A few random thoughts as we close another weekend of college hockey:<\/p>\n
** There aren’t many (weeks, that is) left before we get into postseason play. Two in Atlantic Hockey, the CCHA and ECAC Hockey; three in the CHA, Hockey East and the WCHA.<\/p>\n
Yale has a chance to put away its first ECAC title since 1998 next weekend with victories at Quinnipiac and second-place Princeton. That would be quite a turnaround for a small group of Bulldogs seniors (there are only five of them) who were 10-20-3 as freshmen and then went through a coaching change that brought in Keith Allain.<\/p>\n
First-place Northeastern and second-place Boston University are separated by one point in the Hockey East standings, putting that much more emphasis on the teams’ home-and-home series next weekend.<\/p>\n
It looks like it’ll come down to RIT and Air Force for the Atlantic Hockey title, and the teams play in Rochester to decide things on Feb. 27-28, the last weekend of their regular season.<\/p>\n
Bemidji State and Niagara will battle for the CHA lead on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
The WCHA is going to go down to the last weekend, so we’ll just get ready for that then.<\/p>\n
And Notre Dame, four points clear of second-place Miami with four games to play, can grab at least a share of the CCHA title next weekend at Nebraska-Omaha.<\/p>\n
** Speaking of Notre Dame, the Irish will have a new home in the fall of 2011, the school announced this week. If you’ve spent even a few hours at the Joyce Center, you know how much that is needed for a program that hopes to stay at the level the Irish have reached in the last few years.<\/p>\n
** An interesting stat here: There are two teams in Division I that have not tied a game this season, and both are in the top five nationally in winning percentage. Princeton is 18-7; Michigan is 23-9.<\/p>\n
Not only has Michigan not tied a game this season, it hasn’t even gone to overtime in its 32 games. Let’s see how long that lasts, and whether it would be a disadvantage if the Wolverines have to go OT in the postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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