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The final weekend of regular-season CCHA play was very interesting, thanks to a couple of upsets and some overtime. 1. Miami is the last-ever CCHA regular-season champ. The RedHawks needed to win one game to capture the regular-season championship, but they needed to play two to do so. After losing 3-0 to Ohio State Friday … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: First things first When the dust settled, Niagara, Air Force, Holy Cross and Connecticut earned the top four positions in the standings and first-round byes. First round playoff pairings are: No. 12 Sacred Heart at No. 5 Robert Morris No. 11 Army at No. 6 Mercyhurst No. … Read more
Tonight’s action will conclude the Atlantic Hockey regular season, and there’s still much to be settled. Here’s a breakdown for each team: Niagara (20-4-2; 42 points) Best: First Worst: First Final game: at Air Force Outlook: The Purple Eagles have locked up the top seed but their final game at Air Force is still critical. … Read more
Last week: 6-5-1 Overall: 91-93-30 I hit a bit of a slump down the stretch, so I’ll need a hot finish to push me over .500 for the year. Regardless, there’s a lot of the line in the ECAC’s final weekend of the regular season. Check Brian Sullivan’s post from earlier this week for … Read more
Last Week: 7-6-1 On the Season: 129-68-27 (.636) This Week’s Picks: Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 Niagara at Air Force – The Purple Eagles can almost guarantee themselves an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament with a sweep. At most, Niagara can lose two more games after this weekend, and that probably … Read more
Saturday’s Peter’s Cup championship clash between second-seeded St. Norbert and top-seeded Wis.-Eau Claire will not only be the most-anticipated match-up of the NCHA season, it will also be the final game in the history of the NCHA. With the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference deciding to form its own league, St. Norbert and St. Scholastica decided … Read more
The quarterfinal picks finished at 3-1-0 (.750) last weekend, and the dreaded 4/5 game did me in. Admittedly, I should never rule out Middlebury come tournament time as the Panthers have been in the title game 11 of 12 times in the NESCAC tournament’s history. My overall record is at 51-20-8 (.696), so I have … Read more
A 3-1-0 (.750) weekend was only spoiled by my inability to pick the travel partner game between Skidmore and Castleton. The overall season numbers are really good at 59-20-9 (.722). All will be for nothing if I don’t close the deal this week on the picks that really mean everything to teams looking for hardware … Read more
Fighting for the Harris Cup trophy this weekend are three veterans and one rookie team. Top-seed Adrian will looking to take back the trophy this weekend after losing it, for the first time in three seasons, last year in a devastating overtime loss to Milwaukee School of Engineering. Marian, the second seed coming into this … Read more
Hey Arlan, thanks for playing! However, for the second consecutive year, I held off Arlan in the last month of the season to claim our season picks race and win a six pack of microbrew! Yahoo!!! Last weekend, I went 15-1-5 (.833), while Arlan went 13-3-5 (.738). I finished the regular season 234-71-32 (.741), while … Read more
No. 16 Wisconsin at No. 13 Nebraska-Omaha: Tyler: In a battle of two teams that need two wins, I’m giving UNO a slight edge but I’m not going with a sweep. If the Badgers settle into their structured defensive style and take away UNO’s speed, they’ll have chance to come away with a win, but … Read more
Dave may have felt he was done in by the Curse of Nicole. Personally, I was done in by the Curse of Making Bad Picks. The white flag is in my hand right now, just about ready to be waved. Jim last week: 5-5-1 Jim to date: 94-71-20 Dave last week: 7-3-1 Dave to date: … Read more
I think that this is the first time in my tenure as CCHA columnist for USCHO.com that I’m glad that all 11 teams make the playoffs. I’ve never been an advocate of letting everyone into the playoffs. I like the idea of someone not having played well enough to earn a chance to make it … Read more
Hobart/William Smith officially announced today in a press release on its athletics website that they will be adding varsity women’s hockey in the near future. There was also a job posting on the before linked website for a varsity women’s hockey coaching position that goes into great detail about the position and responsibilities. The Hobart men’s hockey … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… When one hears that lyric from the ever-popular 1963 song by Andy Williams, the holiday time is immediately thought of. However, for college hockey fanatics, its can only mean one thing: PLAYOFFS! For all of the NCAA D-III conferences, the postseason as begun, with most leagues ready … Read more
One season ends as another begins We’ve reached the end of the regular season — almost. Due to weather-related postponements, Lindenwood has a pair of games to make up at Syracuse, while Yale plays one at Harvard this week. The former has playoff seeding implications in the CHA; the latter matters because Harvard is still … Read more
When Denver spotted North Dakota seven power plays Friday, the Pioneers survived for a 5-4 win. They gave UND nine power play chances Saturday and it doomed them in a 6-1 loss. Denver killed off six of seven penalties Friday as its power play went 2-for-5 but one night later, UND took advantage of Denver’s … Read more
The second-to-last weekend of CCHA play taught us a few things. 1. Notre Dame and Western Michigan are well matched. The Fighting Irish played two games against the Broncos in Kalamazoo and the teams split their points evenly but unconventionally. The teams tied both nights, with the Broncos taking the extra shootout point after Friday’s … Read more
Two weekends left and there is a three-way tie for the top spot in Hockey East. Should Massachusetts-Lowell and Boston University win make-up games on Tuesday night, there will be a four-way tie for first heading into next weekend. 1. Providence, New Hampshire and Boston College That’s your first-place trio atop Hockey East. Add the … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Never say never Friday’s games featured a pair of wild comebacks. At Bentley, the Falcons found themselves down 5-1 to Sacred Heart early in the third period, but rattled off five straight goals in a span of less than ten minutes to take a 6-5 lead. Then … Read more