Laura Slominski recorded Minnesota’s second hat trick in as many days and the Gophers scored four power-play goals in a 5-4 victory over St. Cloud State on Sunday. Ronda Curtin broke a 4-4 tie with 8:44 remaining as Minnesota swept the two-game, home-and-home series. All of Slominski’s goals came on the power play, setting a … Read more

Corinne Rosen scored a pair of goals and Ohio State opened its season with a 4-1 victory over Findlay on Sunday at the OSU Ice Arena. Rosen scored what would turn out to be the game-winning goal midway through the first period. With the Buckeyes ahead 1-0 on a Emma Laaksonen power-play goal three minutes … Read more

Steph Millar broke a scoreless tie off a two-on-one break with 2:51 remaining Sunday and Wisconsin defeated Mercyhurst 2-0 at the Kohl Center. Kelly Kegley won the puck along the left boards and spotted a cutting Millar in the high slot. Kegley fed the freshman, who then beat Lakers goaltender Tiffany Ribble with a wrist … Read more

Third-period goals by Jeff Finger and Brandon Sampair helped St. Cloud State overcome a two-goal deficit and tie Ferris State 3-3 on Saturday at the National Hockey Center. Rob Collins, Kevin Swider and Rob Collins scored for the Bulldogs (0-1-1), who took a 3-1 lead midway through the second period. But the Huskies (1-0-1) responded, … Read more

Mark Bouffard gave Canisius a 2-0 lead early in the third period on Saturday and The Ice Griffs held on for a 2-1 victory over Ottawa at the Oktoberfest Invitational at the University of Waterloo. The win put the Ice Griffs into the fifth-place match Sunday against Wilfrid Laurier. They lost to Western Ontario 9-2 … Read more

Connecticut scored the first goal of the game Saturday, but it was all downhill from there. Concordia closed the first period with three goals and added two more for a 5-1 exhibition over the Huskies at the UConn Ice Arena. D.J. Miller scored UConn’s goal, at 11:36 of the first period, before Edin Burazerovic, Sean … Read more

Wisconsin went to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in the WCHA behind a pair of third-period, power-play goals.

Meghan Hunter scored her first two collegiate goals and Wisconsin held off Mercyhurst.

A night after yielding three goals in the final 64 seconds and settling for a 5-5 tie against Iona, Quinnipiac was on a mission Saturday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion. The two-time defending MAAC regular-season champs wanted to prove that its season opener was nothing more than a fluke and that Iona’s four-goal third … Read more

After defeating Wayne State 2-1 on Friday night, Lake Superior State recorded a series sweep of the Warriors with a 6-3 victory on Saturday. But it came at a price. The Lakers lost freshman Adam Nightingale near the halfway mark of the first period when he slammed hard into the left side of the Wayne … Read more

Tournament most outstanding player Josh Langfeld tied the game and tournament Jed Ortmayer scored the game-winner as Michigan came back from a one-goal deficit to defeat Alaska-Anchorage 4-3 and win the Johnson Nissan Classic on Saturday. The Seawolves led 3-2 with less than six minutes remaining before the Wolverines scored a pair of goals just … Read more

Freshman goalie Craig Kowalski stopped 25 shots to help earn Northern Michigan its first win of the season, a 5-3 triumph over visiting Ohio State at the Berry Events Center Saturday night. Five different players scored for the Wildcats, who avenged a 5-3 Friday night loss to the Buckeyes with an offensive explosion of their … Read more

Jeff Panzer scored a pair of goals in the second period, leading North Dakota to its first win of the season after three ties, 4-2 over Maine in a rematch of one of last season’s Frozen Four semifinals.

Brian Gornick and Shane Saum each scored two goals as the Air Force Academy completed a sweep of the American International Yellowjackets and gave head coach Tom Serratore his 100th career victory. After ending the first period tied at two goals apiece, the Falcons pulled away with four goals in the second period and two … Read more

Ambria Thomas scored three goals — one in each period — to lead Minnesota over St. Cloud State in the season opener for both teams.

Scott Clemmensen was named the most valuable player of the inaugural Maverick Stampede after backstopping Boston College’s 5-1 victory over host Nebraska-Omaha in the championship game.

What began as a banner-raising night for Boston University proved to be a hair-raising evening for Terriers coach Jack Parker, as Rensselaer spoiled the party behind a Marc Covosie hat trick, beating BU 5-4 in a see-saw battle in front of a sellout crowd of 3,806 at Walter Brown Arena. Cavosie sealed his hat trick … Read more

Vermont, which cancelled the remainder of last season following a hazing scandal, returned to action for the first time since January at an emotional Gutterson Fieldhouse. But New Hampshire spoiled their return, tying the game in the third period and winning in overtime.

Coming off an impressive showing in last week’s Ice Breaker Cup in Ann Arbor, Mich., the 11th-ranked Red Raiders of Colgate registered an 8-2 victory over Sacred Heart in their home opener. Senior assistant captain Sean Nolan, senior Chad MacDonald and sophomore Scooter Smith each scored two goals for Colgate (1-1-1), which has lost only … Read more

When a team is victimized by an inability to score goals, sometimes it’s the addition of a quick-moving scorer that helps, while other times a little luck can work just as well. In the case of the UMass-Lowell River Hawks Friday, it was a little bit of both. Coming off a struggling year offensively, the … Read more