College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented one top-ten matchup as Minnesota flexed some hockey muscle and moved up two spots in the poll to #5 after they handily swept Penn State; Penn State dropped four notches to #10.  Elsewhere, Minnesota-Duluth retained the #1 spot in the poll after they tied and beat Nebraska-Omaha, and Boston…

College Hockey Update:   Last weekend featured a couple of top ten matchups, and Minnesota-Duluth edged back up to #1 after beating Minnesota in the opening round of something called the Northstar Cup, or something along those lines.  Minnesota-Duluth went on to beat #23 St. Cloud State the next night to “win the cup;” Minnesota…

College Hockey Update:  In our first top ten matchup last week, Minnesota-Duluth moved up two spots to #2 after they easily handled and swept North Dakota, dropping North Dakota four notches out of the top ten to #12.   In another top-ten matchup last week, Penn State dropped three slots to #4 as it suffered a…

College Hockey Update:  Last week featured a couple of top ten matches and Boston University managed a sweep of Boston College in a couple of very close games; BU moved up a couple of spots to #3 and BC moved down a couple of notches to #10 based on the first BU win only (the…

College Hockey Update:  One of last week’s top ten matchups actually put a team into the top ten as Ohio State hosted Penn State, and Ohio State took Friday night’s game, and Penn State took Saturday’s; Penn State dropped a couple of spots to #4 on the weekend, and Ohio State edged up to #10. …

College Hockey Update:  In last week’s only top ten matchup, North Dakota scored early, took a 2-0 lead, and beat Union College 3-1, edging North Dakota up to #7; Union College held at #10.  Denver tied and lost to Providence College, edging Denver down to #3; Harvard beat RPI, and held at #4; and UMass-Lowell…

College Hockey Update:  Last week presented a couple of top-ten teams facing top-fifteen opponents, and Bemidji State gave Minnesota-Duluth fits as the two battled to a tie Friday night, and Duluth came out with a narrow win Saturday night; Minnesota-Duluth held at #1 and Bemidji State held at #15 in the new poll.  Union College…

College Hockey Update:  Last week featured three top-twelve matchups, and Minnesota-Duluth split with Denver, which kept Minnesota-Duluth at #1 and kept Denver at #2.  Boston College lost to Notre Dame, which edged BC down to #5 (BC had also beaten Northeastern the previous Tuesday), and lifted Notre Dame up two spots to #12.  Boston University…

College Hockey Update:  Last week featured one top ten matchup as North Dakota held on to its lead late in the game to fend off Boston College for a narrow win, which edged North Dakota up to #8, and BC down  to #4 (BC had also beaten Northeastern the previous Tuesday).  Elsewhere, Denver remained at…

College Hockey Update:   Last week featured a couple of top-twelve matchups, and Boston University edged up to #6 on its win over Harvard last Tuesday night, and Harvard also edged up to #8 (Harvard beat Bentley on the weekend, and edged up on the vacuum caused by North Dakota’s drop from #5).  Then on…