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Here comes crunch time. The final few weeks of the regular season are upon us, and teams from both the ECAC Northeast and the MASCAC are going to begin fighting it out for playoff positioning. Three weeks remain in the ECAC Northeast schedule, and entering Thursday’s games, a point separated first-place Curry from second-place Johnson … Read more
There were some upsets last weekend that knocked the standings around. St. Scholastica’s sweep of Wisconsin-River Falls helped St. Norbert gain control of the NCHA. Three teams are jammed in second place in the MIAC, with St. Thomas coasting out to a comfortable lead. Adrian will battle with Milwaukee School of Engineering for control of … Read more
I managed to go 1-1-1 in league play last week but swept the non-league contests on Saturday. It is a good thing I usually pick the ECAC West over the SUNYAC teams (grin). Neumann is idle this week after a very busy stretch since the holidays but the rest of the teams are in tough … Read more
Was there a more pathetic performance last weekend than my picks? I’ll give you Kyle Williams and Billy Cundiff but can you name a third? I didn’t think so. Dave last week: 4-6-0 Jim last week: 5-5-0 Dave’s record-to-date: 79-53-13 Jim’s record-to-date: 76-56-13 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, January 27 Maine at Boston University Dave’s pick: … Read more
Aside from a few puzzling results, Arlan and I both did pretty well last weekend, each going 14-3-3 (.775). The puzzlers were Boston University crushing Boston College, and Robert Morris beating Mercyhurst (See this week’s Wednesday Women column). On the season, I am 133-46-20 (.718), while Arlan is right behind at 130-49-20 (.703). Some interesting … Read more
Minnesota State (8-17-1, 4-13-1 WCHA) at Bemidji State (11-11-2, 5-9-2 WCHA) Tyler: Minnesota State had one of the worst power plays in the WCHA, but its clicking since Christmas, converting seven times in 26 attmepts. The Beavers are killing at a league-worst 76.4-percent rate over that stretch but this doesn’t make the Mavericks good enough to … Read more
Here we go…the last weekend of January is here. There’s ten games on tap for Friday and Saturday, including a pair of televised matchups tonight. Last week: 3-6 Overall: 37-37 Friday, Jan. 27 Brown at Dartmouth These are two teams that are maddeningly frustrating to figure out. Brown gets shut out by last place RPI … Read more
Last Week: 7-3-3 On the Season: 123-44-21 (.710) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28 Niagara vs. Robert Morris – The former CHA rivals are currently in fifth and third place, respectively, with just two points separating them. The teams, who tied 2-2 earlier this season, play at RMU on Friday and … Read more
RIT held another overwhelmingly successful charity weekend on Friday and Saturday night against Buffalo State at the Frank Ritter Memorial Arena. After holding the “Tigers Black Out Heart Disease” weekend against Plattsburgh, which included a sellout crowd of 2100 the first night, the Tigers held a “Salute the Troops” and a tribute to the US … Read more
It’s now down to the final four weeks of the regular season, and in both leagues there is a lot to play for. This past weekend saw some teams starting to assert themselves, while others are still searching for the formula to get their game going and start posting some wins and all important points. … Read more
It appears the usual suspects are beginning to take control of their respective conferences after another weekend of intense hockey action. A coaching milestone was also achieved during the weekend. St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin joined an elite group as he won his 400th career game. In a 4-1 victory against Wisconsin-Stout Friday, he became … Read more
Nichols has seemed to have snapped itself out of a funk, and the Bison did it in a big way Saturday night at home against Johnson and Wales. To beat the team with one of the nation’s top offenses, Nichols simply had to score more goals. Louie Educate’s second goal of the game — scored … Read more
Manhattanville jumped all over Neumann this weekend, earning its first season sweep of the Knights since 2004-2005, and vaulting into second place in the league. The Valiants shutout Neumann, 3-0, on Friday, notching two goals in the first 10 minutes of the game and then riding goaltender Pierre-Olivier Lemieux to his third shutout of the … Read more
Here’s a look back at another topsy-turvy weekend in the ECAC: 1. Four points for RPI: Brian wondered just a few weeks ago what the rest of the season held for the Engineers. And to be fair, so did I. Neither of us was ready to bury them, but given the results to that point, … Read more
Sixty minutes not enough at the top of the rankings Ten games went to overtime over the past week. Of the top 12 teams in the Ratings Percentage Index, the Teams Under Consideration, nine played a contest that stretched beyond regulation. Wisconsin, the team at the top of the PairWise Rankings, needed an extra minute … Read more
Lose a lead day The hockey stat which favors the team scoring first meant squat on Friday in the SUNYAC. Three of the four games saw the team which grabbed the early lead lose. The most extreme of all was Geneseo. The Ice Knights opened up a 3-0 lead on first period goals by Jimmy … Read more
The following are a few things (among many) which stood out over the weekend in the WCHA. Anyone have fingernails left? With this past weekend’s slate of games behind us, only six weekends remain on the schedule to sort out postseason positioning. As the race is heating up, the games are getting tighter. Of the … Read more
Three quick things from the weekend. 1. You can’t fight city hall. At the beginning of the 2011-12 season, Miami and Michigan were picked to finish second and third, respectively, in both the coaches and media preseason CCHA polls. At the end of the first half of the 2011-12 season, Michigan was eighth in the … Read more
These are three things I think I learned from this past weekend. 1. Northeastern is in trouble. The Huskies, who two weeks ago projected to be an NCAA tournament bubble team after running off eight straight wins, now sit in ninth place in Hockey East and 27th in the Pairwise. Making matters worse, the teams immediately ahead of … Read more
Three things I learned from Atlantic Hockey this weekend: Sweeps are sweet – I predicted mostly splits this weekend because sweeps in Atlantic Hockey have been hard to come by lately. But this weekend we saw four sweeps and in two other cases, a win and a tie earned. Robert Morris and Rochester Institute of … Read more