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I think<\/em> I learned these three things this week.<\/p>\n

1. Vermont is better than I thought, and Notre Dame completed an important sweep.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These two teams both swept this weekend, but I thought Vermont’s was the more significant. I was surprised and impressed when the Catamounts opened the season by taking it to Northeastern in its own barn, 6-2. But I still thought they’d split their home-and-home series with a Clarkson team that won 21 games last year.<\/p>\n

Instead, The Catamounts swept to bring their record to 3-0, outscoring their opponents 11-3. But with two roads wins over very good teams, Vermont has already topped trhe road win totals of three Hockey East teams last year.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame, on the other hand, has played all four of its games at home. The Irish got off to a rocky start this year with two losses while hosting the Icebreaker Tournament, but rebounded with two wins over old rival Lake Superior State.<\/p>\n

Considering the mileage Notre Dame logs each year, it was important to square up its home record.<\/p>\n

2. New Hampshire and Massachusetts avoided early-season holes with “better than expected” splits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both of these teams lost their season opener last week, then headed out to Michigan for two-game sets from which they could have been expected to return with 0-3 records.<\/p>\n

UMass got destroyed in its opener with Boston University, 8-1, then lost its first game at Michigan State. Although it’s hard to call mid-October games important, grabbing that first win on Saturday by rallying with two goals in the final five minutes, could at season’s end be seen as a key early turning point.<\/p>\n

UNH opened with a loss at second-ranked Union — no shame in that — but was then facing No. 10 Michigan for two in its own barn. Last season, the Wildcats dug itself an early hole it never totally crawled out of with a 1-4-1 record against similarly tough competition, so a deja vu of going 0-3 would have been most definitely unwelcome.<\/p>\n

Instead, the Wildcats defeated the Wolverines, 5-1, on Friday, and almost made the very good weekend a terrific one. Down 2-1 in the third, UNH outshot the hosts 16-8, but couldn’t get the equalizer.<\/p>\n

Still, both UMass and UNH had to feel pretty good about splitting.<\/p>\n

3. As for Northeastern and Maine… uh-oh. My early-season optimism was unfounded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only two Hockey East teams have yet to secure a single point: the Huskies and the Black Bears.<\/p>\n

Northeastern allowed Vermont to come into its building a weekend ago and give it a 6-2 beating. So I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Huskies lost twice at sixth-ranked Colgate. But getting shut out both nights, 3-0, makes for an ominous start. NU has now been outscored 12-2 in its first three games.<\/p>\n

Maine got swept at home by No. 2 Union, which by itself wouldn’t be tragic, but the Black Bears also lost two in Alaska. Opening the season 0-4 while getting outscored 16-5 ups the stakes for next week’s return engagement at home against Alaska-Anchorage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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