Saturday Roundup: Western Michigan and Providence sweep, and a potential long-term injury for Michigan's Jack Ivankovic
Western Michigan and Providence brought the brooms out, putting exclamation points on weekend sweeps.
But perhaps the biggest development of the weekend came in Ann Arbor, where Michigan’s win over Notre Dame was overshadowed by the uncertain status of Wolverines goaltender Jack Ivankovic after a second-period collision that forced him to leave the game, and potentially miss significant time.
Here’s a complete recap of Saturday’s action, with notes from every game played across the college hockey landscape.
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Big Ten
Michigan 7, Notre Dame 4: Aidan Park and Garrett Schifsky each scored twice for the Wolverines, but the story of the game was the 173 combined penalty minutes — and a potentially long-term injury to Michigan goaltender Jack Ivankovic after a collision with Notre Dame captain Danny Nelson in the second period.
Michigan coach Brandon Naurato didn’t have a definitive update on Ivankovic immediately after the game, saying he didn’t want to speculate, but did note that it looked like he could be out “a long time.”
Ivankovic was helped off the ice by teammates and did not appear to put any weight on his leg.
Stephen Peck came on in relief and stopped 18 of 21 shots over the final 37:18 of the game.
Ohio State 2, Michigan State 1: Porter Martone scored his 14th goal of the season, but it wasn’t enough for the Spartans. Davis Burnside’s goal midway through the third period proved to be the game-winner.
Penn State 5, Minnesota 2: The Nittany Lions completed a sweep of the Gophers with five different goal scorers, while Aiden Fink chipped in three assists.
NCHC
Western Michigan 6, Denver 2: The Broncos capped a big weekend with a sweep of Denver. Owen Michaels and William Whitelaw scored twice apiece, and Hampton Slukynsky turned aside 35 shots.
Arizona State 1, Miami 0: Noah Powell scored the lone goal with 9:46 remaining in the third period, and Samuel Urban stopped all 37 shots he faced for the shutout.
North Dakota 5, Colorado College 2: New addition Mats Lindgren scored his first collegiate goal, but it was North Dakota that surged with five unanswered in the second and third periods to pull away.
St. Cloud State 2, Omaha 1: Barrett Hall’s 10th goal of the season, scored in the third period, stood as the winner. Yan Shostak made 20 saves for the Huskies.
Hockey East
Providence 3, Maine 0: The Friars finished off a sweep of the Black Bears behind a 20-save shutout from Jack Parsons. Tanner Adams contributed a shorthanded goal.
UMass 2, Boston University 0: Michael Hrabal stopped all 26 shots he faced and allowed just one goal all weekend in a split with the Terriers. Václav Nestrašil opened the scoring in the first period, and Jack Musa added an empty-netter as the Minutemen climbed back to .500.
UConn 5, UMass Lowell 1: The Huskies responded after Friday’s loss to salvage a split. Lowell grabbed a 1-0 lead on an early Luke Shipley goal, but UConn scored the next five — including two from Joey Muldowney and Kaden Shahan.
Vermont 5, Northeastern 3: The Catamounts extended their win streak to three with a weekend sweep of the Huskies. The teams traded goals until the third period, when Jens Richards and Phillip Tornqvist struck just over two minutes apart to break it open.
ECAC
Brown 4, St. Lawrence 1: Ben Poitras scored the first two goals of the game for the Bears, and Tyler Shea made 39 saves.
Union 4, Princeton 2: Union scored three goals in the third period to earn the win. Brandon Buhr tied it 2-2 at the 4:34 mark of the third (his 15th of the season), and Tyler Dunbar scored 1:29 later to put Union in front for good.
Quinnipiac 4, RPI 3 (OT): Markus Vidicek scored the overtime winner with 17 seconds left in the extra period after Matthew Buckley forced OT by tying it for RPI with 14 seconds remaining in regulation.
Clarkson 3, Yale 2: Third-period goals from Tristan Sarsland and William Bishop provided the difference for the Golden Knights. Ryan Bottrill had three assists.
CCHA
St. Thomas 4, Minnesota State 2: The Tommies raced out to a 4-0 lead in the second period before Minnesota State made it interesting with two third-period goals. St. Thomas has now won six straight.
Augustana 2, Northern Michigan 0: Josh Kotai posted his second shutout of the weekend, stopping all 27 shots he faced as the Vikings climbed one spot to No. 12 in the NPI.
Michigan Tech 4, Bemidji State 3: Brayden Boehm scored twice for the Huskies, who completed a weekend road sweep.
Bowling Green 5, Ferris State 1: Quinn Emerson (1g, 3a) had a four-point night for the Falcons, who completed a weekend sweep. Bowling Green hasn’t lost since Dec. 5 and is unbeaten in its last five games (4-0-1).
Atlantic Hockey
Army 5, Mercyhurst 0: The Black Knights bounced back from Friday’s loss in emphatic fashion. JJ Cataldo made 19 saves for the shutout, while Barron Woodring, Nils Forselius, and Jude Brower all posted multi-point nights.
Sacred Heart 4, Niagara 2: The Pioneers won their fourth straight. Ray Fust and Ethan Wolthers scored in the second period to break a 1-1 deadlock.
Bentley 3, Air Force 1: Jake Black scored twice for Bentley. Air Force held a 30-16 edge in shots, but Lukas Swedin made 29 saves.
RIT 3, Robert Morris 2 (OT): Evan Konyen scored the overtime winner for the Tigers. Robert Morris led 2-1 in the third period, but Christian Catalano tied it on the power play with 5:47 remaining.
Non-Conference
Merrimack 5, Holy Cross 2: The Warriors pushed their winning streak to five games. Justin Gill (1g, 1a), Seamus Powell (1g, 1a), and Parker Lalonde (0g, 2a) turned in multi-point nights, while Max Lundgren stopped 31 shots to backstop the win.
Wisconsin 4, Alaska Anchorage 2: The Badgers built a 3-0 lead, but the Seawolves made it interesting with a late second-period goal and an early tally in the third. Quinn Finley scored twice for Wisconsin.
Minnesota Duluth 8, Lindenwood 4: Jayson Shaugabay (1g, 3a) and Max Plante (2g, 2a) posted four-point nights, while Aaron Pionk added three assists from the back end.
Cornell 5, Alaska 2: Ryan Walsh and Jonathan Castagna scored twice for the Big Red, who improved to 11-4 after completing a weekend sweep of the Nanooks. Cornell has won five in a row.