College Hockey Weekly Report a Minnesota sweep

The Minnesota Golden Gophers went into the weekend in second place in the WCHA. When it was all set and done the Gophers moved into first place sweeping Denver (then first place). With the help of Ryan Poltuny's 2 goals (pictured above) the Gophers defeated Denver Friday night at Mariucci Arena 3-2. Poltuny also scored the game winner.

Saturday night Freshman Phenom Phil Kessel had 3 assists in the 5-1 win over the Pioneers. The Gophers dominated the game outshooting Denver 41-23. Kellen Briggs started both games in goal and allowed 3 goals and had 44 saves in this weekend's sweep.

In other college hockey action this weekend:

Ben Bishop and Maine swept Boston College in Orono as Bishop played great in net. The 6"7 goaltender should be considered the #1 goalie for the Black Bears for the rest of the year.

Boston University and New Hampshire split, but BU is now only 2 points behind Hockey East leader BC.

Michigan State swept CCHA regular season champion Miami.

And Nebraska-Omaha improved its NCAA status getting 3 points against Michigan.

In this weeks action:

Boston University will travel to Vermont for 2 at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

New Hampshire and Providence will face each other in a key Hockey East matchup which could determine who gets home ice in the first round.

And the CCHA and ECACHL will conclude its regular season.

Key games in the CCHA include Ohio State and Northern Michigan and Michigan State and Lake Superior.

And the final two games for Cornell will decide the regular season champion in the ECACHL. Cornell would need a win and a Colgate loss (or possibly 2 wins if Colgate wins on Friday) to clinch the ECACHL regular season crown.

Its getting close to conference tournament time. And Week 7 of bracketology will have all sorts of shakeups in the bracket. Tune in tommorrow to find out if your team is in on Bracketology Wednesday.