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This season’s St. Cloud State team appears to be one that gets the job done on the road, no matter how hairy any given scenario might be for the Huskies. Last Friday’s game at intrastate rival Minnesota-Duluth proved a perfect example. Playing its first home game since Oct. 26, UMD bossed large parts of its … Read more
The aptly named ‘trap’ game reared up this week, further clouding the normal thought procedures that characterize the top 10. The ECAC-East provided a few surprising finishes, while the NESCAC and NCHA also delivered their share of interesting twists. Heading into the break, only Plattsburgh (9-0-1) remains unbeaten following previously unbeaten St. Scholastica’s most recent … Read more
McCloskey out at New Hampshire Brian McCloskey became the second coach in Hockey East to be removed during the current season. New Hampshire ended McCloskey’s employment on Dec. 5 in response to an incident with one of his players on the team’s bench during the team’s game versus Ohio State on Nov. 30. He was … Read more
Three (OK, four, but they’re short) Things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Rebound On Friday, Canisius led host Army 3-2 after two periods before blowing the game open with five goals in the third to win, 8-2. The Griffs chased Black Knight goaltender Rob Tadazak with their sixth goal, the first career tally for … Read more
Let’s get ‘er goin,’ gang! What does our panel of Division III men’s experts see happening this weekend? ECAC East – Tim Costello Last week’s picks finished at 3-1-1 (.700), which brings this season total to a very good 13-4-3 (.725). There is just one more weekend for most teams before the semester break and … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 5-2-2 Chris: 5-2-2 On the season: Dan: 69-31-8 (.676) Chris: 70-30-8 (.685) This Week’s Picks Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7: Canisius at Army Dan: Army’s defense really struggled through the last month or so. In going 2-8 in November, they gave up 47 goals. The two wins they picked up were … Read more
Both Arlan and I went 10-5-1 last week, as New Hampshire ruined my promising two-game lead on Arlan after Friday. Oh well. On the year, I am now 120-45-19, while Arlan is 127-38-19. Perhaps I should aim to gain a game or two a week. Friday, Dec. 6 Union at Quinnipiac Candace: Union should play … Read more
Jim picked up a game on me last week. It’s time to fix that and head into the holidays on top. Dave last week: 7-5-1 Jim last week: 8-4-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 70-35-10 Jim’s record-to-date: 71-34-10 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Dec. 6 New Hampshire at Boston College Dave’s pick: In recent years, this home-and-home series has helped decide … Read more
Last week Drew: 6-2-0 (.750) Paula: 7-1-0 (.778) Season Drew: 43-20-4 (.672) Paula: 45-19-4 (.691) This week There are only eight games remaining for Big Ten teams in the first half of the season, including these two conference series this weekend — which are the last league games until after the holiday break. Penn State … Read more
Shane continues to be the hot hand when it comes to picking games in the WCHA, while I barely finish above .500. We have all 10 teams in league play this weekend, which shouldn’t be an oddity, but it somehow is. Here’s our best guesses. All games are Friday and Saturday. Alabama-Huntsville at Bowling Green … Read more
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 6-7 NCHA Adrian at St. Scholastica Already halfway toward their 14 wins of a year ago, the Saints have the top three scorers in the nation in Nina Waidacher, Isabel Waidacher and Michelle Fischer. St. Scholastica is the lone team with a goals-per-game average of over five. Adrian ranks fourth with a 4.50 … Read more
Friday, Dec. 6 All games at 7pm Harvard at Brown What do we make of Harvard? The Crimson scored a season-high six goals in a 6-3 win at New Hampshire last Tuesday, then dropped a 2-1 flame-out at Dartmouth on Saturday. Frankly, Harvard looks allergic to offense: Every time the Crimson score a bunch, they … Read more
Since Matthew and I picked every game the same last week, we both went 5-2-1 (.687). On the year, I am 44-29-10 (.590), maintaining a one-game lead on Matthew, who is 43-30-10 (.578). Friday-Saturday, Dec. 6-7 No. 16 Nebraska-Omaha at Colorado College Candace: I figure that sooner or later, CC will starting scoring more and … Read more
Just call it upset weekend. Two top five teams and another in the top 10 went down as the month of November came to a close in the Division III hockey world. All three teams were unbeaten going into the weekend. Top-ranked St. Norbert, which just rose to No. 1 last week, was topped by … Read more
This past week I learned that I could always eat one more drumstick. But that’s not material for this blog (nor, sadly, is it very surprising). Onward, then, to the three Hockey East things I think I learned. 1. If I were a betting man, I’d have lost the ranch. I’d have wagered every shekel I … Read more
Limited conference action characterized the post-Thanksgiving D-III national landscape. Fortunately, the Cardinal-Panther Classic hosted by Middlebury provided three top-ranked squads the opportunity to be the focal point of action last weekend. Certainly, the much sought after go-round between Plattsburgh and Middlebury came to fruition, with the Cardinals squeezing out a well-played 2-0 triumph on Sunday. … Read more
Thanksgiving schedules With the holiday this week, many teams got started early, while others had the week off or played only exhibitions. St. Lawrence and Mercyhurst, in particular, paid with their legs for the privilege of having their games for the week completed by the time turkey dinner was served. Both played road series the … Read more
The Big Ten officially opened up conference play this weekend, and the three conference contests provided a ton of entertainment. Here are three things I saw. Seth Ambroz is apparently a goal scorer now The fact that Minnesota swept Wisconsin this weekend isn’t that shocking. The fact that Seth Ambroz netted four goals is. Ambroz lit the … Read more
What I think I learned about the WCHA this weekend … Zach Lehrke, the missing cog? Minnesota State senior forward Zach Lehrke has six points in four games since coming out of retirement to rejoin Minnesota State. His five assists all have come on power-play goals. Consider this: In 10 games without Lehrke around, the … Read more
Dutchmen running hot Now riding a five-game win streak after sweeping Penn State in Happy Valley, the Dutchmen are keeping things tight at the top of the ECAC Hockey standings. Despite playing two fewer games than Quinnipiac, Union is three points behind the Bobcats with two games in hand. Oh hey, look at that: The … Read more