in the championship game at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. … Read more
For most of the contest it looked like the win was in the bag for New Hampshire. Friday night the Wildcats jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and still held a 3-1 advantage after two periods. Lake Superior State, however, turned the game around in the third on goals by Jason Nightingale and Chad … Read more
In the nightcap of the Black Bear Classic Friday, Maine’s Matthias Trattnig notched an unassisted goal early in the second period and the Black Bears rode the hot goaltending of junior Mike Morrison to victory over the U.S. Developmental Team. Maine scored once in every period as Morrison (17 saves) stood tall in net as … Read more
Six different goal-scorers lit the lamp for Merrimack College, including a shorthander and a power-play tally, as the Warriors cruised past the University of Connecticut, 6-2, Friday at the Volpe Complex in the Warriors’ home opener. Despite the victory, Merrimack head coach Chris Serino was none too enthusiastic about his team’s execution in the game. … Read more
The MAAC had an interesting summer: Gaining an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, getting into a flap with Findlay, dealing with the potential departure of Canisius. Now it’s time to get serious on the ice as its looks for another measure of respect by playing some tough non-conference foes.
Hockey East is off and running again this season, with big games dotting the schedule. Boston College is coming off a pair of nice wins at the Maverick Stampede, while Maine contends with the loss of two players and its coach to give defending-champion North Dakota a run for its money in two games. Meanwhile, Merrimack, UMass-Amherst and Northeastern are once-struggling teams vowing to make some noise this year. Dave Hendrickson looks at the week ahead.
Michael Barrett has been named the new women’s head coach at Sacred Heart. Barrett replaces Joy Woog, who became the interim head women’s coach at Northeastern on Sept. 14. Barrett was the head coach of Lyman Hall High School, and also runs the Mike Barrett Hockey School during the summer months. Sacred Heart is coming … Read more
The WCHA conference schedule ramps up with some coaches on the proverbial hot seat.
CCHA teams have seen their share of early struggle. Will that continue, or can they bounce back? Paula C. Weston checks in with her weekly preview.
The East Ice Hockey League coaches have selected 2000 NCAA Division III ice hockey champion Norwich as the league favorite in the 2000-01 preseason coaches’ poll.
Vermont is back on the ice, and coming off a heartbreaking OT loss to New Hampshire. St. Lawrence and Clarkson stumbled out of the gate, and look to rebound. And RPI hopes to prove their 5-4 win over BU wasn’t a fluke. It’s all part of another weekend in the ECAC, as the league teams gear up for the start of conference play in two weeks, while still awaiting for its Ivy League bretheren to begin their seasons.
Middlebury, which captured the first NESCAC men’s championship last year, is the coaches’ preseason favorite to win the 2000-2001 conference title. Middlebury edged Williams 3-2 in overtime in last year’s NESCAC championship game. The Panthers garnered four first-place and four second-place votes to finish with 60 points in the preseason poll. Three other teams received … Read more
There’s an embarassment of riches in Division III this season, as contender after contender lines up to try to take down 1999-2000 national titlist Norwich. Chris Lerch offers an overview.
Gutterson Fieldhouse is known for its vocal crowds and undying devotion to Vermont hockey. But for nine months the silence was deafening, after a hazing scandal led to the mid-season cancellation of the remaining Catamount schedule. Dave Hendrickson examined the pulse of the crowd on the night hockey returned to The Gut.
Maine freshman Colin Shields has been declared ineligible for the season as a result of a standard eligibility check by the school’s compliance office.
Dartmouth College has been named the host of the 2001 ECAC Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Championship, to be held March 17-18. Dartmouth was selected by the ECAC Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Executive Committee. This is the first time Dartmouth will be hosting the Championship. Brown hosted the first-ever championships in 1994, then again … Read more