Bridgeport, CT- The Sacred Heart Pioneers are in the midst of their program’s best hockey season. They earned their first national ranking earlier in the year and sit atop the Atlantic Hockey Association standings for the first time in program history. Saturday saw a...
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Quinnipiac Outlasts UConn In CT Ice Opener
Bridgeport, CT- Rain fell and wind swirled around Bridgeport’s Webster Bank Arena on Saturday afternoon. Inside, Quinnipiac and UConn met on the ice for what the college hockey world hopes becomes an annual tradition. The Bobcats and Huskies provided a wonderfully fun...
Sacred Heart Announces New On-Campus Hockey Rink
Bridgeport, CT- Amidst the best season in program history, Sacred Heart University has more good news. On Saturday afternoon, the Catholic school in Fairfield announced the construction of a new $60 million, 4,000 capacity ice hockey rink to be built on the school’s...
CT Ice Festival Preview
Connecticut has a decorated hockey history. Players like Brian Leetch, Nick Bonino, and Jonathan Quick grew up in the Nutmeg state. The Hartford Whalers called the state capital home for 23 years and featured players like Ron Francis, Paul Coffey, Chris Pronger, and...
Terriers Ride Third Period Outburst Over RiverHawks
Boston- After an emotional trip to Conte Forum last week, the Boston University Terriers needed a reset for the Hockey East schedule ahead. They drew a weekend series with perennial challenger UMass Lowell. For the Friday night tilt at Agganis Arena, BU reminded their...
BC Victorious in Heavyweight Duel vs BU
Chestnut Hill, MA- Boston College and Boston University have written the record books in college hockey for over a century. Their rivalry is the best the sport has to offer and Saturday night offered an emphatic reminder. With snow falling on Massachusetts, the Eagles...
Knight, Sharp Shots Leads BC Over Lowell
Lowell, MA- Tsongas Center has long been a house of horrors for the Boston College. The Eagles had lost five of their last seven games in the UMass Lowell home building and hadn’t won a game there since Parker Milner posted a 38 save shutout in a 1-0 victory on...
Eagles Power Play Soars Over Minutemen
Amherst, MA-- Friday night’s duel between UMass and Boston College at Conte Forum was a classic matchup between two of Hockey East’s best teams. UMass got a needed win, though they felt they had stolen a game. The series moved to the Mullins Center for Saturday night...
Terriers Claim Thrilling OT Win Over Brown
Boston, MA -- The Boston University Terriers were the most unpredictable Hockey East team in the first half of the season. Their top tier talent could carry them to wins, or be outlasted by good teams, or vanish against unexpected challenges. During the break, the...
Northeastern Survives Bentley Attack
Boston- The Northeastern Huskies have big expectations for their 2020 calendar year. They began the year with a Hockey East victory against UConn on January 3rd. On Monday night, they returned home to a full DogHouse at Matthews Arena to face the Bentley Falcons and...
Eagles Soar Past Catamounts
Chestnut Hill, MA- Boston College was among the hottest teams in the nation at the Christmas break. The Eagles sported a nine game winning streak, including four wins over Top-10 opponents; toppling Providence, Harvard and Notre Dame twice. On Saturday afternoon, the...
UNH Sprints Past Yale
Durham, NH -- Mike Souza’s New Hampshire Wildcats rode a frustrating Jekyll-and-Hyde first half of the 2019-20 season. They’d regularly perform well on the back-end of weekend series and not the front-end. They’d alternately show up big offensively or fall to the...
Dartmouth Comes Back on UConn for Ledyard Classic Championship
Hanover, NH- Dartmouth and UConn rode up and down first halves of their hockey seasons to near .500 records before Christmas. On Sunday night, the two matched up with the Ledyard Bank Classic Trophy on the line. Both teams showed their skill and potential for the...
Dartmouth Downs Colorado College
Hanover, NH- The first NCAA Tournament game was held on March 18th, 1948, at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, CO. It pitted the Colorado College Tigers against the Dartmouth College Indians. Eddie Jeremiah led his team to an 8-4 victory over Cheddy...
UConn & St. Lawrence Thrill in Buzzer Beater, Huskies Claim Ledyard Shootout
Hanover, NH- Mike Cavanaugh’s first coaching job was in 1994 with Dartmouth College. That year, the Big Green hosted and were defeated by the Vermont Catamounts, led by Tim Thomas and Martin St. Louis, in the then titled Auld Lang Syne Classic. Fifteen years later,...
