Rankings roundup: How the top 20 NCAA hockey teams fared, Dec. 9-12

North Dakota’s Zach Driscoll stops a shot attempt from Colorado College’s Stanley Cooley in the Fighting Hawks’ 5-2 win last Friday night in Colorado Springs (photo: Casey B. Gibson).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 6 fared in games over the weekend of Dec. 9-12.

No. 1 Minnesota State (16-4-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 1 Minnesota State 5 at RV Bemidji State 1
12/11/2021 – No. 1 Minnesota State 3 at RV Bemidji State 1

No. 2 Quinnipiac (14-1-3)
12/10/2021 – No. 2 Quinnipiac 4 at LIU 1
12/11/2021 – LIU 0 at No. 2 Quinnipiac 5

No. 3 Michigan (14-6-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 3 Michigan 5 at No. 17 Ohio State 2
12/11/2021 – No. 3 Michigan 1 at No. 17 Ohio State 6

No. 4 Western Michigan (13-5-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 14 Omaha 2 at No. 4 Western Michigan 4
12/11/2021 – No. 14 Omaha 1 at No. 4 Western Michigan 0

No. 5 Minnesota Duluth (11-6-1)
12/10/2021 – No. 11 Denver 5 at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 0
12/11/2021 – No. 11 Denver 2 at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 6

No. 6 St. Cloud State (10-6-0)
Did not play.

No. 7 North Dakota (13-6-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 7 North Dakota 5 at Colorado College 2
12/11/2021 – No. 7 North Dakota 4 at Colorado College 1

No. 8 Notre Dame (12-5-0)
12/10/2021 – RV Michigan State 2 at No. 8 Notre Dame 3
12/11/2021 – RV Michigan State 1 at No. 8 Notre Dame 0 (OT)

No. 9 Cornell (9-1-1)
Did not play.

No. 10 Minnesota (10-8-0)
Did not play.

No. 11 Denver (11-5-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 11 Denver 5 at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 0
12/11/2021 – No. 11 Denver 2 at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 6

No. 12 Massachusetts (9-4-2)
12/09/2021 – No. 12 Massachusetts 3 at Merrimack 2 (OT)

No. 13 Northeastern (13-4-1)
Did not play.

No. 14 Omaha (13-5-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 14 Omaha 2 at No. 4 Western Michigan 4
12/11/2021 – No. 14 Omaha 1 at No. 4 Western Michigan 0

No. 15 UMass Lowell (10-3-3)
12/10/2021 – No. 15 UMass Lowell 3 at Vermont 0
12/11/2021 – No. 15 UMass Lowell 2 at Vermont 1

No. 16 Providence (14-7-0)
12/10/2021 – Princeton 0 at No. 16 Providence 7
12/11/2021 – Princeton 2 at No. 16 Providence 3

No. 17 Ohio State (10-6-0)
12/10/2021 – No. 3 Michigan 5 at No. 17 Ohio State 2
12/11/2021 – No. 3 Michigan 1 at No. 17 Ohio State 6

No. 18 Clarkson (9-6-4)
12/10/2021 – No. 18 Clarkson 3 at Arizona State 4
12/11/2021 – No. 18 Clarkson 1 at Arizona State 4

No. 19 Northern Michigan (10-8-1)
12/10/2021 – No. 19 Northern Michigan 2 at RV Lake Superior State 7
12/11/2021 – No. 19 Northern Michigan 1 at RV Lake Superior State 4

No. 20 Harvard (6-4-1)
Did not play.

RV = Received Votes