Nicholas Jon Wood Earlier in the week, the Wall Street Journal named the Kohl Center the most intimidating venue in all of college hockey. So with 10 of the 20 Gophers players in uniform Friday for the series opener having never skated in the building, it was left to the veterans to do the heavy lifting. “The juniors … Read more
Michigan junior defenseman Greg Pateryn’s four-point game, a goal and three assists, led the Wolverines to a 6-3 win over Western Michigan Friday night at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor. Every time Michigan would mount an offensive thrust, Western Michigan replied with an offensive parry of their own. In the end, the 4-0 lead the … Read more
For the second time in three weeks, the Minnesota Golden Gophers were the guest as an opponent attempted to set a new program attendance mark. After falling into an early two-goal hole that they proved unable to climb out of in Madison in front of an NCAA-record crowd of 10,668, the Gophers were far less … Read more
If North Dakota was rusty from a week off or missing captain Chay Genoway or distracted by forward Danny Kristo’s bout with frostbite, it didn’t show against Alaska Anchorage. Behind goals from six different players and 21 saves by netminder Aaron Dell, the Fighting Sioux went up 3-0 in the opening stanza, and then cruised … Read more
On Friday night the Quinnipiac Bobcats began their push for home ice in the first round of the ECAC playoffs after they beat the RPI Engineers 5-1 in Hamden. Kelly Babstock scored two goals and pocketed two assists in the win. Victoria Vigilanti made 13 saves, while RPI’s Sonja van der Bliek stopped 27. “It … Read more
Just win baby. That was the general attitude for both the Robert Morris Colonials and the Mercyhurst College Lakers on Friday. And with two huge conference points on the line, the Colonials found a way to get the job done in a hard hitting and entertaining 3-2 victory at the Island Sports Center. With the … Read more
The start couldn’t have been any better for Minnesota-Duluth on Friday night at Amsoil Arena. The finish was numbing for the No. 3-ranked Bulldogs as St. Cloud State pounded its way to an 8-2 victory before 6,530 stunned fans. League co-leader UMD (18-6-4 overall, 13-5-3 in the WCHA) scored on its first shot on goal, … Read more
For the second time this season Union thoroughly dominated the Big Red, winning this contest 4-0 in front of a sellout crowd of 2,226. Even more impressive than the 4-0 shutout was Union’s advantage in shots. At the end of the game, Union had 36 shots on net and held Cornell to only nine shots … Read more
The University of Maine men’s hockey team came up winless for the sixth consecutive game, getting blown out at home by the University of Vermont, 7-2. The Black Bears fall to 11-10-6 overall and 8-8-4 in Hockey East, while the Catamounts improve their undefeated streak to three and sit at 7-15-5 overall and 5-11-4 in … Read more
On the strength of third period goals by Chris Brown and Louie Caporusso, Michigan held off a late surge by Ohio State to take a 3-2 victory Friday night at Yost Ice Arena. Frantically-paced from start to finish, the contest concluded with two minutes of Ohio State pressure in the Michigan zone with Buckeye netminder … Read more
The Michigan Tech Huskies, who have struggled mightily since October, earned their second tie of the New Year by using a little Winter Carnival magic to come away from Friday night’s game against the Bemidji State Beavers with a 2-2 tie. The tie kept the Huskies from breaking the Colorado College Tigers’ 1961-62 mark of … Read more
With Minnesota Wild prospects Jason Zucker of Denver (second round pick in 2010) and Minnesota’s Erik Haula (seventh round, 2009) playing at nearby Mariucci Arena, Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher took advantage of the opportunity to get a first-hand look at perhaps the future of his team. Fletcher likely did not leave disappointed as Zucker … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha had for months billed Friday’s home game against Wisconsin as a showcase evening for the program, and when 15,137 fans—the most to ever attend a hockey game in the state—packed Qwest Center, the Mavericks needed to have their A-game on show. And, before too long, it was. Seventh-ranked Wisconsin controlled Friday’s opening period and … Read more
On Friday night the Rensselaer Engineers and the Quinnipiac Bobcats both extended their unbeaten streaks to six and five respectively. Jeremy Langlois scored twice for the Bobcats while, Allen York and Bryce Merriam combined for 39 saves as the two teams settled for a 3-3 tie at the TD Bank Sports Center. Eric Hartzell stopped … Read more
In a homecoming trip to Providence, Dartmouth goalie—and Rehobeth, Mass. native—James Mello turned in a spectacular performance Friday night, making 39 saves to power the Big Green to a 3-0 victory over Brown. The win is the 200th of Dartmouth head coach Bob Gaudet, making him the second winningest coach in Big Green hockey history. … Read more
Providence and Vermont both had their chances Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Both teams only scored once though and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Junior Drew MacKenzie scored the goal for Vermont while senior co-captain Ian O’Connor recorded the goal for Providence. “I think the score was reflective of how even the game … Read more
Sacred Heart entered Friday night’s game against Bentley 0-11-3 on the road, 0-13 when losing after the first period, and winless since Jan. 8. They entered on the heels of a sweep to American International, losses that placed them alone in last place in the 12-team Atlantic Hockey Association. All of that changed in a … Read more
Channing Boe’s goal 2:32 into overtime lifted Minnesota State over Bemidji State, 2-1, in a WCHA game Friday at the Verizon Wireless Center. The puck came loose to Channing Boe at the point with the Mavericks on the attack midway through overtime. Boe fired a big slapshot high past Bakkala for his sixth goal of … Read more
A sold out Amsoil Arena crowd of 6,764 was treated to a back-and-forth game from the drop of the puck Friday night as No. 4 Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota met in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association men’s game. The pace didn’t let up as the teams combined for 80 shots on goal in the most … Read more
Michigan State Spartans freshman goalie Will Yanakeff got his second shutout of the season with a sterling 32 save effort leading the Spartans en route to a 2-0 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes Friday night. “We played well, just couldn’t score,” Ohio State head coach Mark Osiecki said. “We didn’t find a way to … Read more