CHS: October 18, 2024

It's the #CollegeHockey Scoreboard Show for October 18, 2024. What’s on the docket? 42 games including six games with ranked teams hitting one another. The biggest in terms of rankings was on the women’s side in a WCHA clash in Minneapolis with the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers and the third-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers. We’ll start there.Wisconsin blanked #3 Minnesota 5-0 with five different players scoring, four in the third period, while the Badgers outshot the Gophers 32-18. #2 Ohio State took down #11 St. Cloud State 5-1 with Joy Dunne and Jordyn Petrie each netting two goals, and the Buckeyes outshooting the Huskies 47-10. #5 Minnesota-Duluth shut out St. Thomas 3-0 as three different Bulldogs found the back of the net. #6 Cornell and Mercyhurst battled to a scoreless draw before Cornell won in the shootout, with 75 combined shots on goal. Vermont pulled off a stunner, beating #7 St. Lawrence 1-0. Lara Beecher scoring the game-winner for the Catamounts in the third. #8 UConn edged Providence 3-2 with Martha Mobarak securing the game-winner. #9 Colgate rolled over Post 8-1, with Kristyna Kaltounkova scoring twice to secure the sweep. #10 Quinnipiac shut out Syracuse 4-0, and #12 Penn State blanked Dartmouth 2-0. #13 Northeastern and Holy Cross ended in a 4-4 tie with Northeastern winning in a shootout. #14 Princeton dominated Robert Morris 7-1. Boston University squeaked by Maine 2-1, while LIU rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Assumption 3-2. Sacred Heart outlasted Stonehill 4-3, and St. Anselm topped St. Michael’s 5-0. Brown crushed Franklin Pierce 8-1, Bemidji State earned its first win of the season by defeating winless Lindenwood 6-3, and RIT shut out RPI 2-0. New Hampshire edged Union 2-1.In men’s action, #1 Denver defeated #19 Northeastern 5-2 with five different players scoring, while #2 Boston College shut out AIC 5-0, with Will Vote scoring his third goal of the year. #3 Boston University beat UConn 4-2 with Cole Eiserman scoring twice. #5 North Dakota rallied with three third-period goals to beat #20 Minnesota State 3-2 - Carter Wilkie getting the game-winner there about halfway through the third.#6 Minnesota won a 7-5 shootout against Minnesota-Duluth with seven different Gophers scoring. #9 Maine topped #7 Quinnipiac 2-1 with first-period goals from Nolan Renwick and Charlie Russell. #10 Michigan shut out #13 St. Cloud State 3-0, breaking a scoreless tie with a short-handed goal from Garrett Shifsky in the third. Augustana stunned #12 Omaha 2-1 with a late game-winner from Hunter Bischoff, and #14 Providence cruised past Arizona State 4-1 behind a hat trick from Tanner Adams. Sacred Heart earned a historic 4-3 win over #15 UMass, with four different players scoring. It was the first win for Sacred Heart over the Minutemen in school history. Ohio State edged #16 Wisconsin 2-1 in overtime, with Max Montes scoring both goals, including the OT winner. #18 Notre Dame defeated Alaska 4-1, while Merrimack and New Hampshire ended 0-0 with Merrimack taking the shootout. Northern Michigan topped Alaska-Anchorage 2-1, UMass Lowell bested Colgate 5-2, and Ferris State beat St. Lawrence 1-0. Air Force beat Lindenwood 3-2, LIU and Bentley ended 1-1 before LIU won the shootout, and Union rolled over Mercyhurst 6-2 with Ben Muthersbaugh scoring a hat trick. Niagara and RPI ended 3-3 with Niagara taking the shootout, while Stonehill dominated Lake Superior State 4-1, with Anthony Galante scoring twice.In exhibition games, Harvard shut out the USNTDP 5-0, and #4 Michigan State blanked Windsor (Ont.) 5-0.That’s your College Hockey Scoreboard for October 18, 2024.The Sota Pod is dedicated to covering anything & EVERYTHING when it comes to hockey or craft beer in the great state of Minnesota. The Sota Pod (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sota-pod/id1495602444YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesotapod