Sports are hard. Trying to maintain your place in college hockey’s upper echelon is also hard. When you think about it, there’s 16 teams that get to make the tournament. There’s six conferences, so that’s five spots you aren’t going to get right off the top. That means you have to be one of the best 11 teams in the country each and every year for your fanbase not to complain that the sky is falling. But that’s sports. Rationality goes out the window. WIth that in mind, here’s this weekend’s Minnesota College Hockey Scoreboard, devoid of breakdowns, analysis or anything outside of the scores. Remember, it’s JUST. THE. SCORES.
 
Division I Men
Fri: #16 Minnesota State 4, Bowling Green 4 (MSU wins SO)
Sat: Bowling Green 1, Minnesota State 1 (BGSU wins SO)
We split the points in the CCHA over the weekend as Bowling Green and No. 16 Minnesota State saw both games end in ties, with each team taking the extra point in a shootout. On Friday, Tristain Lemyre scored twice for the Mavericks in the 4-4 tie that saw the home squad take the shootout. On Saturday, Luca Benincasa scored the lone Maverick goal as this one ended 1-1 with the Falcons taking the shootout point. The Mavericks are 4-2-4 and have tied both games in a series for the second time this season. They head to Lake Superior State next weekend.
 
Fri: Bemidji State 4, Lake Superior State 1
Sat: Bemidji State 3, Lake Superior State 2, OT Bemidji State improved to 6-4-1 on the season with a weekend sweep of Lake Superior State at the Sanford Center. Four different players scored in Friday's 4-1 win, including Adam Flammang's fourth of the year. Flammang struck again on Saturday, but it was Oliver Peer's sixth of the season that was the dagger as the Beavers prevailed 3-2 in overtime. Bemidji will head to the UP next weekend to take on Michigan Tech in Houghton.
 
Fri: Minnesota 3, Notre Dame 0
Sat: Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 1
Minnesota got off the schneid with a home sweep of Notre Dame in Big Ten action. Three different Gophers scored on Friday, including Brody Lamb's fifth of the season, a third-period empty netter, while Luca Di Pasquo stopped 19 shots in the 3-0 shutout. On Saturday, Lamb scored again and L.J. Mooney scored his third of the year as the Gophers picked up the 4-1 win. Di Pasquo stopped 33 shots for his second win of the weekend. The Gophers host LIU this coming weekend. 

Fri: #7 Minnesota Duluth 4, St. Cloud State 0
Sat: #7 Minnesota Duluth 3, St. Cloud State 2, OT
On the shores of the lake they called Gitche Gumee, Four different players scored as seventh-ranked Minnesota Duluth stayed hot, shutting out rival St. Cloud State at AMSOIL 4-0. Adam Gajan only had to stop 18 shots to pick up the shutout. Game two was tighter as the Bulldogs rallied from a 2-1 deficit to earn the sweep with Max Plante's goal halfway through overtime. UMD will host Omaha next week, while St. Cloud State finishes up its season set on Tuesday at St. Thomas. The Tommies were off this past weekend. They have the Huskies on Tuesday and head to Augustana over the weekend. 

Division I Women
Fri: #14 St. Thomas 5, Bemidji State 0
Sat: Bemidji State 2, #14 St. Thomas 1
In the only series of the weekend in the WCHA, Rylee Bartz scored her eighth goal of the season leading five different goal scorers as No. 14 St. Thomas opened up its weekend set at Bemidji State with a 5-0 win over the Beavers. Julia Minotti stopped 17 shots for her second shutout of the year, her first since the season opener. On Saturday, Bemidji State got even, with Izy Fairchild and Shelby Sandberg both scoring their first goals of the year in the 2-1 Bemidji State upset. Bemidji State improves to 3-6-1, while St. Thomas falls to 8-6. Bemidji State is at Minnesota this coming weekend, while St. Thomas hosts Minnesota...