Colorado College upsets No. 3 Western Michigan in OT; Edwards' 26th of the year lifts Badger women in OT - CHS 2-1-25

It’s the #CollegeHockey Scoreboard Show for February 1, 2025. The month of January has come and gone - how did we end up in February? Well, that thing we’re on spins and rotates. It creates days. As far as breakdowns and analysis, you know you won’t get that here. It’s just the scores. 

Bret Link scored the game-winner in overtime as Colorado College upset No. 3 Western Michigan 3-2 in Colorado Springs. No. 4 Minnesota took down No. 17 Wisconsin 4-1 in front of over 10,000 fans at Mariucci - that’s definitely not a Tuesday night crowd -  Connor Kurth scored twice for the Gophers. No. 5 Denver put on an offensive clinic, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to crush Omaha 11-2, with Rieger Lorenz and James Reeder each scoring twice and 16 different players recording points. 

No. 7 Providence doubled up No. 9 UConn 6-3 behind a hat trick from Hudson Malinoski. No. 8 UMass Lowell edged Merrimack 3-2 with Jake Ribilotti netting the game-winner early in the third period. No. 12 Arizona State stayed hot, winning for the 15th time in its last 17 games with a 4-1 victory over Miami, highlighted by Cruz Lucius’ first goal as a Sun Devil. No. 13 Michigan rebounded to split its series with Penn State, with seven different players scoring in a 7-3 win. Rhett Pitlick’s 11th goal of the season lifted No. 15 Minnesota State to a 3-2 overtime win over St. Thomas, keeping the Mavericks in second place in the CCHA by points percentage. 

No. 16 North Dakota took five of six points on the weekend after a 6-2 win over St. Cloud State, with Owen McLaughlin scoring twice. No. 19 Augustana extended its unbeaten streak to 10 games (7-0-3) with a 4-3 victory over Lake Superior State, as Luke Mobley found the back of the net twice. 

In Atlantic Hockey - every game went into overtime and three of them ended 3-2.  
Holy Cross edged Canisius 3-2 in overtime, Mercyhurst took the shootout win after a 3-3 tie with Robert Morris, RIT defeated Air Force 3-2 in overtime, and Sacred Heart also won in OT, 3-2 over Niagara. 

In the CCHA, Bowling Green topped Northern Michigan 5-2, and Ferris State beat Bemidji State 3-1. 

ECAC action saw Union slip past Brown 2-1, Colgate dominate St. Lawrence 6-1, Cornell win the shootout after a 3-3 tie with Clarkson, Princeton take down Dartmouth 3-1, and RPI cruise past Yale 5-2. 

Matt Hubbarde scored a hat trick as Alaska picked up a 5-1 win to take a 3-2 Governor's Cup lead over rival Alaska-Anchorage on Saturday night. Gagnon and Dick combined for four shots. Only in Alaska. WINK.

Elsewhere, LIU blanked Stonehill 2-0 in non-conference play. In exhibitions, Army West Point defeated Royal Military College (Ont.) 3-2, and Lindenwood put up seven in a 7-4 win over Simon Fraser (B.C.).

On the women’s side: 
Sarah Wozniewicz scored the game-winner in OT and Laila Edwards scored her 26th of the year, which leads the nation, as No. 1 Wisconsin edged No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth 2-1. Sloane Matthews scored a natural hat trick in the second period, and No. 2 Ohio State scored four goals in the third to pull away from No. 3 Minnesota 7-4. 

Elyssa Biederman scored the game-winner in overtime as No. 4 Colgate topped No. 7 St. Lawrence 3-2 in overtime. No. 8 Penn State picked up its 12th win in a row to secure its 25th victory of the season, with Tessa Janecke netting her 20th goal of the year in a 5-2 win over Robert Morris. The fifth-ranked Big Red of Cornell are now up by a point and a half in the ECAC after a 2-1 win over No. 9 Clarkson. 

St. Thomas got outshot 33-8 but came away with a 2-1 overtime win at home against No. 11 St. Cloud State, as Lauren Stenslie’s seventh goal of the year was the game-winner 36 seconds into OT. 

Tuva Kandell scored the game-winner in overtime to lift No. 14 Northeastern past No. 15 UConn 4-3. Maddy Samoskevich scored twice as No. 10 Quinnipiac ousted Dartmouth 3-0. Issy Wunder scored her 22nd of the year, and No. 13 Princeton beat Harvard 2-0. Elsewhere in AHA action, Syracuse blanked Lindenwood 5-0, while Mercyhurst and RIT skated to a 1-1 tie, with Mercyhurst taking the shootout win. 

In the ECAC, Brown edged RPI 4-3 and Yale slipped past Union 3-2. In Hockey East, Holy Cross earned a 1-0 shutout over Maine, Providence topped New Hampshire 4-3 in overtime, and Boston University rolled past Vermont 4-1. 

In NEWHA play, LIU edged St. Michael’s 2-1 in overtime, Sacred Heart blanked Assumption 2-0, Post took down St. Anselm 3-0, and Franklin Pierce topped Stonehill 3-2 in overtime. Minnesota State wrapped up the night in the WCHA with a 5-1 win over Bemidji State. 

I’m Jason Bryant @jasonmbryant on the socials and leave a rating, review or some feedback on the show at collegehockeyscoreboardpod.com and that’s all we’ve got for the #CollegeHockey Scoreboard Show for February 1, 2025.