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Michigan Tech (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) at Bemidji State (1-3-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) Tyler: The Beavers are battle tested after splitting with then-No. 2 Miami before losing a couple tight games at then-No. 7 Colorado College. Tech had to sweat out a couple of close ones against one of the worst teams in the land, American International, a … Read more
Last week Josh flew solo (and aren’t we so proud of him?) last week, going 8-1-2. I think I’m in for a dogfight this year… and I’m sure that some of you will prefer his brand of prognostication to my own. Call it a hunch. This week Rensselaer at Notre Dame (Friday) Brian: The Irish … Read more
There’s a story by Nick Kotsopoulos at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette that reports that the Worcester city council is encouraging Holy Cross to consider a move to Hockey East by playing at the downtown DCU center. Speculation on a 12th Hockey East team has been thought to affect Atlantic Hockey both directly and indirectly. … Read more
These Thursday quick picks so far this season have a Ryan Dzingel-specific theme. Last week, I apologized for calling Dzingel “Danny” in my column. This week, Dzingel is popular with the ladies. The 12-year-old ladies. In the eye of the adolescent beholder A message came my way via email that’s too good not to share. … Read more
Here are a few notes to facilitate even greater ECAC Hockey devotion in the upcoming months. Check the Tweets First, for all you Twitter-ers or Tweeters or Twits or whatever you (ok, we) are, Dan Greene – creator of the Union Hockey Blog – has a new, post-grad site called “1989 And Still Waiting”. Along … Read more
Three things I learned this week: – 10,556 people can make a lot of noise. Rochester Institute of Technology sold out the Blue Cross Arena, site of the Atlantic Hockey Championships, on Saturday and won a thrilling 6-5 overtime game against St. Lawrence. It’s the only non-conference win for the league so far, and game … Read more
Extra attackers A week ago, Maine completed a sweep of Quinnipiac, thanks to pulling the goaltender in favor of an extra skater to tie with 30 seconds remaining before winning in overtime. This time, the Black Bears had the deed done to them. Bemidji State trailed, 2-1, after Maine’s Danielle Ward converted a penalty shot, … Read more
In monitoring the weekend’s results in the WCHA and across the country, a trend developed which may not mean a lot in the grand scheme of things but which we found interesting nonetheless. A total of 10 games were played encompassing four series and two single-game matchups involving post-realignment WCHA schools and their soon-to-be-former conference … Read more
Weekend two of Hockey East is in the books and what an interesting weekend it was. Boston College entered as the number one team in the country and may not have left that way. The league’s three newest coaches all faced major tests and a few thought they would all be looking for their first … Read more
Last Monday, we were looking back at the first weekend of Division I play. This week, we had a taste of CCHA action and a second look at some opening weekend trends. First, there’s nothing like a fast start. Five CCHA teams are still undefeated after four games, but it’s which teams that haven’t lost … Read more
You just can’t call a game one way or the other, even if the last nine seconds are ticking down and you’re grabbing your jacket and heading for the door. Don’t try to leave early, you may miss something huge, and that’s a lesson learned by the 10,556 folks at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester … Read more
So I had a feeling that the Wolverines would beat St. Lawrence last night, but 10-3? Not surprisingly, someone had a hat trick. Senior Luke Glendening — who had eight goals in 44 games last season — recorded his first career three-goal game. Including last night’s win, here’s how I’m doing so far with the … Read more
In his column this week, Arlan Marttila discussed the importance of getting off to a quick start. I and Arlan had a great first week in our picks, but a miserable second week, each going 4-5-2 (.454). Since we had identical records in the first week as well (though we’ve picked differently in a few … Read more
No. 14 Minnesota (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) at No. 9 Minnesota-Duluth (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) Tyler: This one is a battle of youth and Minnesota’s freshman class is more talented. Six of the seven freshmen who played against Sacred Heart last weekend scored at least a point. Mind you, that was a bad Sacred Heart squad. Both … Read more
Dave got off to a one-game lead over Jim last weekend and came within an extra-attacker goal at 19:58 of doubling that lead at Northeastern on Friday. Yes, folks, Jim’s win last year was a total fluke. This year will be back to the norm of Dave’s superiority. Dave last week: 6-3-1 Jim last week: 5-4-1 … Read more
OK, it’s time to throw my hat in the ring – picks time. Never been a big prognosticator, at least not a good one. Terrible at poker, OK at roulette, never played the ponies. Wish me luck, or comment below to vote against me. Miami at Colgate (Friday-Saturday) I like Colgate in both games on … Read more
Last Week: 11-3-1 On the Season: 11-3-1 (.767) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 14 Niagara at Air Force – Niagara has yet to score a goal yet in two games, but with Jason Torf out I think it will…but not enough to defeat the Falcons at home. Air Force 4, Niagara 3. Connecticut at Army … Read more
Two things, CCHA fans: 1. A big apology to Ryan Dzingel, who is clearly not Danny Dzingel, as I originally wrote in today’s column. Dzingel is a freshman forward for Ohio State. I am a middle-aged columnist-slash-teacher living in Flint. I hope that clears things up. 2. There’s a game tonight, so there must be … Read more
Both the season and some facts, that is. Colgate! That pretty much sums up my reaction to the weekend’s results, as the Raiders made it clear that no matter what trials and travails they may endure this year, they are not last year’s team. The story of the 2010-11 Colgate Raiders has been hashed over … Read more
We can easily make too much of results at this time of the year, when any outcome represents one quarter or even one half of a team’s games to date, but less than three percent of a team’s schedule by year’s end. Because several games this weekend were decided very late, evaluations can pivot on … Read more