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So last week Dave, in his words, pulled the goalie. While his effort gained him some ground on me, it was only one game. Thus, with no more picking left for his this season (he had successful season-ending open-heart surgery on Tuesday, for those who haven’t been following along), I take the title for game … Read more
As expected at this juncture in the season, jousting for conference seeding leaps to the forefront. For a number of teams on the periphery, this is not the time to falter. Friday, Feb. 14 ECAC East Manhattanville at Salve Regina Living under the radar in the first half of the season, the surprising Seahawks ran … Read more
Overall: 60-38-8 The snow’s stopped and the roads seems to be mostly clear, so don’t look for a repeat of this over the weekend. All games are 7 p.m., unless noted. Friday, Feb. 14 Princeton at Brown Both teams have been pretty beat up at times this season. The Bears’ trio of Matt Lorito, Nick … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 6-5-2 Chris: 7-4-2 On the season: Dan: 125-63-21 (.648) Chris: 126-62-21 (.653) This Week’s Picks Thursday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 15: Niagara vs. Robert Morris Dan: RMU hasn’t lost since January 9th, going 7-0-2 since losing to UConn. Over the second half of the season, the Colonials are 9-1-2. Hard to … Read more
Last week, I gained another game on Matthew in our picks race, as I went 4-2-2 (.625) while Matthew went 3-3-2 (.500). On the year, I am now 77-50-21 (.591), while Matthew is 74-53-21 (.570). Friday-Saturday, Feb. 14-15 Western Michigan at Colorado College Candace: CC has been playing better, and has gotten points in its … Read more
Playoff implications were on the line over the weekend as conferences hit the last weekend or two of conference action. Teams on the cusp of missing playoffs battled to overtime ties and wins, while teams at the top were nearly upset in multiple games. ECAC East Friday night was the night where ECAC East fans … Read more
Losing control A couple of ranked teams were unable to take care of business on home ice, and in the process, lost control of their conference races. No. 3 Clarkson surrendered third-period goals to Amanda Colin and Shiann Darkangelo of Quinnipiac and had to settle for a 3-3 tie. Carly Mercer had scored twice in … Read more
What a weekend in the Big Ten. We learned just how evenly matched this league can be — or at least microcosms within this league can be — and we learned that no one is safe. Frankly, it’s the kind of weekend that makes me giddy about the potential for the Big Ten championship tournament. … Read more
There’s no more games in hand from here on out, as all of the ECAC teams are at an even amount of conference games played with three weekends left. Still, there’s little settled heading down the stretch run. Colgate jumped back into first-round bye with a 6-1 thumping of Cornell Saturday. It was the Big … Read more
Three things from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Not so fast The weekend before last, Mercyhurst was able to extend its lead over second-place Bentley by taking three of four points against the Falcons. The Lakers were threatening to run away with the regular season title headed into a pair of games at Air … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha’s Saturday games have been becoming more and more, well, interesting. One could make the argument this pattern began with the Mavericks’ 5-1 win Jan. 18 at Miami, the first time UNO had routed anyone since beating the RedHawks 6-3 at home nearly two months before that on Nov. 22. Fast-forward to Feb. 1, then, … Read more
Then there were two. An undoubtedly tumultuous weekend played out for a number of NCAA tournament hopefuls, resulting in blemishes on the record of three top-10 squads. ECAC West Plattsburg and No. 3 Elmira took turns knocking each other from the ranks of ECAC West teams in search of clean slates. The No.1 Cardinals, despite … Read more
Notre Dame was just about a minute away from another lost weekend in Hockey East play. But then Bryan Rust saved the day, which leads the three things I learned this weekend. 1. Don’t write Notre Dame’s obituary yet This hasn’t exactly been a welcome with open arms to Hockey East thus far for the … Read more
1. Ferris ain’t goin’ anywhere Rumors of Ferris State’s demise apparently have been premature. After dropping three games in a row, the Bulldogs have now won three straight, including this weekend’s sweep over Northern Michigan. Ferris State reminded the WCHA who was in first place with a 7-1 win on Friday and won 2-1 on … Read more
Friday, February 7 All games start at 7:00 Dartmouth at Harvard The Crimson and Big Green are a combined 2-9-1 since January 11, with both wins – one apiece – coming in home games against Princeton. I don’t expect this to be a game with tantalizing postseason ramifications, but I do expect it to be … Read more
It’s getting down to nitty-gritty time, so who’s in and who’s out? Nothing is certain yet, but with just a few weekends left in the regular season, every win counts. Here are the predictions for this weekend’s games and then some: ECAC East – Tim Costello I know it is winter, or at least the … Read more
A pair of ECAC West clubs take to the ice to shake out the playoff seedings, while the NESCAC race becomes compelling. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 7-8 ECAC West No. 1 Plattsburgh at No. 3 Elmira The definitive series of the season in regards to the ECAC West regular season title. The Soaring Eagles and Cardinals approach … Read more
Drew Claussen and I are already each 0-1 for this week, each of us having picked last night’s Minnesota-Wisconsin game incorrectly. We posted those picks yesterday and we’ll include our record from that series in next week’s running total. Last week Drew: 4-1-1 (.750) Paula: 4-0-2 (.833) Season Drew: 69-32-9 (.668) Paula: 69-31-11 (.672) This … Read more
Last week, I gained another game on the old man. And seeing as this is his last week picking before season ending surgery, I’m curious to see whether or not Dave will go completely the opposite of me in hopes I tank so he can improve his winning percentage. (Dave’s special note: I’m loathe to … Read more
Eight of the WCHA’s 10 teams are in action this weekend while Alaska and Bowling Green take the weekend off so the rest of the league can catch up to them in games played. After the weekend, everyone in the WCHA will be within two games played of each other. Ferris State, Northern Michigan, Lake … Read more