Paula C. Weston

Last week was a good week for your Big Ten writers. Here’s how Drew Claussen and I are doing: Last week Drew: 5-1-2 (.750) Paula: 6-0-2 (.875) This season Drew: 32-26-6 (.547) Paula: 41-17-6 (.688) I think we’ll take it. This week We have one B1G series, four nonconference series, and Ohio State has a … Read more

It was quite a weekend for B1G hockey. After sweeping Penn State, Notre Dame is 4-0-0 in conference play and at the top of the conference standings, which is itself noteworthy. Here are the other things that I take away from the weekend. 1. Six goals should be enough to win a game. No. 6 … Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Alex Roos proved tonight that he’s a player with a head for the game – literally. At 3:24 of overtime, Will Lockwood’s shot from the left side of the crease hit Roos in the facemask and bounced into the Minnesota goal, giving Michigan a 5-4 overtime win. The game-winning goal capped an exciting comeback … Read more

It’s snowing in my corner of Michigan as I’m putting this together and Drew Claussen reports that it’s wintry in his part of Minnesota, too. It may be a little early for this, but with the turn in the weather and three B1G conference series this weekend — two in my corner of Michigan — … Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With the scored tied 2-2 in overtime and a little over a minute after Michigan saw an OT goal waved off, Ferris State’s Ryker Killins scored his second of the season and just the fifth of his career to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 win over the Wolverines, the first Ferris … Read more

We have Thursday night hockey again, another CCHA-esque match-up as Ferris State travels to Michigan for two. As always, though, we start with how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks so far. Last week Drew: 5-7-0 (.417) Paula: 8-4-0 (.667) This season Drew: 23-20-3 (.533) Paula: 30-13-3 (.685) Drew has a knack … Read more

As the Big Ten continues to evolve, the season continues to be interesting in unexpected ways. 1. First, two important sweeps — one probably more so than the other. Congratulations to Michigan State for its first sweep of an opponent in two seasons. The Spartans beat the visiting Lake Superior State Lakers, 4-3 and 6-0; … Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Lake Superior State scored three goals in the third period but it wasn’t enough to overcome Michigan State’s four-goal lead as the Spartans beat the Lakers, 4-3, to open this nonconference series. “I thought we were really poor to start the game, really poor,” said Lake Superior State coach Damon Whitten. … Read more

For the Big Ten, the weekend begins Thursday with the series between Nebraska-Omaha and Notre Dame. Here’s how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks through the third week of October. Last week Drew: 9-5-0 (.778) Paula: 10-4-0 (.833) This season Drew: 18-13-3 (.574) Paula: 22-9-3 (.691) Both Drew and I were bitten … Read more

On two goals by Jake Slaker in the final five minutes of regulation, Michigan skated past Vermont, 3-2, to secure a home sweep of the Catamounts. With the Wolverines down 2-1 at 15:07, Slaker fired from the right circle and hit the glove of Vermont goaltender Stefanos Lekkas before the puck found the back of the … Read more

With Mitch Lewandowski’s first collegiate goal at 18:34 in the third period, Michigan State reclaimed a lead over Western Michigan and added an empty-netter for a 6-4 win. Six of the 10 total goals scored in the contest came within the first or last two minutes of each period, and for long stretches of this … Read more

There are two B1G schools hosting Thursday-Friday nonconference series and everyone plays this weekend. First, a look at how Drew Claussen and I are doing with our picks so far this season. Last week Drew: 4-3-3 (.550) Paula: 5-2-3 (.650) This season Drew: 9-8-3 (.525) Paula: 12-5-3 (.675) Poor Drew was bitten by that wrong-way … Read more