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Nicole certainly had her best weekend last weekend, going 11-1 (.916). I was almost as good, going 10-2 (.833). On the year, I am 391-129-63 (.724), while Nicole is 354-166-63 (.661). In the playoffs, I am 34-9 (.790), while Nicole is 35-8 (.813).It’s down to eight teams, so here we go.Saturday, March 11No. 6 St. … Read more
Last week: Dan: 6-2Chris: 6-2 On the season: Dan: 127-73-31 (.617)Chris: 137-63-31 (.660) This Week’s Picks: Friday, March 10 – Sunday, March 12 Atlantic Hockey TournamentQuarterfinal Round – Best of Three Series#11 Niagara at #1 CanisiusDan: I never thought Niagara would be here, but since they are, they need to be taken seriously. I looked back … Read more
Finally we come to the last weekend of regular-season play. Drew Claussen and I are still above .500 and still tied with each other.Last weekDrew: 4-2-0 (.667)Paula: 4-2-0 (.667)SeasonDrew: 80-47-14 (.617)Paula: 80-47-14 (.617) This week If Drew and I are correct and Minnesota wins out, the Golden Gophers will capture their fourth consecutive regular-season championship … Read more
Last time: 9-2-1Overall: 61-25-7Here’s a look at the quarterfinal matchups in ECAC Hockey. All the matchups are best-of-three. All the games are 7 p.m. starts except game three of Clarkson-Cornell which will be at 4 p.m. Sunday if necessary.No. 8 Yale at No. 1 HarvardSeason series: Harvard, 1-0-1This isn’t an easy matchup for the Harvard … Read more
Stick a fork in me; I’m done. I’m down five games to Jim and am picking first this week so he can play the Four Corners offense, mimicking my choices, and leave me with nothing but three contrarian picks next week.It’s a move I employed a year or two ago and was deservedly called gutless … Read more
We’re down to the Final Four in the WCHA, and the cream rose to the crop during the first weekend of the WCHA tournament. Here are the three things we learned this weekend: 1. Northern Michigan wasn’t going down without a fight. The Wildcats took Bemidji State to a decisive third game, but couldn’t pull … Read more
These are the three things I learned this week. 1. To no one’s surprise, UMass’s and Maine’s seasons end while Providence and Vermont move on. Massachusetts ends its season with 17 straight losses. For Maine, it ends without a single win on the road. So it was no surprise at all that Providence and Vermont … Read more
We all knew it was going to happen. After five games last year, including an epic three-game series, and four games this year, including a couple of epic one-goal games, there was virtually no way that the Bentley-Sacred Heart series wasn’t destined for three games. There also was no way, after the teams split the … Read more
The expectations for championship weekend were great and the games delivered on the promise of great competition and high-energy hockey. One game went to overtime, while three games were decided in the final two minutes and one in the final 10 seconds. The auto-bid winners will soon know about their NCAA tournament schedule, while others … Read more
If you were looking for an upset or two this weekend, you were disappointed as all four higher seeds advanced. Colgate was within a second of being the only lower seed to move on Saturday, but Eric Robinson’s goal with less than a second left sent Princeton into overtime. Max Véronneau forced a Game 3 … Read more
Thanks to three splits, the standings going into the last weekend of the regular season look very similar to what they were going into this weekend. Michigan State and Michigan were able to pull off the upset on Friday over Ohio State and Minnesota respectively, but the Gophers and Buckeyes were able to come back … Read more
Borgström leads Denver to sweep of Omaha Freshman Henrik Borgström’s offensive skills led No. 1 Denver to its first-ever Penrose Cup championship. Friday, with the game with Omaha tied 2-2 in the third period, Borgström scored at 2:11 on a five-on-three power play, and then scored again at 9:56. Troy Terry had a goal and … Read more
Augsburg claimed its second consecutive MIAC tournament championship Saturday night, rallying for a 3-2 win over St. Thomas on the road. The Auggies, the MIAC runner-up in the regular season, trailed 2-1 in the third period before fighting back to claim the title and the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Corbin Chapman scored … Read more
Sunday, March 5 Cornell at Clarkson Candace: This is going to be a nail-biter, but I just think Clarkson has to many ways to beat the Big Red. Clarkson 3-2 Nicole: Clarkson lost to Cornell 2-1 early in the season and beat them 5-4 in overtime in the final game of the regular season. It … Read more
It’s the best time of the year. It’s playoff time in the WCHA and we’ve got four series this weekend. Let’s get pickin’ No. 8 Northern Michigan at No. 1 Bemidji State Sean: I don’t want to overlook Northern Michigan, and neither should Bemidji State, but this series feels like a launching pad for the Beavers … Read more
Here comes the postseason. And after Dave and I had equally mediocre weeks last weekend, I head into the playoffs with a four-game lead. Jim last week: 6-5-0 Dave last week: 6-5-0 Jim to date: 151-85-32 Dave to date: 147-89-32 We will pick each series in order. Regardless of our picks in the first two … Read more
Friday, March 3 Massachusetts-Boston vs. Manhattanville UMass Boston won both the regular season meetings, so we have to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they’ll do the same here. UMass Boston 3-2 University of New England at No. 4 Norwich Norwich shut out UNE in their two meetings during the regular season … Read more
We’re down to the penultimate weekend of regular-season play. Yes, I wait all season to use the word penultimate. With two weeks to go before the Big Ten tournament, Drew Claussen and I have evened things up. Last week Drew: 5-1-0 (.833) Paula: 4-2-0 (.667) Season Drew: 76-45-14 (.615) Paula: 76-45-14 (.615) This week All … Read more
Last time: 8-1-3 Overall: 69-51-5 Here’s a look at the four first-round playoff series in ECAC Hockey this weekend. All matchups are best-of-three. Every game starts at 7 p.m., with the exception a 7:30 start for Clarkson and Rensselaer on Saturday and a potential Quinnipiac and Brown Game 3 on Sunday, which would start at … Read more
Nicole and I posted identical 24-7 (.774) records last week picking the first round of the playoffs. Let’s see how we do for Friday. On the year, I am 381-127-63 (.735), while she is 343-165-63 (.667). Friday, March 3 Lindenwood vs. Robert Morris Candace: I think the Colonials are on a mission to make their … Read more