(portions of article that originally appeared on ecrha.net)

The festivities in Sewell, NJ have ended as teams across the ECRHA will begin their final push towards the postseason.

There's a new first place team in Division 3 and that would be Temple University. The Owls opened their weekend in a big way by knocking off undefeated Neumann in a 9-2 win which featured a seven point game by Nicholas Grillo. With 12 points on the weekend, Grillo has surpassed all of his scoring totals from last season. There was not much time to celebrate as Temple fell 7-4 to Drexel on Saturday night. Sitting at 1-1 on the weekend, Temple weathered the storm of four bench minor penalties and two separate multi-goal deficits against Montclair State on Sunday morning to grab a 7-6 win. Goaltender Cody Baldwin remains the top goaltender in GAA spotting a 2.31.

Things did not get better for Neumann University after they lost for the first time this regular season. A 3-1 Knights lead vanished as Neumann lost their second game of the day to Drexel by a final of 7-6. Without top scorer Michael Strofe for their non-conference game against D4 Slippery Rock, Neumann's struggles would continue as the team fell by a count of 11-2. They were able to respond in a big way during their early Sunday morning contest against Yeshiva with a 12-1 win which saw the aforementioned Strofe put up nine points. The fifth year players is now up to 89 points thanks to the seven goals and seven assists he tallied over the weekend. With the All Star event remaining, Strofe could become the first player in ECRHA history to have 100 regular season points before the playoffs begin.

The only blemish that Drexel University endured in their slate of four games was a 5-3 loss to Montclair State. Wins against Neumann, Temple and Yeshiva give the Dragons a total of 20 points on the season as the team moves into second place. Michael Leininger and John Gattone each put up nine points in four games as both players now have three game-winning goals on the season. Leininger scored game-winning goals against Neumann and Temple while Gattone tallied the winner over Yeshiva. Gattone has also matched his point total from last season (30) in which he was named Rookie of the Year in D3.