College Hockey Update
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What’s A Catamount?
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…
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Cornell Big Red, Or Ezras?
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,…
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What And Where is Northeastern?
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…
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Wisconsin Badgers or Miners?
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…
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What’s an Eli?
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…
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And For That Matter, Clarkson?
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…
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What & Where Is Union College?
College Hockey Update: This is not the report from last weekend (Jan. 3-5), it is the report from the prior weekend (Dec. 28-30), and did a lot go on that weekend, perhaps most notably, #3 Michigan dropping two games to two unranked teams! Admittedly the losses were to two in-state rivals, Michigan State, and Western…
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What Makes BC Keep On Ticking?
College Hockey Update: Last weekend one single game was played in all of DI College Hockey, as #5 Providence College travelled to West Point, NY, to play Army, and as should have been the case, this was not too much of a contest; but the surprise was how the game started. Army managed to keep…
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Can Michigan Avoid Choking?
College Hockey Update: Last weekend only four of the top ten teams were active — but they faced off in pairs! Last Wednesday night, Ferris State travelled to Michigan. Ferris State got on the scoreboard first, with six minutes remaining in the first period, but Michigan responded a minute later to tie it up, 1-1. …
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What Do You Know About The U. ?
College Hockey Update: What do you know about the U. ? The University of Minnesota is affectionately called “The U.” by all Minnesotans, and what you now know about them is that they are #1 no longer, as St. Cloud State has taken over the top spot in this week’s poll. More on the that, and…
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