TMQ: Some of the top teams show cause for concern around the holiday break
After tremendous starts, Providence and Boston College have both faltered recently.
Jim Connelly
Hockey East teams prepare to ride the NCAA bubble in the second half
The league has the teams ranked 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th in the PairWise.
Hockey East picks – Dec. 28-30
Thanks to Union’s overtime win against Vermont, I went perfect and gained a game on Dave in the slow week before Christmas. A five-game lead feels like a luxury entering the second half but one bad week and that lead could be gone. Jim last week: 3-0-0 Jim to-date: 93-33-22 Dave last week: 2-1-0 Dave … Read more
Hockey East picks – Dec. 28-30
Thanks to Union’s overtime win against Vermont, I went perfect and gained a game on Dave in the slow week before Christmas. A five-game lead feels like a luxury entering the second half but one bad week and that lead could be gone. Jim last week: 3-0-0 Jim to-date: 93-33-22 Dave last week: 2-1-0 Dave … Read more
U.S. will be tested early in 2016 World Junior Championship
Canada and Sweden are the Americans’ first two opponents in the tournament in Helsinki.
Ruggiero inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
Former Harvard Crimson and Team USA star Angela Ruggiero became just the fourth woman inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hockey East picks – Dec. 19-20
Dave was able to pick up a single game last weekend during light action. Jim last week: 3-3-1 Jim to-date: 90-33-22 Dave last week: 4-2-1 Jim to-date: 86-37-22 Saturday, Dec. 19 Michigan State at Northeastern Jim’s pick: This is a tough one to pick as I think Northeastern has played well of late and Michigan … Read more
Hockey East picks – Dec. 19-20
Dave was able to pick up a single game last weekend during light action. Jim last week: 3-3-1 Jim to-date: 90-33-22 Dave last week: 4-2-1 Jim to-date: 86-37-22 Saturday, Dec. 19 Michigan State at Northeastern Jim’s pick: This is a tough one to pick as I think Northeastern has played well of late and Michigan … Read more
Five observations from a Hockey East season that has produced strength in teams, players
Providence is the last remaining unbeaten team in Division I men’s hockey, and New Hampshire’s Andrew Poturalski has averaged two points per game.
TMQ: First half shows the difficulty in consistency
A few teams have emerged as the elite, but for many, the struggle to play at a high level every night has been real.
BU upsets Quinnipiac but searches for consistency
There remains just one unbeaten team in the country thanks to Boston University. That leads the three things I learned this week. 1. A motivated BU team knocks off Quinnipiac Maybe a 3-2 loss on Friday night to Yale was the motivation that Boston University needed as a night later, after falling behind, 1-0, to … Read more
BU upsets Quinnipiac but searches for consistency
There remains just one unbeaten team in the country thanks to Boston University. That leads the three things I learned this week. 1. A motivated BU team knocks off Quinnipiac Maybe a 3-2 loss on Friday night to Yale was the motivation that Boston University needed as a night later, after falling behind, 1-0, to … Read more
Hockey East picks – Dec. 4-10
Dave and I had equally as impressive weeks last week, thus my lead stands at five games. (Did I hit “bold” there?) Jim last week: 12-2-1 Jim to-date: 79-26-19 Dave last week: 12-2-1 Dave to-date: 74-31-19 Friday, December 4 Vermont at Boston University Jim’s pick: I feel like Vermont is better than it is playing right … Read more
Hockey East picks – Dec. 4-10
Dave and I had equally as impressive weeks last week, thus my lead stands at five games. (Did I hit “bold” there?) Jim last week: 12-2-1 Jim to-date: 79-26-19 Dave last week: 12-2-1 Dave to-date: 74-31-19 Friday, December 4 Vermont at Boston University Jim’s pick: I feel like Vermont is better than it is playing right … Read more
UMass-Lowell gets the hardware at the Friendship Four, but the real victor is college hockey
The game developed a new global stage, and the tournament is set to return to Belfast next season.
TMQ: Revisiting Belfast and weighing college hockey’s potential next venues
Jim Connelly and Paula C. Weston take a look back at the inaugural Friendship Four in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Shootouts produce trophies for UMass-Lowell, BU
Shootouts are not the norm in college hockey, particularly for schools out east. But this weekend, they twice translated to trophies for Hockey East teams. 1. UMass-Lowell plays comeback kids at inaugural Friendship Four Wild and wooly is the only way to explain UMass-Lowell’s championship at the inaugural Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. … Read more
Shootouts produce trophies for UMass-Lowell, BU
Shootouts are not the norm in college hockey, particularly for schools out east. But this weekend, they twice translated to trophies for Hockey East teams. 1. UMass-Lowell plays comeback kids at inaugural Friendship Four Wild and wooly is the only way to explain UMass-Lowell’s championship at the inaugural Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. … Read more
TMQ: On perfection, parity and teams whose true colors are yet unknown
With Quinnipiac’s pair of ties last weekend, there won’t be a perfect record this season, leaving Cornell’s 1969-70 team as the only team to pull off the feat.
Hockey East picks: Nov. 20-24
Let the good times continue to roll! For the third straight week, I’ve picked up games on Dave and have increased my lead to four. That, along with the fact that I was an unbeaten 7-0-4 last week, should have the old man ready to pull out all the punches. How else can he carry … Read more