College Hockey Update:  Well last week’s headline was “Three Top Ten Teams Tested,” and this week’s version could have been be “six top ten teams routed.”  And, last week I went on to say that the next week’s  three matchups that included top-ten ranked teams “should all be killer matchups,” and my forecast on those three…

COLLEGE HOCKEY UPDATE:  Last weekend gave us a peak at what had been mentioned in our last post — “tests” of top ranked teams in the form of games against other ranked teams — and one of them was the Mariucci Classic in Minneapolis, in which UMass-Lowell defeated Merrimack College in the championship game, lifting…

Last weekend (and play that continued into this week) featured one top ten team facing a ranked team, and things didn’t go too well for #10 Vermont as they were shut out by #16 Providence Monday night at Vermont in the second round of the Catamount Classic.  Vermont had beaten the Air Force Academy the…

Last weekend featured, and I mean featured center stage, one single matchup for two games, and an exhibition game as well, and #12 Nebraska-Omaha had Alabama-Huntsville down 2-0 with time running out in the third Saturday night, when the Chargers added an extra attacker and netted one with eleven seconds remaining, but taking the 2-1 loss. …

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…