AIC Overwhelms Niagara
Springfield, MA- With reminders of last year’s successes hanging above their ice, the American International College Yellow Jackets welcomed the team they beat for their first Atlantic Hockey Tournament crown and NCAA Tournament bid, the Niagara Purple Eagles. Both...
Cornell Stays Perfect Against Harvard
Allston, MA- Ivy League rules prevent six college hockey teams from playing until late October or November. Despite the shortened schedule, the head of the Ivy League is also one of the nation’s best. Cornell features remarkable size, great scoring touch, classic Big...
Nittany Lions Flatten Warriors
North Andover, MA- Guy Gadowski's Penn State Nittany Lions own the identity of an offensive circus. They've been at or near the top of the goals per game and shots per game stats for three seasons and show no signs of relenting, entering Thanksgiving with the...
Sacred Heart Silences BU
Boston, MA- Boston University's hockey team boasts enough talent to rival any national championship contender in the country. However, the puzzle pieces look slightly off-kilter early in the 2019-2020 season. No game demonstrated that more than on Tuesday night when...
Northeastern Sweeps Maine
Boston, MA- The Maine Black Bears entered the weekend with momentum after a sweep of archrival New Hampshire. Expected to finish near the middle of the pack and then smashed 7-0 by Providence on opening night, Maine appeared completely turned around with points in six...
Vermont Ties BU For First Conference Point
Boston, MA -- The 2019-2020 season marks a curious transition point for the Vermont Catamounts. Head Coach Kevin Sneddon is in the final year of his contract and star goaltender Stefanos Lekkas is a senior. With major changes possible, UVM's present has been bleak...
Northeastern Smashes Providence, Snaps 3 Year Drought
Boston, MA- Hockey East has the deepest collection of competitive programs. Among the five nationally ranked schools, Providence and Northeastern staged possibly the most interesting season. The Friars edged the Huskies at Schneider Arena on Friday night. At Matthews...
Bentley Comeback Falls Short Against Robert Morris
Waltham, MA -- The Bentley Falcons enjoyed a successful first full season in their shiny new building. A twelve game point streak lifted Ryan Sodorquist's team to the second seed in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament, the highest position since the 2013-2014 season. Their...
Providence Outlasts BU in Sloppy Shootout
Providence, RI- Defense barely existed on Saturday night between Providence College and Boston University. One night after the Friars and Terriers traded punches, they moved down I-95 to the Ocean State and traded shots, goals, curious sequences, and concerning...
Terriers & Friars Brawl & Draw
Boston, MA- Providence College and Boston University boast one of college hockey's better rivalries in the last six seasons. The two have played for both the Hockey East and National Championships and been regular competitors atop the Hockey East and National...
Friars Outlast Eagles
Providence, RI- Providence College and Boston College staged a memorable postseason series last year. BC survived a contentious and physical matchup to advance to the Hockey East Semi-Finals. Saturday night brought the Eagles back to Schneider Arena for the first time...
Quinnipiac Silences Vermont
Hamden, CT- The college hockey weekend ended with a stormy Sunday in southern Connecticut. Vermont traveled looking for an upset over Quinnipiac. In a rather chippy game, the Bobcats stopped the Catamount offense at every turn and beat their world class goaltender....
Tucker Stymies UNH, Terriers Claim Victory
Boston, MA- Sam Tucker has a rocky opening to his Boston University career. In his first two games, he surrendered 7 goals on 33 shots faced for a .788 Save Percentage. That percentage improved with a 25 save performance against UMass Lowell on Friday night, but still...
Friars Balloon Lead Late, Top Eagles
Chestnut Hill, MA- In the 2018-2019 season, the Boston College Eagles and Providence College Friars faced off six times, bringing some of Hockey East's best talent and an old-time physicality every time. BC won the series 4-2, including a Hockey East Quarterfinals...
Wildcats Outwork Terriers
Boston, MA- Through three games, the Boston University Terriers have entertained, concerned, thrilled, and frustrated their fans. A win in Schenectady inspired hope. A Friday night home tie against Northern Michigan after leading 4-1 in the third period sowed...