Minnesota 5, Alaska-Anchorage 1: The Gophers had scored three goals in their first four games. They erupted for 5 tonight including a pair of shorthanded goals, both by co-captain Tony Lucia. Zach Budish got his first career goal in the win as well.
BU 5, Lowell 4 (OT): For an idea of how crazy this game [...]

There probably won’t be too much D3 talk on here, but I figured what the heck for the preseason poll. Defending national champion Neumann got the most first place votes, but it is Plattsburgh who starts the year at number 1. In all, 8 of the 15 ranked teams got at least one 1st place [...]

I knew I forgot something last week. Anyways, before we get started I’d just like to send a special TCHB happy birthday shoutout to papa Fetch.
Links!
Non-sports to start us off: I am now even more scared of sharks (Daily Mail)
Sabres fans love Tyler Myers (Sabre Noise)
Hawks fans are not buddy buddy with Martin Havlat (Blackhawk [...]

Boston University forward Nick Bonino is sidelined for a month after suffering a separated shoulder. The Junior from Unionville, Connecticut has played 3 games for the Terriers this year without registering a point. Coming into the year he was expected to be the load carrier for Jack Parker’s offense.
h/t CHN

Last week we saw a lot of movement at the top, but our top four teams stay the same this week, even though 2 of them lost a game.
1. Miami (4-1-1) (1-1-0) No Change
The RedHawks get a struggling Northern Michigan team up next, but they did lose to a struggling Michigan State team this weekend.
2. [...]

If you do nothing else for me today, watch this video. (NSFW)
Air Force 3, RIT 2: Andrew Volkening made 28 saves and Danny Durham had a goal and an assist as Air Force got their first two wins of the season, keeping RIT winless.
Denver 3, Minnesota 0: What is going on in Minneapolis? The Gopher [...]

Tons of good games out there last night, let’s hop right to it.
Merrimack 5, Vermont 2: Reigning player of the week Stephane Da Costa didn’t register a point, but Francois Ouimet had a goal and an assist and Joe Cannata made 25 saves to get Merrimack a huge Hockey East win.
Boston College 3, Notre Dame [...]

To say Atlantic Hockey has had a rough stretch to start the season would be an understatement. They are a combined 1-23 so far, with the lone win coming when Canisius beat Ferris State on October 10th. According to USCHO’s Chris Lerch, this week is the first in the poll’s history when no Atlantic Hockey [...]

No surprise here, Merrimack Freshman Stephane Da Costa is our player of the week. Since I completely forgot to do one last week, he’s also our first POTW for the 2009-10 season. In Saturday night’s contest, Da Costa notched a natural hat trick as part of a five goal game. It was the first time [...]

Normally when your biggest rival comes to town the games are close, physical contests that feature peaks and valleys, hits and misses, great plays and terrible mistakes. But last Friday North Dakota shutout Minnesota 4-0 behind a comprehensive effort that really wasn’t as close as the score indicated. Saturday night they held off a Gopher [...]