Hart, Brian

No. 20 Harvard Crimson 2 @ Merrimack Warriors 2

F Brian Hart, HAR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 6 GP, 1-2-3, +4, 6 PIM

Harvard had a 2-0 lead on the Warriors before Merrimack fought back for a tie.

Lake Superior State Lakers 2 @ No. 3 Miami RedHawks 3

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 13 GP, 2-4-6, -1, 6 PIM

Jimmy Mullin was scoreless coming off his first multi-point game of the year, but Miami got a win over visiting Lake Superior State, 3-2.

Princeton Tigers 1 @ No. 13 Quinnipiac Bobcats 3

F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 13 GP, 4-1-5, +1, 6 PIM

The Bobcats gave up just 12 shots on goal in their win, which was their seventh in conference play against no losses.

No. 6 Denver Pioneers 2 @ No. 9 North Dakota 2

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 14 GP, 1-4-5, -5, 4 PIM

The teams were deadlocked at two goals apiece midway through the game, but neither team could get a game-winner.

No. 4 Minnesota Golden Gophers 4 @ No. 19 Colorado College Tigers 2

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 24 saves on 26 shots
Season totals: 15 GP, 10-2-2, 1.64 GAA, .925 sv%, 2 SO

Wilcox has now won seven of his last eight games for the Gophers. Like many of his wins, he was protecting a small lead for the majority of the game before the Gophers were able to get an insurance goal. Wilcox was recently named HCA Division I Rookie of the Month for November, which is a national award.

No. 16 Ferris State Bulldogs 2 @ No. 7 Western Michigan Broncos 4

D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 12 GP, 0-3-3, -4, 14 PIM

The Broncos won again, this time beating visiting Ferris State, 4-2. Witkowski leads WMU in blocked shots for the season with 14.

*USCHO poll used

No. 12 Dartmouth Big Green 1 @ No. 10 Cornell Big Red 1

D/W Kirill Gotovets, COR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 6 GP, 0-0-0, -1, 4 PIM

Cornell moved to 3-3-2 on the year after tying Dartmouth in a battle of big colors. Both teams had 27 shots on goal. Gotovets is still looking for his first point of the season after six games. Last year he had a goal and eight points in 24 games. He had seven points in 34 games as a freshman.

No. 17 Harvard Crimson 0 @ Colgate Raiders 1

F Brian Hart, HAR: Did not play
Season totals: 5 GP, 1-2-3, +4, 6 PIM

Hart missed both of Harvard’s games this weekend – an upset win over Cornell on Friday and a close loss to Colgate on Saturday. Spencer Finney (undrafted) had a 22-save shutout for Colgate.

Michigan State Spartans 0 @ No. 4 Miami RedHawks 2

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, E, 3 SOG
Season totals: 10 GP, 1-3-4, -2, 4 PIM

Jimmy Mullin was back on the ice for the RedHawks, who limited the Spartans to 13 shots on goal. Like fellow Lightning prospect Matthew Peca of Quinnipiac, Mullin is having a harder time getting points in his sophomore year than he did as a freshman. Last year Mullin had 11 goals and 26 points in 37 games.

Quinnipiac Bobcats 6 @ No. 16 St. Lawrence Saints 2

F Matthew Peca, QU: Did not play
Season totals: 10 GP, 3-1-4, E, 4 PIM

Matthew Peca was not in the lineup on Saturday as Quinnipiac improved to 7-3-1 and 4-0 in the ECAC with a win over St. Lawrence. Arizona-native Jeremy Langlois (undrafted) had two goals for the Bobcats.

Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 3 @ No. 6 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 4 (OT)

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 10 GP, 1-3-4, -4, 2 PIM

Mark MacMillan (Canadiens) scored two goals, including the overtime winner for North Dakota. O’Donnell and MacMillan played together for Penticton in the BCHL prior to coming to North Dakota.

