Paula C. Weston

1. A win for Wisconsin. As our executive editor, Todd Milewski, pointed out at the beginning of his recap of Wisconsin’s 5-3 win over Ferris State, Saturday’s victory was the first for the Badgers in 252 days. Additionally, the 1-1 tie the night before was the first game that hadn’t resulted in a loss this … Read more

Everyone plays this week. First, though, let’s look at how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks. (Hint: Drew’s doing just fine.) Last week Drew: 3-3-0 (.500) Paula: 1-5-0 (.167) Season Drew: 36-21-3 (.625) Paula: 23-34-3 (.408) I correctly picked two series to split last week, Michigan State-Ohio State and Penn State-Michigan. Unfortunately, … Read more

After a scoreless first period, the Michigan Wolverines scored three goals in the second and five in the third in an 8-1 rout of the Nittany Lions, earning a weekend split with Penn State and creating a four-way tie for first place in the Big Ten standings after the league’s first weekend of conference play. … Read more

Conference play begins this week with two league series, starting with Michigan State at Ohio State tonight. Wisconsin takes on two former WCHA foes, and Minnesota plays the U.S. Under-18 Team. Drew and I pick all the games that count, officially. Last week Drew: 7-2-0 (.778) Paula: 4-5-0 (.444) Season Drew: 33-18-3 (.639) Paula: 22-29-3 … Read more

It was a very interesting of hockey involving Big Ten teams. Very. Interesting. Now I have questions. 1. Has Penn State finally earned some legitimacy? The Nittany Lions are 6-2-2 after their weekend road split with No. 4 Massachusetts-Lowell. Not only that, but Penn State scored six consecutive goals against the River Hawks, having netted … Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 8 Boston College beat unranked Michigan State 3-2 to snap a four-game losing streak, but the win wasn’t easy. “We’ve been in a little funk as far as how we’ve been playing recently and we’ve talked about how we have to be more cohesive in all of it – defensively, … Read more

It’s painfully obvious that Drew Claussen is the oddsmaker here. Last week Drew: 4-4-0 (.500) Paula: 1-7-0 (.125) Season Drew: 26-16-3 (.611) Paula: 18-24-3 (.433) In my defense, I did pick Michigan State to split with New Hampshire, with each team winning opposite nights of the ones I predicted. This week There are five Big … Read more

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