Congratulations to freshman goaltender Henry Dill who was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week for his effort this past weekend.  Dill had a .932 save percentage on a weekend that was highlighted by his 42 save effort in the Friday win against Northeastern.  You’ll notice in the linked release that Dill is also among the leaders of the Army ROTC Three Stars Award.  Zack LaRue was named a Top Performer as well.  It’s the second straight weekend that the Massachusetts hockey team has had someone recognized by the league as Steven Iacobellis was named Player of the Week previously.

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Minnesota received all the first place votes in this week’s USCHO poll.  Boston College’s win over UMass Saturday helped them move up a spot to #5 with rival Boston University just behind them at #6.  BU’s wins over Michigan and Michigan State lifted them up six spots from the previous week’s poll.  Lowell dropped one spot from 7th to 8th after splitting with the Michigan schools.  Providence dropped from 5th to 9th after only salvaging a tie in a trip out to North Dakota for a two game series.  A 4-0-0 start has helped Vermont to their #13 ranking.  Notre Dame is ranked as #20 this week after a sweep of Niagara that saw them outscore the Purple Eagles 13-3.

According to the USA Hockey Magazine/USA Today poll, Lowell has annexed Providence College because UML is ranked both #8 and #9.  I’m sure there’s some kind of law about not operating a public college outside of the commonwealth’s borders so this act of aggression on the River Hawks’ part is probably only temporary.  If not it’s going to create havoc with the HEA playoff tiebreakers.

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The Collegian has their summary of the past weekend’s split.