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Last time: 6-6-2 Overall: 15-16-4 For the second weekend in a row, the ECAC Hockey schedule consists of all conference matchups. Here’s a look at what is set for the weekend. All games start at 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Nov. 11 Cornell at Brown It’s been a tough few weeks for both teams – … Read more
I didn’t have a great week, because I went against my gut in my Friday ECAC picks, but I still improved my lead on Nicole on the season. Last week, I went 17-8-1 (.673), while Nicole went 14-11-1 (.557). I now have a 15-game lead on the season, as I am 113-43-16 (.703) while Nicole … Read more
Last week, I got Duluth’s sweep of St. Cloud right, but Matthew got the North Dakota-Minnesota Saturday result right, so we both went 4-3-1 (.562). On the year, I am 29-21-7 (.570) while Matthew is 25-25-7 (.500). Let’s see how we do this week. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 11-12 St. Cloud State at Colorado College Candace: Colorado … Read more
Just when you would think you would gain some games, Dave goes (almost) perfect on the week. Jim last week: 7-2-3 Jim to date: 38-33-13 Dave last week: 9-0-3 Dave to date: 43-28-13 Friday, November 11 Massachusetts at Merrimack Jim’s pick: Neither team is playing incredible. Neither is playing well but neither is playing that … Read more
The WCHA schedule houses one of the top NCAA matchups this weekend when Bemidji State travels to Minnesota State. It’s one of three series featuring a top-20 team. Let’s get picking. Ferris State at/vs Michigan State (Thursday/Saturday) Sean: Ferris State has found a nice offensive groove after getting healthier at forward, and younger players have … Read more
The second weekend of November has arrived and below is a look at eight games to watch in the western region of Division III hockey. The slate includes several MIAC-WIAC crossover games. Friday, Nov. 11 Concordia (3-1) at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (3-0-1) Coming off a series split with fellow MIAC power St. John’s, the Cobbers now … Read more
The first week is always a very challenging one in predicting winners, as “on paper” rosters don’t always translate to “on-ice” performance. That said, I will take week one as being a good start, having posted a 5-2-1 (.688) record, which is just below my targeted 70 percent success goal for the season. This week … Read more
Michigan State kicks off the weekend with a home game against former CCHA rival Ferris State Thursday night. Before we get to the picks, though, let’s look at how Drew Claussen and I have been faring. Last week Drew: 4-3-2 (.556) Paula: 5-2-2 (.667) Season Drew: 22-18-7 (.543) Paula: 26-14-7 (.628) Not bad. This week … Read more
Last week: Dan: 4-7-3 Chris: 6-5-3 On the season: Dan: 31-25-10 (.545) Chris: 35-21-10 (.606) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, November 10 Bentley at American International Dan: AIC is proving, time and time again, that they’re a gritty team capable of competing with everyone at any time. On Tuesday, they rallied from down 1-0 to go … Read more
Lake Forest at No. 10 St. Scholastica Maddie Davis and Julia Unterseher scored in the final four minutes of the third period on Friday to secure the 4-3 win for Lake Forest. Abby Sawyer had two goals for St. Scholastica in the loss. On Saturday, St. Scholastica had the lead twice before three second-period goals … Read more
No. 7 St. Lawrence 3, at No. 10 Princeton 1 Dakota Golde scored her first collegiate goal for St. Lawrence and Justine Reyes and Nadine Edney added tallies to lead the Saints past the Tigers. Princeton’s Kiersten Falck ended Grace Harrison’s shutout streak at 226 minutes, 15 seconds with a third-period goal. No. 8 Clarkson … Read more
Another weekend is in the books in college hockey and among the highlights was Lake Forest stunning reigning national runner-up St. Norbert to earn a split in their NCHA series, Hamline winning a pair of games against St. Olaf to surge to the top of the MIAC standings, and Wisconsin-Superior picking up a nonconference win … Read more
While NESCAC formerly started practices on November 1, some teams eased into the season with some less challenging opponents, while others dove right into major nonconference matchups, or, better yet, great conference rivalry games to start the new campaign. This weekend saw a bit of all of it and one thing seems very obvious — … Read more
1. Robert Morris is Ohio State’s Achilles’ heel. For reasons unknown to anyone other than RMU coach Derek Schooley and OSU coach Steve Rohlik, the Colonials by and large have the collective number of the Buckeyes. Robert Morris dealt Ohio State its first loss of the season Friday night in Columbus and a doozy it … Read more
A few things that caught my eye this week in the WCHA: 1. Bemidji State, Alabama Huntsville sweep in Alaska Much of the time, no matter how good or bad either Alaska team is, it can often be very difficult to win two games on the road in either Anchorage or Fairbanks. This is partially … Read more
Now Boston College fans, don’t try to crucify me here. But with a 7-0-1 record in its last eight games, Boston College has the nation’s longest unbeaten streak. How many people who are part of the BC faithful knew that? That leads the three things I learned this week. 1. Boston College: We’re going streaking … Read more
Here’s a look back at the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Defeating the undefeated Thanks to Robert Morris, there is one fewer unbeaten team remaining in Division I. Ohio State came into this past weekend’s home-and-home series with Robert Morris as the sole unbeaten team (excluding ECAC/Ivy League schools, which have only been playing … Read more
Three minutes were all that stood between a lost road weekend for Yale. The Bulldogs trailed 2-0 at Rensselaer Saturday, but scored two twice in the game’s final minutes before John Hayden scored 23 seconds into overtime for the win. It was Hayden’s second goal of the night; his first tied the game with 20 … Read more
Misery at Mariucci continues Many fans around the NCHC miss rivalries from their teams’ previous conferences. North Dakota fans got to live one out this weekend as the third-ranked Fighting Hawks played twice on the road against old WCHA foe Minnesota. Coming out of the series, UND fans might feel thankful their team no longer … Read more
I continued to outpace Nicole last week in our picks contest. I had a great Saturday, and for the week went 23-7-1, while Nicole went 19-11-1. I now have a big 12-game lead in the season race, as I am 96-35-15 while Nicole is 84-47-15. With the Four Nations Cup going on, the action is … Read more