Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of March 12 fared over the March 16-17 weekend.
No. 1 St. Cloud State – defeated No. 12 North Dakota (NCHC semifinal), lost to No. 4 Denver (NCHC championship)
No. 2 Cornell – lost to Princeton (ECAC semifinal)
No. 3 Notre Dame – defeated No. 5 Ohio State (Big Ten championship)
No. 4 Denver – defeated No. 8 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC semifinal), defeated No. 1 St. Cloud State (NCHC championship)
No. 5 Ohio State – lost to No. 3 Notre Dame (Big Ten championship)
No. 6 Minnesota State – did not play
No. 7 Northeastern – lost to No. 9 Providence (Hockey East semifinal)
No. 8 Minnesota Duluth – lost to No. 4 Denver (NCHC semifinal), lost to No. 12 North Dakota (NCHC third-place game)
No. 9 Providence – defeated No. 7 Northeastern (Hockey East semifinal), lost to No. 18 Boston University (Hockey East championship)
No. 10 Clarkson – defeated Harvard (ECAC Hockey semifinal), lost to Princeton (ECAC Hockey championship)
No. 11 Michigan – did not play
No. 12 North Dakota – lost to No. 1 St. Cloud State (NCHC semifinal), defeated No. 8 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC third-place game)
No. 13 Penn State – did not play
No. 14 Boston College – lost to No. 18 Boston University (Hockey East semifinal)
No. 15 Minnesota – did not play
No. 16 Northern Michigan – lost to Michigan Tech (WCHA championship)
No. 17 Omaha – did not play
No. 18 Boston University – defeated No. 14 Boston College (Hockey East semifinal), defeated No. 9 Providence (Hockey East championship)
No. 19 Bowling Green – did not play
No. 20 Union – did not play
