Teams have been getting back into action with some post-Christmas tournaments...
Michigan State participated in the Great Lakes Invitational, a four-team tournament of Michigan-based colleges held at the Joe Louis Arena.
MSU defeated Ferris State 2-0 on Sunday and lost 2-1 to Michigan on Monday. DeBlouw had no points in the two games.
Colgate is participating in the Three Rivers Classic at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
They won their first game on Monday, 2-1 over Western Michigan. Tim Harrison scored the game-winning-goal and was named the second star of the game. Harrison now has 4 goals on the season, and 3 of them have been the GWG. He now leads Colgate in GWGs.
Colgate's second game of the tournament goes Tuesday night vs. Robert Morris.
Providence participated in the Catamount Cup at Vermont. They won the tournament with two convincing wins. They defeated UMass 4-1 on Sunday and tournament host, Vermont, 3-0 on Monday.
Jankowski had 1G/1A in Sunday's game. His goal was the GWG and he was named the game's first star. Gillies stopped 22 of 23 shots on Sunday and was named the game's second star.
Jankowski was kept off the score sheet on Monday. Gillies stopped all 29 shots he faced for the win and was named third star of the game. It was Gillies' 4th shutout of the season, and 13th of his college career (he keeps adding to his Providence College record with every shutout).
Gilmour had no points over the two games.
Also of note, Saturday night at 5:00pm MT, TSN3 will be broadcasting the Union @ Boston University game. BU wunderkind Jack Eichel (and possible future-Oiler ) will still be at the World Juniors, but we'll be able to watch Brandon Hickey in action for the Terriers.
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The Union-B.U. game is tied 2-2 after one period of play. Hickey with three good shots from the point on the PP to finish out the period, but the puck never found twine.
Really really like Gilmour... undersized but between him Rafikov and Hickey I'm liking the Flames blueline depth better than some.
We now have 7 decent second tier defense prospects between those three, Spoon, Sieloff, Kulak and Culkin. Hopefully one or two turn into solid top 4 guys like Brodie.
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The first college ranking polls of 2015 were also released yesterday...
BU spent the Christmas break as the top-ranked team in the nation on both of the major polls. This week, North Dakota reclaimed the top spot and BU dropped back to #2.
Colgate's hot start saw them reach all the way up to #4 early in the year, but they've since cooled off and have settled into the bottom half of the top 20 rankings. This week, they're 17th on the USCHO.com poll and off the top 15 in the USA Today poll (they would also be 17th if USA Today went to 20).
After a number of weeks just outside the top 15 on the USA Today and sitting near the bottom of the top 20 on the USCHO.com poll, Providence's strong performance after Christmas has seen them get back in the picture. This week, the Friars are 14th on the USCHO.com poll, and 13th on the USA Today poll.
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Looking at the Pairwise rankings that the NCAA uses to determine the 10 teams who will be invited to join the 6 conference champions in the Frozen Four tournament, BU and PC are both looking good for an invite, while Colgate and MSU will either need to have a strong second half of the season, or win their conferences: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/ncaapwcr.php
BU is currently 7th in the Pairwise. PC is tied for 10th, Colgate is 18th, and MSU is 41st.
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) will still be at the World Juniors, but we'll be able to watch Brandon Hickey in action for the Terriers.
