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A tough stretch late in the regular season brought out the haters, but Boston College reversed those doubts in the Hockey East playoffs, says Dave Hendrickson.
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A tough stretch late in the regular season brought out the haters, but Boston College reversed those doubts in the Hockey East playoffs, says Dave Hendrickson.
With Dartmouth’s season all but over, the Big Green got together to give a shot to one particular freshman, says Jayson Moy.
Miami’s rise this season has been supported by youth, including the line of Jones-Davis-Musitelli. Paula C. Weston reports on the RedHawk sophs’ contributions.
UW netminder Brian Elliott made bouncing back from losses a habit this season. That, says Todd D. Milewski, was no different Saturday against Minnesota.
After a win in the semifinals, Dave Hendrickson says Boston University’s six-man senior class can lead the Terriers to their first HEA tournament title in nearly a decade.
Rylan Kaip hadn’t scored a goal for 59 straight games. But when North Dakota needed him Friday, he was there, Eric Schmoldt found.
Jeff Lerg may be only 5-foot-6, but the freshman netminder’s play is plenty big for the Michigan State Spartans, says Sean Caruthers.
A Friday barnburner put St. Cloud State in the WCHA title game, where Tom Reale says the Huskies can become the first play-in team to take the Broadmoor Trophy.
Though only a couple hundred fans saw it in person, Bemidji State won the CHA tournament championship for the second season in a row last weekend in Detroit over a very game Niagara squad. In doing so, the Beavers became the first team to qualify for the NCAA tournament by virtue of the CHA champion’s … Read more
2005 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner Marty Sertich of Colorado College officially has a chance to repeat, as his name was among the 10 finalists for the 2006 award announced Thursday by the Hobey Baker Foundation. Sertich was once again joined by teammate Brett Sterling as a finalist; those two comprised two-thirds of last year’s … Read more
Could You Imagine? Want to see the college hockey world turn upside down? Well, if Bentley beats Holy Cross for the Atlantic Hockey championship this Saturday night, you may just see that. Though the fourth-seeded Falcons are a bit of an underdog, a title win over the Crusaders could stop a lot of hearts as … Read more
The ECACHL Awards were awarded to many different honorees on different teams. St. Lawrence senior forward T.J. Trevelyan was named the Player of the Year. Trevelyan led the ECACHL in points scored. He was also named to the All-ECACHL First Team for the second consecutive year. Dartmouth’s Bob Gaudet was named the Coach of the … Read more
Matt Carle’s team didn’t make the WCHA Final Five, but the Denver junior defenseman still picked up the league’s top honor. Carle, the nation’s top defensive scorer, was named the WCHA’s player of the year and headed the all-league first team that was announced at an awards banquet Thursday. Denver was eliminated from the WCHA … Read more
Bye, Bye Season When viewed in a certain light, the new format for the CCHA playoffs is a complete success. All four teams with first-round byes advanced, although each had to work to get to Joe Louis Arena this weekend. “We know these four teams worked very hard during the season to get that bye,” … Read more
Holy Cross picked up three awards from Atlantic Hockey and senior forward Tyler McGregor of Holy Cross was named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year. McGregor tied for the league lead in points with 21 goals and 22 assists. In all games played McGregor collected 48 points (22-26–48). Holy Cross’ Blair Bartlett was named … Read more
St. Cloud State’s hopes to begin the season might have seemed modest. But Tom Reale says the Huskies still have the spark.
Scott Parse of Nebraska-Omaha won the Player of the Year Award and Andy Greene of Miami took home double honors at the CCHA Awards banquet. Greene did the double as he won both the Best Offensive and Defensive Defenseman Awards. Parse has 61 points on the season, setting a record for most points by a … Read more
Minnesota’s men’s hockey team has been forced to play with slightly re-shuffled lines the past three weekends as it has been without the services of sophomore forward Kris Chucko. But, for this weekend’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s Final Five, the Gophers’ lines – for at least one night – will go back to their old … Read more
A Fantastic Finale The Hockey East season looks like it’ll go out with a bang. The league’s four perennial powerhouses — Boston University, Maine, Boston College and New Hampshire — will be squaring off for all the marbles. “It’s the usual suspects,” BU coach Jack Parker says. “All of us were fortunate to get [to … Read more
The ECACHL tournament is down to its final four teams, and unsurprisingly the survivors were the four teams which secured first-round byes. That fact speaks to the importance of getting the bye, according to Colgate coach Don Vaughan. Two of the remaining teams, Dartmouth and Cornell, swept their opponents last week — although Cornell’s pair … Read more