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Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: It comes down to… Air Force coach Frank Serratore is fond of saying that the results of a hockey game usually comes down to special teams and goaltending. Saturday’s game between Robert Morris and Niagara is a case in point. The Colonials won 8-2 despite being … Read more
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
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
Last week: Dan: 7-4-1 Chris: 8-3-1 On the season: Dan: 17-9-2 (.643) Chris: 19-7-2 (.714) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 Holy Cross at Canisius Dan: This early in the season, I think neither team is going to be where they may be at the end of the year. In … Read more
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
As the weeks go by, I have more losses on each slate, but maybe that’s just the result of picking more games. I still went a very respectable 19-6-2 (.740), and am now 59-11-6 on the year (.815). With a lot of interesting games on the docket, it might be hard to do really well, … Read more
After giving the other 29 teams a head start, the six Ivy League squads are now set to join the competition. Voters in the D-I Women’s USCHO.com Poll, who have been taking their best guesses as to where teams like No. 5 Harvard and No. 9 Cornell might belong after graduating impactful senior classes, will … Read more
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
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
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
In the first two weeks of the season, the Big Ten has struggled in nonconference play. This is how Drew Claussen and I are doing after the first two weeks. Last week Drew: 9-3-0 (.750) Paula: 8-4-0 (.667) Season Drew: 12-4-4 (.700) Paula: 10-6-4 (.600) I will take the moral victory of having picked a … Read more
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
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
These are the three things I think I learned this week. 1. Northeastern may be headed to another bad start. The Huskies defeated Colgate to open the season, but it was an ominous reminder of last year when they got swept in this weekend’s home-and-home series with Bentley. Gone are the days when wins over … Read more
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
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
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
Defense was a problem for Union last year, but the Dutchmen have allowed five goals through the season’s first four games, including only one in two games against Maine last weekend. Union is allowing 31 shots per game, but junior Alex Sakellaropoulos and freshman Jake Kupsky have combined for a .955 save percentage thus far. … Read more
Week two is in the books and all six Big Ten teams hit the ice for some nonconference action this past weekend. Here’s how things played out: Michigan swept Mercyhurst at home, 6-4 on Friday and 3-2 on Sunday. Michigan State was swept on the road at Denver, 4-2 on Friday and 3-0 on Sunday. … Read more
Here’s a look at the games involving ECAC Hockey teams on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17.