College Hockey Weekly Report Vermont shutdown by the Eagles

In the big 2 game series in the east, the #2 team in the country the Boston College Eagles showed why they have one of the best defenses in the country.

This week the Eagles shutout #5 Vermont twice in the weekend series in Chestnut Hill. Friday night Chris Collins and Stephen Gionta scored the only 2 goals of the game as BC won 2-0. Saturday the result was the same with an Eagle victory as Chris Collins scored 2 goals to get goals number 19 and 20 on the year as the Eagles would win 3-0. Brian Boyle scored the other goal for BC. The Eagles have an 8 point lead in Hockey East with Boston University, New Hampshire, and Providence each in second place with a lot of work to do to catch up in the standings.

Lets not forget the games Cory Schneider (pictured above) had in net. On Friday he stopped 22 shots in the shutout and on Saturday he proved to be even better making some crucial saves as he stopped all 33 shots giving him 55 saves for the weekend. Schneider extended his shutout streak to 3 games and has not allowed a single goal in 217:49 and could close in on the all time shutout minutes in BC history. Current New Jersey Devils' goaltender Scott Clemmensen has the record with 254:23 minutes set in the 1997-98 season.

The #1 team in the country Wisconsin was swept for the first time this season as Denver won the 2 game series in Madison. The Badgers truly miss Brian Elliott in net who is out for at least another 2-3 weeks. The Badgers lead in the WCHA is now 4 points with Minnesota and Denver tied for second place in the conference.

In other games this weekend

Minnesota swept Colorado College as the Gophers held the #1 offense in the country to 4 goals this weekend. As mentioned the Gophers are working their way up the WCHA standings and have Wisconsin this coming week in Madison.

Miami swept Western Michigan as they will move up in the rankings and strengthed the lead in the CCHA to 9 points.

Maine and Providence split this weekend in a key series for both teams.

And Colgate won 2 games this weekend over Clarkson and St. Lawrence to gain the ECACHL lead in the standings.

Next Weekends games include

Boston College and Boston University will play the rubber match in their series. These are two of the hottest teams in Hockey East as BC is 9-0-1 in their last 10 and BU has only lost one game since the return of David Van Der Gulik.

As mentioned earlier Wisconsin will host Minnesota in a key series. Can the Gophers get a sweep and gain the lead in the WCHA?

St. Cloud State will look to win on the road as they travel to North Dakota to face the Fighting Sioux for two.

And Michigan and Michigan State will play each other as both teams will renew their rivalry after a game last week in which Michigan State won.

Big weekend in College Hockey coming up! Should be interesting games and dont forget about Bracketology Wednesday week 3 as teams will look to move up in the pairwise rankings.