Offensive Outburst!

Ok, what happened last night?  Did the Maize and Blue really light the lamp 10 times against St. Lawerence, or was I just dreaming?  We did?!  Ok, I thought so. 
Last night Michigan defeated St. Lawerence 10-3 at Yost Ice Arena, moving Michigan's record to a perfect 4-0 early in the year.  Michigan was led by...well, too many goal scorers, but the obvious choice is Senior Captain Luke Glendenning, who scored a hat-trick, and David Wohlberg who scored a goal to go along with his three helpers.  It was nice to see the offense explode, and wow were they firing on all cylinders.  It's easy to say that St. Lawerence isn't the strongest team, but the night belonged to Michigan.  Every bounce seemed to go Michigan's way.

 I don't think you can score ten goals and NOT have the bounces go your way.  Hunwick, played solid and allowed three goals on 30 shots.  The defense, to me, is still a work in progress though.  They're still taking a lot of chances, and maybe it was due to the offenseive outburst, but they seemed to be jumping up in the play a little too much.  Shots were 34-32, so it's not like the defense had the night off or anything.  When was the last time Michigan scored 10 goals in a game!?  I honestly can't recall the last time we put up double digits on an opponent.  It's good for them to score, and for a lot of freshmen, get the "monkey off their backs", so to speak.  They won't have to feel pressured to produce since they have been doing it so much already.  But, the early cake walk is over, and the next step to defending the CCHA regular season crown comes next week in Marquette.  I can imagine that the offense will come into that series with a lot of confidence, but I'm going to steal one from Brady Hoke's page, and remind everyone that this is still a young team, and has a long ways to go.  They will get even better, and hopefully the long season won't take it's toll too early this year. 

It should be interesting to see some premier teams go head-to-head this weekend.  Boston College/University take on Denver, which will be a great test for all three teams.  Maine heads out west to visit North Dakota, which could be a very rude awakening for the Blackbears.   And last but not least, the Gophers head up to Duluth in an early season WCHA matchup.  Hmm...interesting...PREDICTIONS:

Denver beats BU, Ties BC-BC hangs onto #1 ranking
North Dakota sweeps Maine
UMD and Minnesota split in what I think will be a hard fought series.