This Mav team continues to surprise and exceed my expectations.  A little bird told me that this team would make the frozen faceoff.  I'm still extremely skeptical but we shall see.

good thing rowe is still a mentally fragle basket case and western is much better in lawson.  I will take the sweep and to be honest this has been the best the mavs have looked all year (with the exception of Friday's 3rd period)

Mavs have in the past played down to their level of opposition -- lets hope they take CC seriously.

PSA for those going to the frozen faceoff:  Friday is st. patricks day and you really don't want to be out and about -- lots of drunks.
the Hampton inn is right across the street from the xcel -- 208 a night at last check.  

elsewhere:

you want some interesting reading just head over to sioux sports:  St. Cloud with a big sweep against nodak (TM) St. Cloud is exceeeding my expectations as well.  thought they wouldn't be as good as they are.

Denver continues to roll right along with a nice sweep against ASU.

in the Big 10: Minnesota served notice that they could be the best team in college hockey with their impressive beat down of MSU.  I expect to see Minnesota making the trip to tampa this year -- that's a very solid team.

Perhaps that exhibition loss by mankato was a warning sign.  could be that mankatos reign in the CCHA could be slipping.

per nate wells:

It's been almost four years (Dec 14-15, 2018 at BGSU) since Minnesota State was swept in conference play. Wisconsin, who hasn't been in the same conference as Mankato in nearly a decade, was the last conference foe to sweep the Mavericks in Mankato

BU: (my pick in hockey east) demolishes UNH.  BU has always had the talent and the coaching change seems to have had a positive effect.

Quinn wrote:

This Mav team continues to surprise and exceed my expectations.  A little bird told me that this team would make the frozen faceoff.  I'm still extremely skeptical but we shall see.

Jim wrote:

5. I certainly hope Lemay sat the third as a precaution. 

My goodness did he have a series. He looks like he has settled in, and he can skate... WITH THE PUCK.

But... I feared that kind of skill might be punished at the college level, and the hit he took was just one way it can.

I mean a thread for the WMU series... Ugh... it's been quite a week. 

Frustration and disappointment all around for the NCHC teams this weekend:

I called it weeks ago that CC would sweep UNO and the mavs didn't disappoint me.  every year this mav team gives points away that they should have had.  Not a great third period on Friday -- to many defensive breakdowns at key times.
 
of course we will probably get swept by miami.  that's the fate of the maverick fan.

speaking of miami -- they blow out a very good st. cloud team on saturday.

UMD should have beaten DU on friday, but a goal was waved off due to a very questionalble goalie interference call when magnus chrona flopped around on the ice.  (I was trying to find a video so if anyone has it feel free to post)
another example of over officiating and just a horrible call all the way around.  -- something needs to be done about reviews and the contact to the head rule (which as mentioned I detest)  but what is the answer?  I don't have a quick fix.

north dakota was in 7th place(!) coming into the weekend and they get a win and a shootout win at lawson of all places.

elsewhere:  anyone catch that crazy BC BU game?  per chn twitter:
the BU vs. BC match up will be the first time since Feb. 26, 1964 -- 58+ years ago -- that neither Jack Parker or Jerry York are involved in the game.

how about merrimack taking down providence?  never thought we would be taking about connecticut and merrimack as contenders in hockey east.

the Big 10 reminds me of the NCHC in years past. a lot of very good teams (with the exception of wisconsin)
I could see the NCAA tournament being filled with Big10 teams this year.

and I am not a robot as I was able to select all images with traffic lights....