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Last week Theresa: 8-4 Season Theresa: 97-58-16 Last week Tyler: 9-3 Season Tyler: 99-39-12 This week, the bye is the busiest of them all, as BSU, DU and UMD all face it. We also have four conference series and another non-con tilt with UAH. Friday, January 28 and Saturday, January 29 No. 4 North Dakota … Read more
Prediction precision Season record: Me: 100-47-16 (.663) Guest guessers: 76-49-13 (.598) Head to head: Sullivan 7, Guests 4*, with 1 tie. Looks like I’m doing alright so far. This week All times Eastern Friday, January 28 Cornell at Dartmouth – 7:00 Much like Princeton, Cornell has somehow figured out how to win on the road … Read more
The home penalty box at Ralph Engelstad Arena does not have a revolving door, but it seemed like it for a stretch in the second period in Friday night’s game between North Dakota and Nebraska-Omaha. The Sioux gave UNO seven total power plays Friday night and the Mavericks scored on five. Of the 10 goals … Read more
Warning: before you begin to read this blog post, know that it might sound a bit elitist. And it should. Hockey East is home to the last three national champions. In the last 14 seasons, a Hockey East team has been in the NCAA title game in all but one season (we all remember the … Read more
Well, I suppose I knew this was coming. I guess I’m just a little surprised that it’s happening now. Michigan State is 10-12-4 this season. Last year, the Spartans finished second in the CCHA with an overall record of 19-13-6, but their season ended when they were swept in two games at home in the … Read more
Inter-pod play is now over for the season in Atlantic Hockey, as the East and West scheduling “Pods” will play only in-region games for the rest of the regular season. The West held a 41-18-13 advantage over the East, so it’s not a surprise that the top six teams in the standings are all from … Read more
Goaltending in the CCHA and college hockey in general fascinates me this year. Twenty-two goaltenders, nationally, enter this weekend’s play with save percentages of .920 or higher. Granted, that number is inflated by three goalies who haven’t seen significant time this season. At the end of then 2009-10 season, however, only nine goalies nationwide had … Read more
Players of the Week Player of the week: Chase Polacek, RPI No stranger to the spotlight, Polacek scored twice – including the game-winner – in Friday’s tight win over Harvard, and added another GWG (this one on the power play) and an assist in Saturday’s romp over Dartmouth. The senior is now second in the … Read more
Insane That’s the only way to describe Saturday’s action. One game had the teams’ exchange the go-ahead and tying goals in the last 13 seconds of regulation. The top team in the country blew a 4-0 lead. The team that made the comeback took a roughing penalty when regulation time ran out to lose the … Read more
Last week I titled my blog post, “Fit to be tied.” Fitting, the weekend after I make that post, RIT and Plattsburgh; in one of the most anticipated showdowns of the season, tied not only once, but both of their games. The two schools played before a sold out electric-atmosphere at the Frank Ritter Memorial … Read more
Well, the title for this post should really read “Saturday Recap,” as every game from the weekend was squeezed into that day. The teams that needed to took care of business in the ECAC Northeast, while there were some near upsets in the MASCAC. Here’s a look at a busy Saturday for both conferences. ECAC … Read more
The topsy-turvy world of the two interlocking conferences continued this weekend, with yet again more surprises in the games’ outcomes. There were only a handful of 2-0-0 teams on the weekend, including Castleton, which at 15-2-0 isn’t surprising anyone with its play at home or on the road. Even Middlebury’s first four-point weekend of the … Read more
The final weekend of East-West pod play had the West coming out on top again, but by a closer margin. Pending this evening’s game between Canisius and American International, the West won the weekend 5-3-3, an improvement for the East over last weekend’s 8-1-1 domination by the West pod. Army was the only East team … Read more
On the fly Friday, January 21 Clarkson 2 at Yale 5 Clarkson tested Yale all night, but the Bulldogs broke through with three third-period goals to vanquish the Knights. Freshman Kenny Agostino, junior Brian O’Neill, and seniors Denny Kearney and Chris Cahill (twice) scored for the Elis, who fought through 1-1 and 2-2 ties to … Read more
No. 12 Hamline grabbed sole possession of first place in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings with its two-game sweep of St. Thomas during the weekend. Hamline, St. Thomas and Gustavus were locked in a three-way tie for first place with with 10 points each going into the weekend. The No. 15 Gusties (11-6-2, 5-3-2) … Read more
This is a season through the looking glass, isn’t it? I’ve been saying all along that Michigan State doesn’t look like a second-to-last place team. It’s hard to argue against parity when the 10th-place team beats the ranked third-place team and the seventh-place team knocks the first-place team out of the top spot, in the … Read more
There was an unquestioned king of the past week: Boston College. Only the Eagles among all the Hockey East teams claimed every available point. Nobody else swept. No team went without at least a tie. With wins over arch-rival Boston University and Massachusetts-Lowell, BC moved into first place. Sort of. The Eagles now lead New Hampshire … Read more
This post is brought to you by the letters M and N and the number 11. (Take a guess where I am right now. Brr.) In which we had the weekend of the split sweep, save the UND/UNO series. But we’ll get to that. Colorado College swept Alabama-Huntsville – Raise your hands if you were … Read more
I had to dig back a few posts to find my pick record and then combine it with last week’s picks, a seemingly simple task turned into a challenge for the mathematically impaired. By my count, I’m sitting at 57-35 entering the weekend, although in the words of one famous politician, that’s some fuzzy math. … Read more
This is the final weekend of inter-pod play with the Eastern and Western scheduling pods squaring off in six two-game series. Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22 Robert Morris at Army – The teams have never met. RMU needs one more win to have its best season ever, and is currently 7-1-2 against teams … Read more