{"id":916,"date":"2011-11-20T23:10:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T05:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/ccha-blog\/?p=916"},"modified":"2011-11-20T23:10:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T05:10:34","slug":"weekend-work-up-nov-21-2011-all-alone-in-first-ships-that-are-sinking-and-a-little-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2011\/11\/20\/weekend-work-up-nov-21-2011-all-alone-in-first-ships-that-are-sinking-and-a-little-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend work-up, Nov. 21, 2011:  All alone in first, ships that are sinking, and a little reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most predictable thing about the 2011-12 CCHA season is that it&#8217;s going to change.  Every week.  Seriously.<br \/>\n<strong>First place, all alone.<\/strong>  Heading into last weekend, Lake Superior State, Notre Dame and Ohio State were tied for first place.  After their 3-2 win over Western Michigan Tuesday, the Fighting Irish spent a brief couple of days all alone at the top.  The Lakers and Irish played nonconference games last weekend, though, giving the Buckeyes their chance &#8212; and OSU took that chance, sweeping UM in Ann Arbor, 2-1 and 6-5.  The last time the Buckeyes took two games from the Wolverines in Yost Ice Arena was in 1986 &#8212; you know, when Ronald Reagan was president and <i>Platoon<\/i> won the Best Picture Oscar.  The line of Alex Lippincott, Ryan Dzingel and Chris Crane combined for 11 points in Saturday&#8217;s win; Lippincott had the game winner on the power play early in the third.<br \/>\n<strong>Second season hopefuls.<\/strong>  It&#8217;s not too early to worry about three teams that have cooled since hotter (or at least, warmer) starts.  Both Michigan and Western Michigan &#8212; teams that played like and were voted top-five teams for the first third of the season &#8212; have each lost four games in a row, and Northern Michigan stopped an eight-game winless streak with a 2-1 win over Michigan State.  For the Broncos and the Wildcats, scoring has been a problem in their slumps.  In WMU&#8217;s losing streak &#8212; which extends, coincidentally back to Nov. 5, Michigan&#8217;s last win &#8212; the Broncos have been outscored 15-8, netting two goals per game.  The Wildcats haven&#8217;t scored more than two goals in a single contest since a 3-3 tie versus (coincidentally) Michigan Oct. 22.  The Wolverines, though, still have the fourth-best offense in the nation, tied with Minnesota-Duluth and averaging four goals per game.  Even in their current four-game winless skid, Michigan has been outscored by opponents by a three-goal margin, 13-10.<br \/>\n<strong>More than the third time, but they&#8217;ll take the charm.<\/strong>  Congratulations to the Nanooks, who won their first CCHA game of the season, 2-0 over visiting Ferris State on Friday.  That win snapped an eight-game winless and five-game losing streak.  Colton Beck&#8217;s fifth goal of the season was the game winner, Carlo Finucci&#8217;s third was the other goal and Scott Greenham made 25 saves in the win.  Beck is the Nanooks&#8217; leading scorer with 11 points, Finucci is tied for second with three other players who have 10 points each &#8212; and therein lies the issue.  UAF is scoring 2.14 goals per game while giving up on average 2.64.  Greenham&#8217;s save percentage is below .900, and in conference play the Nanooks are being outscored 29-17.  Four of their last five losses have been by a single goal, including the 3-2 loss to FSU Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most predictable thing about the 2011-12 CCHA season is that it&#8217;s going to change. Every week. Seriously. First place, all alone. Heading into last weekend, Lake Superior State, Notre Dame and Ohio State were tied for first place. 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