Friday, November 20, 2009
James Marcou scored with one minute, one second remaining in overtime to give the University of Massachusetts hockey team a 4-3 victory over Yale Thursday night in New Haven, Conn.
Marcou's shot defelcted off Bulldog defenseman Jimmy martin and into the net past goaltender Nick Maricic (32 saves) to give the 11th-ranked Minutemen (8-2) their second overtime win of the season.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
AMHERST - It's probably a little too early to be thinking about what it would take for the University of Massachusetts hockey team to make the NCAA Tournament. There are still 25 regular-season games left on the Minutemen's schedule.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The University of Massachusetts hockey team's weekend split with New Hampshire kept the Minutemen in first place in Hockey East and kept the Minutemen climbing in the U.S. College Hockey Online Top 25.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Bobby Butler scored two goals and goaltender Brian Foster made 33 saves to give the University of New Hampshire hockey team a 4-2 win over the 14th-ranked University of Massachusetts and a split of their weekend series Saturday night at the Mullins Center.
The Minutemen (7-2, 4-2 Hockey East) won 4-3 in overtime Friday night.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
David Boehm scored after two minutes, five seconds of overtime to give the University of Massachusetts hockey team a 4-3 win over New Hampshire at the Mullins Center Friday night.
Casey Wellman tied the game for the 14th-ranked Minutemen (7-1, 4-1 Hockey East) with 11 seconds to play.
UMass goaltender Paul dainton made a career-high 42 saves.
Friday, November 13, 2009
AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts hockey team will try to keep both its momentum and New Hampshire's early season struggles going as the two Hockey East rivals meet in a pair of 7 p.m. games at the Mullins Center tonight and Saturday.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Casey Wellman and James Marcou scored in the final five minutes of the game to give the 19th-ranked University of Massachusetts men's hockey team a 4-2 win at Niagara Sunday afternoon.
Michael Marcou and Will Ortiz also scored for the Minutemen (6-1). Wellman added two assists.
Dan Meyers got his first start of the season in goal for UMass and made 25 saves.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
AMHERST - After suffering an injury in the first game of the season, University of Massachusetts hockey forward Michael Lecomte was itching to get back on the ice as his teammates jumped out to a 4-1 start.
Friday, November 6, 2009
AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts hockey team will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season last weekend with an unusual Friday-Sunday, nonconference home-and-home series with Niagara.
Monday, November 2, 2009
AMHERST - University of Massachusetts goaltender Paul Dainton stood far outside his crease Saturday night, waiting for the go-ahead from hockey coach Don "Toot" Cahoon to come to the bench in a last-ditch effort to remain undefeated.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
AMHERST - UMass goaltender Paul Dainton stood far outside his crease Saturday night, waiting for the go-ahead from hockey coach Don "Toot" Cahoon to come to the bench in a last-ditch effort to remain undefeated.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The 17th-ranked University of Massachusetts hockey team's first road game did not put a dent in the Minutemen's perfect start to the season.
UMass scored three unanswered third-period goals and beat Providence 5-3 at Schneider Arena.
Friday, October 30, 2009
AMHERST - After three straight weekends of playing just one game to open the season, the University of Massachusetts hockey team will get into a regular routine with a home-and-home series tonight and Saturday against Providence.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
AMHERST - From his seat in section C at the other end of the ice, Jim Marcou didn't know what his son James was waiting for Friday night. When he realized, there was nobody happier in the Mullins Center.
James Marcou wasn't specifically waiting for his younger brother on the fourth goal scored by the University of Massachusetts in its win over Maine, it just worked out that way.
Friday, October 23, 2009
AMHERST - After upsetting a Boston University team picked at the top of Hockey East last Friday, the University of Massachusetts hockey team will try to continue its strong start tonight against Maine, a team picked near the bottom.
Coach Don "Toot" Cahoon said the Minutemen put the 3-2 win over the Terriers behind them.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
AMHERST - With 32 seconds left and the University of Massachusetts hockey team clinging to a one-goal lead over No. 2 Boston University Friday night, all 8,123 fans at the Mullins Center stood and cheered as the teams set up for a faceoff to the right of Minuteman goalie Paul Dainton.
Friday, October 16, 2009
AMHERST - In both the exhibition loss to New Brunswick and the season-opening win over Rensselaer on Oct. 8, a disturbing trend emerged for the University of Massachusetts hockey team - poor first-period play.
Friday, October 9, 2009
AMHERST - Before practice on Monday, University of Massachusetts junior forward James Marcou talked about wanting to be the type of player who made his teammates better. In Thursday's season-opening win, he took a big step in the direction.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
AMHERST - Had Saturday's exhibition 3-2 loss to New Brunswick been a regular-season game, University of Massachusetts coach Don "Toot" Cahoon probably would have been more frustrated with both the result and his team's performance.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Amherst College football team rallied to score the winning touchdown with two minutes, 47 seconds to play and held on to defeat Bowdoin 13-12 Saturday at Pratt Field.
Alex Vetras (17-of-33, 168 yards) threw a 5-yard pass to Brandon Bullock for the winning score by the Jeffs (2-0, 2-0 New England Small College Athletic Conference).
