Lee Urton Twenty-seven years after participating in Team USA’s 1980 “Miracle On Ice,” Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson returned to Lake Placid for the first time in a competitive setting at the Herb Brooks Rink. “I’ve got a pretty good little streak going,” he said, smiling, after Wisconsin won. With stifling defense and timely goal scoring, his Badgers … Read more
Harvard senior co-captain Julie Chu was announced today as the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner, given annually by USA Hockey to the nation’s top player among Division I programs. Chu finished the regular season tied for the national lead in points with 66 on 18 goals and 48 assists, and was a unanimous First … Read more
The regular suspects got it done for Wisconsin, as the first line scored all four goals, and sophomore goalie Jessie Vetter collected her 15th career shutout in a decisive 4-0 victory over St. Lawrence in the NCAA semifinals. The win marks the second consecutive year Wisconsin has defeated St. Lawrence to advance to the title … Read more
It’s fitting that since both Boston College and Minnesota-Duluth advanced to the Frozen Four via overtime games, this match-up would produce a double overtime game. In the first ever meeting between these two squads, the Bulldogs won a nail-biter 4-3 that took 94:19 to decide. Late into the fifth period of the game, Jessica Koizumi … Read more
Hockey East top seed and nationally-ranked No. 4 New Hampshire got a goal in each period from three different goal-scorers, and held on to down a tenacious Providence College team that needed a win here to keep its season alive. The 3-1 final score, which included an empty net tally, gave the Wildcats the automatic … Read more
With three goals in a dominant second period-two from freshman Colin Vock-Vermont stormed to a 3-0 lead, then held on during a desperate Terrier comeback in the third period to take a 3-2 decision from host Boston University. Yet another one goal game between these two teams. Back in November, UVM skated to a 2-1 … Read more
Led by three goals and an assist from tournament MVP Meghan Fardelmann, and a sparkling 26 save performance by the Bertagna goaltending trophy-winner Molly Schaus, Boston College won its second consective Women’s Beanpot title with a 6-1 victory over Commonwealth Avenue rival Boston University. “I give my kids a lot of credit for what they … Read more
Over the last 12 years, Boston University’s record in the Beanpot finals exactly mirrored its record in games immediately before Beanpot finals. The Terriers had won 10 of their last 12 Beanpots, with the only losses coming in 2001 and 2004, both to Boston College. Their record on the Friday game prior to the Beanpot … Read more
In the semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern, neither team provided much Beanpot experience: neither team had a player who had scored more than four points in previous ‘Pots. Senior Mike Morris led the Huskies with two goals and two assists, and senior defenseman Kevin Schaeffer and sophomore forward Jason Lawrence share the BU lead, … Read more
To cap one of the longest games in Beanpot history, Anna McDonald scored in triple overtime to lift Boston College to a 4-3 win over Harvard. McDonald, playing in her first game after being out four weeks with a groin injury and with only four days of practice, survived almost six periods of hockey before … Read more
Boston University is a second-year program, and tonight it showed. The Terriers fell behind by two goals in the first five minutes of its Beanpot semifinal against Northeastern, after putting together a display of shaky skating, bad passing, and mental mistakes. At the same time, Northeastern found open players, clogged up BU passing lanes, and … Read more
One night after an embarrassing loss to Notre Dame, Boston College (2-1-0) cleaned up in the slot and on the scoreboard, cruising to a 5-1 win and handing the visiting Falcons from Bowling Green their first loss of the season (2-1-1). Benn Ferriero led the way for the Eagles with two goals and two assists, … Read more
In a renewal of the annual game between two of the nation’s most popular Catholic schools, Notre Dame took a surprising 7-1 decision at No. 1 Boston College in front of 6,208 at BC’s Conte Forum. The Fighting Irish got a sterling 26-save performance from goaltender David Brown, a hat trick from junior center Mark … Read more
Defense Wins Titles Wisconsin’s defense was not only the best of this NCAA tournament, but perhaps the best ever. The Badgers allowed just one goal in three games played. The only goal scored against Wisconsin came from the stick of Mercyhurst’s Julia Colizza, who scored shorthanded in the first period of a double overtime game. … Read more
Sara Bauer, junior forward from the University of Wisconsin, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to collegiate ice hockey’s most outstanding female athlete. Sara Bauer “I’m very honored to be receiving this award, being mentioned with the other nominees, past winners, and of course with Patty Kazmaier … Read more
Bobbi Ross provided one of the greatest individual efforts in NCAA Women’s Frozen Four history during Minnesota’s 5-4 upset of No. 1 UNH Friday night.
Ice Sheet One of the bigger factors in the game was the larger dimensions of the ice sheet in Mariucci Arena. Wisconsin had played a handful of games on a larger ice surface while facing WCHA opponents, but St. Lawrence had not played even a minute on the Olympic-sized surface. Jess Moffat stops UW’s Jinelle … Read more
On the strength of a 35-save performance from goaltender Cory Schneider, Boston College defeated Maine by a 4-1 score, advancing to the Hockey East championship game in the process. The Eagles (23-11-3) will face Boston University in the title game. Boston College weathered an early storm from Maine’s first line of Michel Leveille, Hobey Baker … Read more
New Hampshire left no doubt that it deserved its No. 1 national ranking in Sunday’s Hockey East championship game. With a dominating performance in every aspect of the game, UNH cruised to a 6-0 victory over a young Boston College squad that was never able to make a dent in the Wildcat armor. Top liners … Read more
With a 3-1 win over Providence College, Boston College guaranteed that Hockey East will crown a new champion tomorrow. In the three year history of Hockey East, only one team — Providence — has won the postseason tournament. But a combination of good goaltending, timely goal scoring and a gutsy defensive effort on the part … Read more