College Hockey Weekly Report Wisconsin continues its great play

For the second straight week the Wisconsin Badgers have had an opponent in the top 5. Once again the Badgers came out on top taking 3 points out of 4 against Colorado College.

Friday night saw Colorado College take a 2-0 lead late in the first. Brett Sterling of the Tigers continued to prove that he is the early season favorite in the Hobey Baker race scoring the first goal of the game. Wisconsin would score late in the first as Tom Gilbert scored with assists from Jack Dowell and Jeff Likens making it a 2-1 game to end the first period.

Jack Skille (pictured above) would score the second goal for the Badgers and that goal would be the last goal of the game as the Badgers and the Tigers skated to a 2-2 tie.

The next night saw total domination on the Badgers side as the highly powered Colorado College offense settled for the big goose egg for the first time since the Denver game last season on March 4.

Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott made 22 saves in the shutout. Adam Burish, Ross Carlson, and Joe Pavelski each scored a goal for the Badgers.

On a quick side note record attendence was set on Saturday night at the Kohl Center as 15,237 people with standing room only came to see the Badgers shutout the Tigers.

In other College Hockey action this weekend:

Nathan Gerbe of Boston College scored two goals as the Eagles defeated the Vermont Cattemounts 2-1 at the hostile environment on campus at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

BU lost 2 this weekend after coming off a good weekend last weekend as they lost to UNH on Friday 3-2 and to UMASS-Amherst on Saturday 4-2.

Michigan swept Northern Michigan 3-1 on Friday and 4-3(ot) on Saturday. Watch for the Wolverines to climb up the polls this week.

Denvers early season struggles continue as they only took 1 point from Minnesota State in which the Pioneers settled for a 3-3 tie as Ryan Dingle tied it with 1:57 left in the third, but lost to the Mavericks as the Pioneers got shutout by goaltender Dan Tormey of Minnesota State as the Mavericks got the 4-0 victory.

And it was a good week for the New Hampshire Wildcats as they defeated BU at Aggains Arena 3-2 on Friday Night and also defeated arch-rival Maine 4-2 on Saturday Night.

What to watch for next week:

BC will face Harvard in a key game for both teams. BC will hope to continue to prove that there still one of the best teams in the country while Harvard will look to get a boost. With a victory tommorrow night it might be possible for the Crimson to go on a late run.

Ohio State will look to bounce back after a tough start to the season as the Buckeyes face Michigan State and Lake Superior this weekend.

And Denver will face Minnesota in yet another big WCHA match. The good games seem to be coming early in that conference.

Who will prevail next week? Come back for the weekly roundup next week to find out.