Paula C. Weston
With the first two weeks of Big Ten play producing some interesting results, already it looks as though the league may split into two tiers with Michigan State the single team of demarcation. Already, too, we’ve seen that Drew Claussen is better at this picks thing than I am. Last week Drew: 8-1-1 (.850) Paula: … Read more
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim: Paula, first off, it’s been too long since we’ve been able to sit down at our keyboard about 700 miles apart from one another and talk about college hockey. For … Read more
“Everything’s changed.” That simple summation by Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik at the start of the 2020-21 season isn’t an understatement as much as it is a primer for what may or may not come next. Everything has changed. No one knows what’s coming. Hockey is beginning all the same. “Flexibility’s been the big word … Read more
Remember this? Published March 5, it was the last Big Ten column before the playoffs last season. Remember this? Published March 6, it was Drew Claussen’s B1G picks blog for the Big Ten playoffs. So abrupt was the end of last season, so momentous the months in between, that March 2020 feels like a lifetime … Read more
“We’ll move forward and we’ll get everybody through it, hopefully. Maybe it’s nice to slow down a little bit. We’re so busy. We’re so caught up in everything” (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Normally, each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. This week’s TMQ, however, is the last of the 2019-20 season (photo: Jim Rosvold).
It is impossible to wrap my head around the abrupt end of college hockey season. This isn’t news to you by now, I’m sure, but there will be no more college hockey (or NCAA anything) for the immediate future. The last 72 hours have been surreal. Many of you know that I teach at Mott … Read more
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback (photo: Matt Mackinder).
The semifinals will be single games March 13-14, with Penn State hosting the lowest seed to emerge from this weekend and the highest surviving seed hosting the other winner from the first round. The championship will be played on the home ice of the highest seed to advance from the semifinal round, March 20 or March 21 (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback (photo: Jim Rosvold).
It all comes down to this weekend for B1G Hockey. Spoiler alert: Drew Claussen’s picks have Ohio State winning the regular-season title, and I have Minnesota on top. Given my picks record this season, I think that’s good news for either Ohio State or Penn State. Last week Drew: 1-4-1 (.250) Paula: 2-3-1 (.417) This … Read more
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback (photo: Rich Gagnon).
The two hottest teams in the Big Ten are the only two teams in control of their own destinies – and their respective coaches couldn’t sound more different with two weeks left in the regular season (photo: Michigan Athletics).
Happy Valentine’s Day! If the lovefest that we know as the college hockey season were to end today, only two Big Ten teams would be invited to the big dance. Penn State sits at No. 8 in the PairWise Rankings, Ohio State at No. 15, and Michigan State and Minnesota are knocking on the door … Read more
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback (photo: Omar Phillips).
Respectfully, though, perhaps a story just as big as Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio stepping down is how a hockey team picked to finish last in the Big Ten has a good shot at capturing a regular-season championship (photo: Omar Phillips).
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback (photo: Maine Athletics).
Let me put my shame right out there. Last week Drew: 3-3-0 (.500) Paula: 0-6-0 (.000) Yes, you’re reading that correctly. Drew and I both picked Penn State and Michigan State to split but with each winning on opposite nights. I picked the Notre Dame-Wisconsin split incorrectly. I also picked Ohio State to sweep Minnesota. … Read more
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback (photo: Jim Rosvold).
“It’s been a funny year.” That may seem like an unusual statement from a coach whose team is struggling, but Jeff Jackson isn’t really laughing here. Nor is he crying (photo: Jim Rosvold).