Wisconsin Badgers 1 @ No. 3 Minnesota Golden Gophers 3

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 16 saves on 17 shots
Season totals: 9 GP, 6-1-2, 1.55 GAA, .924 sv%, 2 SO

Adam Wilcox (pictured), the reigning WCHL Rookie of the Week, had a stellar game on Saturday in his sixth-straight start of the Gophers. He made several key saves to preserve the Gophers’ win, including a big glove save on a point-blank shot in the third period, then late in the game the puck hit the knob of his stick and ricocheted over the net to keep it 2-1 at the time. Minnesota added an empty net goal.

No. 9 Western Michigan Broncos 3 @ Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks 2

D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 11 GP, 0-3-3, -2, 14 PIM

WMU scored three times in the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit and avoid being swept in Alaska. The Nanooks beat the Broncos on Friday night. The Broncos were outshot 42-29 on Saturday.

*USCHO poll used

RPI Engineers 0 @ No. 14 Harvard Crimson 4

F Brian Hart, HAR: 1-0-1, +3, 0 PIM, 2 SOG, *Second Star*
Season totals: 5 GP, 1-2-3, +4, 6 PIM

Brian Hart (pictured) had his first collegiate goal on Saturday in Harvard’s win over visiting RPI. Hart has a 3-game point streak in this, his freshman year. By comparison, Lightning prospect Alex Killorn had 6 goals and 14 points as a freshman at Harvard (30 games). Raphael Girard (undrafted) had the shutout for the Crimson on Saturday.

No. 16 Northern Michigan Wildcats 2 @ No. 5 Miami RedHawks 2

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 9 GP, 1-3-4, -2, 4 PIM

Miami scored with under three minutes remaining in regulation to salvage a tie with visiting Northern Michigan. Miami won the shootout, 2-0, though the result is officially a tie.

No. 4 Cornell Big Red 1 @ Quinnipiac Bobcats 4

D/W Kirill Gotovets, COR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 4 GP, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM

F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals: 9 GP, 2-1-3, -1, 2 PIM

Cornell lost for the second time this weekend and fell to 3-2-1 overall. They will likely fall out of the USCHO top-10 on Monday. Meanwhile, Quinnipiac won for the second time in two nights. They’re hoping to get back into the top-20 after falling out early in the season.

No. 6 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 2 @ No. 15 St. Cloud State Huskies 5

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 8 GP, 1-3-4, -3, 2 PIM

Brendan O’Donnell created a few scoring chances, but the night belonged to the Huskies, who scored twice in the third period to break open a close game. The game was televised on NESN. UND defeated SCSU, 3-0, on Friday night.

No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 2 @ Alaska-Anchorage SeaWolves 2

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Tie, 21 saves on 23 shots
Season totals (pregame): 7 GP, 5-1-1, 1.58 GAA, .924 sv%, 2 SO

Adam Wilcox was in net for the second-consecutive night and fourth-consecutive game for the Gophers. It appears he's taken over as the No. 2 team in the country's No. 1 goaltender. Wilcox shut out the SeaWolves on Friday night, stopping 14 shots. Alaska had 17 through two periods on Saturday. There was no shootout following the tie.

No. 10 Western Michigan Broncos 2 @ Bowling Green Falcons 2 (OT)

D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-0-0, -2, 2 PIM (slashing), 1 SOG
Season totals: 9 GP, 0-3-3, -3, 12 PIM

The Broncos went 1-0-1 against the Falcons in a home-and-home set this weekend. WMU won the shootout, 2-0, though the game will go down as a tie. WMU was able to kill off Witkowski’s slashing penalty in overtime to secure the point. Lightning free agent target Danny DeKeyser remains out with a leg injury. He’s considered day-to-day.

*USCHO poll used

Colgate Raiders 2 @ No. 6 Cornell Big Red 2 (OT)

D/W Kirill Gotovets, COR: Did not play
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM

Gotovets was not in the lineup for the Big Red on Saturday night. He missed both weekend games against Cornell.

