College Hockey Update
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And It’s Off to the NCAA Tournament
What a weekend! Tons of games, tons of action, some close thrillers and some surprises along the way. With so many games to report on, I’ll just provide the scores/outcomes of the games, starting with . . . . WCHA: North Dakota beat Denver 5-4 (North Dakota never trailed in this one); St. Cloud State…
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Week of March 17, 2010
Last weekend all the conference playoffs were in action. It’s a lot to report on, and it all matters, because all conference winners will advance to the NCAA tournament. So let’s see, how to summarize this . .. . First, let’s get the surprises. For starters, last week’s # 6 team, Yale, lost two in…
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Week of March 10, 2010
Last weekend the top ten teams generally had mixed success. The exception would be North Dakota sweeping Michigan Tech, and rising to # 5 from # 7 in the process. A few teams were idle as they had byes in conference tournaments – Miami-Ohio, Yale, and Cornell. The big games I reported last weekend turned out to…
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Week of March 2, 2010
So we’re in the final week of the regular season for three conferences (CHA, Hockey East and WCHA), and the other three (AHA, CCHA, and ECAC) start their conference tournaments in one form or another this weekend. Last weekend the top ten teams, for the most part, reasserted their claims on their national rankings. I…
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Week of February 24, 2010
Last weekend some key outcomes had some serious impact on the top ten rankings. First off, Miami of Ohio suffered its first loss in 11 games – since January 10 – Saturday night to University of Nebraska-Omaha. With that Denver is now ranked # 1 after sweeping Michigan Tech, and Miami drops to # 2. …
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Week of February 18, 2010
Hokey smokes!! There are only a couple of weekends left in the regular season, and it looks as though four teams have an extremely tight grip on the top four spots in the rankings. Is this how it’s going to end? Are these the four teams to beat? Last weekend four of the top ten…
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Week of February 10, 2010
Last weekend in a show of strength, nearly all top ten teams managed to avoid taking any losses, except for Minnesota Duluth and Cornell, which each took one. St. Cloud State settled on one tie, and all other top ten team outings were victories. New to the top ten this week at # 10 is…
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Week of February 4, 2010
More marquis matchups last weekend produced a little musical chairs in the top ten rankings. For starters, Miami-Ohio kept a tight grip on the #1 ranking after sweeping Western Michigan. Denver rose up from # 3 to # 2 by sweeping # 4 at the time North Dakota – the two losses pinned on the…
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Week of January 28, 2010
It was sort of an “anything goes” weekend for college hockey, and it ended with the Miami of Ohio Redhawks ranked # 1 after they managed a tie and a win against Alaska Fairbanks. In a great, great matchup of then-ranked #1/#3 Denver and Wisconsin, it was just fight to the death stuff you would…
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Week of January 20, 2010
Last weekend some teams worked to reestablish themselves, and there is no better case than Miami of Ohio. The # 2 Red Hawks swept Ferris State, knocking them down from # 6 to # 4. # 3 Wisconsin split the weekend with Colorado College, and the split moved the Tigers up from # 8 to…
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