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Last weekend gave us a handful or so of top matchups, and of them, right off the bat, last week’s #5 Boston College took on last week’s #8 Yale, and BC came out on top, elevating BC to #2 in the poll, and dropping Yale to #14.  Minnesota came out on the lesser end of a…

Last week there were a few featured matchups, but let’s start with some big news — Merrimack came out this week ranked #1 in the country!  As for those top matchups, first of all, last week’s #4 Notre Dame beat last week’s #3 Boston College, with Notre Dame rising to #2 in the rankings, and…

For the second weekend in a row we had a deluge of top twenty matchups, so again, let’s focus on a couple of scorchers.  First off, last week’s #6 Merrimack played last week’s #16 Boston University — the game ended tied in regulation, and Merrimack scored quickly in OT to take the win, which leap-frogged Merrimack…

Last weekend we had a full slate of top twenty matchups, and for the most part, they came out with splits, ties, and some minor movement of teams in the top twenty.  Up front this week, let’s showcase two of them that caused a whole lot of shakin’ in the top twenty.  First, last week’s…

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…

Last weekend saw a good number of upsets and a lot of musical chairs in the top ten ranked teams.  I also received a couple of requests to expand the coverage beyond the top twelve, so I’ll give it a go; normally I do this later in the season, and only for a while. Let’s…

Welcome back college hockey fans!  The season is underway, and last weekend had a few showcase matchups.  But let’s start right at the top and cover the other teams in the top 12 first:  Last year’s NCAA runner-up, Michigan, beat St. Lawrence University 10-3, and the Wolverines jumped up from #4 to #1 in the rankings; St. Lawrence…

What a thrilling game last night!  And we luckily had our contributing field reporter, John McLean in attendance, so he could provide his first-hand account, insight, and commentary. John McLean writes: The University of Minnesota Duluth won their first national hockey championship since joining Division One hockey in 1961, on Saturday night at the Excel Energy…

Tomorrow the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs will take on the University of Michigan Wolverines for the NCAA DI Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Should be a killer of a game with Michigan’s strong defense matched up against Minnesota-Duluth’s very special team play in power play opportunities. Minnesota-Duluth Fights Back Twice, Holds On To Beat Notre…

What a great day tomorrow is in the world of sports.  One of the best sporting events on the planet kicks off at 2pm Pacific Time when the University of Minnesota-Duluth takes on Notre Dame , followed at 5:30pm Pacific Time when the University of North Dakota takes on Michigan.  So if you are able to get…