Last week’s heralded matchups, were all in the CCHA, but before we get into them, perhaps the biggest news would be that Michigan Tech delivered a loss and a tie to last week’s #2 Denver.  The loss was rather dramatic as Michigan Tech prevailed 7-2, and the result of the weekend was that Denver dropped from #2 to #8 in the rankings, and Michigan Tech entered the top twenty at #16.  Now to the three CCHA top-twenty matchups:  First off, last week’s #4 Michigan hosted and swept last week’s #6 Ferris State; Michigan rose to #3 in the rankings, and Ferris State dropped to #10.  Last week’s #7 Western Michigan hosted and swept last week’s #14 Northern Michigan; Western Michigan rose to #4 in the rankings, and Northern dropped to #17.  And last week’s #18 Lake Superior State hosted and swept last week’s #17 Miami of Ohio, dropping Miami from the rankings, and lifting Lake Superior to #11.

Boston College swept UMass-Lowell, and retained the #1 ranking; Colorado College swept RPI and rose from #3 to #2; and Minnesota swept Alaska-Anchorage and rose from #8 to #5.  Notre Dame swept Bowling Green but dropped from #5 to #6, Merrimack College swept Vermont and rose from #9 to #7, and Yale earned a tie against Princeton and beat Dartmouth to rise up to #9 from #10 in the rankings.

Boston University also earned a tie and win against UMass-Amherst, and rose from #13 to #12 in the rankings; Union College took a loss at the hands of New Hampshire, and and beat American International, dropping from #11 to #13; Minnesota-Duluth swept Bemidji State, and rose from #15 to #14; and North Dakota split the weekend with St. Cloud State, dropping North Dakota from #12 to #15.  Colgate dropped from #16 to #18 on a split; Quinnipiac rose from #19 to #20 and won Tuesday night after the poll was conducted; and Maine entered the top twenty at #20 on its sweep.

This weekend  there are five great top twenty matchups:  #3 Michigan will host #4Western Michigan for two games; #5 Minnesota will host #15 North Dakota for a pair; #6 Notre Dame will travel to play two at #17 Northern Michigan; #8 Denver will host two against #14 Minnesota-Duluth; and #10 Yale will host a game against #18 Colgate.

This provides the top twenty teams, rankings, records, and last week’s results:

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

 — Tom