Minnesota Duluth's main nemesis this season has been last-place Colorado College, and the Tigers' performance over the weekend contributed in the Bulldogs slipping to No. 2 in Monday's college men's hockey Division I polls.
A 2-1 win and 2-2 tie against the Tigers meant the Bulldogs failed to maintain pace with NCHC-leading Denver (22-6-4), which holds a two-point edge over UMD (19-5-6) atop the conference and moved ahead of its rival atop the United States College Hockey Online.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. Denver and UMD also are 1-2 in the Pairwise rankings.
Denver received 33 first-place votes and 981 total points, while No. 2 UMD was tabbed on 14 first-place ballots and totaled 954 points.
Eighth-ranked Western Michigan, No. 16 North Dakota and No. 18 St. Cloud State are other ranked NCHC teams.
* The UMD women remained at No. 2 in the USCHO.com poll after closing the regular season with a sweep of St. Cloud State, the Bulldogs' opponent in this week's WCHA playoffs. UMD (22-5-5) is ranked behind WCHA champion Wisconsin, which received all 15 first-place votes and is seeded first in this weekend's WCHA playoffs.
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Minnesota, seeded second, is ranked fourth.
