Jim Connelly

Jim Connelly is the USCHO Executive Editor. He has been with USCHO since 1999 and previously covered Atlantic Hockey and Hockey East. He also serves as a color analyst for Hockey East on NESN.

Walman leading the Friars from the blue line

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Don’t look now but Providence’s Jake Walman is tied for the nation’s lead in goals per game. That tops my list of three things in Hockey East that I learned this week: 1. Walman a beast on the blue line for the Friars On a weekend where the Providence Friars buried 11 goals, it was defenseman … Read more

Hockey East picks – Oct. 30-Nov. 4

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There weren’t a lot of games where Dave and I picked differently last week, but he took advantage when he could. Jim last week: 10-3-5 Dave last week: 11-2-5 Jim to-date: 27-16-9 Dave to-date: 26-17-9 Friday, October 30 Boston University at Merrimack Jim’s pick: BU is coming off a road loss to Connecticut which should … Read more

UMass sends simple message: Never count them out

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We are just three weeks into the hockey season and this year’s version of the Massachusetts Minutemen have twice done something most teams can’t do very often: comeback. That headlines the three things we learned this week in Hockey East. 1. Minutemen should call themselves the Cardiac Kids Two weekends ago, UMass fell behind 3-0 … Read more

UMass sends simple message: Never count them out

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We are just three weeks into the hockey season and this year’s version of the Massachusetts Minutemen have twice done something most teams can’t do very often: comeback. That headlines the three things we learned this week in Hockey East. 1. Minutemen should call themselves the Cardiac Kids Two weekends ago, UMass fell behind 3-0 … Read more

Hockey East picks – Oct. 16-20

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Week one of the season was relatively kind to me and hardly so for Dave. Maybe this is punishment for him playing the four corners offense (well, defense in this case) during last year’s Hockey East tournament weekend. Last week’s results Jim: 7-5-3 Dave: 4-8-3 This week’s picks Friday, October 16 Wisconsin at Boston College … Read more

At No. 1, was Boston College overrated?

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A 2-1 loss to Rensselaer on Sunday by Boston College gave college hockey its first major upset of the season, but it also brings forth the question: Did BC deserve to be the preseason No. 1? That leads the three things in Hockey East that I learned this week: 1. Just how good will this … Read more