It’s the #CollegeHockey Scoreboard Show for March 1-2, 2025. No excuses. I’m just a busy guy this time of year. Oh by the way, that whole four-overtime thriller in Division III women’s action was at Augsburg, where I spent Friday and Saturday announcing a regional wrestling championship. Anyway. I’ve got wrestling content in my main life. This is hockey life, where there’s No breakdowns. No Analysis. It’s JUST. THE. SCORES.
Let’s start with the women, who are full on into the postseason, with four series (or serieses?) being pushed to a third game on Sunday.
In Atlantic Hockey America, No. 8 Penn State finished off RIT with a 4-0 shutout to sweep its AHA semifinal series, while Mercyhurst evened its series with Syracuse at 1-1 with a 4-0 win on Saturday and then put five in the net to advance to the finals to face Penn State after a 5-2 win over Syracuse.
In the Hockey East quarterfinals, No. 15 Boston College edged Maine 4-3, Northeastern clipped Providence 3-2, No. 14 Boston University needed overtime to get past Vermont 4-3, and No. 12 UConn blanked Merrimack 4-0.
The ECAC quarterfinals saw No. 5 Colgate sweep No. 13 Princeton with a 2-1 win, while No. 9 Clarkson forced a decisive third game by beating No. 10 Quinnipiac 2-1. No. 3 Cornell completed a 2-0 series sweep over Union with a 3-2 victory, and No. 7 St. Lawrence took its series over Yale with a 4-3 win.
On Sunday, No. 9 Clarkson advanced to the ECAC semifinals, eliminating No. 10 Quinnipiac with a 4-1 win in the deciding game.
In the NEWHA quarterfinals, Sacred Heart, Post, and LIU all completed two-game sweeps, while St. Anselm forced a deciding third game with a 4-3 win over Stonehill. That third game was won by St. Anselm 4-2.
Top-ranked Wisconsin dominated Bemidji State 11-0 to complete a WCHA quarterfinal sweep. Minnesota State stunned No. 4 Minnesota 5-4 in overtime to even that series at 1-1, while No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth edged No. 11 St. Cloud State 2-1 to advance. No. 2 Ohio State wrapped up its series against St. Thomas with a 4-1 win.
On Sunday, the No. 4 Golden Gophers rebounded to take the series over Minnesota State with a 6-2 win.
On the men’s side of things, Third-ranked Michigan State took care of business in the Big Ten with a 5-2 win over Notre Dame, while No. 2 Minnesota topped No. 15 Penn State 5-3. The Gophers and Spartans finished the regular season tied for the title with 50 points.
In the CCHA, No. 14 Minnesota State handled Bemidji State 5-1 to claim regular season championship and the Mavericks’ ninth MacNaughton Cup. Bowling Green edged Lake Superior State 4-3, St. Thomas slipped past Michigan Tech 2-1, and Northern Michigan and Ferris State skated to a 4-4 tie before NMU secured the extra point in the shootout.
ECAC action saw Colgate roll over Union 5-1, Cornell shut out RPI 6-0, Dartmouth cruise past Yale 5-1, and Brown and Harvard battle to a 3-3 tie before Brown took the shootout. Princeton outlasted Clarkson 4-3 in overtime, while Quinnipiac blanked St. Lawrence 4-0 to clinch the Bobcats’ fifth straight Cleary Cup which goes to the regular season champion in the ECAC.
In Hockey East, top-ranked Boston College and New Hampshire finished tied at 1-1, but BC took the extra point in the shootout. No. 9 UConn dominated Northeastern 7-1, No. 17 UMass bested No. 16 UMass Lowell 5-3, No. 7 Providence edged Merrimack 2-1, and No. 5 Maine held off Vermont 4-3.
In the NCHC, Omaha upset No. 12 Arizona State 4-2, Minnesota-Duluth and Miami played to a 1-1 tie before UMD won the shootout, No. 18 North Dakota scored late, forced OT and then picked off No. 4 Western Michigan 4-3 in overtime, and St. Cloud State knocked off No. 6 Denver 2-1.
In Atlantic Hockey’s first round, Air Force outlasted Robert Morris 4-3 in overtime, while Canisius shut out Mercyhurst 2-0. In non-conference action, LIU blanked Alaska 2-0. I mistakenly posted an incorrect score on...