Jack Hittinger

Jack Hittinger has been covering college hockey since 2012, when he started as the Bemidji State beat writer at the Bemidji Pioneer. Since then he has covered both incarnations of the men's and women's WCHA as well as the new edition of the CCHA. He is currently the CCHA columnist for USCHO, where he has been writing since 2014. He lives in the Twin Cities area with his wife and dog.

Pickin’ the WCHA: Jan. 21-23

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Shane here … Believe it or not, I made it home from Houghton unscathed on Sunday despite the fact that the town got 27 or so inches of lake-effect snow last Saturday while I was there for the Minnesota State-Michigan Tech series. While I was worried about getting out of town, the Yoopers basically said, … Read more

Three things: More overtime, but ground gained?

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1. Tech beats MSU (finally), and gains some ground For once, a key WCHA series this weekend didn’t end in a split. Michigan Tech took three of four points from conference leaders Minnesota State in a (very snowy) Houghton on Friday and Saturday. Despite the crazy lake-effect snow on Saturday night, 3,153 people saw the Huskies … Read more

Weekend picks, Jan. 15-16

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Hey all. Luckily, for your sake, I didn’t try something dumb like think of a David Bowie lyric to go with each series this weekend. OK, I tried for like 20 minutes but quit and just decided to listen to the albums Low and Aladdin Sane instead while making my picks. I also wasted time … Read more

Three things: 2016 brings entertaining games early

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1. Beavers steal three points Bemidji State and Alaska played the lone conference series this weekend. Both teams were  too close to the WCHA cellar for comfort, and both teams needed the points this weekend to lift themselves out of it — BSU came into the weekend in eighth place (10 points) while Alaska was … Read more

Weekend picks, Dec. 18-19

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Happy holidays everyone. Just one series to worry about this week, so let’s get right to it … Colorado College at Alabama Huntsville Shane: It’s a matchup between the bottom two teams in the NCHC and WCHA. Each has just three wins. The Chargers are on a 10-game winless streak, but I thought they showed … Read more

Weekend picks, Dec. 18-19

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Happy holidays everyone. Just one series to worry about this week, so let’s get right to it … Colorado College at Alabama Huntsville Shane: It’s a matchup between the bottom two teams in the NCHC and WCHA. Each has just three wins. The Chargers are on a 10-game winless streak, but I thought they showed … Read more

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Three things: And Out Come The Seawolves

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…And Out Come The Seawolves Alaska Anchorage limped into Houghton, Mich., last weekend. The Seawolves, losers of three of their past four coming into the series with Michigan Tech, were outscored 8-2 by Minnesota State the previous weekend in Mankato, Minn. And instead of returning to Anchorage, UAA remained in the Midwest, giving them some … Read more

Three things: And Out Come The Seawolves

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…And Out Come The Seawolves Alaska Anchorage limped into Houghton, Mich., last weekend. The Seawolves, losers of three of their past four coming into the series with Michigan Tech, were outscored 8-2 by Minnesota State the previous weekend in Mankato, Minn. And instead of returning to Anchorage, UAA remained in the Midwest, giving them some … Read more

Thanksgiving weekend picks, Nov. 25-29

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! What are we thankful for? Overtime games and ties, apparently. There were plenty of those last week in a league that seems to filled with parity but not necessarily a lot of goals. Perhaps that will change this weekend. Perhaps we should pick all ties and see if we come out any … Read more