No. 12 Arizona State drops third-ranked Western Michigan; Wisconsin women win 30th of the year - CHS 2-21-25

It’s the #CollegeHockey Scoreboard Show for February 21, 2025. 

It’s our last fully bloated Friday with a pretty full schedule of games on both the men’s and women’s side. It’s also my last full Friday on the blower, but what begins now is seven weeks on the road with my main sport. But you don’t care about that. You just want breakdowns. No, you won’t get that here. You want analysis. Sorry, not yet an elite hockey mind. You want JUST. THE. SCORES. 

Penn State earned an extra point in the Big Ten standings after tying top-ranked Michigan State 2-2 in a shootout. Michigan State remains just one point ahead of Minnesota atop the conference standings. Second-ranked Boston College saw six different goal scorers in a 6-3 win over Vermont, with Ryan Leonard netting his 26th of the year and Michael Hagens scoring his first. 

No. 12 Arizona State edged closer to the NCHC lead, moving within two points after a 5-3 win over No. 3 Western Michigan, highlighted by two goals from Ty Jackson, including the game-winner in the third. No. 11 UConn took down No. 4 Maine 3-2 behind a two-goal performance from Jake Richard, keeping Maine two points behind BC in the Hockey East race. Fifth-ranked Minnesota kept the pressure on Michigan State, as Brody Lamb’s two goals led the Gophers to a 4-1 win over No. 7 Ohio State. The Buckeyes now sit three points back of Minnesota. 

No. 6 Denver rolled past Miami 5-1, handing the RedHawks their 21st straight loss with five different Pioneers lighting the lamp. Cam Lund’s two goals and Jack Williams’ 15th of the season helped Northeastern stun No. 9 Boston University 5-1. No. 14 Quinnipiac got a boost from Jack Ricketts’ 18th goal of the year in a 4-1 victory over rival Yale. No. 15 Minnesota State blanked Lake Superior State 4-0 as Brian Carrabes scored twice and Alex Tracy made 32 saves. 

New Hampshire claimed an extra point in Hockey East after tying No. 16 UMass 3-3 and winning the shootout. No. 17 North Dakota extended its dominance over Minnesota-Duluth with a 3-2 win, marking its seventh straight victory in the series, fueled by Sacha Boisvert’s 10th goal of the year. No. 19 Clarkson stayed in the ECAC race with a 3-1 win over Cornell, as Ayrton Martino netted his 20th goal of the season, tying him for fourth nationally in goals. No. 20 Colorado College edged St. Cloud State 4-3. 

Air Force doubled up Robert Morris 4-2, American International slipped past Army West Point 3-2, RIT topped Mercyhurst 3-2, and Niagara handled Canisius 6-3 in Atlantic Hockey action. Wisconsin exploded for a 7-3 win over Notre Dame in Big Ten play. Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore earned his 400th career win as the Beavers edged Bowling Green 3-2. Michigan Tech rolled Ferris State 6-1, St. Thomas shut out Northern Michigan 3-0, and Brown topped Princeton 3-2 in overtime. RPI edged Dartmouth 2-1, Colgate slipped past St. Lawrence 5-4, and Union defeated Harvard 2-1 in ECAC action. In non-conference matchups, Alaska edged Augustana 2-1, Lindenwood’s Jaeden Mercier recorded a hat trick in a 6-4 win over Alaska-Anchorage, and LIU downed Stonehill 3-1.

On the women’s side, Casey O’Brien had two goals and an assist as top-ranked Wisconsin scored five straight to break a 1-1 tie and topple host Bemidji State 6-1. Jocelyn Amos recorded a hat trick, with her power-play goal midway through the third serving as the game-winner, as No. 2 Ohio State took down No. 11 St. Cloud State 5-3. Amos sealed the win with an empty-netter. Fourth-ranked Minnesota stayed in the hunt for second place in the WCHA as three different Gophers found the net in a 3-2 win over No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth at Ridder Arena. Ohio State remains two points ahead of Minnesota heading into the final regular-season games on Saturday. 

UConn’s Sadie Hotles scored twice to power her team past No. 12 Boston University 4-1, setting up a winner-take-all showdown for the Hockey East regular-season title between the two teams on Saturday. Vermont struck three times early in the second period, including two goals in the opening minute, to knock off No. 14 Northeastern 3-2. No. 15 Boston College blanked New Hampshire 2-0 at Conte Forum, as Julia Pellerin netted her 18th goal of the year and Grace Campbell stopped all 28 shots she faced for the shutout. 

In the opening round of the ECAC Tournament, seventh-seeded Princeton edged RPI 3-2, thanks to a game-winner from Rosie Klein with just over nine minutes left. 

Maine rolled past Holy Cross 4-1, while Merrimack took down Providence 4-2 in Hockey East play. Franklin Pierce cruised to a 4-0 shutout of St. Michael’s in the NEWHA. LIU locked up the NEWHA title with a 2-1 win over St. Anselm, the Sharks have won the league’s regular season title three years in a row. Sacred Heart picked up a 2-1 win over Post, while Assumption slipped past Stonehill 2-1. In the WCHA, Minnesota State erupted for eight goals in an 8-3 rout of St. Thomas. That’s your College Hockey Scoreboard for [date].

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