WCHA picks: Jan. 8-10

I love these weeks, and there needs to be more of them. It’s good for the WCHA when all 10 WCHA teams are in action, especially when they’re all playing against each other, which is the case this weekend. It’s just the second time this season that it has happened, but it gets everyone paying … Read more

WCHA picks: Jan. 2-4

Shane here … Happy new year, everybody! Jack and I weren’t so hot with our WCHA picks last week. Didn’t see that Lake Superior State tournament championship in Florida coming (Congratulations, Lakers!). Didn’t see Michigan Tech and Ferris State losing in the first round of the Great Lakes Invitational. The picks get no easier this … Read more

WCHA picks: Jan. 2-4

Shane here … Happy new year, everybody! Jack and I weren’t so hot with our WCHA picks last week. Didn’t see that Lake Superior State tournament championship in Florida coming (Congratulations, Lakers!). Didn’t see Michigan Tech and Ferris State losing in the first round of the Great Lakes Invitational. The picks get no easier this … Read more

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WCHA picks, Dec. 28-29: GLI and Florida Classic

And we’re back! Kinda. The WCHA eases back into action this week with three teams participating in holiday tournaments. Michigan Tech and Ferris State are making this season’s Great Lakes Invitational an ostensible all-Michigan version of a WCHA/B1G challenge Sunday and Monday in Detroit, while Lake Superior State is making its first trip to the Florida College Hockey Classic. … Read more

WCHA picks, Dec. 28-29: GLI and Florida Classic

And we’re back! Kinda. The WCHA eases back into action this week with three teams participating in holiday tournaments. Michigan Tech and Ferris State are making this season’s Great Lakes Invitational an ostensible all-Michigan version of a WCHA/B1G challenge Sunday and Monday in Detroit, while Lake Superior State is making its first trip to the Florida College Hockey Classic. … Read more

WCHA Picks, Dec. 20-21

Slim pickings as far as college hockey goes this week. In fact, aside from a Bemidji State/Ohio State women’s series also happening this weekend, this is the only non-exhibition Division I action this week. Shane still has a slim lead over me in the overall picks but I gained on him thanks to picking the … Read more

WCHA Picks, Dec. 20-21

Slim pickings as far as college hockey goes this week. In fact, aside from a Bemidji State/Ohio State women’s series also happening this weekend, this is the only non-exhibition Division I action this week. Shane still has a slim lead over me in the overall picks but I gained on him thanks to picking the … Read more

Three things I learned about the WCHA at the break

1. Tech, Minnesota State tied at the top No matter what happened this weekend, the WCHA’s top three teams would have been set going into intermission anyway. Michigan Tech and Minnesota State — both of whom played nonconference contests this weekend — are tied at the top of the league table with 20 points, while … Read more

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WCHA picks, Dec. 5-6

We’re finally into December, and I’m still hanging tough three games behind Shane (Ferris State tying Wisconsin last Friday didn’t do me many favors, but it turned out Shane also picked the Badgers to win on the wrong day so it’s a wash). This week just seven of the league’s teams are in action, with … Read more

WCHA picks, Dec. 5-6

We’re finally into December, and I’m still hanging tough three games behind Shane (Ferris State tying Wisconsin last Friday didn’t do me many favors, but it turned out Shane also picked the Badgers to win on the wrong day so it’s a wash). This week just seven of the league’s teams are in action, with … Read more

Three things in the WCHA, Nov. 30

After last weekend featured all 10 league teams in action against each other, this weekend found the action dialed back a little, with just three league series and two teams having byes. Three notable things, from my view: 1. Solid weekend for top teams After their exciting series in Houghton (one that the Mavericks swept … Read more

Three things in the WCHA, Nov. 30

After last weekend featured all 10 league teams in action against each other, this weekend found the action dialed back a little, with just three league series and two teams having byes. Three notable things, from my view: 1. Solid weekend for top teams After their exciting series in Houghton (one that the Mavericks swept … Read more

WCHA picks, Nov. 21-22

For the first time this season, all 10 WCHA teams are in action against one another. It should make for a more exiting weekend than we’ve seen before this season — all five series will have four league points on the line. Which teams will separate themselves from the pack? Will Michigan Tech remain undefeated? … Read more

WCHA picks, Nov. 21-22

For the first time this season, all 10 WCHA teams are in action against one another. It should make for a more exiting weekend than we’ve seen before this season — all five series will have four league points on the line. Which teams will separate themselves from the pack? Will Michigan Tech remain undefeated? … Read more

What I think I learned about the WCHA last weekend

A couple things I may or may not have learned during a weird weekend in the WCHA: Ferris finds its scoring touch After scoring just 11 goals through nine games nearly matched that in their series opener against Alaska-Anchorage. Maybe it was just the odd (for the WCHA) Thursday night game catching the road-weary Seawolves … Read more