Monday, February 25, 2008

Top 10...

The Mavericks moved up two more spots in this week's USCHO/CSTV top-20 rankings, coming in at #9. MSU was idle last weekend, but host Nebraska-Omaha tomorrow (Tuesday) before traveling to league-leading Colorado College this weekend. Wisconsin managed to only get one point in their series with Minnesota last weekend, putting them one point ahead of MSU with two more games played. The Mavericks are tied with St. Cloud State for fifth place. MSU will have a tough test at CC, but should have a good showing at home against Michigan Tech to finish out the regular season. A lot will happen to shuffle up the standings in the next two weeks, but MSU is in good position for contention for home ice advantage with St. Cloud and Wisconsin each having two tough series left, one in which they play each other.

2 comments:

Rob said...

Don't sleep on Tech. Teslak is always capable of stealing a game and they will have motivation to grab the #8 seed as I am sure they would much rather play the reeling Pioneers than the Sioux. Either way it looks like the Mavs are in a great spot for home ice.

Pat Ottum said...

No one is sleeping on Tech, but I like MSU's chances for some points at home against a Michigan Tech team, who has sputtered in the second half after a respectable start, than on the road against Colorado College.