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The Hockey East mantra of top-to-bottom strength applied last year in spades. Northeastern, which finished one point out of the playoffs also finished four points out of home ice. At the top was Boston College, winning its second national title in three years, extending Hockey East’s streak to three straight championships. It would be hard … Read more
On the Fly Friday, November 19 Harvard 0 at Princeton 1 Sophomore Mike Condon’s career-high 36 saves bested senior Kyle Richter’s 34, as the Tigers netminder recorded his first career shutout thanks to senior Mike Kramer’s first-period strike. The officials whistled only four penalties, leading to 71 combined shots (including 15 apiece in the second … Read more
One month after Adrian and Cortland opened the D-III women’s hockey season on Oct. 22, all 49 teams have finally played a game as the NESCAC kicked off action this past weekend. Amherst, the two-time defending national champions finally took to the ice and the Lady Jeffs picked up right where they left off last … Read more
Another weekend in the books. A good weekend for two teams looking to make splash in the ECAC Northeast this year. Johnson & Wales downed Suffolk 3-0 Sunday to move to 2-0 in conference play, while Wentworth pulled even across the board at 1-1-1 with a convinving 7-2 win at home against upstart Western … Read more
Coaches have been telling me all season that Atlantic Hockey is wide open this year, with any team capable of beating any other. This weekend proved that out: Niagara looked very impressive in a 4-1 win over RIT, continuing their dominance over the Tigers. But the next night, Air Force jumped out to a 5-0 … Read more
Maine hoped to capitalize on nearly eleven minutes of extra-man play – and the Eagles’ temporarily stick-less goaltender – in Sunday’s matinee against No. 10 Boston College. The Black Bears, however, never had a chance. Maine’s power play struggled mightily against the Eagles’ intractable penalty kill, failing to score in five man-advantage opportunities and bringing … Read more
Mash the names “Amanda” and “Mazzotta” together, and you get one word. Amazing. Such was the weekend performance of second ranked Cornell’s junior goaltender, who put up a pair of whitewashes against ECAC foes Princeton and Qunnipiac. Jimmy Xi of the Cornell Daily Sun spins the tale. In recent seasons, Maine has taken its show … Read more
Very interesting weekend around Hockey East as a handful of teams made definitive statements with their play on the ice. Boston College probably made the biggest one, sweeping Maine in a two-game series at home, 4-0 and 4-1. The Eagles dominated in Friday’s opener but then found a way to win in Sunday’s rematch, a … Read more
I had to laugh when I read USCHO’s front page after Friday night’s games. “Freaky Friday,” the headline proclaimed, because there were upsets all over the place in College Hockeyland. Except for in the CCHA. Friday was, in fact, the least freakiest night of the CCHA season, I thought, as the top teams beat the … Read more
I liked last week’s format. Let’s stick with that. There are also quite a few thoughts rolling around from the weekend, so I’m going to quit delaying and get a cracking. – The Bulldogs, with their program-best 11-1-2 start, continue to keep on rolling. – The roll is partly due to UMD’s insane ability to … Read more
Lake Forest @ Wis. River Falls Meeting between last year’s NCHA regular season and tournament champion and a matchup of two undefeated teams. Even though Lake Forest will be without Kim Herring, I like a split between these two. Coach Zaban said it best that it will come down to which team has better defense … Read more
Last Week: 7-3-2 On the Season: 27-20-4 (.569) This Week’s Picks: It’s a bizarre weekend with plenty of action, but all single games. No two game series. Friday, November 19 AIC at Army – AIC stays in conference (no non-league games yet) while Army starts a homestand that will see them at Tate rink for … Read more
Dang you Vermont. OK, the Catamounts weren’t the only team to throw a wrench into my normally solid picks. Vermont has been a weird team. They don’t win, but they have an awful lot of ties, including two last weekend against Hockey East front-runner Boston University. I sure didn’t see Minnesota State sweeping Ohio State … Read more
What a crazy Thursday night for sports. You have a pair of NHL teams (Tampa and Philly) almost outscore the Thursday night football matchup between the Bears and Dolphins… and oh yeah, Western New England beat Curry in a thrilling, up-tempo 6-5 game in overtime. Check out the recap here. In the words of Jerry … Read more
Dave made a great comeback last week while my mind obviously was still drowning in Jameson and Guinness. Dave last week: 6-1-3 Jim last week: 4-3-3 Dave’s record-to-date: 22-13-13 (.594) Jim’s record-to-date: 18-11-11 (.582) Here are this week’s picks: Friday, November 19 Maine at Boston College Dave’s pick: I suspected at the beginning of the year … Read more
Everybody, please welcome my newest competitor, Stephen Shablak. Colgate devotee and ECAC Hockey super-fan, Shablak is also a master of brevity. (He really out-did himself in that regard, risking derision and failure by not even picking Tuesday’s games!) Among his justifications for pixel-usage: “3) I’ve followed ECAC hockey since it’s inception 4)I played in the … Read more
After a 2-9 start in the prognostication arena, I figure I am a shoo-in for the lead role in a remake of “The Cooler.” For the cinematically challenged, the 2003 film starred William H. Macy as down-and-outer Bernie Lootz, who is sent to gaming tables by his venal casino boss, adroitly played by Alec Baldwin, … Read more
Thank goodness there were no tied games this week. Why, you ask? Because I’ve been calculating my win percentage wrong … and I knew that I had to have been doing so all season. I am surprised that no one wrote to correct me until this week. Frankly, I’m just as surprised that someone claiming … Read more
Last week Theresa: 7-4-1 (boo missing the nights on the BSU/UAA split) Season Theresa: 34-22-7 Last week Tyler: 7-4-1 Season Tyler: 27-15-3 Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20 No. 8 North Dakota (7-4-1, 6-2-0 WCHA) at No. 4 Nebraska-Omaha (8-1-1, 5-0-1 WCHA) Theresa: We lead off with this series because it’s arguably the hardest … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. May as well call this Rookie Week… just take a look. Wow. Player of the Week: Mike Keenan, Dartmouth It figures that with 13 goals on the North Country trip, a couple Dartmouth players were going to get some recognition. Keenan, … Read more