Jim Connelly

BOSTON — Beanpot fans had to wait an extra day for the 2015 Beanpot to begin, so waiting another period-plus to find out the result seemed like nothing. Boston University’s Danny O’Regan buried a feed from Evan Rodrigues at 2:18 over the second overtime to propel the Terriers to a 4-3 victory over Harvard in … Read more

With a few teams idle, the Beanpot schools playing, at most, a single game and a couple of splits, the only team to gain any ground this weekend in Hockey East was Connecticut. That leads the three things I learned this weekend: 1. UConn only team to take three points It was a heckuva weekend … Read more

Even though I had a pretty crappy week picking games, somehow I gained two games on Dave who had an incredibly crappy week. One game behind with as we head down the home stretch of the season. Jim last week: 7-5-1 Jim to date: 116-59-17 Dave last week: 5-7-1 Dave to date: 117-58-17 Friday, January … Read more

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — On a night where hope seemingly sprung eternal for Merrimack, only the game’s final buzzer allowed the Boston College Eagles to quash such hope. Despite being territorially outplayed for much of the game Wednesday, No. 14 Merrimack trailed the Eagles 2-1 late in the third despite falling behind by two goals … Read more

The top of the Hockey East standings got a whole lot tighter because of some results on Sunday. That leads the three things I learned this week: 1. A BU comeback and solid weekend for the Irish make top of standings tight When Boston University trailing UMass Lowell, 3-1, on Sunday, one could take a … Read more

Though I thought I had a decent week, I continued to lose ground to Dave. Something needs to turn around fast (though with Dave picking second again, expect him to utilize the four-corners defense again!) Jim last week: 9-4-2 Jim to date: 101-50-13 Dave last week: 11-2-2 Dave to date: 105-46-13 Friday, January 9 Boston … Read more

Hockey East teams have been simply dominant since returning from the holiday break. That leads the three things I have learned in the past couple of weeks. 1. Nonleague opponents have been friends to Hockey East teams in second half Hockey East teams didn’t exactly enjoy the best first half out of conference. The league … Read more

Another week in which I was unable to gain ground on Dave, thus he’ll enter 2015 with a two-game lead. Jim last week: 7-4-0 Jim to date: 92-46-11 Dave last week: 7-4-0 Dave to date: 94-44-11 Friday, January 2 Connecticut at Massachusetts Jim’s pick: I really like the way UConn is playing right now and … Read more