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Nicole and I both got off to a good start, going 20-5-2 (.777). I got one up by picking Ohio State to win a game over Rensselaer, and she got it back by picking Minnesota-Duluth to beat Boston College. We’ve decide to pick every game again so let’s see how we do. Friday, Oct. 7 … Read more
After handily beating Dave last year in our weekly picks contest, I know he’ll be looking for revenge. With this weekend’s non-conference action, I think there are a lot of difficult games to pick. So fingers crossed for a good start! Friday, October 7 Air Force vs. Boston College (at Icebreaker Tournament, Denver, Colo.) Jim’s … Read more
Last night, Penn State kicked off the Division I season for B1G hockey with a 4-2 win over visiting St. Lawrence, giving me a very temporary edge over my partner-in-writing, Drew Claussen. We’ll factor in last night’s pick with our overall totals from this weekend in next Friday’s blog. This is how we fared for … Read more
We’re back for another week of picks. After six games last weekend, including a nice sweep by Alabama-Huntsville, all 10 of the WCHA teams are in action this weekend and that includes a pair of league series. Let’s get started… Michigan Tech at Minnesota State Sean: Michigan Tech and Minnesota State shared the WCHA regular … Read more
Last week: Dan: 0-0-1 Chris: 0-0-1 On the season: Dan: 0-0-1 (.500) Chris: 0-0-1 (.500) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8 Holy Cross at Niagara Dan: Starting the season with conference play is always risky because there’s so many variables the first time teams step on the ice. Given our … Read more
Colgate and Army West Point began the ECAC (and college hockey season) last Saturday with a 1-1 tie. The rest of the non-Ivy league teams start play this weekend. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted. Thursday, Oct. 8 St. Lawrence at Penn State Coach Mark Morris makes his Saints debut against a … Read more
Matthew and I both got off to a good start, picking the sweep by Minnesota-Duluth last week. So, we’ve started 2-0. I doubt our perfection will last through this weekend, but let’s see how we do. Thursday-Friday, Oct. 6-7 Western Michigan vs Ferris State Candace: I don’t have a good handle on the Broncos yet, … Read more
Drew Claussen and I nearly forgot that there’s a game tonight. Nearly. St. Lawrence at Penn State Drew: Penn State is going to be an interesting team this year. Teams have handled a large turnover before and been successful, but the Nittany Lions can look within their own conference to find an example of a … Read more
After a long summer, we officially have results in the WCHA standings. The first weekend of the season only featured three WCHA teams and four official games. The rest of the league was still in exhibition mode, but it’s never too early to learn and here are my takeaways: 1. Alabama Huntsville is going to … Read more
Welcome back for another year of ECAC Hockey. The regular season gets underway today at 7 p.m. when Colgate hosts Army West Point in the grand opening of the Class of 1965 Arena. The Raiders will have plenty of new faces in the lineup, as Colgate has nine freshman this season. That may lead to … Read more
Hockey is back, and with it comes everyone’s favorite weekly tradition – the picks. The majority of Atlantic Hockey clubs will take to the ice in preseason exhibitions against Canadian institutions. Out west, Niagara takes on Western Ontario; Mercyhurst plays Guelph; RIT takes on Brock Unviersity (from St. Catherine’s, Ontario); Robert Morris hosts Queen’s College; … Read more
Hi everyone! Happy almost-October! For most, that means carving pumpkins and watching even more football. But for many of us, that means another thing altogether: The college hockey season is about to begin. The women’s season started last week, and now it’s the men’s turn for their Oct. 1 openers. In the WCHA, we’ve got … Read more
Well, here we start with another picks race. We have a new women’s columnist, Nicole Haase, as former columnist Arlan Marttila has moved on. Nicole and I will be picking each week’s games and having a little friendly competition to see who can pick the most games correctly. This weeks sees some interesting games, including … Read more
It’s time hockey fans. The NCHC kicks off its season this weekend with a nonconference matchup between No. 17 Michigan Tech and No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth. Once again, NCHC columnists Matthew Semisch and Candace Horgan will be picking each week’s contests, and holding a friendly little season-long contest to see who can correctly pick the most … Read more
Next Thursday, Oct. 6, the season begins officially for Big Ten hockey when St. Lawrence plays Penn State, but this weekend, five B1G teams are warming up with exhibition play. Victoria at Wisconsin This game at the Kohl Center begins at 7:00 p.m. Saturday and gives Wisconsin fans their first chance to see the Badgers … Read more
1991 produced one of the most memorable national championship games ever.
Through 10 games of the 2016 NCAA tournament, there are five unblemished brackets remaining in College Hockey Pickem. Ferris State’s overtime victory over West Regional top seed St. Cloud State on Saturday did in plenty of brackets — the Huskies were second-favorites to North Dakota, appearing as the champion on 17.32 percent of the 7,929 … Read more
It’s the final round at the Frozen Four in Lake Placid and the all-West showdown between Wisconsin-Stevens Point and St. Norbert is an epic and worthy final. One game left to decide the national championship between two very familiar opponents. Friday night’s semifinal round NCAA picks went 0-2-0 (.000) as my Eastern title hopes were … Read more
Defending national champion Providence was one of the four No. 1 regional seeds but wasn’t one of the four favorites to make the Frozen Four in College Hockey Pickem 2016.
It’s the semifinal round at the Frozen Four in Lake Placid and both games feature the talent and level of play to complete the required weekend two-game win streak and hoist the national championship trophy. All efforts are focused on Friday and the need to win to play further on the weekend. Last week’s quarterfinal … Read more