Last week featured one top ten matchup, and as dubbed here, it was a test of Michigan Tech, as Friday night Minnesota-Duluth travelled to Houghton, and scored in the first and the second to lead 2-0, and then responded to a third period Tech goal to take it, 3-1.  Saturday night Michigan Tech played like…

Last week featured three top ten teams facing top twenty teams, and Boston University had it’s hands full of Merrimack College Friday night, as the Terriers fell behind in the second, but scored in the third, and hung on in OT to salvage the tie; Saturday night was different as BU got on the board…

Last weekend featured one top-ten matchup as Boston University hosted Colgate Saturday afternoon, and after falling behind 1-0, managed to tie it up, fall behind again, and then storm through the third to take the win; but this was the BU highlight of a nightmare week.  It all started with, uh, have you heard anything…

Last week featured an important top ten matchup, as Michigan Tech, a storied D1 hockey program which had just risen to the #1 ranking for the first time since 1976, faced Mankato State in what this column dubbed a test of the new #1.  It could have gone a lot better for Michigan Tech, which watched…

Last weekend featured two top-ten matchups, and a very determined Minnesota-Duluth took command in a one-sided win over Minnesota Friday night at Minnesota, and then held Minnesota off Saturday night at Minnesota-Duluth, knocking Minnesota out of the #1 ranking, down to #4, and elevating Minnesota-Duluth five spots to #8; who would be the new #1? …

Last weekend featured one top-ten matchup, and I happened to watch the game on TV as the 266th edition of the BU vs BC game took place at Boston College Friday night.  This is the third most played series in college hockey, behind Michigan/Michigan State, and Denver/Colorado College, which have each occurred 294 times.  BU…

Last weekend featured a few heavy-weight top-twelve matchups, and Minnesota took it in the teeth Friday night at St. Cloud State as the Huskies prevailed in a one-sided affair; the two met on the Gophers’ turf Saturday night, and Minnesota had all they could handle from St. Cloud, with the Gophers getting the win, but…

Last weekend featured a pair of blistering top-twelve matchups, and Union College played two very different games in hosting St. Cloud State; Friday night the Dutchmen took a one-sided win, but Saturday night the Huskies were not to be denied as they prevailed in a tough see-saw battle after starting out down in the first…

Last weekend featured three top-twenty matchups, and UMass-Lowell continued on its solid start to the season with a win and a tie against Quinnipiac, lifting the River Hawks a couple of spots to #7, and dropping the Bobcats down a couple to #15.  Quinnipiac went on to lose to Connecticut on Tuesday night, after the poll…

Welcome back college hockey fans!  And let’s welcome a new reader, Nick Powell, a Clarkson Golden Knight, who is filled with great college/hockey stories, including:  His college girlfriend spoke up to the coaching staff that cheering at Clarkson was not organized, and soon ended up as the Golden Knight herself — the mascot. Many top…