Jim Connelly

Team USA, comprised mostly of college players, earned the second seed in Group A and will face Russia in Tuesday’s Worl Juniors quarterfinal. Along the way, a number of American players – and those representing other countries – hailing from Hockey East schools have played extremely well. That leads our takeaways this week. 1. Hockey … Read more

HANOVER, N.H. — Yale scored three times midway through the third period to break open a 1-1 game to defeat New Hampshire in what amounted to the third-place game of the Ledyard Bank Tournament. Though these two teams were scheduled to meet in predetermined pairings for the event, each lost on the opening night, making … Read more

HANOVER, N.H. — In a goaltenders’ duel, Minnesota Duluth rookie Kobe Roth, without a goal on a season, scored the winning goal in a shootout as the Bulldogs took home the crown of the Ledyard Bank tournament. The game will officially go down as a 2-2 tie, but Duluth earns the championship on a 2-1 … Read more

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Crimson scored the game’s final three goals –- all from the stick of Ryan Donato –- to skate to a 4-1 win over host Vermont and take third place at the Catamount Cup. Donato also assisted on the game’s opening goal scored by Ty Pelton-Byce to finish with a four-point game. … Read more

Sophomore Ryan Edquist led Boston College to a 2-0 shutout of Connecticut.

There was just a single game on tap on Hockey East when we last picked and a tie helped neither of us. Jim last week: 0-0-1 Jim to date: 72-48-12 Dave last week: 0-0-1 Dave to date: 72-48-12 Catamount Cup (at Burlington, Vt.) UMass Lowell vs. Harvard Jim’s pick: Neither team lived up to expectations … Read more

The sad news that came from Boston College on the passing of former head coach Len Ceglarski leads this week’s Hockey East blog. 1. Len Ceglarski defined Boston College hockey Sadly, my career in college hockey began too late to know Len Ceglarski. I met him just once when writing a story a few years … Read more

Easily the best week of the season for both me and Dave, and I even gained a game in the process to tie things up. Jim last week: 9-1-1 Jim to date: 68-40-10 Dave last week: 8-2-1 Dave to date: 68-40-10 Friday, December 8 Boston University at UMass Lowell Jim’s pick: These are the teams … Read more

Northeastern entered this weekend in one of its toughest stretches of this season having lost three of four. But the Huskies turned what at time was a weakness into a strength and got the train back on the tracks. 1) Defense, goaltending strong suit for Northeastern against Merrimack There probably weren’t a lot of people … Read more

Dave gained a single game last week, which closes the gap as we hit Thanksgiving, or about the 1/3 point in the season. Jim last week: 5-4-1 Jim to date: 54-33-8 Dave last week: 6-3-1 Dave to date: 53-34-8 Friday, November 24 Providence vs. Maine at Friendship Four (Belfast, N.I.) Jim’s pick: I guess it … Read more