Paula C. Weston

It’s Friday the 13th. Could there be anything scarier than my picks percentage? Last week: 6-3-4 Season to date: 77-55-18 (.573) One of my better weeks. I’m beginning to think, though, that certain teams should pay me to pick against them. This week It’s a full slate of CCHA hockey, including Sunday’s Frozen Diamond game … Read more

I didn’t expect 2012 to be such a fascinating year. Sure, the Mayans have predicted some exciting things, but I certainly didn’t think that the scenery would move so quickly the first weekend in January. Here are three things that have changed my perspective a bit following the past weekend of hockey. 1. Six points … Read more

Miami freshman Jimmy Mullin became the overtime hero in the RedHawks’ 2-1 win over Michigan State, but he did so when everyone else was trying to defend someone who didn’t even appear on the score sheet — Reilly Smith, the Miami junior with 12 goals to his credit this season, who’d been thwarted half a … Read more

Oh, my friends, how poorly I fared for the holiday tournaments. Last week: 6-8-0 Season to date: 71-52-14 (.569) The week There is a lot of action this week, including games that pit ranked teams from a couple of different conferences against ranked CCHA teams. Days and times are noted in each series or game. … Read more

… Happy Second Half! I’m not sure how much the play of CCHA teams in holiday tournaments and other nonconference play taught us about the hockey yet to come, but it was an interesting few days. Here are three things that stay with me from the most recent games. The Great Lakes Invitational is a … Read more

Successful defense The Wolverines were the defending Great Lakes Invitational champs, having beaten Colorado College 6-5 in 2010. Including tonight’s win, Michigan has won the GLI title 16 times and these UM seniors have won all but one of their years with Michigan — 2009, the last time Michigan State was crowned GLI champs. He’s … Read more

This weekend is far more interesting than I originally thought it would be. Not only did I not expect to see Boston College in the GLI third-place game, but when the Eagles lost yesterday, I fully expected them to score more than they did in today’s consolation game against Michigan Tech. Today’s game was the … Read more

I won’t pretend that I’m not shocked that Michigan beat Boston College, and that the Wolverines looked to be in control for most of this game. I’ve seen UM play some passionless hockey in the first half of the season, but no one can accuse the Wolverines of anything but inspired play from the get-go … Read more

It’s the middle of the first period of the Boston College-Michigan game as I post this, and I have to say that I’m shocked that the Wolverines scored two minutes into the game. I’ve called BC to win it all. As longtime readers know, however, that could be good news for anyone the Eagles play. … Read more