{"id":98848,"date":"2014-10-26T18:49:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T23:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/big-ten-blog\/?p=328"},"modified":"2014-10-26T18:49:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T23:49:37","slug":"three-things-from-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2014\/10\/26\/three-things-from-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things from the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four teams were in action this weekend. Here’s how the games played out.<\/p>\n
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Minnesota swept Bemidji State, winning 5-2 on Friday and 5-3 on Sunday.<\/li>\n
Penn State beat Holy Cross 3-1 on Friday and completed the sweep by winning 7-1 on Sunday<\/li>\n
Michigan trounced Massachusetts-Lowell 8-4 on Friday and lost to Boston University 3-2 on Saturday.<\/li>\n
Michigan State lost a pair of 2-1 games, one to Boston University and another to Massachusetts-Lowell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Here are three things I saw this weekend.<\/p>\n
1. Minnesota looked strong in its home opener.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Friday evening was my first opportunity to see this year’s highly touted Minnesota team live, and I was impressed.<\/p>\n
Sure, even though the Gophers swept Bemidji State there was plenty of room for improvement, but Minnesota looked like a team that has enough talent to win on any given day even if some players have an off game.<\/p>\n