Paula C. Weston

1. Notre Dame surprises no one in earning the regular-season title. Congratulations to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the 2017-2018 Big Ten regular-season champions! With a 2-1 win over visiting Ohio State Friday night, the Irish captured the crown in their first season of Big Ten play. Senior defenseman Jordan Gross’s seventh goal of the … Read more

Rem Pitlick had two goals and an assist and Tyler Sheehy had a goal and two assists — including a helper on Brent Gates Jr.’s game-winning goal — as No. 12 Minnesota sailed past No. 17 Wisconsin, 7-1, to complete a two-game road sweep of the Badgers. The Golden Gophers converted 3-of-7 power-play opportunities as … Read more

DETROIT — Hayden Lavigne made 32 saves in Michigan’s 3-2 win over Michigan State in Detroit tonight, but the save of the game goes to Lavigne’s teammate, junior defenseman Joseph Cecconi. With 2:15 remaining in the third period and Lavigne drawn to the left of the crease and completely out of the net, Cecconi stopped … Read more

With goals by five different players — three in the third period — No. 6 Ohio State upset No. 1 Notre Dame, 5-1, in the Compton Family Ice Arena. Brendan Kearney and Luke Stork led the Buckeyes with two points each, and both assisted on Matt Joyeaux’s second-period game-winning goal. Sean Romeo made 39 saves … Read more

The top two teams in the conference meet and two series feature long-time rivals. This should be a very good weekend of B1G hockey. First, though, Drew Claussen and I have picks records to share. Last week Drew: 4-1-1 (.750) Paula: 2-3-1 (.416) This season Drew: 81-43-12 (.640) Paula: 84-40-12 (.662) This Week Notre Dame … Read more

Happy Groundhog Day! Six more weeks of winter, four more weeks of regular-season hockey, and another day of looking at the progress that Drew Claussen and I have made with this year’s picks. Last week Drew: 4-1-1 (.750) Paula: 3-2-1 (.583) This season Drew: 77-42-11 (.635) Paula: 82-37-11 (.673) This week Six teams play single-site, … Read more

ANN ARBOR – With three first-period goals – two on the power play and another just as an advantage expired – Michigan jumped out ahead of visiting Wisconsin and stayed there, beating the Badgers 5-3. “Big win,” said Michigan coach Mel Pearson. “Big win. It gives us a chance to have a heck of a … Read more

With one month remaining in the Big Ten regular season, there is lot at stake in every game, every weekend. This past weekend showed us that little things matter — a lot. 1. One goal makes a B1G difference. At 3:35 in overtime Friday night, Minnesota’s Casey Mittelstadt scored the only necessary goal in the … Read more

It’s a rare weekend of all-conference, Friday-Saturday, single-site play — and four of the six games are televised! As we approach the end of January, let’s see how Drew Claussen and I have been picking things. Last week Drew: 5-1-0 (.833) Paula: 5-1-0 (.833) This season Drew: 73-41-10 (.629) Paula: 79-35-10 (.677) Doesn’t Drew look … Read more

NEW YORK – For the second straight game, No. 13 Minnesota scored a late third-period goal to edge Michigan State, giving the Golden Gophers a 2-1 win in Madison Square Garden, a weekend sweep of the Spartans and six very important Big Ten conference points. “It was an important weekend for us,” said Minnesota coach … Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Nittany Lions scored two goals in the last two minutes of regulation, but it wasn’t enough to catch the Wolverines. With goals by Josh Norris, Dexter Dancs and Dakota Raabe, Michigan beat Penn State 3-2, completing a two-game home sweep and extending Michigan’s win streak to four games. Norris scored … Read more