Last weekend some teams worked to reestablish themselves, and there is no better case than Miami of Ohio.  The # 2 Red Hawks swept Ferris State, knocking them down from # 6 to # 4.  # 3 Wisconsin split the weekend with Colorado College, and the split moved the Tigers up from # 8 to # 7.  Minnesota Duluth swept Mankato, and has jumped from # 10 all the way to # 4.  Wow!  And  Cornell managed to hold on to the # 9 ranking after beating  Clarkson, and then hanging on to a tie with St. Lawrence.  The Saints have played the last eight games winning every other game; could they be a team poised  to make a move here in crunch time of conference play?

This weekend there are some great top ten matchups.  For starters, # 1 Denver will travel to play two games at # 3 Wisconsin. Should be brutal, and I know we all wish we could be there.  Then we have an out of conference beauty, as # 5 North Dakota will travel to play two games at # 9 Cornell.  And I suspect it may not be too long before we see the current # 11 team, Boston College, in the top ten.  While they were beaten at Fenway two weekends back by their rival BU, this weekend they get BU at home for a game.  Doesn’t look as though BC really liked that loss at Fenway, as last weekend they crushed Providence 4-1, and then destroyed Maine 6-1.  They are probably out for a little revenge on their home ice against BU.  Could be rather tough for the amazingly struggling Terriers.

This provides the top ten teams, rankings, records, and last weekend’s results:

Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll

1 Denver (39)               14-5-3   989       1

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2 Miami (11)                 15-4-5   957       2

2w Ferris St. 4-0/5-4

3 Wisconsin( 0) 13-6-3   863       3

w/l Colo Coll 4-0/5-6

4 Minnesota-Duluth( 0) 16-7-1 795       10

2w Mankato 2-1/4-3

5 North Dakota( 0) 12-7-5 654       4

t/l Minnesota 3-3/1-5

6 Yale ( 0)                    10-4-3   651       5

l/w Hrvd 2-3/Brn 8-5

7 Colorado College ( 0) 13-8-3   641       8

l/w Wisconsin 0-4/6-5

8 Ferris State ( 0)         16-6-2   633       6

2l Miami Ohio 0-4/4-5

9 Cornell ( 0)                9-4-3    573       9

w/t Ckn 3-1/StLw 1-1

10 Michigan State ( 0)  15-7-4   563       7

l/t Notr Dame 2-5/4-4

That’s it for now.  Stay tuned, and go Terriers!

— Tom