As the college hockey calendar turns toward
November, just five undefeated teams remain. Four of them
are in the top-10 of the latest Inside College Hockey Power
Rankings, and the fifth (Harvard) hasn't played yet.
Here's how the Inside College Hockey editors
and staff rank the nation's top teams (along with a note for
each team).
| No. |
Team |
|
Of
Note |
| 1. |
 Boston
College |
— |
The Eagles have scored four or more goals in seven of
their eight games. The one night they didn't was the team's
only loss of the season, a 4-2 defeat to Denver on Oct.
14. |
| 7-1-0 (5-1-0
Hockey East) LAST WEEK: W at UMass Lowell, 4-2; W vs.
UMass Lowell, 6-3. THIS WEEK: vs. Maine, at Massachusetts |
| 2. |
 Colorado
College |
— |
Follow the numbers, people. Of the eight goals the Tigers
scored against Rensselaer this weekend, three were empty-netters.
Junior forward Rylan Schwartz was on the business end
of three of the five non-ENGs. |
| 4-0-0 (2-0-0
WCHA) LAST WEEK: W at Rensselaer, 4-1; W at Rensselaer,
4-1. THIS WEEK: at Nebraska-Omaha, at Nebraska-Omaha |
| 3. |
 Minnesota |
 3 |
Sophomores were responsible for seven of the Gophers’
eight goals in their sweep of Alaska Anchorage. The outlier,
freshman Kyle Rau, added an empty netter in Saturday’s
3-1 win. |
| 7-1-0 (4-0-0
WCHA) LAST WEEK: W at Alaska Anchorage, 5-0; W at Alaska
Anchorage, 3-1. THIS WEEK: vs. North Dakota, vs. North
Dakota |
| 4. |
 Michigan |
3 |
’Tis best to give and receive: Rookie forward
Phil Di Giuseppe scored twice in the Wolverines’
win against Ferris State Thursday, then added two assists
in Friday’s shutout of the Bulldogs. |
| 6-1-1 (2-1-1
CCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Ferris State, 5-2; W vs. Ferris
State, 4-0. THIS WEEK: vs. Western Michigan, vs. Western
Michigan |
| 5. |
 Yale |
 1 |
Yale had just six healthy defensemen on the roster for
this past weekend's Ivy Shootout, and senior Kevin Peel
was out of lineup. Three of the six blueliners were freshmen. |
| 1-0-1 (0-0-0
ECAC Hockey) LAST WEEK: T vs. Princeton, 2-2 ot; W at
Dartmouth, 2-1. THIS WEEK: vs. Cornell, vs. Colgate |
| 6. |
 Merrimack |
2 |
After winning its first two games by one-goal margins,
the Warriors have outscored opponents 17-4 over its most
recent four games. |
| 6-0-0 (4-0-0
Hockey East) LAST WEEK: W at Vermont, 4-1; W at Vermont,
4-2. THIS WEEK: vs. Northeastern, at Northeastern |
| 7. |
 Union |
2 |
After losing its first game of the season at UNH, Union
came out quickly on Saturday against AIC with 23 shots
in the first period. That was a school record for shots
on goal in the opening 20 minutes of a game. |
| 3-1-3 (0-0-0
ECAC Hockey) LAST WEEK: L at New Hampshire, 2-1 ot; W
vs. American International, 5-2. THIS WEEK: at St. Lawrence,
at Clarkson |
| 8. |
 Denver |
5 |
Call it Home-vember: Starting with this weekend’s
series against Minnesota Duluth, the Pioneers play seven
in a row at Magness Arena and don’t leave the Mile
High City until a Dec. 9-10 trip to Bemidji State. |
| 3-2-1 (2-1-1
WCHA) LAST WEEK: L at Michigan Tech, 7-2; T at Michigan
Tech, 2-2 ot. THIS WEEK: vs. Minnesota Duluth, vs. Minnesota
Duluth |
| 9. |
 Notre
Dame |
11 |
Forward Anders Lee notched his ninth and 10th goals
of the season in the Fighting Irish’s sweep of Bowling
Green. Lee, who scored 24 goals as a freshman last year,
didn’t get his 10th until Dec. 12. |
| 5-2-0 (3-1-0
CCHA) LAST WEEK: W at Bowling Green, 3-1; W at Bowling
Green, 3-2. THIS WEEK: at Northern Michigan, at Northern
Michigan |
| 10. |
 Western
Michigan |
1 |
In eight games this season, the Broncos
have allowed more than two goals just once — a 3-3
tie at Union Oct. 15. That stinginess will be tested by
Michigan this weekend in Ann Arbor. |
| 5-0-3 (3-0-1
CCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Northern Michigan, 4-2; W vs. Northern
Michigan, 3-2 ot. THIS WEEK: at Michigan, at Michigan |
| 11. |
 Ferris
State |
3 |
The Bulldogs, which had allowed a total of five goals
during its season-opening, six-game winning streak, gave
up five in Thursday’s loss at Michigan and four
more as the Wolverines completed the sweep the following
night. |
| 6-2-0 (2-2-0
CCHA) LAST WEEK: L at Michigan, 5-2; L at Michigan, 4-0.
