Chris Lerch

Bye bye The calendar says we’ve just finished the seventh weekend of the college hockey season, normally a busy time of the season. But there were just four conference games played this past weekend, and Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, American International and Army West Point were off the schedule completely (the Black Knights and Yellow Jackets … Read more

Last week: Dan: 7-4-1 Chris: 8-3-1 On the season: Dan: 43-19-5 (.679) Chris: 47-15-5 (.739)   This Week’s Picks: Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13 Holy Cross at Air Force Dan: If there’s a team that can give Air Force a run in Colorado, it’s going to be the Crusaders. Averaging just over three … Read more

Mercyhurst milestone Mercyhurst defeated visiting Air Force 3-1 on Saturday, the 500th career victory for Lakers coach Rick Gotkin, who is in his 28th season at the Erie, Pa. school. Gotkin began his head coaching career at Mercyhurst in 1988, the second year of varsity hockey at the school and has been there ever since, … Read more

Last week: Dan: 9-4-1 Chris: 10-3-1 On the season: Dan: 36-15-4 (.691) Chris: 39-12-4 (.745)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 Rochester Institute of Technology at Army West Point Dan: Hard to believe it took RIT six games this year before they won their first last weekend against AIC. Continuing their … Read more

Last week: Dan: 10-2-1 Chris: 10-2-1 On the season: Dan: 27-11-3 (.695) Chris: 29-9-3 (.744)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31 Rochester Institute of Technology at American International Dan: The youth movement is very much on in the 413, where eight of AIC’s top ten scorers are either freshmen or sophomores. … Read more

Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: It comes down to… Air Force coach Frank Serratore is fond of saying that the results of a hockey game usually comes down to special teams and goaltending. Saturday’s game between Robert Morris and Niagara is a case in point. The Colonials won 8-2 despite being … Read more

Last week: Dan: 7-4-1 Chris: 8-3-1 On the season: Dan: 17-9-2 (.643) Chris: 19-7-2 (.714)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 Holy Cross at Canisius Dan: This early in the season, I think neither team is going to be where they may be at the end of the year. In … Read more

Last week: Dan: 9-4-1 Chris: 10-3-1 On the season: Dan: 10-5-1 (.656) Chris: 11-4-1 (.719)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 Air Force at Robert Morris Dan: When talking with USCHO Live this week, I talked about how RMU is a team considered “old and deep.” They’re going to be bigger, … Read more