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Last week: Dan: 5-4-2 Chris: 6-3-2 On the season: Dan: 100-64-22 (.597) Chris: 115-49-22 (.677) This Week’s Picks: Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13 Canisius at Bentley Dan: Heading into this weekend, one point separates Bentley from seventh-place Canisius. The Falcons need this series in order to shore up some playoff positioning, especially since … Read more
The home stretch is here for D-III college hockey and several big games are on the schedule for this weekend, including a showdown of the top two teams in the MIAC as St. Thomas battles Augsburg. In the NCHA, the featured matchup pits two nationally-ranked teams against each other as St. Norbert and St. Scholastica … Read more
The end of the regular season is already upon some teams this weekend, while others have just two more weekends to control their destiny for playoff positioning. Every game is critical, but the battles for home ice feel even more like it is already the playoffs. The picks from last week saw a solid bounce-back … Read more
A few things gleaned from the weekend in ECAC Hockey: Cornell stops the bleeding It wasn’t the result they wanted on Friday, but it was a start. Either way, it was the first successful weekend the Big Red has had since Jan. 9 — a 0-5-1 stretch. After a 2-2 tie with Quinnipiac and a … Read more
Ho hum. Can any team stop Plattsburgh? The top-ranked, undefeated, untied Cardinals (22-0-0) swept Cortland over the weekend, winning 7-1 Saturday and 3-1 Sunday. Saturday, Courtney Moriarty scored twice with an assist and Camille Leonard made just 10 saves. Leonard had to make 13 stops Sunday to move to 20-0-0 and Moriarty and Bridget Balisy … Read more
If it is at all possible, the playoff picture with just a couple of weeks remaining got cloudier, not clearer, across many of the conferences this weekend. Some teams with opportunity to create separation fell victim to upsets, while some other teams looking to make a late-season run made a statement about the fact they … Read more
1. Crowded at the top With Minnesota State and Bowling Green splitting in a matchup between the top two teams in the conference and Michigan Tech sweeping its series against Lake Superior State, just two points separate the Mavericks from the Falcons and the Huskies in the race for the MacNaughton Cup. Each has three … Read more
Hockey East showdown upcoming in Beanpot The top two teams in Hockey East will meet on Tuesday with the stakes being the Beanpot, rather than league points. No. 1 Boston College got revenge on Harvard and then some for its loss to the Crimson in last year’s event final, scoring early and often in an … Read more
Bookends The first and last place teams recorded sweeps this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey play. Robert Morris swept Sacred Heart by identical scores of 2-1, while Niagara took all four points from American International, 2-0 and 4-3. The rest (with the exception of Canisius, which was idle) had to settle for anywhere from one … Read more
It was an interesting weekend in Big Ten hockey for many reasons, not the least of which is that there’s still a deadlock for first place Monday morning. 1. The Spartans capture the Iron D. To be frank, the outcome of Friday’s game between Michigan State and Michigan in Joe Louis Arena is one of … Read more
Ever since Hockey East changed to a three-weekend playoff format two years ago, the weekend between Beanpot games created a must-watch couple of days for the Hockey East standings as most of the games in hand that have been accumulated throughout the season level off just three weeks prior to the regular-season finale. That was … Read more
A fairly light weekend of NCHC action wasn’t without its talking points. Here are three of the bigger ones that caught our attention: UMD continues its resurgence After suffering a five-game losing streak through the middle to end of last month, Minnesota-Duluth now finds itself on an upward trajectory. The Bulldogs have now built up … Read more
Last week: Dan: 4-2-4 Chris: 5-1-4 On the season: Dan: 95-60-20 (.600) Chris: 109-46-20 (.680) This Week’s Picks: Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6 Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force Dan: The immovable object meets the unstoppable force. RIT is undefeated on the road this year in conference play at 9-0-2, but they’re … Read more
There are two B1G series this week. First, how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks: Last week Drew: 4-4-0 (.500) Paula: 2-6-0 (.250) Season Drew: 64-39-15 (.606) Paula: 67-36-15 (.631) This week The Wolverines and Spartans face off and Penn State travels to Minnesota. Michigan vs. Michigan State Drew: Congratulations to Michigan … Read more
No ties last week. It’s been a while since we could say that. And hey, I picked up a game on Jim, so life is good. Dave last week: 9-3-0 Jim last week: 8-4-0 Dave’s record-to-date: 136-57-31 Jim’s record-to-date: 139-54-31 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Feb. 5 New Hampshire at Boston College Dave’s pick: The Wildcats’ split with … Read more
Shane here … Jack and I visited Splitsville, and I ended up on the right side of the tracks, while Jack found out what the wrong side looked like. I not only got the North Star College Cup games right, but nailed two of the scores and was an empty-netter away from getting three, maybe … Read more
Just two more weekends of the regular season after this one. If that isn’t enough motivation for some of these D-III women’s teams, I’m not sure what is. Candace and Matt are back again to forecast the weekend. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 5-6 Concordia (Minn.) at No. 8 St. Thomas Candace: St. Thomas had a rough weekend … Read more
Kazmaier duo Amanda Kessel last played in an NCAA game the day after being awarded the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Award. On Friday, she returns to collegiate competition when No. 3 Minnesota hosts No. 8 North Dakota at 6:07 p.m. CST. Saturday, the Gophers and Fighting Hawks conclude their series with a 4:07 p.m. start that … Read more
Last time: 5-3-2 Overall: 38-23-13 It’s the stretch run in ECAC Hockey. Seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? There are just three-season weekends left after this, so look for the standings to start to take shape as teams make a final push. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Feb. 5 Harvard at Brown … Read more
I had a pretty good week last week, going 24-7-2 (.757). On the year, I am now 309-88-46 (.749). It’s hard to believe there are only three weeks left in the regular season. Let’s see how we do this week. Friday, Feb. 5 Rensselaer at Clarkson The Golden Knights can be mercurial, but I like … Read more