Chris Lerch

Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey:   One streak snapped; one goes on On Friday, Rochester Institute of Technology accomplished something it had not in 20 previous meetings with Niagara: defeated the Purple Eagles during the regular season. Niagara was 12-1-7 against the Tigers dating back to 2005 when RIT made the … Read more

Last week: Dan: 5-4-1 Chris: 7-2-1 On the season: Dan: 58-37-13 (.597) Chris: 63-2-13 (.645)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13 Niagara vs. Rochester Institute of Technology Dan: Chris will tell you about the problems RIT’s has winning in general against Niagara, having never beaten them at either team’s home rink. … Read more

Last week: Dan: 3-4 Chris: 5-2 On the season: Dan: 53-33-12 (.602) Chris: 56-30-12 (.633)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 Mercyhurst at Army Dan: Army’s had some major issues over its history with the Lakers, but surprisingly none of those issues are at Tate Rink. Mercyhurst’s lost only nine … Read more

Three things (four, actually, but they’re small) from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey:   Is Saturday night all right? There were only seven games involving Atlantic Hockey teams this past Thanksgiving weekend, including a pair of conference series that both ended in splits. That’s been the story more often than not so far, … Read more

Last week: Dan: 7-3-2 Chris: 7-3-2 On the season: Dan: 50-29-12 (.615) Chris: 51-28-12 (.626)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 28 and Saturday, November 29 Army at Bentley Dan: Bentley’s had some problems in back, giving up nine goals over their last two games. They’re also battling the injury bug with Alex Grieve and … Read more

Three things from the weekend in Atlantic Hockey: What a difference day makes Friday’s action saw some dramatic results, including a 7-0 thumping delivered by Denver over Air Force, a convincing 5-1 win by Rochester Institute of Technology over Sacred Heart, and a wild 5-5 tie between Robert Morris and American International that saw the … Read more

Last week: Dan: 4-3-4 Chris: 2-5-4 On the season: Dan: 43-26-10 (.608) Chris: 44-25-10 (.620)   This Week’s Picks: NOTE: Dan Rubin, away on his honeymoon, sent me his picks before his wedding. He asked me to write “some awesomely funny comments for me”. Uhuh. Plus we have some bonus picks due to pair of … Read more

Three (actually four) things from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Undefeated no more Robert Morris’ rookies experienced a first on Saturday: what it feels like to lose a college hockey game. The Colonials entered the day as one of only three undefeated Division I programs (Harvard and Michigan Tech were the others – … Read more