College Hockey Update:  Last week’s opening round conference tournament play presented, not surprisingly, no top-twenty matchups, so here we go:  Boston College held at #1 after hosting and beating New Hampshire; and North Dakota held at #2 after hosting and beating Miami of Ohio.  Mankato State held at #3 after hosting and sweeping Ferris State;…

College Hockey Update:  1980 Olympian, Gold Medalist, former Minnesota-Duluth Bulldog, 1978-79 Western All-American, and former New York Ranger Mark Pavelich, died Thursday, March 4, 2021.  You may already have heard this news.  Sorry for my delay in posting this. It is sad to think that any of the heroes from that Olympic team have already died.  But in…

College Hockey Update:  Last week half of the top twenty teams were involved in top twenty matchups, as Boston College edged up to #1 after hosting and beating Northeastern, knocking the Huskies down two spots to #20; and North Dakota edged down to #2 after hosting and losing to Nebraska-Omaha, which edged UNO up to…

College Hockey Update:  Last week over half of the top twenty teams were involved in top twenty matchups, and North Dakota edged up to #1 after winning at Nebraska-Omaha, which edged the Mavericks down to #12.  This next one has a double interlock involving a total of four teams, so fasten your seatbelts.  Boston College…

College Hockey Update:  Last week presented a top-fifteen matchup, and North Dakota held at #2 after hosting and sweeping Nebraska-Omaha in convincing fashion, knocking the Mavericks down two spots to #11.  Boston College held at #1 after hosting and sweeping Maine; and Mankato State held at #3 after sweeping their weekend at Ferris State.  Minnesota…

COLLEGE HOCKEY UPDATE:  Last week presented a pair of top twenty matchups, and Wisconsin moved up two spots to #5 after splitting its weekend at Michigan, which edged the Wolverines up to #7; and Bowling Green tumbled two pegs to #14 after getting swept at home by Lake Superior State, lifting the Lakers into the…

College Hockey Update:  Last week nearly half the top twenty teams were involved in top-twenty matchups, and the first one here will cover four of the teams at once since they are interlocked together.  Boston College held at #1 after a win at Northeastern, then a win on a goal in the last tenth-of-a-second of…

College Hockey Update:  Last week presented three top twenty matchups, and North Dakota edged down to #3 after splitting its weekend at Nebraska-Omaha; the Mavericks held at #9. Mankato State dropped three spots to #6 on its loss at Bemidji State, which lifted the Beavers into the top twenty at #18.  And Massachusetts held at…

College Hockey Update:  No, you’re not imagining anything, this is only the second post of this season, with the first one having been seven weeks ago, on December 11th, and covering games played through December 6th, prior to the December 7th poll.  Given that, this post will cover the top twenty teams, and will start…

College Hockey Update:  Well, howdy again, amid a really unusual college hockey season. We have a number of teams that have not yet played a game, while some teams have already managed to get in eight.  Teams in the Big Ten have been pretty aggressive about playing, and have been traveling to opponent campuses.  Atlantic…