Fantastic Friday
Marquee match-ups headlined the first Friday in November. And none shown as bright as top ranked Miami and No. 4 Michigan facing off in Ann Arbor. Like most of the top-notch games, the on-ice play equaled the off-ice hype as the RedHawks prevailed 3-1, despite being outshot 28-13. Senior forward Jarod Palmer had two goals in the win. In Boston, the other team from last season’s national championship game in Washington, D.C. didn’t fare nearly as well. Defending champion Boston University fired 42 shots on Northeastern freshman netminder Chris Rawlings. But he stopped every last one as the Huskies whitewashed the seventh ranked Terriers, 1-0. Elsewhere in Hockey East, eighth ranked University of Massachusetts-Lowell and No. 15 Vermont skated to a 3-3 tie. In the WCHA, No. 18 Wisconsin continued its recent dominance over unranked Minnesota in a 4-2 win in Madison. Senior tri-captain Blake Geoffrion accounted for half his team’s goals. And finally in Colorado Springs, the No. 20 University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs held off a furious rally by the No. 12 Tigers (including a half minute of 6-on-3) to move into a three way tie for second place in the conference.
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A Tight Squeeze
The conference of two straight national champions, Hockey East, is just 16-14-1 in nonconference play early this season, and 2-6 against the WCHA. Trouble out East, or just a sign that the Hockey East standings are going to get crowded? That's what Hockey East Correspondent Dave Hendrickson looks at this week in one of USCHO's weekly columns. Meanwhile, in the CCHA, we're talking about the controversy of shootouts, but this time in a different light. The WCHA has seen its share of injuries — the latest taking Minnesota's Jay Barriball out of action for the season. Also, Yale claimed early bragging rights in ECAC Hockey with a victory over Princeton last weekend; American International is off to a good start for injured coach Gary Wright in Atlantic Hockey; and the CHA's Robert Morris rebounded nicely last weekend. All that and more in this week's set of conference columns.
Weekly Columns
- Lerch: Atlantic Hockey
- Weston: CCHA
- Mackinder: CHA
- Sullivan: ECAC Hockey
- Hendrickson: Hockey East
- Spisak: WCHA
Feature Stories
- Book Excerpt: Burn the BoatsAn excerpt from USCHO Senior Writer Scott Weighart's book about Boston University's run to the 2009 national championship.
Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Nov. 3, 2009A shootout controversy, series splits and a weekend preview are on the docket as USCHO.com senior writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski catch up on college hockey.- Rebirths in the Merrimack ValleyTwo teams that were recently down on their luck, Merrimack and Massachusetts-Lowell, have put together good starts to the 2009-10 season, senior writer Jim Connelly reports.
- Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Oct. 27, 2009USCHO.com senior writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski give their takes on the topics du jour, including the number of losses for top-10 teams last week, how things shake out in the polls and some of the key games this weekend.
- Broadcasts Aren't Perfect, but It's All About AirtimeSure, local and national broadcasts of college hockey may not be everything to everyone, but the exposure the game gets is the important part, USCHO national columnist Dave Starman writes.
- Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Oct. 20, 2009USCHO's weekly look back at the goings-on around college hockey and glance ahead at the upcoming weekend returns with Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski writing about early-season surprises.
- 'Selfless Act' Defines Providence Freshman's CharacterProvidence freshman Tim Schaller defies the concept of a me-focused society. Mike Scandura reports.
Denotes USCHO Extra Premium ContentUSCHO.com/CBS College Sports Polls: Current No. 1s — 11/02
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