Paula C. Weston

I realized last week that I’d made a mistake in my ongoing picks record. I’ve rectified that this week. Last week Drew: 7-2-1 (.750) Paula: 6-3-1 (.650) Season Drew: 22-12-3 (.635) Paula: 17-17-3 (.500) This week Wisconsin returns to action this weekend after a two-week absence. There are four Big Ten teams in play; Michigan … Read more

I love the Big Ten schedule and the sheer amount of nonconference play early in the season. Here are three things from this past weekend that stand out to me. 1. Penn State is making a good case for legitimacy. I have heard many critics poo-poo the early success of the Nittany Lions because of … Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — When Michigan State junior defenseman Travis Walsh scored his first collegiate goal in his 81st game, he did more than record a personal milestone. According to Spartans’ coach Tom Anastos, the goal helped fuel the team en route to a 4-1 win over Ferris State and a split on the weekend … Read more

There are five Big Ten teams with nonconference series this weekend. Wisconsin is off again this week. Bentley and Penn State began their two-game set last night, and Drew and I published the picks for that series yesterday. We’ll include those picks in our season total next week. (Hint: Drew’s already up on me, 1-0, … Read more

Five Big Ten teams play this weekend, starting with tonight’s game between Bentley and Penn State in Pegula Arena. This two-game set concludes Friday night; both games begin at 7:00 p.m. and neither is televised. These are the last home games for the Nittany Lions until Jan. 9. We’ll have the rest of the picks … Read more

It’s early, and it’s not pretty. Last week Drew: 3-6-1 (.350) Paula: 2-7-1 (.200) Season Drew: 7-10-2 (.421) Paula: 5-12-2 (.316) I did call the New Hampshire-Michigan split … with each team winning on the night opposite of when I picked it to win. Story of my life. This week There are four Big Ten … Read more

What a telling weekend of nonconference play. Three things: 1. The Badgers and Buckeyes can’t buy a goal. Okay, so that’s an exaggeration. Wisconsin did score once in two games in Green Bay against Northern Michigan, losing 2-0 and 4-1, and Ohio State scored once in each loss against Miami, but it’s clear that these … Read more

It’s not often that a losing coach sounds happier with his team’s performance than does the winner of the game, but that’s how it was after Michigan beat New Hampshire, 2-1, to salvage a split on the weekend after the Wildcats beat the Wolverines 5-1 Friday night. “It was a hard-fought weekend and obviously we … Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Massachusetts tied this one, 2-2, briefly in the second, but Michigan State scored three goals in the final 33 minutes and held on for a 5-3 win to open the 2014-2015 season. And while only two of the eight total goals scored involved unevenly matched sides, officially, special teams factored into several … Read more

Five Big Ten teams are in action this week. First, let’s see how Drew Claussen and I did picking last weekend. Last week Drew: 3-4-1 (.437) Paula: 2-5-1 (.313) Season Drew: 4-4-1 (.500) Paula: 3-5-1 (.368) So there’s that. At least I called the split in Columbus … with the Buckeyes winning in nights opposite … Read more