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Plattsburgh will surely maintain the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll after the Cardinals dominated Neumann with wins of 8-0 and 9-1 over the weekend. Melissa Sheeran (three goals, assist) and Kayle Meneghin (goal, three assists) led the way in Saturday’s 8-0 win and then Sunday, Meneghin posted her same line … Read more
Lots of conference games this week that certainly exemplify the level of competitiveness across the East and all of the leagues with games under way. Some great individual performances, terrific games and of course, surprises are all part of last weekend, so here are some of the highlights along with my “weekend biscuits” (pucks) for … Read more
Some gotta win, some gotta lose … Or they could tie, as we see on Saturdays in the CHA. First win for the Friars After seven straight setbacks, Providence hit the win column for the first time this year, rallying in the third period to defeat New Hampshire, 5-4. Trailing by two coming out of … Read more
Mercyhurst milestone Mercyhurst defeated visiting Air Force 3-1 on Saturday, the 500th career victory for Lakers coach Rick Gotkin, who is in his 28th season at the Erie, Pa. school. Gotkin began his head coaching career at Mercyhurst in 1988, the second year of varsity hockey at the school and has been there ever since, … Read more
Shane here … It’s the first weekend of November, and Jack and I are all square on our picks. I’d say great minds think alike, but you have to have some luck, too. For example, we both picked a split between Bowling Green and Alaska Anchorage last week but different winners on different days. Two … Read more
Last week: Dan: 9-4-1 Chris: 10-3-1 On the season: Dan: 36-15-4 (.691) Chris: 39-12-4 (.745) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 Rochester Institute of Technology at Army West Point Dan: Hard to believe it took RIT six games this year before they won their first last weekend against AIC. Continuing their … Read more
Last week was a bit rougher than the previous weeks — for Drew Claussen’s picks and mine, that is. Last week Drew: 2-5-0 (.286) Paula: 3-4-0 (.429) Season Drew: 22-11-7 (.636) Paula: 22-11-7 (.636) This week Four Big Ten teams play this week and we’re still a few weeks away from conference play. Michigan and … Read more
Our West columnist Brian Lester is back this week with his picks for the weekend in Division III circles. Concordia (Minn.) at St. John’s It’s an early season showdown between two teams that should be among the best in the league. Charlie Aus leads the Cobbers with a goal and two assists. Alex Reichle has allowed … Read more
Ties were the bane of me last week, but I still went a respectable 20-6-6, and am now 100-23-13 on the year. The WCHA and Hockey East are virtually dormant this weekend because of the Four Nations Cup, but there are still a lot of games. Friday, Nov. 6 Dartmouth at Brown Brown will win … Read more
Both Dave and I had equally impressive weeks last week which means I hold my single-game lead in the standings. Jim last week: 13-2-1 Jim to-date: 40-18-10 Dave last week: 13-2-1 Dave to-date: 39-19-10 Friday, November 6 Maine at Boston College Jim’s pick: Boston College seems to be clicking on all cylinders. Maine definitely is … Read more
Two teams that have finished first and second in Hockey East in some order for the last three seasons, and four of the last five, collide for the first time this year. No. 2 Boston College at Boston University, Saturday, 3 p.m. EST, Boston University at Boston College, Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST In recent years, … Read more
Last time: 7-4-1 Overall: 7-4-1 It’s the first full weekend of conference play for the ECAC this season. Here’s a look at the games on the schedule. All are set to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 Rensselaer at Clarkson The Engineers are coming off an impressive sweep of Union last weekend. Despite that, … Read more
Well, Matthew and I tied again, as I correctly picked Minnesota-Duluth to win its first game against Mass.-Lowell, but incorrectly picked Miami to get the second game of its series with St. Cloud State. Matthew and I both went 6-4 (.600), hardly stellar. On the year, I am 31-18-5 (.620), while Matthew is 29-20-5 (.583). … Read more
After last weekend’s season-opening tournaments, it’s clear that aside from a handful of high-end teams, women’s Division III hockey will be extremely competitive this season. Let’s see what Candace and Matt have cooking this weekend. Friday, Nov. 6 No. 7 Norwich at University of New England Candace: Norwich needs a win after dropping two games … Read more
MASCAC joins the fray this week with conference games and therefore the Thursday night pick to start the weekend. Last week saw a 2-1-1 (.625) record in the opening week of predictions. Didn’t pick any cupcakes in the first week and this week continues the trend in finding four key matchups in the East. Here … Read more
Don’t look now but Providence’s Jake Walman is tied for the nation’s lead in goals per game. That tops my list of three things in Hockey East that I learned this week: 1. Walman a beast on the blue line for the Friars On a weekend where the Providence Friars buried 11 goals, it was defenseman … Read more
Three things we thought we learned about the WCHA the weekend … 1. Bottom’s up Yes, I know it’s early, but it surprising to look at the WCHA standings and see Alabama Huntsville and Alaska Anchorage sitting in a tie for third place right now. Huntsville won twice at Lake Superior State — in overtime … Read more
Dogfight ahead No. 2 Nebraska-Omaha had started the season 6-0, including impressive road sweeps of Minnesota State and Vermont, and a home series sweep of Air Force. This weekend, the Mavericks started NCHC conference play, and things didn’t go so well, as they were swept by Western Michigan, 4-2 and 6-1. The Broncos got 31 … Read more
Wisconsin gets defensive The No. 3 Badgers seemingly haven’t given up a goal since back in the days of captain’s practice. Wisconsin blanked Minnesota State twice to run its shutout string to eight games and take sole possession of first place in the WCHA. Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens backed both of the wins, making 16 saves … Read more
There was no shortage of action and drama opening up the Division III women’s schedule this past weekend in nonconference play. Two prestigious tournaments — the East/West Showcase and the Puck Drop Classic — highlighted the opening contests, and while the former featured four ranked teams, the latter also had stellar talent on display. At … Read more