College Hockey Game Recaps & Summaries

NCAA Men's Hockey — Buckeyes Tame Lions 10/06/08

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The York Lions are coming off three consecutive wins in a preseason tournament on their home ice in Canada. Saturday, they were challenged by a group of young Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes defeated the Lions 9-3 in the OSU Ice Rink. Ohio State was bolstered by a lineup that includes nine freshmen and 13 sophomores, but got their best contribution from senior forward and ...

NCAA Men's Hockey — Sioux Open Season With 6-2 Exhibition Win 10/06/08

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — It was something old and something new as North Dakota got four goals from seniors and two from freshmen in a 6-2 exhibition victory over the visiting University of Manitoba Bison. Fighting Sioux senior forward Ryan Duncan, the 2007 Hobey Baker winner, picked up two goals while seniors Matt Watkins and Andrew Kozek each tallied for UND. Kozek's goal at 14:56 of the second ...

NCAA Men's Hockey — Robert Morris Crushes Ryerson 10/06/08

NEVILLE ISLAND, Pa. — The Robert Morris Colonials put on a power play clinic tonight, going 6-for-10 with the man advantage, and defeated the visiting Ryerson Rams in convincing fashion 9-0. The Rams, who were considerably fatigued from having played a surprisingly close contest at Miami on Saturday night, kept the play chippy for most of the contest, and kept their netminders, Pierre Beaulieu ...

NCAA Men's Hockey — Falcons Top Golden Bears 10/06/08

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Even though it was an exhibition game, Air Force Academy coach Frank Serratore took one big positive from his Falcons' 3-1 win over the University of Alberta Golden Bears Sunday night; his team sealed the victory with a late power-play goal. "One of the things I was real pleased with was how many times last year were we in that situation? 1-1 late and our power play ...

NCAA Men's Hockey — Pioneers Eke By Bears 10/06/08

DENVER — One doesn't often expect overtime in a preseason exhibition game, but Magness Arena fans almost saw it Saturday night as the University of Denver Pioneers squeaked out a 5-4 victory over the University of Alberta Golden Bears. Freshman defenseman Patrick Wiercioch tapped in a Patrick Mullen rebound into a virtually open net behind Alberta netminder Aaron Sorochan with 1.8 seconds ...

NCAA Men's Hockey — Terriers Post 4-1 Exhibition Victory over New Brunswick 10/06/08

BOSTON, Mass. — Freshman Chris Connolly opened the scoring just under five minutes into the game off a great defensive play by sophomore Nick Bonino. With New Brunswick looking to get the puck out of its zone from behind the goal, Bonino stole the puck in front of the crease and found Connolly all alone on the left side, where he placed a shot past UNB netminder Derek Yeomans. Following ...

NCAA Men's Hockey — McGill Tops Merrimack 10/05/08

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — In an exhibition game at J. Thom Lawler Arena, McGill topped Merrimack 2-1. It was the first time since 1995 the teams faced off against each other. Merrimack, celebrating their 20th year in Hockey East, is looking to build off of last season, having only lost two key producers from the roster. However, the Warriors begin their season without their two year MVP Rob Ricci ...