{"id":142761,"date":"2023-10-16T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=142761"},"modified":"2023-10-15T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T02:13:08","slug":"monday-10-unh-downs-no-1-bu-second-ranked-minnesota-earns-sweep-augustana-secures-program-firsts-holy-cross-out-to-3-0-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2023\/10\/16\/monday-10-unh-downs-no-1-bu-second-ranked-minnesota-earns-sweep-augustana-secures-program-firsts-holy-cross-out-to-3-0-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 10: UNH downs No. 1 BU, second-ranked Minnesota earns sweep, Augustana secures program firsts, Holy Cross out to 3-0 start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Augustana players celebrate a home sweep over Bowling Green Sunday evening (photo: Dave Eggen\/Inertia).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.<\/i><\/p>\n

1. Down goes No. 1<\/h4>\n

After the season’s second weekend of play, we might see a new team atop the USCHO Division I Men’s Hockey Poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Top-ranked Boston University, which needed overtime to defeat Bentley last week, dropped a 6-4 decision to New Hampshire on Saturday in a game that saw the lead change three times.<\/p>\n

Sophomore forward Morgan Winters scored two goals to pace the Wildcats, who defeated a No. 1 team for the first time since the 2003 Frozen Four, when UNH upset top-seeded Cornell in the national semifinals.<\/p>\n

2. Heir apparent(s)<\/h4>\n

Who will probably succeed the Terriers in the top spot?<\/p>\n

Second-ranked Minnesota swept St. Thomas, 6-5 in OT and 3-0, paced by three goals from Jimmy Snuggerud, who had the overtime game-winner on Friday and a pair on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Denver, ranked third coming into the weekend, was idle.<\/p>\n

Boston College, ranked fourth and the remaining team to get a first-place vote coming off last weekend’s win over then top-ranked Quinnipiac, downed Long Island 4-2 on Friday.<\/p>\n

3. Breaking the ice<\/h4>\n

North Dakota hosted and won the 2023-24 Ice Breaker Tournament with a 2-0 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday. It was the 173rd all-time meeting between the two schools.<\/p>\n

UND senior goaltender Ludvig Persson, a transfer from Miami, stopped all 29 shots he faced for the victory, North Dakota’s second Ice Breaker championship in five tries.<\/p>\n

The third-place game between Army West Point and Bemidji State went down to the wire, finally settled in the Beavers’ favor, 3-2, on a Lleyton Roed goal with 59 seconds remaining in the third.<\/p>\n

4. A different story<\/h4>\n

Last season, Omaha opened its season hosting Niagara, which shocked the Mavericks with a pair of 4-3 victories.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, the Purple Eagles again visited Omaha to open the season, and history didn’t repeat.<\/p>\n

UNO won easily on Friday, 8-1, but Saturday’s contest was a 2-1 nail-biter that wasn’t decided until Jo Lemay’s game winner midway through the third.<\/p>\n

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They don't ask how!\ud83d\udea8#OmahaHKY<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GK8kyHLZIy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Omaha Hockey (@OmahaHKY) October 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n