Chris LerchLast 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
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
In a conversation I had with Air Force coach Frank Serratore before the start of the season, he was discussing players in the league that he thought were poised for greatness. “Watch out for [Robert Morris goaltender] Eric Levine,” Serratore said. “He’s waited his turn but this is going to be his year. He’s going … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: A milepost for Robert Morris When Robert Morris makes the NCAA tournament – it may be this season, it may not, but it will happen someday – the program can look back on this past weekend as a big milestone on its way to the top. The … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: A milepost for Robert Morris When Robert Morris makes the NCAA tournament – it may be this season, it may not, but it will happen someday – the program can look back on this past weekend as a big milestone on its way to the top. The … Read more
Last time: 2-1 On the season: 61-32-119(.629) It’s tournament time! For many teams, it’s the last chance to play out of conference this season. Fans and players love tournaments because there’s a little extra something to play for. That said, with Festivus still on my mind, here are my list of grievances: The number of … Read more