Last weekend was another eventful one.  Right off the bat, last week’s #4 Merrimack ran into a buzz-saw called Maine, and was swept violently at the hands of the Black Bears; Maine scored eleven goals in two games, and surrendered only one.  Merrimack dropped to #9, and Maine rose from #16 to #14.  Elsewhere,…

Last weekend was another wild one, and there is lots of big news.  Let’s start with last week’s #1, Boston College; they played Northeastern three times last week:  they won 7-6 in OT to win the Beanpot; they tied 7-7 last Friday night, and Northeastern tried, tried again, and prevailed over BC 2-1 on Saturday,…

What a wild weekend last weekend was!  Lots of teams in the 5-15 rankings slots moved all over the place in the polls.  The biggest news?  Hard to say, but let’s just start off with the St. Lawrence Saints who beat  the #2 ranked team for the second time this year.  The first time it…

I suppose the big news from last weekend would be that Denver split with Colorado College, and that Michigan was swept by Miami-Ohio.  Denver dropped in the rankings from #2 to #4, and CC moved up one from #20 to #19 on the split.  Michigan took a big tumble from #8 down to #13 after…

It’s big news when the #1 team gets beat; it’s bigger news when they lose twice.  Yale was taken down last weekend by Union and RPI, with RPI pounding Yale.  As a result, Yale dropped from #1 to #3, and the wins lifted RPI to #9 from #10, and Union to #11 from #13.  Meanwhile, a…

All top ten teams swept their weekends, except those with names starting with the letter “N.”  Remaining at #1, Yale found itself tied early in the third with Clarkson and midway in the second with St. Lawrence, but prevailed over both.  New at #2, up from #3, BC beat Boston University and UMass-Lowell.  As a…

Last weekend was a wild one in college hockey as six of the top eight teams were beaten — most held their recent rankings.  #1 Yale is still #1 after splitting with Brown. #2 North Dakota is still #2 after splitting with #21 Minnesota — the opening game saw Minnesota go up early  (as they…

Miami of Ohio and Maine, two teams that have been in the top ten for a while, have dropped down to the lower ten.  Miami of Ohio was swept by Ohio State, dropping from #7 to #12, and Maine was beaten badly by Merrimack, dropping from #9 to #13.  Merrimack rose from #17 to #15 with…

Since we  did the special extra edition of the update over the weekend, there are not a whole lot of developments to report on.  But there was one very big one — at #2 in the last poll, New Hampshire lost to St. Lawrence, which dropped UNH to #4.  While not in attendance at the game,…

Wow, a whole bunch of games all at once over a three day period, and a whole lot of losing for top ranked teams along the way has prompted this special extra edition of The Update. In our most heralded matchup, #3 North Dakota beat #4 Minnesota-Duluth in the christening game of UMD’s new $80…