Last night #6 Miami beat #9 Maine 4-1 in the first round of the Florida Classic.  #11 Michigan took down Michigan Tech 4-2, and #12 Notre Dame disposed of Canisius, 10-2.  That was it for top fifteen team action in the last week. Tonight, in about two hours, is a great matchup as #3 North…

There was so little going on in college hockey last weekend that as I write this, I don’t even know what title to put on it.  Last weekend there were only two of the top fifteen teams active, but they provided great matchups.  First, #8 Nebraska-Omaha split a weekend series with #20 Colorado College; after…

Welcome to two new readers, Mark Reichel and John McLean.  Both played hockey for the St. Cloud State Huskies in the mid-seventies, Mark a wing, and John a defenseman.  John has contributed this week with an eyewitness account of a game last weekend, and I expect will contribute a few more during the season; I…

What a weekend!  As the headline says, BC crushed BU, and big.  Friday night’s game saw BC score three in each period, entering the third up 6-1.  In the third BU rallied, scored four compared to three for BC, but the lopsided final was 9-5, and the next night 5-2, all BC.  While BC has jumped back…

Some interesting results over a not very busy weekend.  In our most heralded matchup, last week’s #9 team, North Dakota, took on Notre Dame, last week’s #11, and North Dakota came out with a win and a tie, elevating the Sioux to #7 in the rankings, and dropping Notre Dame to #12.  The #11 spot…

This week’s top ten stays intact with some minor shuffling, except for one school.  Six of the top ten played each other and there was one sweep among the three matchups.  Of the remaining four in the top ten, all four swept the weekend for two wins. Let’s start with the top ten head to…

We have a new #1 again.  The University of Minnesota-Duluth has moved up from their #2 spot after sweeping Michigan Tech last weekend.  Boston University only managed two ties against Merrimack, and slipped down to #2.  I’ll be brief on this — BU was decimated in the offseason as they not only graduated their #1…

What a weekend! While we have no new teams in the top ten, it was a weekend of tough sledding as five top ten teams took a loss, and two came out with only a tie. Right off the bat, last week’s #1 team, Miami of Ohio, took a loss and a tie against Ferris…

Did you ever see the movie Seabiscuit? What a great story and movie. One of the points that was emphasized was that it is very hard to run out in front for too long. I don’t know that many college hockey teams or their coaches get that. I suspect it is push, push, push all…

It’s nice to have the college hockey season up and running. So what’s exciting this early in the season? A couple of things in the top ten rankings: First, Nebraska-Omaha, which we don’t see a whole lot in the top ten, is currenty ranked #9; also, Minnesota-Duluth, which we see ranked more often, is starting…