Mavericks still No. 1; three get WCHA honors

Three Minnesota State men's hockey players earned WCHA awards this week for their play in this weekend's sweep at Minnesota Duluth.

Jake Jaremko was named the league's forward of the week after a three-point weekend. He had an assist in Friday's 4-1 victory and two power-play goals in Saturday's 3-1 win.

Dryden McKay was named goaltender of the week after stopping 64 of 66 shots in the series. That included a career-high 37 saves on Saturday.

Nathan Smith was named rookie of the week after a three-point weekend. He scored a power-play goal on Friday and assisted on two goals Saturday.

The Mavericks (12-1-1), who are ranked No. 1 in the U.S. College Hockey Online poll for the fourth week in a row, will host Lake Superior State on Friday and Saturday.

Here is the latest USCHO poll:

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./December 02, 2019

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Minnesota State           (44)   12- 1-1   994     1
 2 Cornell                   ( 6)    9- 0-0   947     2
 3 North Dakota                     12- 1-2   889     3
 4 Denver                            9- 3-2   826     4
 5 Clarkson                         10- 3-1   758     6
 6 Penn State                       11- 4-0   656     7
 7 Ohio State                        9- 4-1   620    11
 8 Northeastern                     10- 4-2   528    12
 9 Notre Dame                        8- 4-2   527     5
10 Boston College                    9- 4-0   522    14
11 Massachusetts                     9- 4-1   491    10
12 Harvard                           6- 1-0   488     9
13 Bowling Green                    10- 5-0   478    16
14 Minnesota Duluth                  7- 6-1   429     8
15 Providence                        8- 4-3   388    13
16 UMass Lowell                      9- 3-4   375    15
17 Western Michigan                  7- 5-2   200    17
18 Omaha                             6- 4-2   128    18
19 Wisconsin                         7- 8-1    41    19
20 Arizona State                     7- 4-1    39    NR

Others receiving votes: Maine 27, Quinnipiac 21, Northern
Michigan 20, Michigan State 19, Army 17, Sacred Heart 14,
Alaska 12, Bemidji State 12, Michigan Tech 10, Dartmouth 7,
RIT 7, New Hampshire 6, Robert Morris 3, Minnesota 1.