Paula C. Weston

It’s the penultimate week of the regular season. Yes, I wait all year to be able to use that word. Last week Drew Claussen: 2-4-0 (.333) Paula Weston: 4-2-0 (.666) Season Drew: 71-61-10 (.535) Paula: 63-66-11 (.496) I can still hold out some hope for hitting .500 before the regular season ends. And poor Drew … Read more

Two of my observations this week come from a single post-game press conference. 1. Red Berenson thinks that this Michigan team has potential — as in postseason potential. The Michigan coach never said as much outright, but the way he talked about his squad after the Wolverines completed their sweep of the Badgers Saturday evening … Read more

With JT Compher’s hat trick, two goals from Justin Selman, and 26 saves from Steve Racine, Michigan beat Wisconsin, 5-2, to sweep the Badgers and gain sole possession of the first place in the Big Ten standings with just two weeks of regular-season play to go. “It’s been a work in progress,” said Michigan coach … Read more

Big Ten play begins tonight, but first a look at how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks. Last week Drew: 2-4-0 (.333) Paula: 4-2-0 (.666) Season Drew: 69-57-10 (.544) Paula: 61-64-11 (.489) This week There are three weekends left in regular-season Big Ten play, and there are three conference series each weekend. … Read more

As the regular season winds down, we have a full weekend of Big Ten conference play. First, a look at how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks. Last week Drew: 5-1-0 (.833) Paula: 4-2-0 (.666) Season Drew: 67-53-10 (.554) Paula: 57-62-11 (.481) I am grateful for any week in which I am … Read more

With a month to go, everything just got much more interesting in the Big Ten. 1. Six points makes a big difference. The Golden Gophers and Spartans each swept their conference series at home this past weekend, and those sweeps did as much to help define the losing teams as to define the conference standings. … Read more

Happy Valentine’s Day! Last week Drew Claussen: 5-0-0 (1.000) Paula Weston: 5-0-0 (1.000) Season Drew: 62-52-10 (.540) Paula: 53-60-11 (.472) That’s what I call love. This week Everyone plays. Every series is two games, Friday-Saturday, and it’s all conference action. Michigan at Minnesota Drew: I stated that the “Gophers looked like the Gophers again” in … Read more

Everyone plays this week and it’s all conference play. First, our picks record. Last week Drew Claussen: 2-1-1 (.625) Paula Weston: 1-2-1 (.375) Season Drew: 57-52-10 (.521) Paula: 48-60-11 (.450) This week There are two Friday-Saturday series this week plus a single game between Michigan and Michigan State Saturday night at Chicago’s Soldier Field for … Read more

It seems that every weekend of Big Ten play is interesting. Honestly, who would have predicted that Michigan State and Penn State would be tied for second place — behind the Wolverines — at the beginning of February? Here are three things from this past weekend that stand out to me. 1. Goaltending isn’t the … Read more

With goals from Villiam Haag and Matt DeBlouw, Michigan State upset No. 13 Michigan, 2-1, in front of a sold out crowd in Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena. “I thought we played real hard,” said Michigan State coach Tom Anastos. “I thought we played from the start of the game until the end of the game. … Read more