Picking the WCHA, Jan. 9-11

Picking the WCHA, Jan. 9-11

After the long holiday break that saw a lot of tournaments and non-conference games, we’re back this week with five WCHA series — aside from one or two more series, it will be like this for the rest of the season. Things are, as usual, bunched up at the top of the standings — Minnesota … Read more

Picking the WCHA: Dec. 6-7

Picking the WCHA: Dec. 6-7

A couple big nonconference sweeps for the WCHA last weekend. Daver and I both picked one correctly (MSU over Minnesota Duluth) but we both picked splits for Bowling Green/Notre Dame. This week we’re back to having all the series in the conference — including one between the two league current leaders. Daver last week: 6-4-2 … Read more

Picking the WCHA Nov. 22-23

Picking the WCHA Nov. 22-23

It’s the end of November, and for the first time all 10 WCHA teams will be in action playing conference games against one another. That’s a sure sign it’s not early anymore — teams are starting to show who they really are now, and that’s exciting. (And on the picks front: Daver and I were … Read more

Picking the WCHA Nov. 8-9

Picking the WCHA Nov. 8-9

So, as it turns out, Daver has this picks things down pat. He was 8-2-1 last week, only getting wrong Michigan Tech/North Dakota and one of the Alaska/Bemidji State games. And he was almost exactly spot on with the BGSU/Minnesota State game, getting the scores almost exactly right (he was off by one in MSU’s … Read more

Picking the WCHA: Oct. 25-26

Picking the WCHA: Oct. 25-26

It’s a new week and all 10 WCHA teams are finally in action at the same time. But most importantly, I’d like to introduce my new WCHA partner, Daver Karnosky. He’ll be making picks for the first time this week and will be writing the first column next week. We’ll be going head to head … Read more

WCHA picks, Oct. 17-19

Brandon last week: 9-6-2 Jack last week: 9-6-2 Brandon’s record-to-date: 9-6-2 Jack’s record-to-date: 9-6-2 Thursday-Friday, Oct. 17-18 Alaska at Penn State Who are these Nanooks and what did they do with the downtrodden punching bags the WCHA is used to seeing each year? Winning a game in Houghton is impressive. Winning two (2!) games in … Read more

WCHA picks: Oct. 10-12

WCHA picks: Oct. 10-12

Welcome back, friends! Jack here. Although college hockey technically kicked off the season last weekend, we’re doing our inaugural 2019-20 WCHA picks competition blog this week. (For what it’s worth, both Brandon and I were perfect with what would have been our picks last week…. yeah, let’s go with that….) Anyway, most of the action … Read more