Joe Paisley

DENVER — Colorado College’s defense bent and bent and bent again, but it did not break against potent Denver. As a result, the Tigers secured their second-straight shutout win over their Front Range rivals to prevail in their league playoff opener Friday night. The Tigers scored twice in the third period to upset the fourth-ranked … Read more

Omaha pumped in four goals during a dominant second-period performance to go ahead for good in a 5-3 victory against 19th-ranked Union at Baxter Arena in Omaha. The four-goal spurt was led by Luke Nogard, who assisted the go-ahead goal by Tristan Keck 58 seconds after Fredrik Olofsson knotted the nonconference game at 1-1 with 11:09 … Read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado College got the bounce-back defensive performance it needed to secure a 2-1 nonconference home win over Merrimack College Saturday night. The Tigers improved to 9-8-3 on the season –- the program’s most wins since 18-19-5 in the 2012-13 campaign. Not coincidentally, CC has given up only 10 goals total in … Read more

DENVER — The second period was more than enough for the second-ranked Pioneers. Denver outshot visiting Air Force by a 22-3 margin in the middle frame while pouring in four goals in a 2:32 span to overwhelm the Atlantic Hockey Conference program. The service academy is now 0-12 versus DU at Magness Arena. Jarid Lukosevicius … Read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Air Force senior Erik Baskin did not want to see Colorado College hoist the Pikes Peak Trophy for the first time. He made certain of it. Baskin recorded a hat trick by scoring the final two goals of the nonconference rivalry game in a 6-3 home victory over CC on Friday … Read more

PITTSBURGH — The red-hot Penn State Nittany Lions stayed true to form on Friday night at PPG Paints Arena as they looked impressive in a solid 5-2 victory over the Robert Morris Colonials, taking points for the seventh game in a row in a showcase game at PPG Arena. The Lions found goals from five different players … Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — For Michigan State, all it took was one goal. At 8:18 in the first, after not being able to find the net for the previous 169 minutes of hockey, the Spartans scored on the power play to take a 1-0 lead over Michigan, the archrival that had shut them out 4-0 … Read more

iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;} –> // HOUGHTON, Mich. — On some nights, your goaltender is your best player, and Friday night, the Ferris State Bulldogs leaned heavily on Justin Kapelmaster, and the sophomore was outstanding, stopping 45 of 48 shots the Michigan Tech Huskies threw at him as the Bulldogs came away from the … Read more

LOWELL, Mass. — UMass Lowell hasn’t played a lot of hockey over the last couple of weeks and won’t hit the ice again until the last week of December after its Hockey East home-and-home series with Boston University this weekend. The River Hawks shook off a bit of rust Friday night at Tsongas Center and … Read more

HAMDEN, Conn. — Twice it looked like night was over for the Maine Black Bears on the road against the Quinnipiac Bobcats– without a lead until the final five minutes of the game. Instead, Maine snatched a 7-4 nonconference victory. When Quinnipiac (6-9-2, 3-5-1 ECAC) roared for three goals in the first, including the game’s … Read more

iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;} –> // DENVER — In a back-and-forth game where neither team could hold a lead, the Colorado College Tigers for the first time in 14 games didn’t lose to their in-state rivals the No. 1 Denver Pioneers, as the game finished as a 4-4 tie. In the three-on-three OT, Colorado … Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Christian Lampasso had two goals, and Tanner Laczynski and Matthew Weis each had a goal and two assists as No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 17 Michigan, 5-1, completing a road sweep of the Wolverines. “It’s awesome,” said Ohio State senior goaltender Sean Romeo, who made 34 saves in his seventh … Read more

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Omaha’s upperclassmen responded to a faster-than-expected Colorado College transition attack with a dominant second period that propelled the Mavericks to a hard-fought 5-3 road win on Friday. The Mavericks won their National Collegiate Hockey Conference opener by matching the Tigers’ speed with a more concerted effort in the second, spearheaded by … Read more

DURHAM, N.H. — All of a sudden, New Hampshire finds itself uncomfortably thin at the forward position. The No. 9 Wildcats skated the majority of their 2-1 loss to UMass Lowell Friday night at the Whittemore Center down four forwards. New Hampshire left wing Brendan van Riemsdyk left the contest early in the second period … Read more

HOUGHTON, Mich. — After not recording a single even-strength goal last weekend against the Bowling Green State Falcons, the Michigan Tech Huskies struck four times at even strength Friday night as they cruised to a 4-1 victory over the visiting No. 20 Northern Michigan Wildcats at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies’ offensive outburst … Read more

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – It took less than four minutes for No. 11 Clarkson to jump out to an early two-goal lead against Brown but it took an empty-netter to escape with the 5-3 win on Friday night at Meehan Auditorium. The Brown comeback attempt came after Clarkson pulled ahead 2-0 early in the first period … Read more

iframe {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;} –> //   LEWISTON, N.Y. — Some things happen to work out just right. Zach Evancho scored the eventual game-winning goal on Friday evening.   And he did it in front of his mother, father and many friends who made the short trip from nearby Angola, N.Y. Evancho’s goal gave Army a 3-1 … Read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After a couple years of struggle, the Army seniors have enjoyed recent success, notably reaching the Atlantic Hockey semifinals last spring. But that progress in rebuilding the program hardly compares to the memories they now cherish after sweeping Air Force on the road for the first time in 14 years. Behind … Read more