Top 10 showdowns highlight busy college hockey weekend
Top-10 showdowns highlight busy college hockey weekend NCAA.com
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Ready for big tilts this weekend — Colgate W Hockey (@ColgateWIH) Colgate couldn’t have gotten off to a better start to their season as they posted back-to-back shutouts against St. Cloud State. Sophomore goaltender Liz Auby was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week as the Stoughton, Wisc., native now has three consecutive shutouts and hasn’t allowed a goal in 200:19. The Raiders defense played a big role in the St. Cloud State series, limiting the Huskies to only 24 shots in the two contests. Northeastern is capable of scoring in bunches, so not allowing them to break out on the rush and limiting the shots on Auby will be the key again for Colgate.
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PRESENTED BY The season has only just begun and already we have seen some impressive performances. Ohio State got a rare win at Minnesota last weekend, Boston College swept Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin continues to look like the best team in the country, and Boston University’s Victoria Bach carved up the Northeastern defense for an early goal of the year nominee. More from ExcelleSports.com This weekend is bound to produce more of the same, so here are three games to keep an eye on:No 5 Minnesota Duluth 2-2-0 0-0-0 WCHA vs No 7 Ohio State 3-0-1 1-0-1 WCHA
Minnesota Duluth opened the season with a sweep against Penn State but was unable to pick up any points against Boston College last weekend. The Bulldogs outshot the Eagles through the two games, 63-52, meaning they were getting chances, but weren’t able to capitalize. UMD has been able to get production out of its youth so far, with half of the Bulldogs goals coming from freshmen, including Ashton Bell who scored twice against BC last weekend. Maura Crowell’s team is still very young, so the opportunity to play another Top-10 team on the road in Ohio State will only benefit them moving forward. Who's ready for a Top 7 showdown? We host No.5 Minnesota Duluth this weekend at the OSU Ice Rink! — Ohio State W Hockey (@OhioState_WHKY) Ohio State had perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend, winning in Minnesota for the first time in over a decade, and followed that up with a tie the next night. North Dakota transfer Charly Dahlquist netted the game winner Friday, as her line with Emma Maltais and Tatum Skaggs has paid dividends early on for coach Nadine Muzerall. Skaggs took home the WCHA Rookie of the Week award and Maltais won the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week award following a four-point weekend from both players. Kassidy Sauve continues to be a wall between the pipes for the Buckeyes, and they will need her to play big again this weekend. The Buckeyes are 15-65-3 all time against UMD. MORE:No 6 Northeastern 2-1-1 2-0-0 WHEA vs No 8 Colgate 2-0-0 0-0-0 ECAC
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Ready for big tilts this weekend — Colgate W Hockey (@ColgateWIH) Colgate couldn’t have gotten off to a better start to their season as they posted back-to-back shutouts against St. Cloud State. Sophomore goaltender Liz Auby was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week as the Stoughton, Wisc., native now has three consecutive shutouts and hasn’t allowed a goal in 200:19. The Raiders defense played a big role in the St. Cloud State series, limiting the Huskies to only 24 shots in the two contests. Northeastern is capable of scoring in bunches, so not allowing them to break out on the rush and limiting the shots on Auby will be the key again for Colgate.