Colorado College beat Nebraska Omahga 5-2 on Saturday.

So what does that mean for the Gophers? With their sixth WCHA victory in a row, the Tigers, who were tied with the Gophers and Wisconsin for fifth place, now hold it alone with a 8-5-0 record for 16 points.

The Gophers at 6-6-2 are tied for sixth now with the Badgers. And if the WCHA playoffs were starting today, Minnesota would be on the road at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin holds the first tie-breaker, head-to-head record. The Badgers are 1-0-1 versus the Gophers.

Center Nick Dineen had a hat trick -- one goal in each period -- and CC scored three power-play goals against UNO on 12 man-advantage situtations. Left winger Steve Schultz had three assists for the home team at World Arena. Tyler Johnson, a right winger from Cloquet, scoring his third game-winning goal for CC in three games.

UNO was 0-for-2 on power plays. That's quite a discrepancy when one team has 12 power plays, the other two.

CC's six-game winning streak tied the Tigers with Yale for the current longest. They play UNO again today and another CC victory would allow the Tigers to jump over the Mavericks (8-4-1, 17 points) for fourth place in the WCHA.

In an exhibition game Saturday, North Dakota beat the under-18 U.S. national team 2-1. Mario Lamoureux and Corban Knight had third-period goals for the Fighting Sioux. UND had a 40-22 shot edge, but Matt McNeely made 38 saves for the U.S. team.

On Friday, Northern Michigan beat Michigan Tech 6-2. It was the Huskies 11th loss in a row.

After tonight's UNO-CC game, 10 of the 12 teams in the WCHA will have played 14 games, which is half of the 28-game WCHA schedule.

So where do the Gophers stand? Well, they are averaging one point per game, which should and down put them in the middle.

They are fifth in goals scored with 44, but ninth in goals given up with 43. Opponents are averaging 3.07 goals per game against the Gophers. Too high a number if the Gophers want to move up in the standings.