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Some weekends are more interesting than most. Disclaimer: I haven’t worked out every possible permutation with ties and shootouts, so these are reasonable (but rough) estimates. 1. Four teams are still in the hunt for the regular-season title. Interestingly, each of them was paired this past weekend against another still mathematically capable of capturing the … Read more
Border rivals Minnesota and Wisconsin split their final regular season series against each other as members of the WCHA, with the Gophers picking up a win in Madison on Friday before the Badgers won outdoors on neutral ice in Chicago late Sunday afternoon. Minnesota opened the weekend well but had to survive a late comeback … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Hot hot hot Which Atlantic Hockey team has the longest unbeaten streak right now, tied for longest in the nation? Did you guess American International? The Yellow Jackets are unbeaten in their last six games after a 4-0, 9-1 sweep of Sacred Heart. AIC is now two … Read more
CHICAGO — Greetings from Soldier Field, where today we’ll see games that are pretty important to the CCHA and WCHA standings. More coverage • Notre Dame 2, Miami 1: Notre Dame beats elements, history in downing Miami at Soldier Field • Wisconsin 3, Minnesota 2: Wisconsin tops Minnesota outdoors in ’emotional energizer’ at Soldier Field … Read more
Last Week: 2-5-1 (first time since the opening weekend of the season that The Picks were under .500) On the Season: 115-57-25 (.647) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 Canisius at Air Force – This series should feature some good goaltending, Tony Capobianco and Jason Torf are third and fourth, … Read more
Last week: 3-6-1 Overall: 82-81-28 For all the talk of the balance in the ECAC, its possible the regular season title will be wrapped up Monday with two weekends left in the season. Quinnipiac hosts St. Lawrence and Clarkson needing two points to clinch its first-ever Cleary Cup. But there is still plenty else to … Read more
We’re heading into the final weekend of the SUNYAC regular season, which for three disappointed squads will be their last action, period. There are few givens as the rinks open their doors in four SUNYAC centers on Friday night. One is that Geneseo will finish in third place and will host an as-yet-to-be-determined sixth seed … Read more
The final weekend of the regular season is upon us, and I stand with an overall pick record of 53-40-3 (.552). Last week, I went 5-2-1 (.625) in my picks, not bad considering the disastrous picks I was making in the beginning of 2013. This weekend, every team is playing, with each team competing against … Read more
Well, it’s finally here, the start of the NCAA Division III men’s hockey playoffs. In the NCHA, the Peter’s Cup playoffs begin on Friday with several intriguing match-ups. The team to beat is Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the third-ranked team in D-III. However, after wrapping up their first NCHA title last week, the Blugolds received a first-round … Read more
It’s the final weekend of the 2012-13 regular season, and the ECAC West standings are still far from being set in stone. Last week, I went 5-1 (didn’t pick Neumann to top Hobart), and am 45-13-4 (.758) for the season. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 15-16 Utica (19-4 overall, 10-3 ECAC West) at Manhattanville (13-8-2, 6-5-2) With a … Read more
It may have been used a lot over the past week, but Nemo found New England and really altered the playing schedule. That is no excuse for my picks, which finished at 3-1-1 (.700), but trying to keep things normal and consistent is one thing coaches are determined to do at this point of the … Read more
A 4-2-0 (.667) weekend despite the chaos the blizzard left behind means I may almost be as focused as the teams that had to adapt to the changing schedule and challenging travel conditions. The overall season numbers are now 53-18-7 (.724). I really want to stay above the 70 percent threshold, so I need to … Read more
Well, as has been the case for much of the second half of the year, Arlan and I split the difference in the games we picked differently, as I correctly called a Syracuse sweep of RIT and he called Harvard beating Boston University. Last week, we both struggled due to some of the big upsets, … Read more
Suffolk coach Chris Glionna and his Rams can’t be happy with the kind of hockey they were playing heading into this week. Prior to Thursday’s date at Western New England, the Rams had been stuck in the throes of a six-game winless streak at the wrong time of the season. Hope springs eternal, however. The … Read more
No. 2 Minnesota at No. 18 Wisconsin Friday; in Chicago Sunday Matthew: A very tough recent slate of games has seen Minnesota fall into a pattern of not picking up maximum points from each series over recent weeks, and I see that happening again this time around. I doubt a noticeable home-ice advantage will be … Read more
I picked up a game on the old man last week, but at this point that’s not going to help much. Let’s see if Dave plays prevent defense this week as I’m the one picking first. Jim last week: 3-2-1 Dave last week: 2-3-1 Jim’s record to date: 84-64-17 Dave’s record to date: 90-58-17 Friday, … Read more
Please forgive my omission of a pick for the Tuesday Northern Michigan-Michigan Tech game. Some Februaries are more challenging than others. Last week: 6-4-0 (.600) Season to date: 103-73-25 (.575) Certainly better than last week — and it would have been much better, had Ohio State and Alaska split in the way that I had … Read more
Well, the final week of the regular season has arrived for teams in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and a lot is still on the line, including deciding which team is going to win the regular season championship. All we know for sure at the moment is that St. Olaf is headed to the postseason. … Read more
With just a little over a week and a half to go, the MASCAC race for first place is about to get more exciting. It looks like right now, the Plymouth State Panthers and Westfield State Owls will battle it out for first and second place. With some help, either the Owls or Panthers could … Read more
Note from Tyler: Congratulations to Joe Paisley, who is once again working full-time at the Colorado Springs Gazette. I was glad to work with a professional writer like Joe this season and it’s even better to see a fellow writer working in a full-time capacity on his regular beat once again. Matthew Semisch, a sixth-year … Read more