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I’m not going to prematurely celebrate as things can still change on a dime, particularly if Dave decides to leave his brain behind and pick differently than I do in most games this weekend in a singular attempt to catch up. But I picked up two more games on Dave last weekend and hold a six … Read more
No fancy intro this week, just need to get right to the recaps for the start of the Division III women’s conference playoffs that started this past weekend. One word, though: overtime. Colonial Hockey Just two quarterfinal games went down Saturday, and both were shutouts. Morrisville downed Johnson and Wales 7-0 (and outshot J and … Read more
Well, it was most certainly a Super Saturday in all of the conference tournaments that saw favorites win, shocking upsets, overtime thrillers and a championship game postponed due to an outbreak of Mumps. There was lots of excitement and drama and for the teams remaining, one step climbed in pursuit of a conference title and … Read more
Greetings from the Twin Cities where I’m spending a day off from work in preparation for seeing Bruce Springsteen tonight. Sorry, I had to brag, I’m very excited. Back to hockey, four teams were in action this weekend and after the contests we are, for the most part, right back where we started. Here’s how … Read more
Once again, the MacNaughton Cup won’t be decided until the final weekend of the regular season. It’s becoming the norm in the new-look WCHA: In 2013-14, Ferris State claimed the league title by just one point — the Bulldogs swept Lake Superior State then got help from Michigan Tech, who tied second-place Minnesota State in the … Read more
ECAC Hockey A wild season in ECAC Hockey was backed up by a competitive quarterfinal round. Two series went to overtime in the decisive third game, and even the top seed needed overtime both days to advance. Quinnipiac swept its series from Rensselaer, 3-2 and 2-1, although not without struggles. Jaimie Grigsby and Josefine Hansen … Read more
There’s one weekend left, and the standings took quite a turn over the weekend. Let’s look at what is known, based on the results over the weekend. The definites Entering the final weekend of play, not one of the eight seeds is set yet, though some scenarios are more likely than others. Here is what … Read more
The ECAC Hockey season came to a close in a relatively non-dramatic fashion, as there wasn’t much at stake on Saturday. Quinnipiac’s 4-1 win over Brown Friday secured the program’s third Cleary Cup in the last four seasons. Now the Bobcats will try to win the program’s first Whitelaw Cup. Yale, Harvard, St. Lawrence round … Read more
A five-team race late in the season became a three-team race in Hockey East’s final weekend. And in the end, though Boston College captured the top seed in the playoffs, the Eagles and the Providence Friars ended up atop of the league. That leads the three things I learned this weekend. 1. Eagles and Friars … Read more
The weekend that was in the West Region playoffs… MIAC Thrilling is perhaps the best way to describe the semifinal round of the MIAC tournament Saturday. St. John’s edged rival St. Thomas 2-1 in overtime while regular-season champion Augsburg used a three-goal outburst in the final seven minutes of action to knock off defending tournament … Read more
The 2015-2016 regular season is over, and in true Atlantic Hockey fashion, it went out with an incredible bang over the past weekend. Six places in the standings changed over the course of the final night on Saturday after a wild Friday set up a mad dash to the finish. After completion, the dust settled … Read more
Here’s a look at the final regular season weekend in ECAC Hockey.
The regular-season is coming to an end and thanks to calling the Merrimack/Maine split correctly last weekend, I maintain my four-game lead over Dave with four weekends of play remaining. Jim last week: 7-3-1 Jim to date: 165-59-36 Dave last week: 7-3-1 Dave to date: 161-63-36 The picks below are made according to series with … Read more
This is Shane … No more bye weeks. No more nonconference games. It feels like a NASCAR race after a late caution. A restart before the final two laps. Four games remain, two weekends. Everything yet to be decided. How will things look with one lap to go? Ferris State at Bowling Green Shane: The … Read more
The postseason is here! Even after the MIAC tournament play-in game Thursday night that saw Concordia (Minn.) eliminate St. Mary’s by a 3-1 score, there is still tons of hockey to play. Also Thursday, Utica bounced Cortland 5-0 in the ECAC West tournament. Candace and Matt continue to prognosticate and from here on out, the … Read more
The playoffs begin Welcome to one of the best weekends of the season. There will be more compelling matchups in the weeks ahead, but at this point, we still have 28 teams in action, and that volume of games ensures that some of them will deliver drama. The postseason is the enticement that drives the … Read more
I had another absolutely stellar picks weekend last week, going 27-3-4 (.852). I think that’s the best back-to-back performance for me ever. I finished the regular season at 386-102-56 (.761). For the postseason, I start over, but I’ll also include a season summary in addition to postseason summary each week. Postseason gets harder, so can … Read more
Thank you Denver! The Pioneers’ sweep of Colorado College put me five up on Matthew in our picks race. Last week, I went 6-2 (.750), moving to 101-47-14 (.667), while Matthew went 5-3 (.625) to move to 96-52-14 (.635). Friday-Saturday 2-26-27 Colorado College at Miami Candace: Miami got swept in Colorado Springs back in December, … Read more
Wow, it is a SUPER SATURDAY! A total of 36 teams in 18 games showcasing great hockey across the Northeast and teams hoping that this is when they find their best hockey of the season. I am just like those teams when it comes to my season-long predictions. While I have not been great all … Read more
There are two B1G series this weekend and one begins tonight. First, how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks: Last week Drew: 2-3-0 (.400) Paula: 2-3-0 (.400) Season Drew: 70-46-17 (.590) Paula: 72-44-17 (.605) Both of us couldn’t have been more wrong about last week’s Michigan State-Wisconsin series, but props to Drew … Read more