#1 Boston College looked like they had a free game this past Saturday against a UMass Minutemen hockey squad with only one win on the year. Unfortunately, free games often become freak games.
Welcome to Amherst, City of Upsets.
UMass played Boston College hard all night long, taking a 1-1 tie into the third period. Once there, it took less than five minutes for Steven Guzzo to give the Minutemen the lead. And despite trading goals late in the period, Massachusetts held on to the lead, burying an empty-net goal to secure the 4-2 win over #1 BC.
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Ferris State was expected to win. But when everyone else in the top 10 is losing, kudos is given to the stud that FSU is proving themselves to be.
#10 Ferris State (8-2-0) maintained a strong start to the season over a recently-struggling Bowling Green State hockey team. BGSU (4-5-1) started the season with a five game unbeaten streak; they have proceeded to drop their last five games. The Falcons fell to Ferris by scores of 4-0 and 5-3.
Ferris State gets "stud" status for this week, despite having a weak schedule so far this year. Their competition has been less than mediocre, playing struggling squads from BGSU (5-game losing streak), Miami University (4-6-0, only two CCHA conference wins) and St. Lawrence (only one win [1-5-0]).
It will be a statement weekend for the Bulldogs, as they face #11 Lake Superior State University in Big Rapids, MI this Friday/Saturday. Lake State is coming off a home-series split against Bemidji State.
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