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All right, Matt, it’s for real now. The WCHA schedule began last week with two league series. This weekend there are four conference matchups and a couple of intriguing nonconference series, but I see more sweeps than splits. Alaska Anchorage at Bowling Green Shane: The Seawolves and their new attitude under coach Matt Thomas … Read more
An ugly performance for me last weekend. Dave last week: 8-7-2 Jim last week: 10-5-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 33-16-4 Jim’s record-to-date: 35-14-4 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Nov. 1 Maine at Massachusetts Dave’s pick: The Black Bears took two from the Minutemen at Alfond last weekend, but I see UMass drawing first blood in the rematch. UMass 4, Maine … Read more
Arlan continues to lead our picks race. We both went 16-4 (.800) last week, so I am now 47-18-5 (.707) on the year, and Arlan is 50-15-5 (.750). Let’s see if maybe this week, I can gain some ground. Friday Nov. 1 Vermont at Connecticut Candace: Connecticut has actually been playing some good hockey this … Read more
Overall: 12-12-1 Rensselaer and Harvard started the ECAC’s league schedule with a 3-3 tie Tuesday in Troy. This weekend is the first full weekend of conference play, with two teams (St. Lawrence and Clarkson) traveling to the rinks where they ended their seasons last year, and two more (Cornell and Dartmouth) are hosting the teams … Read more
Well, because I picked a Miami sweep and a Notre Dame sweep, Matthew gained two games back on me. Last week, I went 6-5-1 (.541) to move to 19-12-5 (.597) on the year, while Matthew went 8-3-1 (.708) to move to 18-13-5 (.569) on the year. As always, we pick all the NCHC games each … Read more
There’s one midweek game in the Big Ten this week. We’ll get our season picks record with the results from last weekend updated on Friday. Bowling Green at Ohio State Drew: The Buckeyes captured their elusive first win last weekend against Robert Morris on Friday, and then added another one to the win column against the … Read more
It was a very interesting weekend in Big Ten play. I was lucky enough to see Boston University play against Michigan and Michigan State — and I’m thinking that coach David Quinn may pay me to stay out of the building when his team plays. Here are three things I took away from the weekend. … Read more
Familiar look atop league standings Just the tip of the iceberg has been revealed in the conference schedules, but the teams jumping ahead in the standings are no strangers to leading. ECAC Hockey action got underway for two thirds of the circuit’s 12 teams with Cornell and Harvard, squads that have combined to take home … Read more
Three (O.K. four) things from Atlantic Hockey action this past weekend: Canisius delivers a solitary blow Atlantic Hockey continued to struggle in non-conference games. The league went 1-8-1 out of conference to bring its record to date to a lowly 6-33-4. The single victory was a dramatic one, however, as Canisius knocked off No. 16 … Read more
The WCHA dropped the puck on conference play this weekend at Alabama-Huntsville and in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Alaska also hosted Mercyhurst in its final nonconference series of the weekend. With Bowling Green still to play Tuesday at Ohio State, here’s what I think I learned this weekend in the WCHA. 1. Home is where the … Read more
These are the three things I learned this week. 1. Hockey East wins the inaugural Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge. And it wasn’t even close. Hockey East took a 9-4 lead in the first week and finished it off with a 9-7 performance this past weekend to win the challenge, 18-11. The scoring system awarded two … Read more
Heading into the 2013-14 season, a quick look at Nebraska-Omaha’s first seven games made it seem as though that slate could serve as a springboard to help the Mavericks jump into NCHC play in November with some momentum on their side. Unfortunately for UNO though, that’s not the way things have worked out. After breezing … Read more
It was another solid weekend for the ECAC. Quinnipiac, Cornell and Clarkson each swept their opponents, while Rensselaer beat No. 13 New Hampshire at home. The ECAC has a 26-11-4 interconference record, by far the best of any league in the country. Ivies in action: The remaining six teams yet to play in Division I … Read more
Well, thanks to Colgate getting a win in overtime and Boston University’s continued inconsistency, I am now three games back of Arlan in our season picks race. Luckily, I am on top in the NCHC race! And, of course, there’s always time to make it up this year (as I did last season). Last week, … Read more
Thanks to correctly picking the split days in the UNO-Northern Michigan series, as well as calling for a Miami sweep so that I got at least one of the dates for the win correct, I have opened up a three-game lead on Matthew in our series picks race. Last week, I went 5-4-1 (.550), hardly … Read more
After three weekends of nonconference play in the WCHA, the 2013-14 conference slate begins for Alabama-Huntsville, Bemidji State, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan. Alaska hosts one more nonconference series while Bowling Green plays Tuesday night. Alaska-Anchorage, Ferris State, Lake Superior State and Minnesota State are all off this weekend, though the Lakers have a Tuesday home exhibition against Laurentian. … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 9-4-2 Chris: 8-5-2 On the season: Dan 21-10-2 (.667) Chris 22-9-2 (.697) This Week’s Picks Friday, October 25th and Saturday October 26th: Robert Morris vs. Ohio State Dan: I find it hard to believe that RMU could be winless to this point. I feel the same way about Ohio State. Before I … Read more
I don’t know about you, but I am jonesing for some college hockey. Last week Drew: 4-5-1 (.450) Paula: 6-3-1 (.650) Season Drew: 12-6-1 (.658) Paula: 13-6-1 (.675) This week Everyone but Wisconsin plays this week. It’s all nonconference play as league games don’t begin for another month. Boston College at Minnesota Drew: The Hockey … Read more
Plenty of games threw me off last week, though Dave was only one game better thus leaving us tied after two weeks. Dave last week: 10-6-1 Jim last week: 9-7-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 25-9-2 Jim’s record-to-date: 25-9-2 Friday, October 25 Massachusetts at Maine (non-conf.) Jim’s pick: Both teams are coming off wins but UMass has been a little more impressive … Read more
Three of Division 1’s four Huskies programs are in action against the ECAC this weekend. In related news, 6.7 percent of DI hockey programs are Huskies… while only 3.4 percent of DI are Bulldogs. We have a serious canine gap here. Oh hey, and ECAC Hockey is a national-best 17-8-3 against other leagues. Friday, October … Read more