by Eric Burton | Mar 4, 2018 | NCAA, NCHC, Photo Galleries
Head coach Brad Berry was pleased that his team won’t have to travel during the first round of the playoffs. “It’s huge, Berry said. “Every time we talk with (our players) at the beginning of the season or during the introductory meeting we have a list of goals in...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 4, 2018 | Hockey East, NCAA
Amherst, MA- The Vermont Catamounts and Massachusetts Minutemen opened the postseason with two thrilling overtime matchups on Thursday and Friday night. They traded victories and thrilled the fans at Mullins Center in beautiful exhibitions of playoff hockey. The first...
by Eric Burton | Mar 4, 2018 | NCAA, NCHC
Grand Forks, ND – Entering Saturday’s season finale, there was no tomorrow for the University of North Dakota hockey team. They needed points to secure home ice for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs. The task at hand wasn’t easy. Standing in the way...
by Heather Weikel | Mar 4, 2018 | Big Ten
The Penn State Nittany Lions (15) swept the Minnesota Golden Gophers (11) and will move on to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Penn State won the first game by a score of 5-3 and then went on to defeat Minnesota in the second game by a score of 6-5. This...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 4, 2018 | Hockey East, NCAA
Lowell, MA- Between 1978 and 1982, Merrimack College and UMass Lowell forged a great rivalry, winning a combined four national championships at the Division II level. Since then, the schools have been regular Hockey East foes, separated by only 9.9 miles. The opening...
by Eric Burton | Mar 3, 2018 | NCAA, NCHC
Junior forward Nick Jones gave the hometown team a glimmer of hope when he noted the game at 3-3. “We rallied about three times, we were down 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and came back each one of those times,” Jones said. Obviously, disappointing, we felt like we played a pretty...
