Post #25 — 1/8/21 — WED / THURS RECAP, NCAA POLL AND WKND SCHEDULE, SIFTERS

IN THIS POST…
- Wednesday/Thursday Recaps…
- Polls and NCAA Weekend Schedule…
- Sifters…
Wednesday Scores & Highlights
RIT 1 |
Mercyhurst 0 |
Box / Video Highlights / Postgame Write-Up |
Sacred Heart – |
Long Island Univ. – |
PPD – COVID – Write-Up |
Thursday Scores & Highlights
Mercyhurst 4 |
RIT 0 |
Box / NO Video Highlights / Postgame Write-Up |
St. Cloud State 1 |
Minnesota 2 |
Box / NO-Video Highlights / Postgame Write-Up |
Polls for the Week Jan. 4…
Both polls are out after last weekend’s games. Some variance between the two towards the bottom.
RNK | TEAM |
1 | Wisconsin |
2 | Minnesota |
3 | Northeastern |
4 | Ohio State |
5 | Colgate |
6 | MN-Duluth |
7 | Providence |
8 | Boston College |
9 | Clarkson |
10 | Mercyhurst |
RNK | TEAM |
1 | Wisconsin |
2 | Minnesota |
3 | Ohio State |
4 | Northeastern |
5 | Colgate |
6 | MN-Duluth |
7 | Clarkson |
8 | Boston College |
9 | Providence |
10 | Quinnipiac |
Weekend Schedule…
It’s a packed schedule as the college hockey schedule is now back in full swing. As you can see below, we do have a few TV games on NESN, 2pm and 4:30pm today Friday. As always, streaming info is at the bottom of each post. We’ll keep you updated throughout the weekend with score and highlights if we can find them.



Sifters…
One More Team Begins Play Soon… St. Lawrence University is back on campus and will take part in the ECAC schedule. Players recently arrived on campus and are going through COVID protocol. If all goes well, SLU will play their first game vs. Colgate Jan. 22.
USA Wins World Junior Tourney… Team USA beat arch rival Canada 2-0 to win the gold medal at the IIHF World Jr. Championships. What a performance from USA goaltender Spencer Knight, he was spectacular. It doesn’t matter how good a team you have in front of you, teams need excellent goaltending if you want to win – as well as goal scoring. Very entertaining game to watch… it looked like the pace Team USA played at was a bit much for Canada to handle at times. And what an advertisement for NCAA college hockey… Congrats to the all NCAA coaching staff of Team USA, including Theresa Feaster, the first women asst. coach at a major men’s IIHF event.
COVID Recruiting… Interesting article about Wisconsin’s recruiting. You can read it HERE. It brings up a topic we posted earlier about – recruiting in the new COVID era for college hockey. This is a topic we are going to pick up again with a more in-depth post. Wisco is not the only school who will ‘wait and see’.
Streaming Info…
-Streams for games in the ECAC can be found HERE. Subscriptions will be necessary to watch games in the ECAC.
-Streams in the WCHA can be found HERE for homes games at Bemidji, MSU-Mankato, MN-Duluth, and St. Cloud. Streams for home games at Minnesota, Ohio St., and Wisconsin can be found HERE. Subscriptions will be necessary to watch games in the WCHA.
Streams in Hockey East this year can be found HERE and all streams FREE of charge for the 20-21 season.
-Streams for CHA games with the exception of Penn St. home games can be found HERE. Penn St. home game are streamed on the Big Ten Network + and can be found HERE.
Until Next Time… Have a great weekend everyone!