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It’s the penultimate week of the regular season. Yes, I wait all year to be able to use that word. Last week Drew Claussen: 2-4-0 (.333) Paula Weston: 4-2-0 (.666) Season Drew: 71-61-10 (.535) Paula: 63-66-11 (.496) I can still hold out some hope for hitting .500 before the regular season ends. And poor Drew … Read more
Well, here we are. The final week of the regular season. And, like last year, there remains much to be decided, including the regular-season championship, the final home-ice spot for the league tournament as well as the final playoff spot. The theme of the weekend from the league coaches seems to be, “Everybody’s playing for … Read more
Well, I correctly picked every series but one last week (RIT-RMU), but I didn’t do so well in picking all the games, so this weekend, I’m only picking the first one. Last week, I went 22-7 (.758), which is actually pretty respectable. Let’s see how I do this week. Friday, March 6 RIT at Mercyhurst … Read more
Well, I don’t see any way for Matthew to catch me, so I think I’ve won our season picks race. Last week, both Matthew and I went 1-4-3 (.312), as the games we picked differently ended in ties. On the year, I am 107-49-13 (.671) and Matthew is 100-56-13 (.630). Let’s get to the final … Read more
12 Princeton at 5 Dartmouth Princeton did not win a single game outside of Hobey Baker Rink this season, going 0-10-1 on the road in league play and 0-12-2 away from home overall. The Tigers only scored three goals or more three times all season, and only once in 2015 (in a 4-1 win – … Read more
Nine conference tournament champions will be crowned this weekend at sites across the country. Yes, like Jeffrey Jones’ character said in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” trophies will be handed out “nine times” this weekend. But which teams garner the glory? Let’s see what our columnists have to say. ECAC EAST No. 3 Babson (19-5-3, 12-4-2) … Read more
Lots went down in the Division III conference tournaments last weekend, so let’s get right to it. ECAC EAST – Top-seeded (in the conference) and top-ranked (in the nation) Norwich edged Castleton 2-1 in a semifinal clash. Tallies by Dmitry Ermakov and Bryce Currier gave Cadet goaltender Ty Reichenbach all the goal support he would … Read more
Two of my observations this week come from a single post-game press conference. 1. Red Berenson thinks that this Michigan team has potential — as in postseason potential. The Michigan coach never said as much outright, but the way he talked about his squad after the Wolverines completed their sweep of the Badgers Saturday evening … Read more
First-round matchups •12 Princeton at 5 Dartmouth: Dartmouth swept the series, 2-0-0, by a 7-3 aggregate score. •11 Brown at 6 Harvard: The teams split the series, 1-1-0, with each team winning at home; Harvard out-scored Brown by a 7-3 aggregate. •10 Union at 7 Cornell: Cornell swept the series, 2-0-0, by a 7-2 aggregate … Read more
No. 1 thrice North Dakota, which before last weekend’s series against St. Cloud was ranked No. 1 in the USCHO Men’s D-I poll, is now the top dog in a couple of other places as well. Thanks to UND’s sweep of St. Cloud and the tie between Minnesota State and Michigan Tech, North Dakota is … Read more
Sweeping up A dozen of the 14 quarterfinal series played across the four conferences resulted in sweeps, two of those accomplished by the road team. While much of the action went according to script, there were also some upsets, overtimes, and comebacks in the mix. The field of 30 teams that started the weekend with … Read more
The first round of the six women’s Division III conference tournaments went down this past weekend and all six, plus the ECAC Open, had a flair for the dramatic. In the ECAC East, two games went to overtime as Castleton took down Maine 2-1 and then Salve Regina beat Nichols 3-2, both on Friday night. … Read more
Boston University clinched a share of the regular-season title more than a week ago but the league was waiting until the Terriers clinch outright to present the trophy. The fact that took a while leads the three things I learned this week: 1. The Terriers are champs … finally BU has known for a while … Read more
1. Cup cometh later? Minnesota State went into the weekend with hopes of clinching the MacNaughton Cup for the first time. That didn’t happen, thanks to Michigan Tech goalie Jamie Phillips’ 43-save performance in a 1-1 tie on Friday. But the Mavericks sure looked the inevitable league champion, winning 4-2 on Saturday to take a … Read more
Oh, what a weekend it was. It all began where it ends Rochester, N.Y., will become the center of the Atlantic Hockey universe in less than three weeks’ time when four teams converge for the conference championship weekend. So it’s fitting that we really start the “Road To Rochester” in … Rochester. Playing at the … Read more
More spots clinched, more spots up for grabs. Let’s take a look at what was clinched last night and what could happen tonight: What Was Clinched Last Night: -Canisius clinched the #2 seed by beating Air Force, 4-1. They now have a three point lead over third-place Bentley, who lost to Sacred Heart on Thursday. … Read more
This is exactly what it says; here is where ECAC Hockey stands with one day left. • Quinnipiac (33 points): First place secured • St. Lawrence (29 points): Second place secured • Yale (26 points): Win/tie or Dartmouth tie/loss secures third place; first-round bye secured (Yale holds tiebreaker over Colgate) • Colgate (24 points): Win … Read more
This is when Dan and Brian really hope that magic 8-ball works wonders as they pick the nine conference tournaments in men’s Division III. BRIAN LESTER MIAC St. Thomas vs. Hamline: I’m picking Hamline to knock off Augsburg in the quarterfinal game, which means the Pipers will battle the Tommies on the road Saturday in … Read more
I suck. Yes, I admit it. I had a big lead on Arlan in our picks contest, and I blew it. I’ll pay up at the Frozen Four in Minneapolis in March. Arlan however, bows out of picking the playoffs, so it’s all me from hear on out. Let’s get to it. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 27-28 … Read more
Last time: 6-4-2 Overall: 46-55-13 My season record for picks this year is pretty much shot, but there’s still a lot at stake in the final weekend of the regular season in ECAC Hockey. Only three teams are locked into a specific place in the standings and five teams are still competing for the last … Read more