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It’s New Year’s Eve, a few hours before midnight, and I’m watching my Buffalo Bills’ chances for making the playoffs for the first time in a generation slip away — and I realize suddenly that we’ve returned to blogging and columns this week and it’s my turn. So, hi. 1. It was a good weekend … Read more
Happy New Year! Here are some quick thoughts from the last weekend of 2017 in ECAC Hockey. Strong start for the Saints It took St. Lawrence just two days to double its first-half win total. The Saints beat Vermont and Massachusetts-Lowell over the weekend to win the Catamount Cup at Vermont. St. Lawrence scored three … Read more
Three things from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: No threepeat It was close, but Robert Morris came up short in its bid to win its third consecutive Three Rivers Classic title. The Colonials easily handled Lake Superior State 5-0 in the semifinals, but were edged by No. 11 Providence, 2-1, in the championship … Read more
And we’re back! Most of the teams in the WCHA got just one week of break, so it’ll be a quick turnaround for Bemidji State, Alabama Huntsville, Minnestoa State and Northern Michigan — all four played the weekend of Dec. 15, and all four are back in action starting tonight for some important conference series. … Read more
Last week: Dan: 1-1 Chris: 1-1 On the season: Dan: 50-45-14 (.522) Chris: 56-39-14 (.578) This Week’s Picks Friday, December 29 and Saturday, December 30 Holy Cross vs. Sacred Heart Chris: With the RIT at Mercyhurst series postponed due to a ridiculous amount of snow in Erie, PA, these are the only conference series on … Read more
Happy New Year, everyone! Beginning with the first full weekend of 2018, it will be nearly all Big Ten play from January through the B1G tournament. Before we get there, though, there are a couple of nonconference games and the Great Lakes Invitational Tournament. First, a look at how Drew Claussen and I did with … Read more
Well, Matthew and I finished our last weekend 2-2 (.500), as our NCHC sweep picks didn’t work out so well. Entering the New Year, we are tied 58-33-13 (.620). Let’s see if we can start well. Thursday, Dec. 28 No. 12 Western Michigan at Bowling Green Candace: Even though Western isn’t that great on the … Read more
I went 4-1-1 (.750) in the last week of action, but the scores won’t count in my season picks race with Nicole, which I lead, as I am 195-65-39 (.717) while she is 186-73-39 (.687). It’s a light week of action, and we pretty much see eye-to-eye on the results. Friday/Saturday, Dec. 29-30 Boston University … Read more
There was just a single game on tap on Hockey East when we last picked and a tie helped neither of us. Jim last week: 0-0-1 Jim to date: 72-48-12 Dave last week: 0-0-1 Dave to date: 72-48-12 Catamount Cup (at Burlington, Vt.) UMass Lowell vs. Harvard Jim’s pick: Neither team lived up to expectations … Read more
Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays so far and there’s no better way to ring in the new year with college hockey action. There’s tournament games and some intriguing nonconference games. Last time: 1-1 Overall: 35-23-3 Friday, Dec. 29 Tournament Games Ledyard Bank Classic At Dartmouth College Yale vs. Minnesota Duluth, 4 p.m. This is … Read more
Denver gets all it can handle with Dartmouth Having won only one of its last four games in regulation, not everything is going swimmingly at the holiday break with second-ranked Denver. The Pioneers were made to work hard to split last weekend with a Dartmouth team that came to Magness Arena on Friday carrying an … Read more
1. Minnesota State retakes first Minnesota State capped the first half of its season in dominating fashion, sweeping Alabama Huntsville last weekend and in turn leaping past idle Bowling Green to take over first place in the standings. The Mavs are on a four-game winning streak and have scored 20 goals in that span. 2. … Read more
Nearly two months after playing its first game in program history, Trine finally has a win. In fact, it has two after sweeping Chatham in a series over the weekend. The Thunder won their first game in program history Friday, taking down the Cougars 4-1, and followed that up with another 4-1 Saturday. Prior to … Read more
Bouncing back If there’s a best time to pull out of a slump in college hockey, doing it right before the holiday break is right up there. Coaches will tell you any time is right to snap a losing streak, but ending the first semester on a high note certainly helps. Another great time to … Read more
The sad news that came from Boston College on the passing of former head coach Len Ceglarski leads this week’s Hockey East blog. 1. Len Ceglarski defined Boston College hockey Sadly, my career in college hockey began too late to know Len Ceglarski. I met him just once when writing a story a few years … Read more
We’ve got a light weekend of action this weekend, and we are giving Nicole the weekend off. I did pick up another game on Nicole in our season race last weekend, as I went 19-3-2 (.833) while Nicole went 18-4-2 (.791). On the year, I am 195-65-39 (.717) while Nicole is 186-73-39 (.687). Friday-Saturday, Dec. … Read more
Friday, Dec. 15 St. Scholastica at Wisconsin-River Falls The Saints have won their last two games, outscoring the opposition 8-1, and Mark Whiteley leads the team with three goals and five assists. Seven others have scored at least two goals, and the Saints have depth at goaltending with all three netminders playing in at least … Read more
As we go into the final weekend of the year, Matthew and I are dead even, thanks to me picking Minnesota Duluth last weekend to sweep Omaha. They didn’t, but they won on Saturday. Last week, I went a fairly dismal 2-3-3 (.437), while Matthew went 1-4-3 (.312). On the year, we are now both … Read more
It’s the last harrah before the holiday break, and a bunch of WCHA teams are in action. Which ones will get what they want from St Nick and which get coal in their stockings? Here’s what we think. Lake Superior State at Michigan Tech Sean: Tech got conned into a sweep last week by Ferris State … Read more
Last week: Dan: 8-5 Chris: 8-5 On the season: Dan: 57-49-14 (.533) Chris: 63-43-14 (.583) This Week’s Picks Saturday, December 16 and Sunday, December 17 Mercyhurst vs. Robert Morris Chris: We just have this series to watch this weekend, and it’s a pretty good one. RMU will host on Saturday, and Mercyhurst will host on … Read more