{"id":90319,"date":"2019-01-14T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=90319"},"modified":"2020-08-24T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T18:25:42","slug":"the-monday-10-western-michigan-extends-unbeaten-streak-more-weekend-upsets-air-force-army-play-two-ot-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/01\/14\/the-monday-10-western-michigan-extends-unbeaten-streak-more-weekend-upsets-air-force-army-play-two-ot-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monday 10: Western Michigan extends unbeaten streak, more weekend upsets, Air Force-Army play two OT games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Dakota celebrates the sweep of Colorado College on Jan. 12 in Grand Forks. Both games between the two went to overtime over the weekend (photo: Bradley K. Olson).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

1. The Broncos keep on keepin\u2019 on<\/strong><\/p>\n

With a sweep of visiting Miami, Western Michigan extended its nation-leading unbeaten streak to 10 games (9-0-1). During this stretch, the Broncos are scoring 3.8 goals per game on average while allowing 1.7. Sophomore Josh Passolt netted three goals against the RedHawks, including Friday\u2019s game-winning goal. Passolt has 14 goals in 20 games this season, six more than he had in 35 games his freshman year. Passolt is now third nationally in goals per game.<\/p>\n

2. Upsets are the new normal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seven of the top 10 teams in the country lost at least a game this past weekend.<\/p>\n

No. 1 St. Cloud State split with No. 5 Minnesota Duluth. No. 4 Ohio State split with unranked Michigan. No. 6 Quinnipiac lost to unranked Harvard. No. 7 Providence lost to two unranked teams, Boston College and Boston University. No. 9 Notre Dame was swept at home by unranked Minnesota. No. 10 Bowling Green split with unranked Michigan Tech.<\/p>\n

Among the top 10 teams in the nation, only No. 2 Massachusetts, No. 3 Denver and No. 8 Minnesota State escaped the weekend unscathed. The Minutemen swept Vermont soundly, 4-1 and 5-1. Denver beat Omaha in a pair of close games, 1-0 in regulation and 3-2 in overtime. The Mavericks also had a pair of close wins, beating Ferris 3-2 in overtime and 2-1.<\/p>\n

3. Some things end, some continue<\/strong><\/p>\n

With those upsets, there were bound to be streaks broken \u2013 and there were. Ohio State\u2019s seven-game unbeaten streak (4-0-3) ended with the loss to Michigan Friday night. Providence\u2019s eight-game unbeaten streak (5-0-3) ended with Friday\u2019s loss to Boston College.<\/p>\n

With its sweep of Omaha, Denver extends its win streak to seven games.<\/p>\n

4. Minnesota buys a new broom<\/strong><\/p>\n

With 5-1 and 2-1 wins over Notre Dame, Minnesota completed its first weekend sweep over a single opponent this season. Minnesota\u2019s last sweep of a Big Ten opponent was its two-game set against Wisconsin last season, Feb. 9-10. In 2017-18, the Golden Gophers had five sweeps against single opponents in single weekends.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, the Golden Gophers had something to say about that sweep.<\/p>\n

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We have an incredible amount of respect for @paulacweston<\/a>. <\/p>\n

That being said, we encourage the fine folks at @USCHO<\/a> to pick against the #Gophers<\/a> for the rest of the season. pic.twitter.com\/EGyl5HaYuu<\/a><\/p>\n

— Minnesota Men\u2019s Hockey (@GopherHockey) January 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n