Drew Claussen
I hope everyone is still enjoying the holiday season. Kind of a bare-bones picks blog this week with Paula vacationing in New York City and me, well I’m just being lazy as I take some time off from the main job.Let’s take a look at our picks from last time out.Last weekDrew: 1-3-0 (.250)Paula: 0-4-0 … Read more
With one more opportunity to end a losing streak before the holiday break, Jeff Jackson doesn’t want his Notre Dame team to be fixated on results (photo: Omar Phillips).
As the holiday break looms, a quick look at the Big Ten standings reveals something out of the ordinary for the conference’s short history. Michigan State is tied for second with 19 points and is only three points off the lead (photo: Andrew Knapik/MiHockeyNow).
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and has fully recovered from the food, family and fun. There was a plethora of Big Ten action spread across four days last weekend, let’s look back on how Paula and I did with our picks. Last week Drew: 9-1-0 (.900) Paula: 7-3-0 (.700) This season Drew: 50-22-5 … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature (photo: Rich Gagnon).
It is said you should leave a place better than you found it, Tanner Laczynski hopes to do just that with Ohio State’s hockey program (photo: Rachel Lewis).
A mixed bag for our picks last week. Neither of us picked Michigan State to pull the upset in Happy Valley or saw Notre Dame coming away with a seep. Picking a split, the wrong way, came back to bite Paula once again in the Wisconsin/Omaha series. Here’s how we did. Last week Drew: 4-3-1 … Read more
Maybe it’s time to put the narrative about Notre Dame being a defensive team to bed (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Scoring 10 goals in one weekend is nothing new for Penn State. Giving up only three, as the Nittany Lions did against Wisconsin last weekend, is (photo: Omar Phillips).
The offseason narrative surrounding Minnesota was quite clear — it was going to be a young and inexperienced team (photo: Minnesota Athletics).
Wisconsin heads to Penn State for a spooktacular Halloween-night bout in Happy Valley tonight. Some hockey to have on in the background while passing out candy is never a bad thing. First, let’s go back to last week where I (not so humble brag) went undefeated! I even picked TWO splits the correct way, what … Read more
For Jeff Jackson, the team occupying the opposing bench across the ice at Compton Family Ice Arena this weekend is sure to bring up some memories (photo: Rachel Lewis).
Hi y’all, happy Thursday. Week one saw both of us pick a split the wrong way, so we’re already in mid-season form in that regard. Penn State and Alaska get the party started for this weekend tonight, so you get the picks a day early. First, let’s take a quick look back at last … Read more
Ohio State may not have either of its in-state rivals on the schedule this season, but there’s an opportunity for people in the Buckeye State to see two of its teams in the same building this weekend (photo: Jamie Sabau).
As the Big Ten begins its seventh season of play, the league’s overall identity is still difficult to define – ironic, given its very big branding (photo: Michigan Athletics).
Luckily for Minnesota State, regulation time for a hockey game is still 60 minutes (photo: Tim Brule).
Notre Dame split its last three weekend series of the regular season, so not needing a third game in the first round of the Big Ten tournament was a welcome sight for coach Jeff Jackson (photo: Fighting Irish Media).
Sitting 23rd in the PairWise rankings, Michigan knows that its route to the NCAA tournament relies on its performance in the conference playoffs (photo: Michigan Athletics).
Each week, USCHO.com picks the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Ohio State has won seven games in a row, outscoring its opponents 26-11 in that time. Buckeyes coach Steve Rohlik is particularly excited about that second number (photo: Omar Phillips).