College Hockey Update: Let’s run through the top fifteen teams that played last weekend, all in tournaments (not going to list all games played in all tournaments). #1 Minnesota hosted, and beat, #19 Michigan State in a Big Ten semifinal; #2 Quinnipiac hosted and swept Yale two games in an ECAC quarterfinal series; and #3…

College Hockey Update:  First things first — if the emails you receive from me personally (not those from the blogsite system) are going into your spam or junk folder, would you PLEASE send me an email and notify me so that I can try to put an end to that for next season.  Thanks.  And…

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College Hockey Update:  Last Saturday’s and Sunday’s (March 26th and 27th) Second Round Recap DENVER EARLY PRESSURE SURPASSES MINNESOTA-DULUTH Minnesota-Duluth got on the board first, fifteen minutes into the first period, in the Western Region Final in Loveland, CO., on Saturday, March 26th, in a quarter in which Denver had the pressure on the Bulldogs, making…

College Hockey Update:  Last Friday’s (March 25th) First Round Recap NOTE:  In the previous posting, I announced that we had 32 participants in this year’s pool. We actually have 33, as I overlooked an entry that was received on Weds., 3/23 at 6:39pm with a very misleading subject line!  All numbers cited in the last posting have been updated to…

College Hockey Update:  Thursday’s First Round Update NOTE:  In the original posting, I announced that we had 32 participants in this year’s pool.  We actually have 33, as I overlooked an entry that was received on Weds., 3/23 at 6:39pm with a very misleading subject line!  All numbers cited below have been updated to reflect 33 entries/participants.…

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College Hockey Update:. Last week featured four top-twenty matchups in the conference tournament schedules, and Michigan held at #4 after hosting and beating Notre Dame, which edged Notre Dame down to #9; and Minnesota-Duluth moved up two spots to #8 after they swept their weekend at St. Cloud State, dropping the Huskies down three notches…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend with so many teams in first round conference playoffs, there were only four top-twenty teams in two top-twenty matchups, with North Dakota edging down to #5 after splitting its weekend at Nebraska-Omaha, which edged UNO up to #19; and St. Cloud State edged up to #9 after splitting its weekend…

College Hockey Update:  Last weekend featured twelve of the top twenty teams in top-twenty matchups, and Mankato State held at #1 after sweeping its weekend at Michigan Tech, edging Tech down to #15; Denver held at #3 after splitting its weekend at Nebraska-Omaha, lifting UNO into the top twenty at #20; and North Dakota jumped…