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Here’s the inaugural Monday morning wrapup of the season with the extended column to come on Wednesday. These are the three things I think I learned this week. 1. There’s no such thing as a sure thing. The one mortal lock going into last weekend was Massachusetts-Lowell hosting Sacred Heart. The River Hawks, after all, … Read more
With most Division I men’s college hockey teams participating in nonconference play during the new season’s first batch of games, member schools of the NCHC fared better than much of the rest of the country. Discounting Colorado College’s 8-4 exhibition win Saturday over the US Under-18 Team, the NCHC completed its first weekend of official … Read more
Every team outside of the Ivy schools is now at least two games into its season. Here’s a look at some notables in the the early going: Rookies make an impact: Several freshman made their presence felt immediately over the last two weekends. Clarkson goal Steve Perry stopped 54-of-55 shots in a pair of wins … Read more
For the first time since 1973, Boston University began its season with a new head coach behind the bench. It will take a good while to see how similar or different the program will be under David Quinn after the 40-year reign of Jack Parker.
Hey! It’s a big new world! It’s a B1G new world! Okay. I’ll stop now. This season, Drew Claussen and I are sharing Big Ten Hockey duties and every Friday, one or the other of us will post our picks. Drew is new to this game, so he doesn’t have a record from last year. … Read more
Welcome back to another season of great hockey. Other than Boston College, which snuck in a Thursday night game , everyone is 0-0-0. Even Jimmy. For at least this week, he’s dead even with me. We’ll see how long that lasts. Dave’s record-to-date: 0-0-0 Jim’s record-to-date: 0-0-0 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Oct. 11 Massachusetts at … Read more
Ferris State kicked off the WCHA’s 2013-14 regular season a week ago by splitting with the ECAC’s Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y. — a 7-4 win Friday and 1-0 loss Saturday — and will take the weekend off before playing another nonconference game on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the other nine conference members are all in action on … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 1-2 Chris: 2-1 On the season: Dan 1-2 (.333) Chris 2-1 (.667) This Week’s Picks Friday, October 11th: Army at Penn State Dan:For all the confusion this week as to if Army would even get to play in this game, Penn State’s been marching to this day for three years. Penn State … Read more
Welcome, to the inaugural season of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. I and Matthew Semisch will be co-columnists this year for the conference. In addition to a Monday morning wrap blog and our weekly column, Matthew and I will be picking the games every Friday. To add a little spice, much like I do with … Read more
Well, after one week, I am already in the hole to Arlan in the our annual picks race. Last year, I had to make a strong second half comeback to win; hopefully, with some picks this week, I can catch up. Last week, I went 9-5-1 (.633), while Arlan went 10-4-1 (.700). We’ve got some … Read more
Time for my first picks of the year; all times Eastern. Wish me luck. Thursday, October 10 Colgate at RIT Ok, I’m cheating: It’s 1-1 in the first period as I type this. Sorry. It’s tough picking such early-season games, as there is practically no basis for comparison yet… that said, it’s a big opening … Read more
I basically dropped the ball on getting my picks to Paula before she posted her own. It won’t become a trend…hopefully. Here goes! I will not claim to be an expert on the Eagles. I’ve seen their highs in winning a national title a couple years ago. I’ve also personally seen their lows when Minnesota … Read more
Is it wrong for me to be so excited about tonight’s Boston College-Michigan game that I can barely sit still? The Wolverines are 4-0-0 versus the Eagles in Yost Ice Arena and 11-6-0 all-time against Boston College. Michigan beat BC in their last meeting, 4-2, a semifinal game at the 2011 Great Lakes Invitational at … Read more
And we’re back … What is to be learned from the games and exhibitions over the first couple of weeks? As is often the case early, results can be unpredictable. Consider the CHA, where the only team with a winning record is Penn State, a second-year program that took its lumps last season. The Nittany … Read more
Welcome back for another season of weekly picks. It hasn’t even been six months since Yale won the national title, but the ECAC is ready to go with Clarkson and Colgate each starting the regular season this weekend. Quinnipiac, RPI and St. Lawrence are all in preseason action as well. Saturday, Oct. 5 Ferris State … Read more
Well, the beer race is on! The last two seasons, Arlan and I have had a friendly wager on our weekly picks race, with the winner getting a six pack of brew at the end. In our first two years, I’ve managed to just eke out a win over Arlan; last year, I had to … Read more
And we’re underway with the first picks of the season! This year Chris Lerch has joined up with Dan Rubin to provide USCHO’s Atlantic Hockey coverage. They’ll both be picking games each week. Last Week: Dan: 0-0 Chris 0-0 On the season: Dan 0-0 Chris 0-0 This week’s picks: Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October … Read more
The big story as the 2013-14 Division I men’s college hockey season gets under way is the large-scale landscape change that is finally going into effect after three years of planning. Thirty-five of the 59 teams are either playing in a new conference this season or are part of a league that has changed membership. … Read more
Here are the guidelines the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee to determine which games receive no weighting in the new selection criteria.
Would the 2013 tournament field look different if it had been selected using the new set of criteria? In terms of which teams earned at-large bids? No.