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Last weekend was a wild one in college hockey as six of the top eight teams were beaten — most held their recent rankings.  #1 Yale is still #1 after splitting with Brown. #2 North Dakota is still #2 after splitting with #21 Minnesota — the opening game saw Minnesota go up early  (as they…

Miami of Ohio and Maine, two teams that have been in the top ten for a while, have dropped down to the lower ten.  Miami of Ohio was swept by Ohio State, dropping from #7 to #12, and Maine was beaten badly by Merrimack, dropping from #9 to #13.  Merrimack rose from #17 to #15 with…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…