Atlantic Hockey Picks, March 18-19: Championship Edition

Last week: Dan: 7-4 Chris: 8-3 On the season: Dan: 129-81-28 (.601) Chris: 144-66-28 (.664) With just three picks left and a lead of 15 games, Chris has won his third straight title and bragging rights for another season. Better luck next year, Dan! This Week’s Picks: Friday, March 18 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Semifinals Blue … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten quarterfinals: March 17, 2016

For the Big Ten championship tournament, Drew Claussen and I have decided to make our picks day by day. First, our running totals: Last week Drew: 3-2-1 (.583) Paula: 4-1-1 (.750) Season Drew: 77-53-19 (.581) Paula: 79-51-19 (.594) Big Ten championship tournament This year, the Big Ten tournament is played March 17 through March 19 … Read more

Four things: March 13

Our NCHC weekend wrap-up typically goes over three of the bigger talking points from recent action. So as to not slight one of the fourth playoff quarterfinal series that took place this week, however, we’ll go over each series. North Dakota rolls past CC Thanks to 7-1 and 5-1 victories this weekend over Colorado College, … Read more

Weekend Wrap: March 13

We are down to four. After four quarterfinal games last weekend in the NCAA Division III women’s national tournament, the remaining teams are Wisconsin-River Falls, Plattsburgh, Middlebury, and Elmira. Starting off last Friday, River Falls topped St. Thomas 4-1 behind two goals and an assist from Haley Nielsen and a goal plus a helper from … Read more

Weekend Wrap: March 13

A veteran quartet We’re down to four teams, and those four are an accomplished bunch. A week from now, these senior classes will have concluded their careers by collectively playing in 12 Frozen Fours. These programs have also combined to win the last five NCAA Championships. Yes, this will be all new for the freshmen, … Read more

Gophers are the champions but Michigan is still the favorite

The regular season is officially in the books. The final weekend wasn’t necessarily very dramatic, but there were two series that could have changed the seeding of the conference tournament and another that was a preview of the only predetermined matchup that is going to happen in St. Paul. In the end the seeding was … Read more

And then there were four

A relatively quick quarterfinal weekend in ECAC Hockey ended with three teams returning to Lake Placid for the second season in a row. The lone newcomer is Dartmouth, who swept second-seeded Yale to return to conference semifinals for the first time since 2011. Only one series – Cornell and Quinnipiac  – went to three games, … Read more

First round tournament wrap: March 13

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There were three games last weekend, including the defending national champion and three first-time participants in the national tournament, that all finished with perhaps a bit less drama than expected. Two first-timers won their matchups and this year’s tournament will see a new national champion as Trinity exits in the first round at the hands … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten: March 11-12

It’s the last weekend of regular-season play. It’s not the last weekend, however, for Drew Claussen and me to predict how B1G teams will fare. Last week Drew: 2-4-0 (.333) Paula: 2-4-0 (.333) Season Drew: 74-51-18 (.580) Paula: 75-50-18 (.587) This week Last weekend was a weekend of missed opportunities for the top three Big … Read more

Tournament picks: March 11

Just 11 teams remain at the D-III level and all have the desire to win that coveted NCAA title. This year, the schedule breaks down more favorably for those teams playing first-round games as the mid-week games are all moved to Saturday with the quarterfinals to follow a week later. That means some welcome rest … Read more

What to Watch: Super Saturday

Less than 23 percent of the teams that we’ve followed all season remain, and that sparse herd gets thinned even further on Saturday, perhaps the most dramatic day of the schedule. It can be such a crushing defeat. All year it has been everyone’s dream to play in Durham in a week, and four teams … Read more

Weekend Picks: March 11

I did pretty well last weekend in my picks, going 7-1 (.895). Evidently I forgot to pick the championship games though; woe is me. In the postseason, I am 27-12 (.692), and for the full year, I am 413-104-56 (.769_. Let’s see how I can do in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. Saturday, March … Read more

Atlantic Hockey Picks, February March 11-13: Quarterfinal Edition

Last week: Dan: 8-1 Chris: 8-1 On the season: Dan: 122-77-28 (.599) Chris: 136-63-28 (.660)   This Week’s Picks: Friday, March 11, Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13 (if necessary) Atlantic Hockey Tournament Quarterfinal Round Best-of-Three Series Bentley at Robert Morris Dan: Based on our preseason picks, this is actually an incredibly marquee matchup (we … Read more

Weekend Picks: March 11

We are here — the penultimate weekend of the Division III women’s season. Down to eight teams and after this weekend, just four. Candace and Matt prognosticate the four NCAA tournament games, starting with one Friday night and three on Saturday. Friday, March 11 St. Thomas at Wisconsin-River Falls Candace: Chloe Kinsel is the difference. … Read more