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  • St. Lawrence Shocks New Hampshire

    Since we  did the special extra edition of the update over the weekend, there are not a whole lot of developments to report on.  But there was one very big one — at #2 in the last poll, New Hampshire lost to St. Lawrence, which dropped UNH to #4.  While not in attendance at the game,…

  • UMD, Miami, Omaha, BU, others, All Lose

    Wow, a whole bunch of games all at once over a three day period, and a whole lot of losing for top ranked teams along the way has prompted this special extra edition of The Update. In our most heralded matchup, #3 North Dakota beat #4 Minnesota-Duluth in the christening game of UMD’s new $80…

  • Miami Downs Maine, UMD/ND Play Tonight

    Last night #6 Miami beat #9 Maine 4-1 in the first round of the Florida Classic.  #11 Michigan took down Michigan Tech 4-2, and #12 Notre Dame disposed of Canisius, 10-2.  That was it for top fifteen team action in the last week. Tonight, in about two hours, is a great matchup as #3 North…

  • Season Slows Down; Holiday Matchups

    There was so little going on in college hockey last weekend that as I write this, I don’t even know what title to put on it.  Last weekend there were only two of the top fifteen teams active, but they provided great matchups.  First, #8 Nebraska-Omaha split a weekend series with #20 Colorado College; after…

  • A Somewhat Lost Minnesota Weekend

    Welcome to two new readers, Mark Reichel and John McLean.  Both played hockey for the St. Cloud State Huskies in the mid-seventies, Mark a wing, and John a defenseman.  John has contributed this week with an eyewitness account of a game last weekend, and I expect will contribute a few more during the season; I…

  • Yale #1; UMD/Denver Split; BC Crushes BU

    What a weekend!  As the headline says, BC crushed BU, and big.  Friday night’s game saw BC score three in each period, entering the third up 6-1.  In the third BU rallied, scored four compared to three for BC, but the lopsided final was 9-5, and the next night 5-2, all BC.  While BC has jumped back…

  • New Team in Top Ten

    Some interesting results over a not very busy weekend.  In our most heralded matchup, last week’s #9 team, North Dakota, took on Notre Dame, last week’s #11, and North Dakota came out with a win and a tie, elevating the Sioux to #7 in the rankings, and dropping Notre Dame to #12.  The #11 spot…

  • Some OT and Buzzer-Beater Thrillers

    This week’s top ten stays intact with some minor shuffling, except for one school.  Six of the top ten played each other and there was one sweep among the three matchups.  Of the remaining four in the top ten, all four swept the weekend for two wins. Let’s start with the top ten head to…

  • New #1, Again

    We have a new #1 again.  The University of Minnesota-Duluth has moved up from their #2 spot after sweeping Michigan Tech last weekend.  Boston University only managed two ties against Merrimack, and slipped down to #2.  I’ll be brief on this — BU was decimated in the offseason as they not only graduated their #1…

  • How To Stop Speelman, Henrion + Moses?

    What a weekend! While we have no new teams in the top ten, it was a weekend of tough sledding as five top ten teams took a loss, and two came out with only a tie. Right off the bat, last week’s #1 team, Miami of Ohio, took a loss and a tie against Ferris…