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Lake Superior State at Ferris State Jack: The Lakers have lost three of four since their great start, whereas the Bulldogs seem to have pulled themselves together since their poor beginning to the season. I’ll say this is a split. A home series Rapids should be worth at least three points for the Dogs. Lakers … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-2-1 Chris: 6-3-1 On the season: Dan: 38-27-11 (.572) Chris: 41-24-11 (.612) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19 Mercyhurst at Bentley Dan: I woke up on Thursday in the Caribbean on my annual anniversary vacation (blame my wife for a wedding date in the middle of the season). … Read more
I start my D-III picks off this weekend, hoping to get off to a good start with some intense games on the docket. Friday, Nov. 18 Saint Anselm at Castleton Saint Anselm is bunched atop the conference with six other teams and looking to keep pace. Castleton needs to get their offense in gear. Saint … Read more
I differed with Jim on only three games last week. One was a tie and he got the other two right. So my five-game lead was almost sliced in half. Dave last week: 6-6-3 Jim last week: 8-4-3 Dave’s record-to-date: 49-34-16 Jim’s record-to-date: 46-37-16 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Nov. 18 Providence at Northeastern Dave’s pick: These two … Read more
I picked up another game on Nicole in our picks race last week, going 22-6-3 while she went 21-7-3. On the year, I am 135-49-19 while Nicole is 119-65-19. We’ve got some huge series this weekend, so let’s get to it. Friday, Nov. 18 Clarkson at Brown Candace: Brown should try to keep it to … Read more
B1G Hockey continues its solid start to the season with a collective nonconference record of 32-17-8 and the second-best nonconference win percentage (.632) in Division I, right behind the NCHC (.635). Drew Claussen and I aren’t doing too badly overall, either. Last week Drew: 6-1-1 (.813) Paula: 5-2-1 (.688) Even though I called the Ferris … Read more
Picking a Duluth sweep got me another game up on Matthew in our weekly picks contest, simply because they won on a night Matthew picked Western to win. Last week, I went 5-3 (.625) while Matthew went 4-4 (.500). On the year, I am 34-24-7 (.576) while Matthew is 29-29-7 (.500). Friday-Saturday, Nov. 18-19 Miami … Read more
Well this week we have a busy schedule as we had into Thanksgiving. There’s a healthy dose of conference games with some juicy non conference games mixed in. Last time picking: 7-3-2. All games are at 7 or 7:05 p.m. starts unless otherwise noted. Friday, Nov. 18 Brown at Clarkson Clarkson bounced back this past … Read more
Just like the games on the ice that appeared to be in control on the ice in the early action, I found out the result isn’t final until the last whistle. A mediocre 4-4-0 (.500) week sees the early season numbers drop to 9-6-1 (.594), so I have some early ground to make up and … Read more
Another weekend of hockey is here and the signature matchup on the schedule is a rematch of last season’s national title game, as Wisconsin-Stevens Point hits the road to take on St. Norbert in a game that should be an instant classic. St. John’s and Hamline square off against each other in a crucial MIAC … Read more
I spoke with new Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall for my Division I column this week and we covered a lot of ground, some of which didn’t make it into the final piece. I ended up leaving out any reference to specific players because the tone of the piece was about rebuilding the program and … Read more
The WCHA hosted one of the NCAA’s best matchups this weekend and it lived up to the billing. Here is what we learned this weekend: 1. Bemidji State can get it done in overtime. The Beavers picked up WCHA sweep this weekend in overtime against Minnesota State. The first victory came in the 3-on-3 overtime … Read more
No. 1 Plattsburgh at Neumann On Friday, Plattsburgh needed two third-period goals to edge Neumann, despite outshooting them 59-13. Bek Lucas and Grace Klienbach had the Knights up 2-1 in heading into the final frame, but Hannah Kiraly and Melissa Sheeran sealed the victory with power-play goals for Plattsburgh. On Saturday, Kayla Meneghin scored twice … Read more
These are the three things I think I learned this week. 1. UNH suffered an embarrassing loss. I’ll admit it. When I saw that New Hampshire lost in overtime to Arizona State, I instinctively concluded that the Wildcats were in for a loooong season. After all, Arizona State only began playing varsity hockey last season, … Read more
Streak ends Coming into this weekend’s series, Minnesota-Duluth had looked impressive crucial NCHC series, sweeping North Dakota and St. Cloud State in dramatic fashion. The Bulldogs trend of giving up the goal continued Friday in the first game of a series with Western Michigan, as Aidan Muir put the Broncos up 1-0 with a power-play … Read more
If this week is any indication of some of the drama we have in front of us for the next few months, then get ready for nonstop and heart-racing action right to the final whistles of regulation and beyond. This weekend produced extra-attacker goals, overtime thrillers, amazing comebacks, and new rivalries in the making. Here … Read more
Three Things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Double trouble There were three sweeps this weekend, with Army taking four points from Canisius, Air Force defeating Rochester Institute of Technology twice, and Robert Morris taking a pair of games from Sacred Heart. In the RIT/AFA and RMU/SHU series, the scores of the two games … Read more
The action was again a little light this weekend. The big series saw Minnesota-Duluth face North Dakota. No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth at No. 9 North Dakota On Saturday, Minnesota-Duluth scored twice in 34 seconds midway through the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Halli Krzyzaniak halved the deficit late in the third, but it was … Read more
The Quinnipiac Bobcats took four very big points this weekend and on Friday night they shown the ability that they can comeback en route to a victory against Dartmouth. They got down 1-0 and 2-1 in the first period to the Big Green. They took control in the second period and dominated the third period … Read more
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Four of the six Big Ten teams played nonconference opponents this weekend with Minnesota and Wisconsin taking the weekend off. Here’s how things played out: Michigan State dropped Thursday’s game to Ferris State but rebounded on Saturday to get a split Michigan split a series at home with … Read more