‘A Character Win’ for Resilient Penguins

For the first period Sunday, it looked like the Penguins were going to be beaten by the Bruins on their home ice as they had been twice in Boston this season. Pittsburgh looked woefully unprepared to start t...

Penguins’ Depth Rises to Injury Challenge

The Penguins have been without captain Sidney Crosby, still arguably the game’s best player, since Nov. 9. Brian Dumoulin, their best defensive defenseman, has been lost since Nov. 30. A week before Christma...

Minutemen Whallop Black Bears 5-1

Amherst, MA - On the night when Cale Makar returned to the University of Massachusetts to help hang his 2019 Hobey Baker Award Winner banner in the Mullins Center rafters, his old team hung the Maine Black Bear...

Dumoulin Loss May Be Penguins’ Toughest Yet

The Penguins are already without their captain and arguably the game’s best player in Sidney Crosby, out six to eight weeks after core muscle surgery, but that might not be the worst of their problems. Brian...

Tucker, Terriers Hold On for 4-3 Win

Boston, MA -- The Massachusetts Minutemen fired 52 shots on Boston University's Sam Tucker, as he backstopped the Terriers to their first win in November. One of the youngest teams in NCAA hockey, Boston U., ha...

Union Cries “Uncle!” Against Massachusetts

Amherst, MA - The Union Dutchmen arrived at the Mullins Center in search of their first victory of the 2019-20 season, coming in at 0-4. The Minutemen welcomed them with open arms. Having suffered a loss on Tue...

Penguins Hope to Learn from Recent Blown-Lead Trend

The Philadelphia Flyers’ Jakub Voracek started it all with 19.7 seconds remaining in regulation, outdoors at Lincoln Financial Field on Feb. 23. The Sabres’ Brandon Montour was next, with 2:32 remaining Marc...

Minutemen Outlast Wildcats in Thrilling 2OT Opener

Amherst, MA -- The 2018 playoffs gave the Massachusetts Minutemen confidence in playoff situations. The 2019 season gave UMass an aura of magic and the burden of expectation. They carried all three into their p...