Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 5 fared over the Dec. 9-10 weekend.
No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – split with No. 2 Denver
No. 2 Denver – split with No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth
No. 3 Penn State – was idle
No. 4 Boston College – defeated Northeastern (Dec. 6), lost to No. 14 Notre Dame
No. 5 Boston University – split with No. 12 Vermont
No. 6 Harvard – was idle
No. 7 Quinnipiac – swept by Princeton
No. 8 North Dakota – split with No. 18 Western Michigan
No. 9 Massachusetts-Lowell – swept Merrimack
No. 10 Ohio State – was idle
No. 11 Minnesota – swept Michigan State
No. 12 Vermont – split with No. 5 Boston University
No. 13 Bemidji State – tied, defeated Lake Superior State
No. 14 Notre Dame – defeated No. 4 Boston College
No. 15 Union – defeated Brown, defeated Yale
No. 16 Minnesota State – split with Ferris State
No. 17 St. Cloud State – split with No. 20 Omaha
No. 18 Western Michigan – split with No. 8 North Dakota
No. 19 St. Lawrence – defeated Clarkson
No. 20 Omaha – split with No. 17 St. Cloud State