Atlantic Hockey
Niagara 3 at American Int'l 1
Holy Cross 2 at Mercyhurst 3 OT
Army 5 at Air Force 4
Connecticut 2 at Robert Morris 4
Bentley 3 at RIT 3 OT
CCHA
Michigan State 2 at Lake Superior 2 OT
Alaska 4 at Notre Dame 1
Michigan 6 at Ferris State 1
Bowling Green 1 at Miami 3
Ohio State 2 at Western Michigan 2 OT
ECAC
Rensselaer 2 at Colgate 1 OT
Brown 2 at Yale 5
Union 5 at Cornell 1
Hockey East
Vermont 0 at Northeastern 2
Mass.-Lowell 1 at Massachusetts 4
WCHA
Denver 4 at Minnesota State 3 OT
Colorado College 1 at Alaska-Anchorage 2
Bemidji State 3 at Nebraska-Omaha 2 OT
Wisconsin 3 at Minnesota-Duluth 2
Minnesota 1 at North Dakota 4
Non-Conference
St. Lawrence 6 at Michigan Tech 0
Harvard 2 at Boston University 5
Merrimack 7 vs. Alabama-Huntsville 0
New Hampshire 4 vs. Dartmouth 5
Analysis – Another great night of hockey in the WCHA, the best conference in college hockey. Four games were decided by one goal and only the Sioux and Gophers game was decided by more than one goal.
Denver 4 at Minnesota State 3 OT – The MSUM Mavericks played the Denver Pioneers tough all weekend long and only got a point to show for the whole weekend. On Saturday night the DU Pioneers came back from a three goal deficit to beat the pesky MSUM Mavericks 4–3 in overtime. Adam Murray improved his record to 4-1 for the Denver Pioneers. The Mavericks are 8-3-1 in their last 12 games but couldn't close out the two best teams in the league when they had leads against them. [Box Scores], [Pukato], [Denver Post]
Colorado College 1 at Alaska-Anchorage 2 – The UAA Seawolves gutted out a sweep this weekend against the Colorado College Tigers in Anchorage Alaska. The Seawolves goalie Rob Gunderson was solid in net all weekend long for the Seawolves. With their sweep this weekend the Seawolves are now 2 points out of 5th place in the WCHA. The Seawolves sweep of the C.C. Tigers was their first since taking two games from the lowly Michigan Tech Huskies on Jan. 10-11, 2010 [Box Score],[Delusions of Grandeur], [Woody on Hockey],[Eye of the Tigers]
Bemidji State 3 at Nebraska-Omaha 2 OT – The BSU Beavers have had a lot of good fortune against the UNO Mavericks this season, the Beavers took seven of eight points in the season series against the Mavericks. I think it would be safe to say that Dean Blais doesn't want to see the Beavers in the WCHA playoffs. Last night Matt Read scored the game winning goal in overtime to beat the Mavericks 3-2. The Beavers have been hot as of late as they won for the fourth time in six games and sport a 4-1-1 since the Christmas break. The Mavericks on the other hand have been slumping and they are 3-6-1 in their last team games. [Box Score], [BSU Beat Writer Blog], [Maverick Beat Writer]
Wisconsin 3 at Minnesota-Duluth 2 – The Wisconsin Badgers won it’s first game against an upper division WCHA team, in their previous games the Badgers had gone 0-2 against UND, 0-1-1 against DU and 0-3 against UMD. Saturday’s win was only the second time the Badgers have beaten an opponent with a wining record. According to Andy Baggot the beat writer for the Wisconsin Badgers, UW is 1-7-3 against clubs with records over .500, scoring 2.90 goals per game. The Badges are also 13-1 against clubs under .500, averaging 3.92 goals per outing. The Badgers are going to have to beat some teams with wining records if they want to solidify their NCAA chances and get into the top twelve. The UMD Bulldogs held the Badgers without a shot in the third period. [Wisconsin Beat Writer], [Box Score], [Rink and Run]
Minnesota 1 at North Dakota 4 – The UND Fighting Sioux picked up their wining ways after they lost for only the second time all season on Friday night 3-2 to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Senior forward Evan Trupp extended this point streak to eight games with a goal and an assist as the Sioux beat the Gophers 4-1 in game two. UND was also 2/6 on the power play and limited the Gophers to 21 shots on goals. The Sioux play the UNO Mavericks next weekend in an important WCHA home series. After the game the Gophers seemed miffed and were questioning the legitimacy of the penalties that were called on them during the game. [Box Score], [UND Hockey Blog], [Goal Gophers], [Gopher Puck Live], [Grand Forks Herald], [USCHO]
Brown 2 at Yale 5 – The Yale Bulldogs win a game against another unimpressive conference opponent and again this week will be the number one team in college hockey in all three rankings. Yippee, Skippy!!! Yale has won 10 straight games against the weak sisters of the poor. [Box Score], [Boston.Com]
