In what proved to be the most exciting weekend of college hockey yet, two #1’s were knocked off in rematches of the 2015 Division I & III National Championship title games. #5 North Carolina defeated #1 Syracuse in Chapel Hill Friday night 3-2 in double overtime and #3 Middlebury defeated #1 Bowdoin 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
DIVISION I
Among the weekend’s top Division I performers– 1) Northwestern- defeated #4 Penn State on Friday, 5-3, and then returned to the field on Sunday to defeat #6 Maryland, 3-2 in double OT, and 2) North Carolina- knocked off the #1 Syracuse Friday, and then defeated #2 Duke 3-2 on Sunday.
TOP 20 Division I Match-Ups
#4 Penn State- 3 @ #11 Northwestern- 5
#6 Maryland- 4 @ #15 Iowa- 2
#16 Virginia- 2 @ #9 Boston College- 1 OT
#1 Syracuse- 2 @ #5 North Carolina- 3 2OT
#7 Louisville- 2 @ #14 Wake Forest- 0
#6 Maryland- 2 @ #11 Northwestern- 3 2OT
#3 Connecticut- 5 @ #9 Boston U- 1
#4 Penn State- 3 @ #8 Michigan- 1
#2 Duke- 2 @ #5 North Carolina- 3
For Division I upsets-
- Unranked Massachusetts snuck by #9 Boston College 3-2 in OT
- Unranked Rutgers defeated #15 Iowa 2-1
- Unranked Harvard defeated #19 Maine 3-1
- Unranked Lafayette defeated #9 Boston U 2-1 in OT Shootout
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DIVISION II
The Division II weekend was highlighted by the top teams showing their dominance. In the two Top 10 match-ups, #1 East Stroudsburg defeated #6 Kutztown 2-0 and #2 LIU Post defeated #5 Stonehill 3-0. All other Top 10 competitors won their weekend games, no upsets.
 TOP 20 Division II Match-Ups
# 2 LIU Post- 3 @ #5 Stonehill- 0
#6 Kutztown- 0 @ #1 East Stroudsburg- 2
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DIVISION III
Defending National Champions Middlebury had a challenging back-to-back weekend. The Panthers got a big win over #1 Bowdoin 3-2 on Saturday, a rematch of the 2015 championship game, but then returned to the field on Sunday, where unranked Hamilton defeated them 4-2.
TOP 20 Division III Match-Ups
#4 Ursinus- 0 @ #6 Franklin & Marshall- 1
#1 Bowdoin- 2 @ #3 Middlebury- 3
#9 TCNJ- 1 @ #5 Salisbury- 3
#18 Mary Washington- 0 @ #7 Tufts- 2
