USCHO Weekend Review

The USCHO Game of the Week didn't disappoint, as Minnesota Duluth scored three third-period goals and downed Denver 4-3 in OT. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review that game, plus:

St. Cloud State improves to 11-1-0 with a sweep of Bemidji State;

UMass stays hot and improves to 10-1-0 overall and 6-0-0 in Hockey East;

Providence's offense gets hot with 14 goals against Merrimack;

Arizona State splits with Harvard on a comeback win in overtime;

Minnesota State improves to 10-1-0 with a WCHA sweep of Ferris State;

Atlantic Hockey looks to have no runaway leader, and extends Bob DeGregorio's contract;

Plus ... is scoring up? If not, what's the trend in NCAA D-I men's hockey?

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back at the weekend, including two comebacks by St. Cloud State in a weekend sweep of Denver, UMass taking both ends of a home-and-home with Providence, and Arizona State's sweep of Michigan State. Also: should some conferences be panicking over a sub-.500 record in non-conference play?

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review the games of the weekend and the news of the week, including:

Arizona State, at 7-3-0 and with 11 goals on the season for Johnny Walker, splits the weekend with an overtime win over No. 6 Penn State Saturday.

Dartmouth’s 5-1 win over Quinnipiac -- and Penn State's loss -- means no perfect records left in D-I men's hockey. That win was the 400th for Bob Gaudet.

Denver swept Western Michigan leaving the Pioneers as the only unbeaten team (5-0-1).

Jeff Jackson earned his 300th win at Notre Dame in his 14th season with 2-1 win over Ohio State on Saturday.

Minnesota State stayed red hot with a sweep of Minnesota.

North Dakota swept Wisconsin, winning four in a row after 0-2-1 start.

Holy Cross believed to have its largest crowd in Hart Center history (2,502) for 3-0 loss vs. Providence

UMass and Providence continue to roll, will meet up Thursday and Saturday.

And UConn announced funding for a new arena, will be only 2,500-3,500 seats, but supposedly have waiver from Hockey East. They'll continue to play some/all men’s games at XL Center in Hartford.

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back on the weekend that was, including No. 3 Minnesota Duluth's sweep of No. 1 Notre Dame on the road and a very successful U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game in Las Vegas -- at least for the fans and the atmosphere, but with some facility issues -- as North Dakota downed Minnesota in front of a crowd dominated by Fighting Hawks fans. We discuss the possibility of getting a hometown program in Vegas.

Also in this episode:

Union and Cornell were both swept by unranked opponents;

Arizona State is 6-2-0 on the season after sweeping Omaha at home;

Penn State and Quinnipiac both improve to 5-0-0;

Alabama-Huntsville is now 0-8-0 after giving up a third-period lead on Saturday;

Michael Souza picks up first win as a head coach with New Hampshire’s 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Vermont in home opener;

Army won seven of eight points in two weekend Atlantic Hockey road trips;

And ... Boston College's and Boston University's woes continue, sinking Hockey East's out-of-conference record.

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UMass -- or should we say #NewMass -- split on the weekend with No. 1 Ohio State, while No. 2 Notre Dame swept Omaha and No. 20 Union did the same to No. 12 Northeastern. Boston College and Boston University are both 0-3 for the first time since the end of prohibition. We also look at RIT's annual Brick City Homecoming game, and several weekend splits. Plus a discussion of the merits of 5-on-5 and 3-on-3 overtimes and how the PairWise Rankings can reflect overtime.

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We review the top results of the weekend: Notre Dame won the Ice Breaker after a dramatic semifinal and shutout of Providence. Wisconsin swept Boston College while Minnesota State did the same to Boston University, Minnesota Duluth gets in the win column with a pair of victories at Michigan Tech. North Dakota scores just twice in a tie and loss at Bemidji State. Ohio State survives first-ever week at No. 1 with a pair of road wins at Arizona State.

Plus: Union's Cole Maier has seven points in three games, and why you shouldn't pay attention to the Pairwise Rankings this early -- but why you should take notice of one of its components.

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The start of the 2018-19 season already yielded some important results: Vermont upset Michigan at Yost, and Minnesota got a home win and a tie on the road against Minnesota Duluth. Other big weekends were seen by Lake Superior State, Miami, and Arizona State. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger review those games, plus a compassionate gesture from Army West Point, and some rules discussion.

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Coming soon: USCHO Weekend Review, a quick summary of the games of the weekend and the news of the previous week. We’ll look at the big games, the playoff races, and top performers of the weekend.

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