Three things: Oct. 25

This is a big year for the Omaha athletic department, not least because of the opening of the new Baxter Arena. So far, the school’s hockey team is holding up its end of the bargain. The second-ranked Mavericks’ great start to the season continued this weekend when UNO swept non-conference foe Air Force in the … Read more

UMass sends simple message: Never count them out

We are just three weeks into the hockey season and this year’s version of the Massachusetts Minutemen have twice done something most teams can’t do very often: comeback. That headlines the three things we learned this week in Hockey East. 1. Minutemen should call themselves the Cardiac Kids Two weekends ago, UMass fell behind 3-0 … Read more

Hockey East picks – Oct. 23-29

After a brutal opening week, I picked up two games last Friday, but then gave one back the next night. Like some of the teams in this league, I’ve dug myself a hole. Dave last week: 11-7-1 Jim last week: 10-8-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 15-15-4 Jim’s record-to-date: 17-13-4 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Oct. 23 Massachusetts-Lowell at Merrimack  Dave’s … Read more

ECAC Hockey Picks: Oct. 23-24

There are a number of notable games this weekend in the ECAC, highlighted by No. 9 St. Cloud State traveling to No. 14 Quinnipiac, and No. 11 Michigan heading to New York’s Capital Region to face No. 18 Union and Rensselaer.  And finally, Harvard, Cornell, and Dartmouth begin their season with exhibition games this weekend. … Read more

NCHC picks: Oct. 23

Last weekend, we did a much better job picking the correct results, and I gained another game on Matthew in our picks race last week, courtesy of St. Cloud. I went 11-2-1, moving to 17-10-3 on the year, while Matthew went 10-3-1, moving to 14-13-3. Let’s get to this week. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24 No. 4 … Read more

WCHA picks, Oct. 22-24

We had to hurry to get our picks in, since Lake Superior State and Michigan State play tonight (Thursday), while everyone else is on the normal, Friday-Saturday schedule, including a couple more WCHA series (Jack and I actually will be in the same building this weekend!). Jack had a pretty good week last week, and … Read more

Previewing Quinnipiac and Maine

One non-conference game is set for tonight, with Maine traveling to No. 14 Quinnipiac for the sixth-ever matchup between the teams. The Bobcats beat Arizona State 5-0 Thursday, while Maine is coming off a tie and a loss against Union last weekend. Maine has been strong defensively but hasn’t scored much in the early going, … Read more

Three Things: Compelling ‘Argue-ment’ as Bentley sweeps Northeastern

A look back at three observations from this past weekend in the world of Atlantic Hockey: Falcons fly high in sweep of Hockey East’s Huskies At the end of the first period on Friday night, Hockey East’s Northeastern Huskies had bombed and blitzed Bentley goalie Jayson Argue to the tune of 20 shots. The Huskies … Read more

Three things: Weird start to the WCHA

We’re two weeks into the WCHA season and every team in the league has sustained at least one loss. Last season, this was not the case. Michigan Tech won its first 10 games. Both Alaska schools went unbeaten in the two tournaments up there. And Northern Michigan stayed undefeated in its first six tournaments. This … Read more

Weekend wrap: 10/18

NCHC rolls in nonconference action After a relatively poor showing in nonconference play the first weekend in which it went 8-5-3, the NCHC, which last season had the best out-of-conference record of all conferences in men’s D-I, rallied to a much better showing in nonconference play, going 11-2-1, which included sweeps of Big Ten opponents … Read more

Women’s D-I wrap: Oct. 18

History made in Hockey East Milestones were reached throughout the week in Hockey East. Merrimack posts program’s first win After going winless in two nonconference series, Merrimack broke through with its first victory in its debut in league action. “It’s a pretty sweet victory,” coach Erin Hamlen said. Backed by 34 saves from Samantha Ridgewell, … Read more