On the professional sheets of ice, there wasn't much to get excited about this weekend for Caps' fans -- the Caps and Hershey Bears went a combined 0-for-three Friday and Saturday. However, college hockey kicked off its new season, and at this time of year on campus there are often some intriguing non-conference matchups (pre-season consensus no. 1 North Dakota vs. defending national champ Michigan State, for instance) and some tournaments rich in tradition.

A big winner this weekend was the Ohio State Buckeyes, who won the Lefty McFadden Tournament, which featured Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Wisconsin may boast the best incoming class of freshmen in the country, led by 2007 third-overall pick (Phoenix) Kyle Turris. Turris had two goals and two assists in two games for the Badgers this weekend. The marquee matchup of the weekend turned out to be a mismatch, as Joe Finley's North Dakota Fighting Sioux walloped MSU 6-0 at the Ralph.

Vienna, Va.'s, Garrett Roe, a freshman at St. Cloud St., notched two goals in the Huskie's 7-0 smashing of Canisius Friday night. And Union netminder Justin Mzarek, a senior and an eighth-round pick of the Caps in 2004, blanked Ferris State 2-0 this weekend.

1. North Dakota
2. Boston College
3. Miami
4. Michigan State
5. Clarkson
6. Notre Dame
7. New Hampshire
8. Minnesota
9. Boston University
10. Denver
11. Colorado College
12. Michigan
13. Quinnipiac
14. Maine
15. Wisconsin