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It’s Super Saturday in New York! I’m super excited! I wish I could say the same about how I did with last week’s picks. Before we get to this week’s picks, here’s how Drew Claussen and I are doing so far. Last week Drew: 3-3-0 (.500) Paula: 3-3-0 (.500) This season Drew: 68-40-10 (.619) Paula: … Read more
Friday, Jan. 19 No. 4 Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wisconsin-Eau Claire A big road test awaits the nationally ranked Pointers as they hit the road to take on the Blugolds in a crucial WIAC matchup. Wis.-Stevens Point has lost only once in its last 11 and features a high-powered offensive attack that has cranked out 71 … Read more
Four of the top eight unbeaten streaks in Division I belong to ECAC Hockey teams. Clarkson extended its winning streak to 14 games last weekend, while Cornell (six), Harvard (six), and Yale (four) also kept their unbeaten streaks intact. Here are some thoughts from the past weekend. Golden Knights keep on rolling Clarkson goalie Nicholas … Read more
To say that the results from B1G hockey this weekend were surprising would be a bit of an understatement — unless you’re Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan. 1. Two B1G splits. The Spartans went to Madison and came away with three points after beating Wisconsin 2-0 Friday night before losing 5-2 Saturday. After a … Read more
These are the three things I think I learned. 1. Northeastern moves into prime position The Huskies took on one of the hottest teams in college hockey–Maine, who had gone 7-0-2 in its last nine–and swept! Putting nine goals past Jeremy Swayman is a feat, but the Huskies sure can score. With the two league … Read more
Saint Scholastica is in the midst of a special season. The Saints trailed by a goal entering the final period of play against the Milwaukee School of Engineering Saturday night, but managed to escape with a 3-2 victory. It’s the third time this year that the Saints have won a game after trailing going into … Read more
Four-point games are huge! The chance to pick up two points for a win against a key conference rival who doesn’t get them, that is a four-point game. Several big ones this weekend, but none more important than for Babson and Massachusetts-Boston visiting Hobart, where the visitors stunned the usually reliable hosts. Worcester State also … Read more
Three things from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Good goalies As is often the case, goaltending was the story in most of five series played this weekend. • Air Force’s Billy Christopolous allowed just one goal on 56 shots to lead The Falcons to a sweep of Rochester Institute of Technology. On Friday, … Read more
1. Northern Michigan is the biggest threat to Minnesota State. The Wildcats swept Bowling Green and have a relatively easy schedule the rest of the way. If the Mavericks falter, the Wildcats could be poised to strike. 2. It was a weekend of splits. While Northern Michigan had a sweep, the rest of the league … Read more
St. Cloud, Western skate to split No. 12 Western Michigan stands to rise in the national rankings after earning a road split this weekend at second-ranked St. Cloud State. Western handed the Huskies their first home loss of the season on Friday as two goals each from Hugh McGing and Lawton Courtnall (both empty-netters in … Read more
Last week: Dan: 4-4-3 Chris: 4-4-3 On the season: Dan: 65-50-18 (.556) Chris: 72-43-18 (.609) This Week’s Picks Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13 Bentley at Army West Point Chris: It’s that time of the season to start looking at the standings, and Bentley sits in ninth place, four points behind Army West Point, … Read more
Matthew and I went a middling 3-3 (.500) last weekend, moving us to 66-39-16 on the year, not stellar by any means. Oh well. Don’t look at us before you go to Vegas. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 12-13 No. 15 Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College Candace: Duluth impressed last weekend, and with its missing players back from … Read more
Friday, Jan. 12 No. 3 Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Augsburg This is a matchup worthy of March. The Pointers skate into town riding a five-game win streak. They have scored 65 goals and allowed just 32. They are also unbeaten on the road. Four players have scored at least five goals. Tanner Karty leads the way … Read more
Ferris State at Lake Superior State Sean: With two teams failing to pick up wins, I feel like Game 1 of this series is going to be a big one. Win Friday, take confidence into Saturday and get the sweep. Bulldogs 3-1, 2-1 Jack: A pair of teams both struggling. LSSU has won just once … Read more
It’s full-on winter (again) in Big Ten territory, and it’s a full weekend of B1G play minus Notre Dame. Here’s how Drew Claussen and I are doing with picks so far: Last week Drew: 5-2-1 (.688) Paula: 6-1-1 (.813) This season Drew: 65-37-10 (.625) Paula: 71-31-10 (.679) Not bad. I hope I don’t jinx us. … Read more
It’s been a while since either Dave or I have picked up a game on one another. I finally picked up a single game on Dave, but feel I shouldn’t gloat as both of us had disgustingly bad records last week. Jim last week: 5-3-4 Jim to date: 87-57-16 Dave last week: 4-4-4 Dave to … Read more
It’s the first full weekend of conference action of 2018 as most of the teams have wrapped up their non-conference schedule. Last time: 6-8-2 Overall: 41-31-5 All games are 7 p.m. puck drop Friday, January 12 Colgate at Brown We saw how much of a difference Colton Point can make for the Raiders as he … Read more
This season has been filled with surprises, as reflected by the ever-changing polls and teams running hot and not. Certainly part of that has been the stellar play of many goaltenders across the East who have stepped up and, on some nights, stolen a game for their team. Middlebury’s Stephen Klein, UNE’s Ben Churchfield, and … Read more
Filling out the field for a holiday tournament never assures a host a home-ice trophy presentation, and this past weekend saw several ranked teams bitten by underdogs on their own ice as the host of their tournament. The University of New England and Manhattanville played spoiler this weekend against nationally ranked teams as the season … Read more
A 3-0 win for Maine over Boston University on Saturday night was more than just two points in the Hockey East standings for the two goaltenders involved. That lead this week’s three things: 1. Swayman wins bronze then makes history at BU Maine’s Jeremy Swayman and BU’s Jake Oettinger each had a bronze medal place … Read more