Archive of USCHO’s blog content
There’s one weekend left in the ECAC regular season but still plenty of unanswered questions. Like Brian, I’ll skip the number crunching here and link to burgie12’s post on the fan forum. 1. Cornell and Union clinch top spots: The Big Red broke one streak to keep another alive. Sean Collins’ overtime goal at St. … Read more
Not going to steal burgie12’s thunder, so here’s his updated Fan Forum post. If you’re too lazy to click through, here’s the gist: Team – potential final point totals – [potential final seeds] Union 28 – 34 [1-3] Cornell 26 – 32 [1-4] — Bye Lock – >26 Colgate 23 – 29 [1-7] — Home … Read more
Game of the Week It’s rare I don’t go with a Plattsburgh-Oswego contest as my game of the week. Though it is one of the top rivalries in college hockey, and the game always means something, with three points separating these two teams heading into the penultimate game of the season, it just doesn’t have … Read more
In the ECAC Northeast, playoff positioning will come down to the final day of the regular season — Saturday. Entering Thursday’s slate of games, two points separate first-place Curry (20 points) from third-place Nichols (18 points), with Wentworth sandwiched into second place with 19 points. Johnson and Wales and Western New England are tied for … Read more
It’s the last week of the regular season, and it’s all about the middle of the pack. This weekend isn’t changing anything at the top of the standings in either conference, but the closest competition among teams can be found in those crucial three-through-seven spots. All the games have serious playoff implications, either outright or … Read more
Well, thanks to my correctly predicting the Providence sweep, I was able to hold off Arlan, who correctly predicted an RPI upset of Dartmouth. Last week, both Arlan and I went 16-2-1 (.868), which moved me to 173-61-22 on the season (.718) and Arlan to 172-62-22 (.714). I think we both did pretty darn well; … Read more
It is the last weekend of regular season play for the MCHA and MIAC. Adrian could win its fifth-straight MCHA title at Finlandia, while Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is comfortably in second place, two points behind Adrian in the standings. Lawrence and Marian are deadlocked in third place. In the MIAC, Hamline holds the … Read more
Nate last week: 8-3 Nate overall:56-51 Brian: ? (I stopped keeping track a while ago. It was too depressing.) Friday, February 17 Colgate at St. Lawrence Nate: Raiders head coach Don Vaughan said earlier this week he couldn’t remember the last time Colgate won at Appleton (it was 2007). Both teams have been playing well … Read more
We are coming down to it. Theoretically, eight CCHA teams are in the hunt for the regular-season title. Theoretically. That’s everybody above 10th place except for the Buckeyes, who have two fewer regular-season games remaining than everyone else above 10th place. All the Bulldogs or Broncos have to do is win out to win it … Read more
Here we are at the final weekend of the regular season and nothing is settled in the standings. That is par for the course in the ECAC West. Everything is on the line Friday, as every team but Neumann is in action. If Elmira can tie or beat Utica, the Soaring Eagles clinch the regular … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha (13-11-6, 10-7-5 WCHA) at No. 15 Colorado College (15-11-2, 12-9-1 WCHA) Tyler: UNO is probably the most inconsistent and unpredictable team in the WCHA, not only wins and losses, scoring and goaltending as well. If Josh Thorimbert returns this weekend, which CC coach Scott Owens is optimistic about, CC is going to shut the Mavericks down. … Read more
Call me the comeback kid, the UMass-Lowell of picks, whatever. There are three weeks left in the regular season and, for the first time all year, I’m back in first place! Dave last week: 3-6-1 Jim last week: 7-2-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 97-64-14 Jim’s record-to-date: 98-63-14 Friday, February 16 Merrimack at Boston College Jim’s pick: So many difficult games … Read more
Last Week: 9-2-1 On the Season: 141-58-25 (.685) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 Mercyhurst at Air Force – All series are big this time of the season, but this one is probably the most critical, with the first-place Falcons holding a two point edge over the Lakers. Mercyhurst won … Read more
Emotions will be running high in Madison, Wis., on Friday night but it will have little to do with Wisconsin’s return to the ice after a bye week to host No. 10 Denver. When the first puck drops, the game will be secondary in the minds of UW fans as they pay tribute to one … Read more
Well now, it’s been quite some time since I posted in my own blog (rather than the ECAC Hockey blog)… but I was bit by the curiosity bug, and it led me to do some quick research on D-I hockey as a whole rather than strictly the ECAC, so I figured it was time to … Read more
The weekend starts early in Atlantic Hockey with local rivals Canisius and Niagara squaring off Tuesday and Thursday. The “Battle of the Bridge” contests open tonight at Canisius, where Niagara has won the last two meetings, and the over the Grand Island Bridge(s) to Niagara on Thursday. The teams tied 1-1 earlier in the season, … Read more
Thanks to an extraordinary effort by USCHO Fan Forum poster (and devoted Rensselaer fan) burgie12, I can fix a few errors in Sunday’s blog post by redirecting you to this post on the Forum, and to the thread at large as we get closer and closer to the regular-season finale. Once again, muchos kudos to … Read more
It came down to the last weekend, but St. Norbert captured its 13th NCHA regular season title in 16 seasons. The rest of the NCHA has settled in on the pairings for the first round of the Peters Cup, which begins next weekend. St. Scholastica clinched the No. 2 seed and will host Wisconsin-Stout. Wisconsin-Eau … Read more
The ECAC Northeast isn’t necessarily being turned upside down in the final two weeks of the regular season, but with two games remaining on the schedule for each team, the season-long marathon will most likely come down to a sprint for the top five teams in the conference. After the weekend, Curry remains in first … Read more
The ECAC West power struggle has taken more twists and turns this year than Patrick Kane dangling through a crowd of goons. First, Plattsburgh started behind the eight ball with an early-season tie to Neumann, then RIT was in the position of playing catch up after Plattsburgh took three of four points at home against … Read more