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Sweeps are rare in Atlantic Hockey. So far this season, out of 19 two-game conference series, just four have resulted in a team taking all four points. Two of those sweeps belong to Air Force (photo: Omar Phillips).
Bryan Yim helped lift Adrian to a big win over rival St. Norbert Saturday. Timely goal scoring and offensive consistency have helped make Yim a valuable player for the Bulldogs.
Middlebury is shooting for a fourth straight NESCAC title, and a much better finish in the NCAA tournament. Madie Leidt will be one of the key cogs in that effort.
In her column this week Nicole Haase outlines why holding the Four Nations Cup in early November is detrimental to the college game, why it should be changed, and the inertia that might hamper change.
Coming off a sweep of the No. 5 team in the nation, and having started the season 9-1, most coaches would be happy, especially with the resiliency shown when his team had to rally from two-goal deficits in each game last weekend (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
The comeback. In some sports, like basketball, rallying from a deficit in a game is no big deal, but hockey is a different animal (photo: Melissa Wade).
A 5-4-0 start to the season with splits in three of the four weekend series that it has played has left Michigan in search of one thing – consistency (photo: Rachel Lewis).
Clarkson has been Jekyll and Hyde to the start of the 2018-19 season, and that isn’t too much of a surprise to coach Casey Jones (photo: Clarkson Athletics).
Babson and UMass-Boston each swept Castleton and Norwich, Utica fell to Nazareth, Oswego swept Canton and Hobart, and Endicott and Nichols split a home-and-home. Tim Costello recaps the weekend.
No. 4 Adrian rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat No. 3 St. Norbert in overtime, Marian broke open a game late against Aurora, and No. 10 Wisconsin-Eau Claire edged No. 15 St. Thomas. Brian Lester recaps the action from out West.
Unranked Bemidji State stunned No. 5 Ohio State by sweeping the Buckeyes, No. 6 Northeastern held off New Hampshire’s upset bid, and No. 7 Cornell battled Mercyhurst to two ties. Nicole Haase recaps the weekend.
Quinnipiac is no stranger to lengthy unbeaten streaks (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. It’s October, and an Atlantic Hockey team rolls into another team’s building for a conference series. That team takes at least a win or a tie but isn’t swept out of the barn. You didn’t stop me (photo: Mike Miller/Sacred Heart Athletics).
Assumption is off to a 5-0 start, including some overtime wins, that has their coach, a former Asssumption player, excited about his team’s chances to capture the NE-10 this year.
Kelly O’Sullivan has had quite the career so far during her time at Adrian College. Her freshman year, she helped her team make it to the NCAA championship game while earning first team All-American honors. Her sophomore year, she led her team back to the NCAA tournament and again earned first team All-American honors. With … Read more
Off to their best start since the 2000-01 season, the Brown Bears have rediscovered the fun in hockey, and their early success has them believing in themselves as a team.
When Mike Cavanaugh left the comfortable confines of Boston College in 2013 to take over the head coaching position at Connecticut, he hoped to eventually lead that program to the same lofty heights he was leaving behind (photo: Melissa Wade).
CrossFit Prince George, a gym in British Columbia, has strength programs that cater specifically to hockey players. For the past few off-seasons, the Jandric brothers of the Alaska Nanooks have spent time there (photo: Paul H. McCarthy/UAF Photography).
“I never met a goal scorer who didn’t absolutely love scoring goals – like absolutely love scoring goals” – Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky (photo: Omar Phillips).
The Fighting Hawks have a habit of picking up positive results in bunches after “destination games,” but coach Brad Berry feels part of that is down to the company UND keeps (photo: Bradley K. Olson).