Last weekend’s tournament play featured three upsets in the second round of the CCHA tournament, and the first round of the Hockey East and WCHA tournaments.  None of these, mind you, were upsets I had picked last week, and furthermore, none of the upsets I picked last week happened!  First off, Ferris State lost two…

This is a rare second-edition-in-one-week for The Update, but I thought it would be worth it for two reasons:  1) To have a brief, and first-ever, discussion of the CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, and WCHA tournaments — specifically on the subject of upsets this weekend; and 2) To post and make available to you all John…

Last weekend some of the top twelve teams went out and dispatched their opponents, but others had some difficulties in closing the season out.  This couldn’t be more true than in the case of Minnesota-Duluth and their two game weekend with the Huskies from St. Cloud State.  Friday night was really St. Cloud’s as they…

I think it was right here that you read last week, that with the schedules coming up, BC could well end the regular season ranked #1, and this week they are, after crushing Providence over the weekend, scoring ten goals in two games, and holding the Friars scoreless for two games — no details needed…

Last weekend #1 Ferris State did what a top ranked team is supposed to do against a lesser opponent — they easily swept Bowling Green, and it wasn’t a contest at any point in the weekend.  Boston College swept Merrimack, routing them on the BC campus Friday night; BC scored the first four goals and…

For the first time ever, Ferris State is the #1 ranked team in college hockey.  This from a team that was picked to finish ninth in its own conference by the CCHA coaches in the preseason poll.  Ferris State got there by sweeping Notre Dame, limiting them to only one goal scored against Ferris State…

After crushing Alaska Anchorage Friday night 4-1 on the back of J. T. Brown’s first period hat trick, and his fourth period fourth goal of the night, then slipping Saturday night and losing to A-A 3-2, having entered the third down 2-0, Minnesota-Duluth took a surprising drop in the polls from #1 to #3.  Meanwhile, Boston…

Wow, what a weekend for the upstarts!  Let’s begin with a determined bunch from Houghton, on the UP, who travelled to Duluth to take on the #1 team in the land, UMD.  Friday night UMD dropped the hammer on Michigan Tech early and often, closing out the first with a rousing dousing of goals — four…

It’s getting to that time in the season when any streaks a team might be going on could have quite an impact on whether or not they make it to the NCAA tournament, and if they do, how strong of an opponent they might get in the first round.  So let’s start with a marquee…

Two top matchups yielded two sweeps as #10 Michigan crushed #5 Ohio State, and #8 Western Michigan swept #7 Notre Dame last weekend.  Michigan?  #10?  Where did that come from?  Well, Michigan has been winning a whole lot of games lately, after taking a dive for a stretch that took them entirely out of the…