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Three things from Atlantic Hockey play in the week at was: Representing Atlantic Hockey went 3-4-1 in non-conference games this past week, which doesn’t sound all that impressive at first blush. But in light of the league’s 6-47-4 record coming into the week, it’s pretty darn good. Mercyhurst and Rochester Institute of Technology earned splits … Read more
Here’s what happened this past weekend across the country in Division II and Division III circles: NESCAC The rivalry between Colby and Bowdoin resumed this weekend and the two teams earned a split. The Polar Bears went up to Waterville, Maine, on Friday night and earned a 3-1 win over Colby. Ollie Koo, Jay Livermore … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 11-2 Chris: 9-4 On the season: Dan: 56-24-5 (.688) Chris: 59-21-5 (.724) This Week’s Picks Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23: Holy Cross at Robert Morris Dan: Holy Cross has a team that just doesn’t quit. So does Robert Morris. A big weekend by either of this team can create some … Read more
Last week Drew: 6-2-0 (.750) Paula: 6-2-0 (.750) Season Drew: 34-16-4 (.666) Paula: 35-16-4 (.672) I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I mean, it’s not surprising that Drew’s doing so well, but why am I still above .500? This week Half the Big Ten plays in this final weekend of nonconference-only action. … Read more
The USCHO.com Division III gang is back at it this week with their predictions on this weekend’s games. ECAC EAST – Tim Costello Back-to-back weeks at 4-1-0 (.800) bring the season total to 8-2-0 (.800), which is a pretty good start to the prognostications for the conference this season. The schedule heats up this week, … Read more
Well, we picked a lot of games last week, and Arlan moved even farther in front of me. Last week, I went 20-7-3 (.716) to move to 95-33-14 (.723) on the year, while Arlan went 21-6-3 (.750) to move to 102-26-14 (.773). I wonder how many games he’ll beat me by this year? Friday, Nov. … Read more
For the first time this season, all 10 WCHA teams are in action in WCHA series, and it only took until the second-to-last week in November for this to happen. This strange phenomenon will only happen again Dec. 6-7 and then not again until Jan. 10-11. I’m with Shane that the league needs to find some stability with … Read more
Both Dave and I had banner weeks and posted identically impressive results. Jim last week: 8-1-2 Jim year-to-date: 58-24-7 Dave last week: 8-1-2 Dave year-to-date: 58-24-7 Friday, November 22 Northeastern at Merrimack Jim’s pick: Last weekend was hardly ideal for the Huskies and Merrimack continued to struggle to score goals. I think NU will come … Read more
Two enticing match-ups, both out of the NCHA head this week’s picks. St. Scholastica hosts Lake Forest and Adrian hopes to continue to impress amongst the pollsters in taking on St. Norbert. ECAC DIV-III EAST Friday Nov. 22 Massachusetts-Boston at Holy Cross The Crusaders have made the most of play at friendly Hart Athletic Center, … Read more
Well, thanks to picking the right dates for North Dakota and Minnesota-Duluth to win, I am back ahead in the picks race. Last week, I went 7-4 (.636) to move to 34-25-6 (.569), while Matthew went 5-6 (.454) to move to 33-26-6 (.553). Let’s see how long I can keep the lead in the six-pack … Read more
Friday, November 22 Yale at Colgate This is suddenly shaping up as the most compelling game of the weekend. Yale (2-0-2) and QU (5-0-1) are the only remaining unbeatens in league play, but the Raiders (4-2-0) are making an early run up the ladder and can establish some late-autumn street cred with a take-down of … Read more
We forgot to pick this game last week, so here you go. Nov. 19 Air Force at Colorado College Candace: CC is at home, and after a pretty tough stretch, should be both rested and fired up. Expect the Tigers to come out firing and win by a couple. Colorado College 4-2 Matthew: Although Air … Read more
The top six teams are still undefeated in the third week of play. Expect to see some shake-up in the polls from the seventh spot down as some teams didn’t make strong debut weekends. There were no major upsets as teams are getting into the flow of the season, but there were some overtime thrillers … Read more
Hopes of a successful weekend came to an abrupt halt for a pair of top-10 clubs this week. The upsets both came out of the WIAC and NCHA. Back east, the polar opposite was on the menu for top-ranked Plattsburgh, which rolled past Buffalo State in a pair of shutouts. Through six outings, the Cardinals … Read more
Another week in the books in the college hockey universe, and another week of solid play across Atlantic Hockey. Here’s three things to chew on as you reflect on your weekend, with a little help from some of our favorite superheroes: AIC Yellow Jackets – The Dark Knight Chris will get more in depth this … Read more
How are the slopes? Two teams from Hockey East traveled to Vail, Colo., to challenge a pair of WCHA schools. No. 2 Wisconsin had the best of the proceedings, winning twice. Friday, the Badgers needed a late third-period rally to down Northeastern, 3-2. Brittany Ammerman scored the tying goal and assisted on the game-winner, the … Read more
Ferris is for real One of the toughest things for this sport’s observers this season has been learning about the new teams to the league. There was an assumption that Ferris State would be one of the WCHA’s better teams, but I’m not sure if I saw this start coming. Then again, other than reading … Read more
Five of the six Big Ten teams were in action this weekend. Minnesota swept Minnesota State-Mankato, Wisconsin split with Miami, Michigan split with Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio State swept Canisius and Penn State was swept by Massachusetts-Lowell. Here are three things I saw. Minnesota uses two goaltenders to sweep Mankato Adam Wilcox starting between the pipes for … Read more
The Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks scheduled some difficult road trips to begin the season. That proved to be a good thing this past week as the team extended its road winning streak to six games. That leads the three things I learned this week. 1. Road tested, road approved UMass-Lowell finished what was a pretty grueling … Read more
Believe it or not, we (ok, most of the teams we follow) have already played more than a quarter of their ECAC Hockey schedules. Time flies when you’re having fun/pulling your hair out, dunnit? Hockey Haven holding serve Quinnipiac (5-0-1)and Yale (2-0-2) remain the league’s only unbeaten teams. Yale is winning by playing clean (nine … Read more