Chris LerchLast Week: 5-4-2 On the Season: 104-49-22 (.656) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 2 Bentley at Niagara – This is the final weekend of East-West pod play in the AHA, which means Bentley is the last team to see the Purple Eagles this season. After this, Niagara plays its second … Read more
Connecticut interim coach Dave Berard is getting his first taste of leading a college hockey program, and it’s been an eventful season so far for the former longtime Providence assistant coach who joined Bruce Marshall’s staff two years ago. What started as Marshall’s 25th season behind the Huskies bench soon saw him take a medical … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Crooked numbers Niagara took three points from Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend, continuing the tradition of odd (as in: strange) numbers when these teams get together. The all-time series between the schools now stands at 8-1-6 in favor of Niagara. The pattern has been consistent: when … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Crooked numbers Niagara took three points from Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend, continuing the tradition of odd (as in: strange) numbers when these teams get together. The all-time series between the schools now stands at 8-1-6 in favor of Niagara. The pattern has been consistent: when … Read more
Last Week: 11-2 On the Season: 99-45-21 (.663) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – The Falcons won the first meeting between the two teams, 4-1 back on Oct. 27. Air Force has won six of the last eight meetings between these former CHA opponents, including four … Read more
Last Week: 11-2 On the Season: 99-45-21 (.663) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – The Falcons won the first meeting between the two teams, 4-1 back on Oct. 27. Air Force has won six of the last eight meetings between these former CHA opponents, including four … Read more
Every team wants to peak at the right time, and that time is coming. There are six weekends left in the Atlantic Hockey regular season and just three points separate positions two through nine in the standings. “You play 27 games to settle the regular season and solidify the playoffs [seedings], but where you finish … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Bringing everyone closer together In all five league games played on Friday, the team lower in the standings won. (Bentley over Canisius, Connecticut over Mercyhurst, Rochester Institute of Technology over Army, Holy Cross over Niagara ,and American International over Robert Morris). That helped pull the standings even … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Bringing everyone closer together In all five league games played on Friday, the team lower in the standings won. (Bentley over Canisius, Connecticut over Mercyhurst, Rochester Institute of Technology over Army, Holy Cross over Niagara ,and American International over Robert Morris). That helped pull the standings even … Read more
Last Week: 8-3-1 On the Season: 88-43-21 (.648) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Jan. 19 Robert Morris at American International – There could be some good goaltending in this series between AIC’s Ben Meisner and RMU’s Eric Levine. The Yellow Jackets have been struggling to score goals since early December, so RMU … Read more
Last Week: 8-3-1 On the Season: 88-43-21 (.648) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Jan. 19 Robert Morris at American International – There could be some good goaltending in this series between AIC’s Ben Meisner and RMU’s Eric Levine. The Yellow Jackets have been struggling to score goals since early December, so RMU … Read more
At the beginning of the season, I talked to every Atlantic Hockey coach and all but one predicted a finish similar to 2011-12, which was so close it bordered on a statistical anomaly. Holy Cross coach Paul Pearl went against the grain and told me, “Statistically that’s not going to happen again. It was absurd … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Points for (almost) everybody Every AHA team played a two game series this weekend, and ten of the 12 teams came away with points. There were three splits (Mercyhurst-Holy Cross, Robert Morris-Connecticut and Rochester Institute of Technology-Bentley), one three-point series (Air Force with a win and tie … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Points for (almost) everybody Every AHA team played a two game series this weekend, and ten of the 12 teams came away with points. There were three splits (Mercyhurst-Holy Cross, Robert Morris-Connecticut and Rochester Institute of Technology-Bentley), one three-point series (Air Force with a win and tie … Read more
Last Week: 11-4-1 On the Season: 80-40-20 (.643) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 11 and Saturday, Jan. 12 Holy Cross at Mercyhurst – This should be an entertaining series between evenly matched squads. The teams are tied for third place but the Lakers have a game in hand. I’m picking a split. Mercyhurst wins Friday; … Read more
Last Week: 11-4-1 On the Season: 80-40-20 (.643) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 11 and Saturday, Jan. 12 Holy Cross at Mercyhurst – This should be an entertaining series between evenly matched squads. The teams are tied for third place but the Lakers have a game in hand. I’m picking a split. Mercyhurst wins Friday; … Read more
It’s probably too early to call this the “home stretch,” but things are getting serious in Atlantic Hockey. This Friday will be the first time this season that all 12 teams are in conference play on a single day, and they’ll do it the next night as well. Almost all the odd single games against … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: A bit of a letdown I’m sure the Robert Morris Colonials were aware and determined not to suffer a letdown after what was arguably the greatest weekend in the program’s history and it’s first national ranking in two years. But on Friday in front of a nationally … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: A bit of a letdown I’m sure the Robert Morris Colonials were aware and determined not to suffer a letdown after what was arguably the greatest weekend in the program’s history and it’s first national ranking in two years. But on Friday in front of a nationally … Read more
Last Week: 8-4 On the Season: 69-36-19 (.633) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5 RIT at St. Lawrence – Both teams are going to rusty. The Tigers have been off for 23 days, the Saints 20. SLU has lost four straight but hasn’t ever lost to RIT at Appleton. I’d like … Read more