North Dakota 5, Minnesota-Duluth 2: Brett Hextall had 2 goals, and Brad Eidsness made 31 saves in perhaps his best effort of the season.
Minnesota 3, Colorado College 0: Alex Kangas had his first shutout of the year with 26 saves. Patrick White, Jordan Schroeder and Josh Birkholz had the Minnesota goals.
Cornell 3, Harvard 0: Cornell got 2 second period goals to put the Big Red in front for good and keeps Cornell in a tie for 1st in ECAC Hockey. Cornell has allowed just 36 goals in 19 conference games, 15 less than their closest competitors.
Ohio State 3, Western Michigan [...]

1. Denver (20-6-4) (14-4-4) No Change
2. Miami (22-4-6) (19-1-4) No Change
3. Wisconsin (18-7-4) (13-6-3) No Change
4. Yale (16-6-3) (12-4-2) No Change
5. St. Cloud State (19-9-4) (14-7-3) No Change
6. Colorado College (17-10-3) (11-8-3) Up 1
7. Cornell (14-7-3) (11-4-2) Down 1
8. Michigan State (17-10-5) (12-7-5) No Change
9. Boston College (17-9-2) (12-7-2) Up 1
10. Minnesota-Duluth (18-11-1) (14-7-1) Up 1
11. Bemidji State (19-7-2) (11-3-0) Down 2
12. North Dakota (14-11-5) (9-10-3) No Change
13. New Hampshire (14-10-4) (13-5-3) Up 3
14. Union (16-8-6) (10-4-4) No Change
15. Ferris State (18-10-4) (12-8-4) No Change
16. Maine (14-11-3) (11-8-2) Down 3
Dropped Out: None
Maybe Next Week: Nebraska-Omaha, RPI
Teams By Conference: WCHA 6, [...]

North Dakota 8, St. Cloud State 1: Mike Lee got yanked after giving up 6 goals in 2 periods, and Dan Dunn gave 2 more up in the third. The Sioux got two goals from Matt Frattin and a goal and two assists from Chris VandeVelde. The Sioux are 4 points off the final home ice playoff series.
Denver 5, Minnesota 1: Joe Colborne had 2 goals, Marc Cheverie had 32 saves, and Denver swept the season series from Minnesota for the first time ever.
Canisius 4, Mercyhurst 2: Cory Conacher had a goal and an assist and Dan Morrison made 37 [...]

I hope everyone out there watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver olympics last night. If you would like a semi-recap you can click here
Miami 3, Bowling Green 2: Jarod Palmer had 2 goals to give him 13 on the year, just one back of the team lead, and Cody Reichard stopped 24 shots to increase Miami’s lead in the CCHA.
Robert Morris 5, Bemidji State 2: Nathan Longpre had two goals and Brooks Ostergard made 43 saves as Robert Morris is now within 7 points of Bemidji State and perhaps more importantly could have permanently pushed the Beavers out of [...]

This week I was lucky enough to get interviewed by Ryan Lambert, who runs the Two Line Pass Blog and writes the Hockey 101 series for Puck Daddy.
You can read the interview here. Keep in mind that half of my answer about the NCAA Tournament sleeper got cut off, and that I absolutely did not beg to get interviewed. Gently prodded, perhaps.

Before we jump in this week, a reminder of how I do things:
1. The bracket is made based on how I think the field will shake out when it is announced, not how it would look if the tournament started today.
2. Regional hosts have to play in the regional they are hosting.
3. Efforts are made to protect the top seeds.
4. Teams from the same conference don’t matchup in the first round, unless there are 5 or more teams in the field from the same conference

Been awhile since I’ve done a links post…
A look at the Stars goalie situation (Blackout Dallas)
A look at Nazem Kadri’s Leafs debut, and a game recap (Editor in Leaf)
Some Avalanche trade possibilities (Jibblescribbits)
Olympic Rinkotology (Pensblog)
A preview of Germany’s Olympic Team (Olympic Hockey Blog)
A look at Canada’s curling – yes curling – team (Olympic Sports Blog)

One final Beanpot note: Head to BC Interruption for a recap of the Beanpot final.
And check out Chris Kreider’s sicktastic goal