The Tigers traveled to Wisconsin and got pounded by the Badgers 6-1 Friday night. The Tigers had beaten UW 6 straight times.

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If there’s any heat to be felt in frigid Madison this weekend, Colorado College is likely to be burning from it.

CC saw its six-game winning streak against the University of Wisconsin screech to a halt on Friday, suffering a lopsided 6-1 loss to the Badgers in the opener of their two-game series at the Kohl Center.

The defeat, combined with Minnesota’s 5-1 victory over St. Cloud State and North Dakota’s 3-3 tie at Michigan Tech, dropped the Tigers into a fourth-place tie with the Fighting Sioux in the WCHA standings.

CC, now 12-8-5 overall and 8-7-2 in league play, remained in contention for nearly two periods, until a fluke goal with 17.3 seconds left in the middle frame put the Badgers up 3-1. Aaron Bendickson got credit for the tally, which was inadvertently batted past goaltender Richard Bachman by one of Bachman’s own teammates.

When Andy Bohmbach upped the count to 4-1 with his first of two red lighters during a Wisconsin power play early in the third period, it was all over for the frustrated Tigers and their sophomore netminder, who gave way to senior Drew O’Connell for the duration of the contest.

Despite 30 shots on goal for the night, all Colorado College had to show on the scoreboard was a power-play goal by junior defenseman Nate Prosser that tied the game at 1-1 midway through the opening period.

John Mitchell scored once and added a pair of assists for the second-place Badgers, who pulled to within a point of league-leading and idle Denver. Tom Gorowsky struck for the game winner on a rebound just 2:06 into the second period, moments after Bachman robbed Michael Davies twice from point-blank range. Davies scored against O’Connell in the third period. Bohmbach added an assist to go with his two goals.

The CC Tigers have just begun their game at Wisconsin. Tonights game is Not televised but tomorrow's (Saturday) is. Below are some series notes from CC Athletics.

--From CC Athletics--
Colorado College embarks on its first road trip in more than a month this week when the Tigers travel to Madison, Wis., for a pair of crucial WCHA games against the University of Wisconsin. Faceoff at the Kohl Center is 7:07 p.m. CST Friday and 6:07 p.m. CST Saturday.

Saturday's series finale will be televised live regionally by Fox Sports Net North and aired throughout Colorado on FSN Rocky Mountain.

Wisconsin and CC are second and third, respectively, in the ever-tightening league standings and are separated by only two points.

The 11th-ranked Tigers are 12-7-5 overall and 8-6-2 in conference play. Picked earlier by the WCHA's head coaches to repeat as regular-season champions in 2008-09, they have fallen five points behind first-place University of Denver with 12 games remaining. They’re also just four ahead of St. Cloud State, which is tied for seventh with Minnesota State, and has played two fewer league outings than CC.

Colorado College, which swept all four games of their season series with UW in 2007-08, is just one point ahead of fourth-place Minnesota and North Dakota, which also have two games in hand.

I just realized I forgot to post the new polls this week, must have had something to do with that stupid event that took place Tuesday night. Anyway, the Tigers remained at numero uno again across the board, thanks to Bachman's NHL level performances. (polls will follow post) The biggest annoyance I have right now is that USCHO and INCH don't have current photos of the Tigers' players and it drives me freaking insane! The INCH Player of the week pic (oh yea, did I mention Bachman got that?!) is him in the early parts of last season with the gold pads (sent him the wrong color) and the basic black helmet. GET A CURRENT PHOTO!! I think that takes away a huge chunk of credibility to a site if they aren't willing to take the time to get a current pic.

An interesting traffic note: I compared my traffic from this site to the old one and the supportcctigers.blogspot.com site is still generating a ginormous amount of traffic and it's old! Nothing is current and no one seems to be clicking through, it's odd. So anyway, this site IS what was formerly supportcctigers.blogspot.com. I just wanted a new domain so I jumped over. So please bookmark this address and let your friends know.

I'm still working on the ugly blug links, it's a glitch somewhere hidden in my code that I can't seem to find. If anyone knows how to fix it please let me know. (it's all configured in the color and font settings to be yellow and grey so it's a hidden problem).

The Tigers' opponent this week is the once mighty North Dakota Fighting Sioux. The Sioux are currently 2-4 (2-2WCHA) and are coming off a 5-2 loss to Wisconsin. Judging from the lack of posts on Goon's Sioux site, it's been a bad year already. I can't remember the last time the Sioux weren't in the top 10, let alone unranked! Doesn't mean it won't be a tough series, but the Tigers need to sweep North Dakota for points and because, at least in terms of current records, the Sioux are apparently a "should win" series. The biggest key is to get some points and avoid injuries...oh yea and score!

Speaking of scoring, am I the only one who is getting annoyed with the Tigers' perimeter power play attack? They pass on the outside too much and don't generate good chances. Opposing teams crash the net and make fans hold their breath as Bachman plays superman while getting pummeled with shots. The Tigers have the talent to score more but aren't, and I have a feeling a shift in stragety may help. That's my 2 cents.

Polls:
INCH Power Rankings

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

The 14th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the American Hockey Coaches Association and USA Hockey Magazine, the official publication of USA Hockey.

Nov. 3, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Colorado College (28)	501	1
2.	Boston College (5)	469	2
3.	Boston University (1)	442	3
4.	Minnesota	394	5
5.	New Hampshire	361	7
6.	Denver	354	4
7.	Michigan	304	8
8.	Miami	242	6
9.	Princeton	205	10
10.	Northeastern	193	9
11.	Michigan State	162	12
12.	Notre Dame	141	13
13.	Minnesota State	73	11
14.	Air Force	72	NR
15.	Clarkson	50	14

Also receiving votes: Massachusetts 27, Vermont 23, Cornell 15, Minnesota Duluth 13, North Dakota 9, St. Lawrence 8, Union 8, Harvard 5, Alaska Anchorage 3, Yale 3, UMass Lowell 1, Nebraska-Omaha 1, St. Cloud State 1.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll

Nov. 3, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Colorado College (41)	986	1
2.	Boston College (5)	932	2
3.	Boston University (1)	908	3
4.	Minnesota	829	5
5.	New Hampshire	772	6
6.	Denver	755	4
7.	Michigan	676	8
8.	Miami	599	7
9.	Princeton	548	10
10.	Northeastern	529	9
11.	Michigan State	468	11
12.	Notre Dame	457	13
13.	Minnesota State	316	12
14.	Air Force	291	17
15.	Clarkson	249	15
16.	Vermont	216	14
17.	Cornell	187	16
18.	Harvard	156	20
19.	Massachusetts	146	NR
20.	Minnesota Duluth	104	NR

Also receiving votes: North Dakota 89, St. Lawrence 59, Alaska Anchorage 53, Nebraska-Omaha 30, St. Cloud State 28, Colgate 25, Union 20, Dartmouth 16, UMass Lowell 15, Northern Michigan 11, Yale 11, Wisconsin 7, Ferris State 6, Alaska 4, Bemidji State 1, RIT 1.