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Last Week: 4-7-2 On the Season: 127-51-23 (.689) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb. 4 Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force – The Tigers won the only meeting so far between the two teams back in November, which evened the all-time series between the teams at 14-14-3. I’m expecting two close … Read more
Bemidji State (12-12-2, 6-10-2 WCHA) at Nebraska-Omaha (15-10-2, 11-9-0 WCHA) Tyler: UNO’s goaltending is highly questionable with Ryan Massa questionable after he suffered a concussion against Minnesota State, Jan. 21. He’s been the one guy to emerge from UNO’s goaltending situation with stability. He allowed three goals on 110 shots in his last three games but … Read more
Yet another mediocre weekend of picks for Dave and me. Guess that’s a product of how tight this league is. Jim’s last week: 5-4-0 Dave’s last week: 5-4-0 Jim’s record-to-date: 81-60-13 Dave’s record-to-date: 84-57-13 Friday, February 3 Boston University at Merrimack Jim’s pick: Even though I rarely pick against Merrimack at home (though did last weekend and … Read more
Last week was a disaster for my picks. I called the Manhattanville split with Elmira, but the games were reversed. Oops, failed on those picks. At least I got Utica’s win over Hobart Saturday, but missed Friday’s contest to make the worst week of picks all season long. Let’s see if I can redeem myself … Read more
Friday, February 3 Colgate at Union This is the Game of the Night… and the only reason it’s not the Game of the Week is because there is an equally intriguing Union-Cornell game on Saturday. This is the first meeting of the season between these teams, and Union is both ahead in the standings and … Read more
This past weekend saw the top two teams play each other and the bottom two teams face off, each in a pair of games. Manhattanville hit the road to Elmira to battle the Soaring Eagles for first place. Ronnie Smith scored first to give the Valiants a 1-0 lead in the opening period Friday, but … Read more
It was a good weekend to pull the goaltender at the end of the game. In at least four games, the extra attacker proved to be the difference, as the teams that were behind used the extra man to score a goal in the final minutes of the games. In the conference races, Milwaukee School … Read more
Another week down, and based on the results, the point continues to be hammered down that the difference between the top eight or nine teams this year in D-III women’s hockey is only the slimmest of margins. On Tuesday, No. 7 Amherst handed top-ranked Norwich its first loss since Oct. 29 with a 2-0 shutout over the defending … Read more
Another record falls in Madison On January 29, 2011, Wisconsin set an NCAA attendance record for a women’s game with a crowd of 10,668. Saturday night, the Badgers bested their own mark, as 12,402 fans turned out to watch their team edge Bemidji State, 1-0, in the program’s third annual Fill the Bowl promotion. It … Read more
Here we go again! Doesn’t seem to matter that the interlocking schedule between the ECAC East and NESCAC is over this year — it’s still getting too close to call at a lot of different levels in the standings. We are all in for some fun scoreboard watching as we wind down the final three … Read more
Brockport drops heartbreaker to Cortland To say the Golden Eagles dropped a golden opportunity on Friday would be an understatement. All puns intended. Brockport outshot Cortland, 51-38, led 2-0 in the first and 5-2 in the second, yet dropped the game, 6-5, in overtime. Brockport could have been in a playoff spot right now, and … Read more
As the season gets shorter, the proximity in the standings gets closer. Consider both the MASCAC and the ECAC Northeast. While not secure, Salem State is on top of the MASCAC standings, in part due to a seven-game unbeaten streak that includes five conference wins and one tie, including Saturday’s 4-2 win at Worcester State. … Read more
There were four weekend sweeps in Hockey East – Massachusetts-Lowell over Massachusetts, Maine over Boston University, Boston College over New Hampshire and Northeastern over Vermont – that taught me just one thing (that can be divided into three different groups). So here are the three classes that will make up the Hockey East race as … Read more
Yet again, a weekend of play reminds us of how unpredictable this season is. Three quick things: 1. Ferris State may be the story of the year — or not. Raise your hand if you thought the Bulldogs would be in first place at any point this season. Okay, so if you’re a die-hard Bulldogs … Read more
As always, we leave you with a few things which stood out from the weekend’s action across the WCHA. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard Cliché as it is, the adage applies to Michigan Tech’s dismantling of Minnesota-Duluth over the course of the final 100 minutes of their series in Duluth this … Read more
Would you rather have a guy who gets a goal a game, or an assist per game? Because here and now, that’s what the contenders are sporting. And only one of them can boast the former.
Three things I learned from Atlantic Hockey this weekend: Good goaltending translates into four points – Only Connecticut and Niagara were able to get sweeps this weekend (this is written prior to the second Air Force-Canisius game on Monday night), and both teams rode stellar goaltending to four point weekends. Connecticut goaltender Garrett Bartus stopped … Read more
What a strange season. In one of those if-the-season-were-to-end-today scenarios, seven CCHA teams would likely make the NCAA tournament; all seven of those teams are currently ranked. Lake Superior State just dropped out of the current rankings. To be honest, I don’t know what to think. In past years when the CCHA has appeared strong … Read more
A 5-2-0 record last week saw a great start and a couple of Connecticut schools ruin the hopes for a perfect weekend slate — curse you Trinity and Wesleyan for both winning and losing respectively. Or since Tufts was the common opponent, I should look to Brian Murphy’s team as the cause for the miss … Read more
Game of the Week Outside of the obvious — points are points — there is no game that sticks out as a key game in the standings. So, I’ll go with the Pink the Rink game between Morrisville and Potsdam. The Mustangs have participated in this game before, and their coach Brian Grady is looking … Read more