Goodiwn netted his sixth marker of the year in the first period, but Michigan scored three goals in the opening 20 minutes for the 3-1 lead. With 14:20 left in the frame, Boo Nieves gave the Wolverines the 1-0 advantage after Derek DeBlois gathered a turnover behind the Penn State and fed an open Nieves in the slot.
Aw, it’s so difficult to work up a good hate for Canada, where the beer always is cold and the smiles are forever warm. But, with revenge on their minds, Paul Stastny and his teammates on the United States hockey team are itching for a fight with our friendly neighbors to the north.
The celebrations were well-deserved for the Binghamton Senators, who rallied from a two-goal deficit late in the second period to defeat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday night. Defenseman Chris Wideman tallied the game-winner on the power play 30 seconds into overtime, giving Binghamton its league-best seventh overtime win.
Forgive Paul Stastny if he takes Wednesday’s Olympic showdown between Team USA and the Czech Republic [noon, NBCSN] a little more personally than the rest of his American teammates.
After a road trip in which they suffered three losses in three days, the Fayetteville FireAntz needed something positive to happen to keep their Southern Professional Hockey League playoff hopes alive.
Tommy Lange made sure it did, rifling a shot past the Columbus goalie with less than three minutes to play as the FireAntz pulled out a 3-2 triumph at the Crown Coliseum on Tuesday evening.
A huge brawl erupted at the end of the Portland Pirates’ 2-0 victory over the Phantoms on Sunday, with several fights breaking out at once and goalies Cal Heeter and Louis Domingue getting in on the action.
Playing without three players, and with several others battling a stomach virus that swept through the locker room after a community event earlier in the week, the Chill jumped out to a 1-0 lead minutes into the game but Arizona tied it at 1-1 late in the first and controlled the action the rest of the way to pick up a 7-1 win.
He was diagnosed with cancer at 3-years-old and had his leg amputated, but one St. Louis athlete is heading to Sochi despite it all.
Steve Cash is the goalie for Team USA’s sled hockey team. The Overland native is competing in the Paralympic Winter Games next month in Sochi.
Stanley Cup winner Brandon Bollig of the Chicago Blackhawks — a Lincoln Stars player from 2005-08 — acknowledges the cheers of the sold-out crowd after dropping the ceremonial first puck.
In the first Hockey East meeting between No. 9 Providence College and No. 20 Notre Dame, the teams skated to a 2-2 tie on Friday night at Schneider Arena (2,978). Sophomore Nick Saracino (St. Louis, Mo.) responded to a third period go-ahead goal by the Fighting Irish when he scored his sixth goal of the season at 13:49 of the third to even the score at 2-2.
