David H. Hendrickson

These are three things I think I learned from this past weekend. 1. Only one Hockey East Beanpot team was thinking about Monday on Friday.  Coaches and fans of Beanpot teams always worry about the Friday night before the Beanpot.  Will their team be looking ahead to the contest three nights ahead at the Garden when they should be … Read more

Was there a more pathetic performance last weekend than my picks? I’ll give you Kyle Williams and Billy Cundiff but can you name a third? I didn’t think so. Dave last week: 4-6-0 Jim last week: 5-5-0 Dave’s record-to-date: 79-53-13 Jim’s record-to-date: 76-56-13 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, January 27 Maine at Boston University Dave’s pick: … Read more

These are three things I think I learned from this past weekend. 1. Northeastern is in trouble.  The Huskies, who two weeks ago projected to be an NCAA tournament bubble team after running off eight straight wins, now sit in ninth place in Hockey East and 27th in the Pairwise.  Making matters worse, the teams immediately ahead of … Read more

Massachusetts-Lowell seized the lead five minutes into its game with Northeastern and never looked back, scoring three times in the second to put away the Huskies. With the 4-0 win, the 14th-ranked River Hawks leapfrogged Providence into fifth place in Hockey East. Freshman Scott Wilson scored twice to take over the team lead with 10 … Read more

Merrimack dominated Maine, 6-2, seizing a 2-0 first-period lead before expanding it to 4-0 in the second and putting the game away after a brief Black Bears rally. With the win, the Warriors drew to within a point of second-place Boston College while holding two games in hand. Jesse Todd scored power-play goals just five … Read more

I could have resorted to the four-corners offense last week — you youngsters out there will need to look that one up on Wikipedia — but I didn’t. I went against Jim’s picks in three of the five games and almost went three-for-three.  But as Meatloaf once sang — more Wikipedia research there for you, kids … Read more

Yes, there were other games but when I looked at the top three things I learned, they all centered on the Fenway games. 3. The Minutemen are heating up In the first half, Massachusetts had some very nice ups (wins over Boston College and Northeastern) and some not-so-nice downs (two five-game winless streaks). More recently, … Read more

“We have to find our Fenway.” The Vermont Catamounts have endured a brutal season so far, entering their Frozen Fenway contest against Massachusetts with a 4-14-1 overall record and even worse, a 1-10-1 mark within Hockey East. That left them seven points behind in the race for the last playoff berth. But going against UMass, an … Read more

Whenever you play an outdoor game and the temperature rises, the immediate concern is how well the ice will hold up.  While the temperature dropped to a manageable 49 degrees by the start of the second game, it stood at 59 degrees for the first. “It was a little bouncy out there, I’m not going … Read more