Yale Bulldogs 5 @ No. 13 Harvard Crimson 1

F Brian Hart, HAR: 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 3 GP, 0-1-1, +1, 6 PIM

Harvard freshman Brian Hart (pictured) earned his first collegiate point, but the Crimson suffered a bad loss at home to their rivals.

No. 4 Miami RedHawks 4 @ No. 19 Ferris State Bulldogs 1

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 7 GP, 1-2-3, -1, 4 PIM

Miami got some revenge on FSU, who defeated the RedHawks on Friday night. Lightning camper Austin Czarnik had two goals for Miami.

No. 12 Boston Terriers 4 @ No. 5 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 2

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-0-0, -2, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 6 GP, 0-3-3, -3, 2 PIM

Brendan O’Donnell had his 3-game point streak snapped in a loss to Boston University. UND had won, 4-2, on Friday.

No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 3 @ Minnesota State Mavericks 5

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Loss, 26 saves on 30 shots
Season totals: 5 GP, 4-1-0, 1.81 GAA, .917 sv%, 1 SO

Adam Wilcox started for the second-straight night, but unlike Friday, he couldn’t keep his team tied long enough for the Gophers to win the game. On Saturday, the teams were tied 3-3 until the Mavs scored the eventual game-winner with under four minutes left in regulation. They added an empty net goal late. This was Wilcox’s first collegiate loss in five games.

No. 6 Cornell Big Red 3 @ Colgate Raiders 1

D/W Kirill Gotovets, COR: Did not play
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM

Gotovets was not in the lineup for the Big Red on Friday night.

Brown Bears 2 @ No. 13 Harvard Crimson 3

F Brian Hart, HAR: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, +1, 6 PIM

Harvard freshman Brian Hart – a second round pick of the Lightning this summer – was robbed on a breakaway and was originally credited with an assist on one of the Crimson’s goals. The scoring was later changed.

No. 4 Miami RedHawks 0 @ No. 19 Ferris State Bulldogs 3

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM (tripping), 2 SOG
Season totals: 6 GP, 1-2-3, -2, 4 PIM

FSU’s CJ Motte (undrafted) stopped 25 shots for the shutout and first star honors. This was a 1-0 game entering the third period.

No. 12 Boston Terriers 2 @ No. 5 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 4

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals: 5 GP, 0-3-3, -1, 2 PIM

Brendan O’Donnell had a point for the third-straight game, a secondary assist on Conner Gaarder’s first goal of the game. Gaarder (undrafted) added two more in the contest before Panthers pick Rocco Grimaldi finished off the scoring for the Sioux into an empty net.

Minnesota State Mavericks 2 @ No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 3

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 21 saves on 23 shots
Season totals (pregame): 3 GP, 3-0-0, 1.14 GAA, .934 sv%, 1 SO

Freshman Adam Wilcox (pictured) started his second-straight game for Minnesota and was spectacular, stopping 21 of 23 shots to improve to 4-0 on the year. While he wasn’t named a game star, he was named Fox Sports North’s player of the game. He is expected to start again on Saturday in Mankato for the rematch. Unmarked forwards on Wilcox’s back door scored both shots that beat the freshman goaltender. On the second goal he stopped two shots in a flurry, then the puck hit the post before the Mavs tapped it into the open side of the net. Wilcox was huge in the third period while protecting a one-goal lead.

No. 11 Western Michigan Broncos 3 @ No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2

D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM (cross-checking), 1 SOG
Season totals: 6 GP, 0-3-3, +1, 6 PIM

The Broncos skated to leads of 2-0 and 3-1 and held on for a hard-fought win in South Bend on Friday. “What a battle,” Lightning prospect and WMU captain Luke Witkowkski tweeted after the game. Notre Dame outshot WMU 37-25, including 18-4 in the third period.

*USCHO poll used