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Jim beat me by a game in week one and then by another in week two. Apparently by the start of the playoffs, he’ll be ahead of me by 21 games. Dave last week: 12-4-1 Jim last week: 13-3-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 19-10-2 Jim’s record-to-date: 21-8-2 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Oct. 24 Colorado College at Boston College Dave’s … Read more
It’s early, and it’s not pretty. Last week Drew: 3-6-1 (.350) Paula: 2-7-1 (.200) Season Drew: 7-10-2 (.421) Paula: 5-12-2 (.316) I did call the New Hampshire-Michigan split … with each team winning on the night opposite of when I picked it to win. Story of my life. This week There are four Big Ten … Read more
We’re into week four of the college hockey season and this is the first weekend that everybody in the WCHA is playing. No byes. Which means that although Shane and I currently have identical 19-11-1 overall records picking games, these ones will decide a lot. Also, we have three conference series: All four Michigan schools … Read more
Last week, I pulled ahead of Matthew by one game thanks to UNO’s sweep of Western Michigan. I went 7-3 (.700), while Matthew went 6-4 (.600). On the year, I am 16-8 (.667), while Matthew is 15-9 (.625). On to this week’s games! Friday-Saturday, Oct. 24-25 No. 11 Denver at No. 19 Minnesota-Duluth Candace: The … Read more
Last week: Dan: 6-4-1 Chris: 7-3-1 On the season: Dan: 15-11-1 (.574) Chris: 18-8-1 (.685) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force Dan: Last week’s game against BC proved that RIT is in rebuilding mode. On top of it all, they have to head out … Read more
My record thus far: 7-3-0. Friday, October 24 Bowling Green at Clarkson 7:00 The Falcons are a happy 3-1 to start the year, including a season-opening home-and-home split with Miami. Clarkson stepped into the season on the right foot, but stumbled with consecutive losses to former league-mate Vermont last weekend. The Knights have to establish … Read more
An interesting weekend in nonconference play for the WCHA (and a couple conference games, too). Here are three things I think I learned. 1. Alaska state Of mind Both Alaska and Alaska Anchorage are undefeated following this weekend’s Brice Alaska GOAL Rush. Both teams beat Air Force while Alaska came back to beat Penn State … Read more
What a telling weekend of nonconference play. Three things: 1. The Badgers and Buckeyes can’t buy a goal. Okay, so that’s an exaggeration. Wisconsin did score once in two games in Green Bay against Northern Michigan, losing 2-0 and 4-1, and Ohio State scored once in each loss against Miami, but it’s clear that these … Read more
I think I learned these three things this week. 1. Vermont is better than I thought, and Notre Dame completed an important sweep. These two teams both swept this weekend, but I thought Vermont’s was the more significant. I was surprised and impressed when the Catamounts opened the season by taking it to Northeastern in … Read more
Gophers continue to vex Badgers No. 2 Minnesota found itself in the unfamiliar role of underdog as it traveled to Madison to meet No. 1 Wisconsin. The rest of the weekend followed recent tradition: the Gophers came home with vastly different victories, 4-1 and 2-1. On Friday, the Badgers received a reminder of the intensity … Read more
Denver’s goaltending looks fine Coming into this season, the big question surrounding the Denver Pioneers, last year’s NCHC tournament champs, was how they would do without their starting goaltender, Sam Brittain, who played the lion’s share of games for Denver last season and kept them in many tight games with spectacular saves. The Pioneers … Read more
Three things from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: History repeats Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Canisius and Army play a two game series, with the Golden Griffins coming out on top in Game One. In 2012 it was a 5-1 victory over the Black Knights on Friday. In 2013 the score was … Read more
UC, CU setting the pace Leading the pack out of the gate, Union and… well… the ‘Gate are making convincing October arguments for national relevance. Of the 53 active D-I programs (the six Ivies drop the puck on exhibition games next weekend), Union is one of ten remaining unbeatens (4-0) following this week’s 3-0 and … Read more
Five Big Ten teams are in action this week. First, let’s see how Drew Claussen and I did picking last weekend. Last week Drew: 3-4-1 (.437) Paula: 2-5-1 (.313) Season Drew: 4-4-1 (.500) Paula: 3-5-1 (.368) So there’s that. At least I called the split in Columbus … with the Buckeyes winning in nights opposite … Read more
Just like Hockey East teams out-of-conference, neither Dave nor I posted a very good record in week one. Still, I have a one-game lead on the old man. Jim last week: 8-5-1 Jim to-date: 8-5-1 Dave last week: 7-6-1 Dave to-date: 7-6-1 Friday, October 17 Northeastern at Colgate Jim’s pick: The Huskies haven’t looked too … Read more
Well, thanks to a tie between New Hampshire and Syracuse, Arlan and I both went 12-2-8 (.727), moving to 29-4-8 (.804) on the year. There are some big series this weekend, especially out west, so let’s see how we can do. Friday, Oct. 17 Rensselaer at New Hampshire Candace: RPI hasn’t won yet, but New … Read more
It’s the second full week of the season, and Jack and I are wondering how to pick better. Each of us correctly called some splits last week but picked the wrong teams on the wrong nights. Based on the Frederick-Wellens rules of last year, those go down as losses on our records. So it goes. … Read more
Last week: Dan: 9-7-0 (.563) Chris: 11-5-0 (.688) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 16 Canisius at Army Dan: Army proved last week that their defense is capable of earning wins if they get tough. Canisius proved they could hang with the big boys in a split with Western Michigan. I think this … Read more
Well, after Matthew took a big lead from the games on Friday, I rallied, and thanks to Minnesota-Duluth’s win on Sunday over Notre Dame, Matthew and I both went 9-5 (.555) in our opening week. Every team but St. Cloud is in action this week. Let’s see how we can do. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 17-18 No. … Read more
Six ECAC Hockey teams are in action Friday and Saturday, with each of them facing the same opponents both nights. Here’s a look at the matchups. Northeastern at No. 6 Colgate 7 p.m. Friday/Saturday The Raiders opened with a two-game split at St. Cloud State last weekend, while the Huskies lost to Vermont 6-2 Saturday. … Read more