THIS WEEK: at Bowling Green, at Bowling Green |
| 12. |
 Lake
Superior State |
7 |
How remarkable are Lake Superior State’s seven
October wins? Only once in the previous seven seasons
did Lake Superior State win seven games before Dec. 1. |
| 7-1-0 (5-1-0
CCHA) LAST WEEK: W at Miami, 3-2 ot; W at Miami, 5-3.
THIS WEEK: vs. Bemidji State, vs. Bemidji State |
| 13. |
 Colgate |
— |
Colgate yielded two goals against Niagara in the final
seven minutes of both games this past weekend to lose
leads each time, but Austin Smith scored in overtime for
the Raiders on Friday. |
| 4-2-1 (0-0-0
ECAC Hockey) LAST WEEK: W at Niagara, 7-6 ot; L vs. Niagara,
2-1. THIS WEEK: at Brown, at Yale |
| 14. |
 Boston
University |
2 |
The Terriers trailed UMass 3-0 after the first period
but second-period goals in a span of 54 seconds and quick-strike
third-period goals separated by 2:08 helped BU rally for
an overtime victory. |
| 3-2-1 (2-1-1
Hockey East) LAST WEEK: T at Massachusetts, 2-2 ot; W
vs. Massachusetts, 5-4 ot. THIS WEEK: at UMass Lowell |
| 15. |
 Dartmouth |
— |
Dartmouth hosted the Ivy Shootout, and the four teams
combined to score just 15 goals over four games on the
weekend. |
| 1-1-0 (0-0-0
ECAC Hockey) LAST WEEK: W vs. Brown, 2-1; L vs. Yale,
2-1. THIS WEEK: vs. Quinnipiac, vs. Princeton |
| 16. |
 Quinnipiac |
2 |
After a weekend off, Quinnipiac plays three road games
this week. The Bobcats were 3-2-1 in six games last year
against Princeton, Dartmouth and Harvard. |
| 6-2-0 (0-0-0
ECAC Hockey) LAST WEEK: Off. THIS WEEK: at Princeton,
at Dartmouth, at Harvard |
| 17. |
 North
Dakota |
5 |
The four-game winless streak the Fighting Sioux snapped
by beating St. Cloud State Saturday in Grand Forks was
NoDak’s longest since dropping four straight between
Dec. 8-16, 2006. |
| 3-4-1 (1-3-0
WCHA) LAST WEEK: L vs. St. Cloud State, 4-0; W vs. St.
Cloud State, 3-1. THIS WEEK: at Minnesota, at Minnesota |
| 18. |
 Michigan
Tech |
NR |
Appearing in his first two games of the season, sophomore
forward Milos Gordic scored four goals—including
three in Friday’s 7-2 triumph—as the Huskies
earned a win and tie against visiting Denver. |
| 5-2-1 (3-2-1
WCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Denver, 7-2; T vs. Denver, 2-2
ot. THIS WEEK: vs. Minnesota State, vs. Minnesota State |
| 19. |
 Clarkson |
1 |
The Golden Knights' current six-game unbeaten streak
(5-0-1) is the team's longest since a 10-game unbeaten
streak (8-0-2) in the middle of the 2006-07 season. |
| 5-1-2 (0-0-0
ECAC Hockey) LAST WEEK: W at Bentley, 3-2; T at Bentley,
2-2 ot. THIS WEEK: vs. Rensselaer, vs. Union |
| 20. |
 Northern
Michigan |
6 |
Between now and a Jan. 13-14 trip to Michigan State,
the Wildcats play nine of 13 at home and 11 of 13 in the
Upper Peninsula. The lone exception is a mid-November
trek to Columbus to face Ohio State. |
| 4-3-1 (1-2-1
CCHA) LAST WEEK: L at Western Michigan, 4-2; L at Western
Michigan, 3-2 ot. THIS WEEK: vs. Notre Dame, vs. Notre
Dame |