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Boston University coach Jack Parker summed up the series against cross-town rival Boston College best on Saturday night when he said: “We were outclassed by a team that is playing at the top of their game.” While the Eagles may not look exactly like the team that skated to gold in Detroit last April, there … Read more
BOSTON – Chaotic. That was the only word that Boston College head coach Jerry York could use to sum up the third period of Friday’s opening game in a home-and-home series with archrival Boston University. For York and the Eagles, the fortunate thing was the game was long out of hand by the point that … Read more
Lots of good matchups to get to this week and none are bigger than the game I previewed for my column this week between Plattsburgh and Norwich. Plattsburgh @ Norwich Two top five teams collide at Kreitzberg Arena for the very first time with a combined 12-1-0 record coming into Friday night’s game. Plattsburgh and … Read more
A perfect 6-0 midweek record pushed my overall picks mark to 31-18, by far the best it has been all season. Here’s what is set to go on this weekend. Saturday, 12/4 Westfield State at Salem State A matchup of teams on the opposite end of the spectrum in the early going. Both were expected … Read more
Last week Theresa: 8-4-2 Season Theresa: 48-32-9 Last week Tyler: 7-5-2 Season Tyler: 42-22-5 All conference, all the time this week. Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4 No. 10 Denver (10-4-2, 7-2-1 WCHA) at No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth (11-1-2, 8-1-1 WCHA) Theresa: I kind of talked about this series ad nauseum in the column this … Read more
Two great records last week. One, though, is better than the other. Dave last week: 8-2-1 Jim last week: 10-0-1 (yeah, baby!) Dave’s record-to-date: 37-16-16 (.652) Jim’s record-to-date: 35-12-13 (.691) Here are this week’s picks: Friday, December 3 Boston College at Boston University Jim’s pick: Difficult series to pick and a split is most likely. … Read more
Before I get to anything else, I have to say how deeply saddened by the death of Dave Faiella, Northern Michigan’s sports information director. Dave died Dec. 1, reportedly from heart and kidney trouble that had struck recently. He was only 49. I’d been acquainted with Dave for over a decade, longer than his nine … Read more
Prediction precision Last week 7-2-1 (.750) Season record 46-23-10 (.646) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Still seeking new challengers to my prognostication prowess… email me at ECACWriter@USCHO.com with five good (or bad) reasons why you should be selected as a guest-guesser. This week All times Eastern Friday, December 3 Rensselaer at Yale – 7:00 I’m not … Read more
Well, last week I certainly improved on my recent struggles with picks. I even picked not only the score, but the OT win, in the first Wisconsin win over Minnesota-Duluth. Since Ohio State won the first game in a shootout, I’m going to say that overall, I went 9-3 (.750). On the season, I am … Read more
Last Week: 7-5-1 On the Season: 39-30-56 (.560) This Week’s Picks: Eleven of the 12 AHA are in action this weekend with only Canisius idle. The Golden Griffins are off until 12/17. Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4: Holy Cross at Air Force – The Crusaders are having better luck on the road than … Read more
Week three in New England and we are back to league play for the weekend and some interesting games between travel partners during the upcoming week as schools are moving toward finals and the semester break. Nobody wants to head into the holiday break on a downer so several teams need to start some positive momentum … Read more
For 18 seasons, Minnesota and Wisconsin never had to look far to find quality nonconference opponents. Michigan and Michigan State have been on the Minnesota and Wisconsin regular season schedules once every Thanksgiving weekend since 1993. The weekend pitted four of the five Big Ten institutions with Division I hockey programs. The Gophers and Badgers … Read more
Nine weeks into the season, seniors are leading the way in Atlantic Hockey. Seven of the top eight scorers in the league are in their final seasons. Some have been go-to guys for all four years; others have emerged just this season. Here’s a look at some of the sensational seniors: Paul Zanette, Niagara – … Read more
Last week’s games brought us a week of notable firsts, and they make up the bulk of this week’s list of 15 things. Michigan State’s 5-2 win over Minnesota was the Spartans’ first in 10 games. In the last nine meetings, MSU had gone 0-4-5. The win was also the first on the road for … Read more
Will the real Boston College men’s hockey team please step forward? Seriously. We’re almost at the holiday break, and the defending national champions, a team most people thought (including myself) that they might threaten Maine’s 42-1-2 record from 1993, seems to be caught in the middle of a Jekyll & Hyde performance. Good games are … Read more
Players of the Week *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Nick Walsh, Dartmouth The 6’1″ junior out of Shannonville, Ontario racked up a 4-1–5 line in two games against Harvard. His big haul included a hat trick in Friday’s rout in Boston and the game-winner Saturday, and … Read more
Coming into the Amherst series this past weekend, RIT had already had an impressive season. The Tigers were a perfect 8-0-0 with a quality win over Norwich. If you didn’t take notice before, you most certainly should have now after RIT swept the two-time defending national champion Amherst by scores of 2-0 and 5-1 over the … Read more
Plattsburgh Wins The PrimeLink The Cardinals made a statement this past weekend, telling everyone they are indeed still capable of playing top-flight hockey by winning one of the toughest tournaments in Division III hockey. First, they defeated St. John’s, 7-4. They found themselves down 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2 in the first period before scoring four … Read more
Unranked University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire plucked two Top-10 teams in a Thanksgiving showcase, which provided more than a feather in its collective hat. The darkhorse Blugolds finished the Hackett Builders Thanksgiving Showcase in Adrian at 2-0 while raising their overall record to 5-4. On Friday, Ross Janecyk scored at 2:15 in overtime to lift UW-Eau … Read more
Ok, so if I have learned anything through the first two weeks, it is that this season is already full of surprising game outcomes and unpredictable inter-league matchups. Case in point, this past post-Thanksgiving tournament fest that saw a number of interesting tournament champions crowned and my predictions staying below the .500 level for the season, … Read more