Let the roller coaster ride continue for Northeastern

BOSTON – When the dust cleared Sunday night at Agganis Arena and sixth-seeded Northeastern moved onto the Hockey East semifinals, the Huskies faithful took a very deep breath. That’s nothing new for the fans from Huntington Avenue. Northeastern, which scored an empty-net goal to 2:14 remaining in regulation to take a 5-2 lead in game … Read more

3CAC

It’s not a news flash anymore: All four ECAC Hockey semifinal games are going to deciding Game 3’s today. Yale and Dartmouth won Saturday night to avoid embarrassing home-stand sweeps at the hands of St. Lawrence and Harvard, respectively; Colgate and Quinnipiac won squeakers on the road to extend their seasons at Union and Cornell. … Read more

I love the playoffs

… Which is obviously why I’m writing a random, rambling Saturday night post. First of all, as it appears right now, I really dropped the ball on my picks. Of course, the last few weeks had been pretty good so go figure. While the law of averages didn’t catch up with the Beavers this weekend, it obviously … Read more

Mid-series update

To all my devoted readers (and heck, to the reluctant ones, too), I sincerely apologize for not posting pre-game predictions yesterday as usual. I was (and still am) away from home, and couldn’t get an internet connection until it was too late. I’m hoping to make it up to you with a little bonus blog … Read more

Playoff picks

We’ve turned to some of our D-III columnists to give their picks for the winner. Larry O’Connor – MIAC, MCHA, and NCHA columnist Hamline’s stunning 3-2 overtime win over Wisconsin-Superior Wednesday set the stage for an enthralling quarterfinal weekend for the remaining D-III West teams. The quarterfinal field is stacked with excellent teams, each one … Read more

Games March 11-12 (and maybe 13)

Last week Theresa: 8-3-1 Season Theresa: 137-77-25 Last week Tyler: 10-1-1 Season Tyler: 141-54-21 Two more weeks of picks to go. This week, we’re talking about playoffs. Well, I am. Tyler’s on a beach somewhere for Spring Break, so you only get my wonderfully fabulous insight (*coughcough*). 1 vs. 12: Michigan Tech (4-28-4, 2-24-2 WCHA) … Read more

WCHA postseason awards

Given the new Final Five format, the league decided to forgo its annual awards banquet where it typically announces all of the awards. As a result, we have them now. Therefore, random Thursday blog post! WCHA Player of the Year Matt Frattin, UND WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Chay Genoway, UND WCHA Defensive Player … Read more

Candace’s Picks: March 11

In the conference championships, I did a pretty amazing job picking the winners of each game, missing only Northeastern’s upset of Boston University. I correctly picked the winners of each tournament though, as well as Syracuse upsetting Niagara, going 11-1 (.916). That brings my season picks to 189-57-24 (.744). Next up are some tough picks … Read more

Picks 3/11/11

Last Week: 1-3 On the Season: 103-69-28 (.585) I already previewed the four quarterfinal series in this week’s Atlantic Hockey Column, so let’s get right down to the picks. AHA Quarterfinals – Best of Three Series Friday, March 11, Saturday, March 12, and Sunday, March 13 (if necessary) American International at RIT – The Tigers … Read more

Hockey East picks – Quarterfinals

Jim gained a little on Dave in the final week of the regular season, which at this point is like insult to injury. Dave last week: 5-3-2 Jim last week: 6-2-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 100-36-30 (.692) Jim’s record-to-date: 111-33-28 (.726) Here are this week’s picks for the Hockey East quarterfinal series (series days listed in parenthesis; … Read more

Men's DIII Playoff Preview:Curry

 Curry Last Meeting: January 1, 2010 (Norwich, 4-0) League: ECAC Northeast Record: 16-8-3 (10-2-2 ECAC NE) NCAA History: Fourth Appearance Scoring Offense: 3.92 goals per game Scoring Defense: 3.09 goals per game Power Play: 21.6 percent Penalty Kill: 80.6 percent Team Leaders Goals: Payden Benning,16 Assists: Ryan Warsofsky,18 Points: Warsofky,27 Power play Goals: Benning,7 … Read more

Northeastern’s Cronin on suspension: “The worst part was waiting”

In the three-plus weeks that Northeastern head coach sat on the sideline awaiting his fate, he admitted that not only was it difficult, but it was extremely frustrating. “The worst part about it was waiting to find out what your penalty it,” said Cronin, who said he spent part of his time away at his … Read more