College Hockey Update:  With no top-twenty matchups last weekend, and so many teams idle with byes in the first round of conference tournament play, I suppose the big news would be that out of the eight teams that played regular season games, three ranked teams suffered losses:  North Dakota edged down in the rankings to…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend another ten teams met in eight top-twenty matchup games with some big-impact results, including Notre Dame’s win at Boston College, which knocked BC down to #2, and vaulted Notre Dame up a few notches to the #11 spot.  Elsewhere, Union beat Yale, and Union hung on to the #3 ranking (Union went on…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend gave us seven of the top twenty teams playing in six top-twenty matchup games, and the big, big news here would have to be that Boston College suffered a tie — they didn’t win both games over the weekend, can you believe it?  Let’s put this in perspective — you remember…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend was another that provided five top-fifteen matchups, and two teams made the best of it as Boston College swept Vermont (BC held onto the #1 ranking, and Vermont was bumped out of the top fifteen to #16), and Minnesota swept Michigan, with Minnesota retaining the #2 ranking, and Michigan retaining…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend ten of the top fifteen teams were involved in top-fifteen matchups (by last week’s rankings), and perhaps none was more eventful than Minnesota’s disastrous two-loss trip to Wisconsin; Minnesota dropped down to #2, and the sweep propelled Wisconsin up four pegs to #8.  Boston College beat Merrimack, helping to lift BC to…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend showcased four top-fifteen matchups, and the higher ranked team won in every case, except one — and that would be when Wisconsin travelled to Michigan for two games, and Michigan came out of it with a tie and a win, elevating Michigan a couple of spots to the #10 ranking,…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend provided a couple of great top-twelve matchups.  In the opening round of the Northstar College Cup, it was all Minnesota as they prevailed by a 4-1 margin over St. Cloud State.  Minnesota scored one on an empty net and penalties proved very costly for St. Cloud State — even though…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend only three of the top twelve teams came out with sweeps, and two of the remaining teams had a pretty rough weekend.  Minnesota retained the #1 ranking with its sweep of Ohio State, and received all votes for the #1 ranking.  Boston College moved up a couple of slots on…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend  featured a key matchup of Quinnipiac hosting Union college — Quinnipiac prevailed, and moved up to #5 in the rankings (having tied Harvard earlier, then beaten RPI the next night), and Union dropped a couple of pegs to #6 (having beaten Princeton the next night).  Boston College also hosted and…

College Hockey Update:  This is the report from the weekend of Jan. 3-5, and is it a great one — talk about stuff to write about, how about Colgate going to downtown Midwest Hockey and promptly playing #1 Minnesota to a regulation tie, then beating them in a shootout, followed up quickly by them additionally…