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Brown beat a ranked opponent for the first time in a dozen years, then did it again the next night, while Providence beat Boston College. Nicole Haase recaps the action.
This weekend saw some tough battles, including No. 9 Wisconsin-Eau Claire and No. 8 Gustavus Adolphus battling to a tie and No. 6 Adrian facing a tough test in Northland. Olivia Spellmire recaps the action.
Norwich beat Hobart on the road in a huge battle, while the University of New England and Salve Regina split a home-and-home. Tim Costello recaps those and more from the weekend.
It was a weekend of upsets out West, as No. 1 St. Norbert, No. 2 Adrian, and No. 10 Augsburg all fell to unranked opponents. Brian Lester recaps the action.
Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin has a three-word explanation for the fact that, for the third consecutive week, there’s a new No. 1 new team in the country. “Because it’s October.” (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
After losing so many pieces of last season’s MacNaughton Cup-winning team, Mike Hastings wasn’t entirely sure how he’d be able to replace that production so soon at Minnesota State (photo: Minnesota State Athletics).
It’s not easy to start an NCAA program from scratch, but Anna Maria has already hit the ice in its first season and played some close games, and is looking to get its first win.
Mario Bianchi of Concordia is coming off a junior year that was cut short due to injury, but he is off to a great start so far.
Though Plattsburgh fell short of a fifth straight national championship last year in the Frozen Four, Kevin Houle and his Cardinals have regrouped and have the same goal: the national championship.
Though the team is young, the Northeastern Huskies have a strong group of underclassmen leading the way at both the offensive and defensive end of the ice, and that has them off to their best start in program history.
When Benton Maass buried a perfect feed from Charlie Kelleher in overtime last Saturday night, giving New Hampshire a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Vermont, it marked the first win for Mike Souza (photo: UNH Athletics).
We’re just 15 games into Atlantic Hockey league play, and all but two teams already have at least one loss (photo: Omar Phillips).
All 60 Division I hockey schools have officially started this season as the Ivies finally got their season underway this past weekend (photo: Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletics).
Senior defenseman Peter Tischke has been through quite a bit during his tenure at Wisconsin (photo: Candace Horgan).
Geneseo and Hobart both started with big wins, while Endicott and Norwich battled to a draw.
No. 3 Adrian posted an impressive sweep of No. 7 Utica, and Trine tied No. 2 Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Minnesota ended Wisconsin’s 35-game unbeaten streak, St. Cloud State upset No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, and St. Lawrence and Ohio State split a high-profile, nonconference series.
For the defending national champion Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, the early part of the season has been solid (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
The reason we have entered Bizarro World is because Boston College and Boston University have both opened the season 0-3. Care to guess when the last time those two unlikely occurrences collided? (photo: Melissa Wade).
One year after finishing last in Hockey East, Maine rebounded to a program-best finish, led by the largest European contingent on any roster in U.S. college hockey.