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With roughly a week remaining in the unofficial first half of the season, conference races are starting to shape up and heat up, making the New Year look all the more exciting for all fans. Any all points are going to be important coming down the stretch in February, but it may be points gained … Read more
Danny Kaufmann spent the summer in Washington, D.C., where he waited tables and shared living quarters with a childhood friend. Through the course of the summer however, Kaufmann admitted that while they shared the same kitchen, he and John Carlson, a second-year defenseman with the Washington Capitals and Kaufmann’s best friend from growing up in … Read more
Deadlocked rivalries The two rivalry games lived up to their reputation and hype. Perhaps too much so, as both ended up in a tie. “It’s turning into a real special rivalry,” Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith said after a 3-3 tie with Buffalo State. After a scoreless first period, Buffalo State scored twice within 46 seconds. … Read more
Yale’s biggest season success comes off ice in White Out for Mandi On the ice, the Yale Bulldogs are having a season that they’d just as soon forget. After dropping a pair of home contests to Princeton and Quinnipiac, Yale’s mark for the year dipped to 1-14. Over the weekend however, the Bulldogs also paid … Read more
Every team in the league played this past weekend, and with one exception, someone won two games and someone got swept. Putting aside the only nonconference series for a moment, such decisiveness provided a little distance and clarity at the top of the league’s standings while muddying the waters further down. First is first. With … Read more
Despite the nation’s two highest-ranked teams, Merrimack (by Providence) and Notre Dame (by Northeastern) each succumbing to sweeps over the weekend, perhaps the biggest shocker in college hockey occurred in, of all places, Nashville, Tenn. The Music City hosted winless Alabama-Huntsville and a Nebraska-Omaha team tied for second in the WCHA on Friday night in … Read more
Signs of life? To cut to the chase, Rensselaer is still at the bottom of the league, and isn’t looking like anything close to a contender at this time. That said, the Engineers have scored a modest yet significant seven goals in their last three games: a 2-0 win at RIT, and last Friday’s 5-3 … Read more
Three things I learned from Atlantic Hockey this weekend: I would have liked to be at the John A Ryan Skating Arena on Saturday – Where one of those rare, Mighty Ducks-like moments occurred. Bentley and Niagara were tied at two goals each, when, with 1.3 seconds to play, Niagara’s Dan Baco covered the puck … Read more
Here are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. 3. When it comes to the Boston College – Boston University rivalry, home ice doesn’t matter for much. And you can toss in shot totals, too. This past weekend, the two archrivals completed their regular-season series and in all three games the visitors … Read more
BOSTON — When Boston College rookie goaltender Brian Billett arrived on campus, he did so hungry to get the chance to play. Little did he know that his first-ever Hockey East start would come in the hostile environment of archrival Boston University’s Agganis Arena. But a week after earning his first start and was named … Read more
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — The rabid fans of Boston College make Kelley Rink one of the most intimidating venues in Hockey East. Boston University netminder Kieran Millan, however, has been unfazed by the Eagles’ barn. In fact, Millan has shone brighter than the gold “Super Fan” shirts adoring the mass of Boston College enthusiasts. “We’ve … Read more
Last week was solid at 4-1-1 (.667) slate of picks to build off the opening .500 picks. This week has some big marquee match-ups, and I am not going to shy away from taking a shot at picking the winners. It’s awesome to have a first semester match-up between two undefeated contenders that will surely … Read more
I don’t know what the weather’s like where you are, but we have a fresh coating of snow on the ground this morning in Flint, Mich. It’s beautiful, obviously wintry, and the hockey fan in me is thinking about the stretch of I-69 between here and East Lansing, because that’s where I’m headed tonight. Yes, … Read more
The Thanksgiving tournaments are now memories, and conference battles are back on tap for this weekend. In the MIAC and NCHA, there are some head-to-head match-ups that could tip the balance of power in this season’s standings. MCHA Marian at Northland, 3:05 p.m. Saturday Northland’s Colin McIntosh was a one-man wrecking crew last week against … Read more
Game of the Week I hate the schedule maker. The last few years, the consistently most enjoyable SUNYAC rivalry games have been Plattsburgh-Oswego (well, that’s been consistently exciting for decades) and Fredonia-Buffalo State. So what do they do? Both times these rivalry games take place, it happens on the exact same day. You see why … Read more
Last weekend’s ECAC Northeast/MASCAC slate included a slew of nonconference games, including a handful of Thanksgiving tournaments in which teams got to showcase their wares against out-of-state competition. I went 3-2-1 this week (earning a half point for Framingham’s 1-1 tie Tuesday with Fitchburg), moving to 14-9-5. Here are this week’s picks. ECAC Northeast Curry … Read more
Well, I had a bad week last week, in part because I got the days of a split wrong, and also because I bet on the underdog a couple of times. I went 9-5 (.642), to move to 76-26-9 (.725) on the year. Arlan got the splits correct, and also picked the favorites, so he … Read more
No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth (9-3-2, 7-2-1 WCHA) at No. 20 Michigan Tech (8-5-1, 5-4-1 WCHA) Tyler: Michigan Tech has been on the run the last couple weeks and Minnesota-Duluth spent last weekend resting. Kenny Reiter has been as hot of goaltender as anyone the last month and he’s out to prove the week off won’t affect … Read more
My first ECAC weekend picks come just as Yale wrapped up a win over Brown in some Thursday night college hockey action. Brown actually led 2-0 early, but the Bulldogs ripped off three goals in the third period to go ahead for good. Brian O’Neill led the way with two scores while Andrew Miller had … Read more
Last Week: 10-1-2 (Best week in a long time) On the Season:63-28-11 (.672) This Week’s Picks: Rochester Institute of Technology at Connecticut – This weekend sees all six west pod teams traveling east. While the Tigers and Huskies have been playing each other since the Division III days, they really haven’t had much of a … Read more