Katie CaritoIt is the most wonderful time of the year, playoff hockey time! Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinals start this weekend with two exciting match-ups. Lawrence will be hosting Northland in a tight defensive battle, while Lake Forest is traveling to its rival, the Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders. The winners this weekend will face either … Read more
It is the most wonderful time of the year, playoff hockey time! Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinals start this weekend with two exciting match-ups. Lawrence will be hosting Northland in a tight defensive battle, while Lake Forest is traveling to its rival, the Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders. The winners this weekend will face either … Read more
This weekend begins the MCHA postseason. Adrian and Marian earned a bye this weekend by being the top teams in their division. We’ll see them next weekend playing the winners who come out of the quarterfinals. The Bulldogs will host this year’s Harris Cup Four at the Arrington Ice Arena in Adrian, Mich. Quarterfinals will … Read more
The final weekend of the regular season is upon us, and I stand with an overall pick record of 53-40-3 (.552). Last week, I went 5-2-1 (.625) in my picks, not bad considering the disastrous picks I was making in the beginning of 2013. This weekend, every team is playing, with each team competing against … Read more
The final weekend of the regular season is upon us, and I stand with an overall pick record of 53-40-3 (.552). Last week, I went 5-2-1 (.625) in my picks, not bad considering the disastrous picks I was making in the beginning of 2013. This weekend, every team is playing, with each team competing against … Read more
With the final weekend of regular season upon us, five teams in the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association will be fighting for a spot in postseason playoff action. Adrian, Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Marian have sealed their fate for the first-round of playoffs. This week, I’ll examine the possible outcomes for this weekend with Finlandia, … Read more
First off, congratulations to the Adrian Bulldogs! They are once again the MCHA regular season champions, as they clinched their sixth consecutive title in a win and tie against Lake Forest last weekend. There are only two more weekends of the regular season left to play, and currently my season total picks are at a … Read more
First off, congratulations to the Adrian Bulldogs! They are once again the MCHA regular season champions, as they clinched their sixth consecutive title in a win and tie against Lake Forest last weekend. There are only two more weekends of the regular season left to play, and currently my season total picks are at a … Read more
When Buster and Jake Hebda began looking at colleges, they weren’t sure they would end up at the same school. The 22-year old twin brothers played the majority of the 2011-12 season together with the Minot Minatauros of the NAHL, before Buster was traded to the Bismarck Bobcats for the last 18 games of the … Read more
Finally, a slight improvement to my weekly picks! Last weekend, I went 5-3-0, bringing my season total to 45-34-4 (.542). Now I’m hoping I can stay above .500 for the remaining weeks of the season. This weekend, we have Lawrence and Marian facing off in a home-and-home series. Concordia and Milwaukee School of Engineering will … Read more
Finally, a slight improvement to my weekly picks! Last weekend, I went 5-3-0, bringing my season total to 45-34-4 (.542). Now I’m hoping I can stay above .500 for the remaining weeks of the season. This weekend, we have Lawrence and Marian facing off in a home-and-home series. Concordia and Milwaukee School of Engineering will … Read more
Currently, the Adrian Bulldogs hold the nation’s longest unbeaten streak, going 7-0-2 in their last nine contests. Previous to this streak, the team was on a nine-game win streak before Wisconsin Stevens-Point beat the Bulldogs 7-4 in December. That marked the lone loss for Adrian thus far this season. The Bulldogs boast a 12-0-2 conference … Read more
The weekend had great match-ups with some conferences seeing a new team holding the top spot in the standings. It will be an exciting month of February as teams start getting in position to make a playoff run! NCHA Wisconsin-Eau Claire and St. Norbert met for the third time this season, with the Blugolds prevailing … Read more
The weekend had great match-ups with some conferences seeing a new team holding the top spot in the standings. It will be an exciting month of February as teams start getting in position to make a playoff run! NCHA Wisconsin-Eau Claire and St. Norbert met for the third time this season, with the Blugolds prevailing … Read more
Three series in the conference ended with a sweep last weekend, and I predicted nearly all splits. The sole sweep I did predict ended with the other team getting the wins. Typical. I went 3-5-0 (.375) last weekend, bringing my season total to 40-31-4 (533). Like any good player, I’m going to put that weekend … Read more
Three series in the conference ended with a sweep last weekend, and I predicted nearly all splits. The sole sweep I did predict ended with the other team getting the wins. Typical. I went 3-5-0 (.375) last weekend, bringing my season total to 40-31-4 (533). Like any good player, I’m going to put that weekend … Read more
Northland had a rough start to its season, to say the least. After five games, the Lumberjacks had allowed 34 goals while only scoring 11, holding a goal differential of minus-23. Things needed to change for the young team. They lost five straight through Nov. 16. “As times get tough, it’s hard to stay positive; … Read more
So I was a bit too confident in my conference picks last week, and the conference proved to have more parity than I had expected. I fell below .500, yet again, with a 3-2-2 (.428) pick record. That brings my season record to 37-26-4 (.552). Yuck. This week sees interesting division match-ups. The top dog … Read more
So I was a bit too confident in my conference picks last week, and the conference proved to have more parity than I had expected. I fell below .500, yet again, with a 3-2-2 (.428) pick record. That brings my season record to 37-26-4 (.552). Yuck. This week sees interesting division match-ups. The top dog … Read more
Defensively speaking, the Lake Forest Foresters are a great team. They currently have the 10th best penalty-kill unit in the country, going 66-of-76 (86.8 percent), which tops all other teams in the MCHA. Lake Forest is fourth in the conference in defensive scoring, allowing an average of 2.80 goals a game. They are a disciplined … Read more