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It's almost time for the calendar to turn over, which is a monumentous occasion in college hockey.  It means teams can no longer brush off bad starts as being "early" and surprise teams need to start acting like contenders.  This week on Puck University, Tim Williams and Chris Lynch go over the week's slate and a few of our biggest surprises thus far.

Tim Williams and Chris Lynch are back at it with Puck University!  Attendance issues are the topic of the day, with both hosts taking in games this weekend where the crowd was the only disappointment,  But first, a story about Hockey East's very first introduction to Thunderstix and how Tim was directly involved.

RPI managed to do something that Tim Williams had no idea actually could happen in a hockey game on Sunday against Massachusetts-Lowell.  The show starts with Tim and Chris Lynch breaking it down, before going into the continued fall of BC and what even BC's biggest detractors aren't happy to think about.

Goaltenders across the country were under siege last weekend as high-scoring hockey dotted the collegiate landscape.  We break it all down on Puck University, from Michigan's lamp-friendly visit to Hockey Valley to Providence's destruction of the Merrimack Warriors.

It's the ultimate hockey achievement for a single player: Getting into Toronto's Hockey Hall of Fame.  Martin St. Louis has entered the great museum, and Tim Williams and Chris Lynch celebrate another college hockey product getting enshrined.

We also break down a big week for the Minnesota schools as the "state of hockey" takes a stranglehold on the USCHO rankings, and give credit where due to Arizona State on their huge leap forward this year.  Of course, there is also talk about how far the UMass-Amherst Minutemen have come this season.

Last week, after all we talked about, it's hard to believe that Puck University didn't even touch on the unfolding situation at Connecticut, where the Huskies are creating a new arena plan.  Chris Lynch discusses all the difficulties in that after we review a busy weekend in college hockey and preview another big one.

Things just keep getting worse for the hockey teams on Boston's B-Line.  The BU Terriers and BC Eagles remain winless after rough weekends for both teams, and meanwhile it's Northeastern who's making noise, coming off a huge win over St. Cloud State at Matthews Arena.  Tim Williams and Chris Lynch take you through the weekend's action in Boston before going around the country to cover a busy week, and another hectic weekend to come.

The biggest surprise of the early season might be the struggles of the Boston schools.  At Puck University, Tim Williams and Chris Lynch examine the struggles of Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern to see what can be made of the three programs.  The rest of the weekend in college hockey is then reviewed, with an exclamation point split for Massachusetts-Amherst at Ohio State.

Puck University is in full session with the college hockey season giving us full slates every weekend.  Tim Williams and Chris Lynch start by taking a look back at a big hit last weekend that led to a scary moment.  From there, the two discuss last weekend's crazy slate in college hockey, from Notre Dame's wild weekend to Minnesota State re-establishing themselves as a power.  This weekend's preview involves a number of ranked teams looking to prove that they belong.

The season is underway, and it's off to a great start.  Minnesota-Duluth came out with just one point out of a possible four against Minnesota in a thrilling start.  Is their goalie in trouble?  Michigan got upset by Vermont.  How good are the Catamounts?  Tim Williams and Chris Lynch break it all down before previewing this week's matchups starting with Thursday night's big one between Clarkson and Penn State.