Jim Connelly

One weekend left and Dave holds a slim one-game lead over me in the picks. I was able to pick up two games last weekend correctly picking UMass Lowell in games one and three and New Hampshire in game one. Now let’s hope Dave doesn’t run the four-corner offense and pick exactly the same as … Read more

Boston University and UMass Lowell each advanced to the Garden but both did so in very different ways. That leads the three things we take away from this weekend. 1. Terriers easily advance, Lowell reaches Garden after battle. It was incredible to see BU get past Merrimack with such ease. Given that every other series … Read more

Possibly the most telling statistic in reviewing the top 50 longest games list is that 38 of those 50 games occurred since 2000.

It was injuries that derailed what early on looked like a banner season for the Harvard Crimson. So it seems appropriate that the team’s ability to rebound from injuries played a key role on Saturday as the Crimson advanced to the ECAC quarterfinals with a 4-3 win in front of 662 fans at Bright-Landry Hockey … Read more

I picked up two games on Dave last weekend, but still have a massive hill to climb, particularly as I don’t expect Dave to pick too differently from me in this first round of the playoffs. Because these series are best two-of-three, we will pick all three games, even if we believe there will be … Read more

Boston University clinched a share of the regular-season title more than a week ago but the league was waiting until the Terriers clinch outright to present the trophy. The fact that took a while leads the three things I learned this week: 1. The Terriers are champs … finally BU has known for a while … Read more

Matt Grzelcyk scored a power-play goal just 51 seconds into overtime, firing a shot through a screen past Northeastern goaltender Clay Witt to earn the Terriers their first Beanpot title since 2009 and the 30th all-time for the program.