Weekly Wrap-Up Black Bear Necessities help Maine sweep North Dakota

The Maine Black Bears not only swept the North Dakota Fighting Sioux over the weekend, but they swept them on the road at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, ND.

The first game Maine dominated with a 6-2 victory which included a five goal second period. Goaltender Ben Bishop's workload was a light one. He only saw 16 shots and stopped 15 of them in the victory. Michel Leveille had a goal and two assists picking up three points. Freshman Teddy Purcell added a goal and an assist in the victory.

The second night was dominated by the same two players. Teddy Purcell scored the first goal at the 3:20 mark of the first period. Michel Leveille scored two one assisted by Purcell and that was all the Black Bears needed. North Dakota scored late in the third but it was too little too late as Ben Bishop faced all tests stopping 33 of 34 North Dakota shots on goal in the 3-1 victory.

With Boston College losing on Friday Night by Notre Dame 7-1 (who also defeated Providence 6-1 on Saturday night), and Wisconsin not sweeping Minnesota-Duluth, Maine could be the number one team in the country when the polls come out tommorrow. North Dakota could be out of the top 10.

Cross State rival New Hampshire also had a big weekend as they opened up their season with two victories at Colorado College. The Wildcats outscored the Tigers 11-5 in the sweep. Trevor Smith and Mike Radja both scored three goals in the sweep. Junior goaltender Kevin Regan made 61 saves in the two games.

In other action this weekend:

Miami and Michigan split in Ann Arbor. Michigan junior forward Chad Kolarik continues to impress, getting a hat trick on Thursday night as he adds his goal total to seven on the season.

In a big surprise, Michigan Tech went to Vermont and took four points in the sweep over the Cattamounts.

Former Denver assistant and current Rensselaer head coach Seth Appert got a victory over his former team as the Engineers split the Pioneers in Denver.

And Boston University got its milestone as Peter MacArthur scored the Terriers' 10,000th goal in the 4-3 win against Northeastern. The Terriers also defeated Merrimack 4-1 in North Andover, MA.

This weeks upcoming games include:

A national championship rematch between Wisconsin and Boston College at the Kohl Center, in Madison.

A big CCHA series between Northern Michigan and Ohio State.

A big out of conference matchup as Vermont will look to forget about their weekend sweep against Michigan Tech and will look to move on as they travel to Dartmouth.

And a WCHA series at Minnesota as the Gophers will host Colorado College.

Those games and more to be mentioned in the weekly preview.