
To start with, here is how the Top 20 looked on Friday morning and the results from the weekend (1st place votes are n brackets... someone explain to me how Yale, ranked 7th and yet to play a game, can receive a 1st place vote!)...
1 Miami (26) 2-0
2 Denver (20) 1-0-1
3 North Dakota (1) off week
4 Boston University 1-1
5 Michigan 2-0
6 Cornell 1-0
7 Yale (1) 1-0
8 Notre Dame 1-0-1*
9 Mass.-Lowell 1-1
10 Vermont 0-1
11 Princeton 1-1
12 Nebraska-Omaha 1-0-1
13 Boston College 1-1
14 Bemidji State 2-0
15 Colorado College off week
16 Alaska 2-0
17 Massachusetts 1-1
18 Quinnipiac 1-1
19 Wisconsin 2-0
20 Michigan State 2-0
We start at the top where the #1 ranked Miami RedHawks took care of business against Northern Michigan by handing the Wildcats a pair of losses in their own barn. Miami scored four second period goals (which was one more than the three that they allowed in the third period) to steal a 4-3 win on Friday night. Justin Vaive (ANH) netted a pair in that one for Miami and Mark Olver (COL) did the same in a losing effort. Miami needed a power play goal from Tommy Wingels (SJ) to slip past their hosts by a narrow 2-1 margin n Saturday's rematch. My weekly Carter Camper update: just a single point this weekend, the lone helper on Saturday's GWG.

#3 North Dakota was off this weekend so the next team on the totem poll (pardon the pun) was the Boston University Terriers who split again, this time with against Mass.-Lowell. The Colorado kids combined for the overtime winner as Colby Cohen's goal (with Kevin Shattenkirk assisting) gave BU a 5-4 victory on Friday. Kieran Millan (COL) made 32 saves in the win while Lowell got goals from 4 different scorers in the loss. Saturday's rematch ended up going River Hawks' way with a 3-2 final.
I would expect that Michigan will vault past BU when the new poll comes out because while the Terriers split their games, the Wolverines scored 11 goals in their 2-game sweep of Lake Superior. Friday's 5-1 result featured 6 different goal scorers and Saturday wasn't much different as only Mike Brown scored twice during the 6-3 goal-fest.


#10 ranked Vermont's disappointing year continued this weekend with a shocking loss to Maine. The Black Bears had only won once through six games but posted a 4-1 glove in the face to the Catamounts. Freshman Adam Shemansky scored twice to lead Maine in the victory.
Nebraska-Omaha remains unbeaten in regulation time but they did drop a shootout loss to Bowling Green on Friday. The Mavericks pounded Falcons netminder Andrew Hammond with 46 shots but in the end it was Bowling Green that won the 3-3 shootout on a very controversial goal from freshman Jordan Samuels-Thomas. The controversy is well documented here but the short and sweet of it is that the player was in the penalty box and the end of the game so should not have been allowed to take part in the shootout. Nebraska-Omaha exacted revenge on Saturday with a 3-1 win. Bowling Green only managed 36 shots through the two games combined while The Mavericks had almost 80. Junior Rich Purslow accounted for 3 of Nebraska-Omaha's 6 goals.
The Beavers continue to win as Bemidji State's record now stands at 5-0-1 after narrowly sweeping Alabama-Huntsville in back-to-back 2-1 overtime games. Matt Read had 3 of the 4 Beaver goals in the weekend series including the GWG on Saturday. The Chargers outshot Bemidji State on both nights but Beavers goalie Dan Bakala only allowed 2 goals against through the two games.
#16 Alaska took home a pair of wins against visiting Ferris State but how much it will help their climb up the poll will be interesting to see.

#19 Wisconsin took it to New Hampshire this weekend by the tune of 4-1 and 6-1. The Badgers fired 51 shots at Brian Foster (FLA) on Friday and Derek Stepan (NYR) scored twice in the lopsided victory. Foster faced 34 more on Saturday before being yanked. He allowed 8 of the 10 Wisconsin goals. Jordy Murray scored 2 and added an assist in the 6-1 drubbing while defenceman Brendan Smith (DET) had 3 helpers of his own. Smith leads the team in scoring with 9 points.
#20 Michigan State should move up some more after a sweep over Western Michigan. 2-1 and 5-3 scores gave the Spartans the decisions on Friday and Saturday respectively. Oiler fans will smile knowing that junior Jeff Petry (EDM) is on pace for a career year as he continues to produce at a point per game pace.

Finally, don't look now but the Golden Gophers have figured out which end of their sticks belong on the ice. Minnesota ripped up Alaska-Anchorage with 5-1 and 4-1 scores in games played way up North. Tony Lucia (SJ) gave his dad a pair of goals on Friday and the coach got another one from his son on Saturday too. In all it was a 5-point weekend for Lucia who leads to Gophers in scoring. 1st round pick Jordan Schroeder (VAN) has yet to find the back of the net but has 4 assists through 6 games. Minnesota's schedule gets tough again next week and stays that way all November. On the horizon for the Gophers are Wisconsin, red-hot Bemidji State, equally hot Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan and Michigan State.
(Photos Courtesy: Denver Pioneers, Dennis Pause, Merrimack Warriors, Notre Dame)
2 comments:
Cam Talbot is not the goalie for Bemidji State, Dan Bakala is. Talbot is Alabama-Huntsville's goalie.
that's what happens when you write in the middle of the night.
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