This Week

It’s taken three full seasons, but Bek Lucas figures she’s finally found her comfort zone on the ice. After breaking her wrist in her freshman year, and then playing with it broken her sophomore year before having surgery and working through rehabbing it her junior year, Lucas is as healthy and ready to compete as … Read more

Look at the numbers Tanner Karty has put up in the first 12 games of his junior season; the six goals and six assists have him on pace for the best year of his career, and that isn’t a surprise to the Wisconsin-Stevens Point star forward. “It seems that third or fourth season, no matter … Read more

Following last weekend’s 1-0 win at Manhattanville, the Stevenson Mustangs have broken out of the gates fast with a 4-0-0 record in the new UCHC, and are 4-0-1 overall. The win had all the trademarks of a playoff game, and that is exactly what coach Dominick Dawes wanted to see from his young team early … Read more

At 6-foot-4, Colgate goalie Colton Point can cover plenty of territory in the crease. But it’s the sophomore’s improved confidence that’s helped him become a dominant force throughout the opening part of the season. The Raiders extended their seven-game unbeaten streak last weekend with home wins over Harvard and Colgate, and Point has been a … Read more

It hasn’t exactly been a highlight-reel season for Boston University thus far. For a team that began the year ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com poll, the Terriers find themselves more than a third of the way through the season still below .500. But a ray of sunshine may have appeared at Agganis Arena last … Read more

Back on Oct. 20-21, the Rochester Institute of Technology played its first real home games of the season, hosting Union and Rensselaer at the Polisseni Center. The Tigers had tied Northeastern 3-3 the weekend before at downtown Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena, but these were the first contests of the season at RIT’s on-campus rink, now … Read more

Typically, when you think of a hot streak, you think of lopsided games with the occasional blowout thrown in. That’s why Bowling Green’s start to WCHA has flown under the radar. After opening conference play with a loss to Minnesota State, 4-1 on Oct. 20, the Falcons haven’t lost in five straight games, going 3-0-2 … Read more

Fairfield County juts west into the metropolitan New York City region, the last stop before the Connecticut-New York state border. Its largest city, Bridgeport, is most populous in the state as Interstate 95 cuts right through the downtown area. Its sports arena, Webster Bank Arena, rises right along that highway, a testament to the community … Read more

A week ago, Boston College was staring at a 1-5-1 record. What in the name of Johnny Gaudreau was going on? 1-5-1? Inconceivable! BC teams might have the occasional sub-par season–like finishing third in Hockey East or something similarly dreadful–but not 1-5-1. Since Jerry York’s fourth year behind the BC bench, only once have the … Read more

Jim Tortorella has a long and successful history as a collegiate men’s ice hockey coach, including stints at Colby College and the University of New Hampshire. Over the off season, Tortorella has come back to the collegiate game as the new head coach at St. Anselm College, succeeding the long-time and recently retired Ed Seney. … Read more

Nine minutes remained in Northland’s game with Lake Forest, and the Lumberjacks were staring up at a 2-1 deficit. Maybe if this was just another night, the outcome would have been a loss. But this wasn’t just any other night. This was an evening set aside inside the Civic Center to honor a fallen teammate. … Read more

The Plattsburgh Cardinals are the four-time defending national champions. Over those four seasons, they have amassed an astounding 111-5-4 record. Until they prove otherwise, every D-III women’s hockey conversation has to start and end with Plattsburgh. They take the ice this year with eight freshmen and four seniors, including two of the top scorers in … Read more

The Robert Morris Colonials achieved a number of firsts for their program last season. They won their first regular season title and their second conference tournament. They also earned their first-ever bid to the NCAA tournament. But the berth in the tournament was as bitter as it was sweet. Sure, the Colonials would be making … Read more

Notre Dame was treated to a month of home cooking to start off the season this year, but eight games in a row at the friendly confines of Compton Family Ice Arena only left the Irish with a 4-3-1 record. The season started off strong with a sweep of Alabama Huntsville, but next was a … Read more

It was a bounce-back weekend for Dartmouth this past weekend after dropping its opening two games. The Big Green defeated Brown 4-3 on Friday night in their home opener and then added a 3-1 victory over Yale on Saturday. For coach Bob Gaudet, he liked how his team responded after losing to Holy Cross and … Read more

No one in college hockey, certainly not even the St. Cloud State Huskies themselves, probably thought that after back-to-back weekends against No. 13 Boston College and No. 8 Minnesota Duluth, the team would be undefeated through the first month of the season. The Huskies are currently one of the most balanced teams in the country. … Read more

Last season, Bemidji State reeled off eight straight wins to start their WCHA season. The Beavers didn’t even tie a game until their ninth league contest — a 1-1 draw in Mankato on Nov. 11. That big cushion helped the Beavers clinch their first-ever MacNaughton Cup with time to spare in the season. Last week, … Read more