College Hockey Update:  Last night only four games were played, and three of them ended in upsets, starting with #9 Cornell squeaking one past previously unbeaten, defending national champion, and #1 Providence College, at the Florida College Classic Tournament in Estero, Florida.  Providence got on the board lightning fast, only 27 seconds into the first,…

College Hockey Update:  This week we’ll do something we rarely do — report on all NCAA DI men’s hockey games played last weekend — which won’t take much space because so few games were played.  #6 Nebraska-Omaha had no trouble at all sweeping Arizona State (don’t you just love seeing the name Arizona State appearing…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented nine top twenty teams in five top twenty matchups, and North Dakota moved up a couple of pegs to #2 on its sweep of Minnesota-Duluth (North Dakota was also aided by falls by Quinnipiac and Boston College), which knocked UMD down a couple of spots to #19.  Quinnipiac was…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented twelve of the top twenty teams matched up against each other, and Providence held on to the #1 ranking with a sweep of Merrimack, which dropped Merrimack down three spots to #19.  Quinnipiac edged up to #2 (partially on a tie by Boston College), after beating Yale (Yale also…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented three sets of top twenty matchups, and Providence beat Yale, keeping Providence at #1, and keeping Yale at #10.  Harvard beat Notre Dame in the first round of Notre Dame’s tournament, keeping Harvard at #8 (Harvard beat RPI the next night), and dropping Notre Dame a couple of spots…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented four pairs of top twenty matchups, as Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence skated to a scoreless tie, leaving Quinnipiac at #3 (Quinnipiac had beaten Connecticut and tied Clarkson earlier in the week) and leaving St. Lawrence at #14 (St. Lawrence had beaten Princeton the night before).  This was the first…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented five pairs of top twenty matchups, and one rematched last April’s NCAA Championship duo, Providence College and Boston University, which yielded two ties on the weekend.  Friday night in Providence, Mark Jankowski broke the scoreless tie on a power play with about seven minutes remaining in the second, to…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented a couple of top twenty matchups, and Nebraska-Omaha bounced back with a big sweep over Minnesota-Duluth, lifting UNO up a couple of pegs to #6, and dropping UMD down seven spots to #13.  Harvard and Yale skated to a tie, and Harvard held at #7 (they went on to…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend presented a handful of top twenty matchups, and Boston College got the better of Denver on Friday night, nudging BC up to #3 in the rankings. Denver then lost to Boston University on Saturday night, and the weekend dropped Denver four spots to #9; BU dropped to #11, as their…

College Hockey Update:  Howdy College Hockey Fans!  It’s back, the greatest show on earth.  College Hockey started a few weekends ago, and it’s time we fired up the ol’ College Hockey Update engine. In the only matchup of top fifteen teams last weekend, Quinnipiac swept St. Cloud State, sending Quinnipiac (which had beaten Maine earlier in the…