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Overall: 43-32-7 Outside of the Beanpot next month, this weekend marks the final time ECAC teams will face a non-conference opponent in the regular season. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Jan. 17 Yale at Clarkson Yale thrashed the Golden Knights 6-3 at home in November, and are unbeaten over their last five. … Read more
There were several marquee games across the country in the second week back from the holiday break as Babson-Norwich, Utica-Oswego and St. Scholastica-Wisconsin-River Falls were some of the games that people were keeping an eye on. Here’s how everything shook out last weekend. ECAC East No. 6 Babson and No. 5 Norwich had the stage … Read more
The first full weekend of Big Ten play isn’t quite yet over — Minnesota and Penn State have a game tonight — but let’s look at what we’ve learned from the last three days. 1. The WCHA still owns the CCHA. I know that’s a personal filter, but I can’t help but think of Wisconsin’s … Read more
Although we’re starting to see more daylight open up between the NCHC’s sets of leaders and trailers, it appears to be time to start thinking about adding Minnesota-Duluth to the former category. Duluth spent the first half of the season putting up a decidedly mediocre record and splitting series almost as though that was the … Read more
Startling day for Sabres Boosted by junior forward Amanda Waigand’s natural hat trick, Marian ended a seven game winless slide with a season-defining upset over sixth ranked St. Scholastica, Saturday afternoon in Fond du Lac. Waigand, the all-time scoring leader for the Sabres, scored twice in a span of 56 seconds in the third. The Saints … Read more
Yes, you can have a rain delay in hockey. That leads my list of three things I learned this week in Hockey East: 1. If you play hockey at a baseball stadium, expect a rain delay Rain delay isn’t a term that hockey fans are familiar with, but on Saturday those in attendance at Frozen … Read more
Ragged week for ranked teams A number of the teams ranked in the top 10 experienced struggles, including some disappointing results versus unranked teams. The only ranked team to sweep was No. 6 Clarkson. The Golden Knights handled St. Lawrence twice, 6-0 in Canton and 3-0 on home ice. Erica Howe needed to only make … Read more
Three things I think I learned this week: 1. No place like home Much was made of Alaska Anchorage’s travel problems last week, (In case you missed it, weather delays stranded the Seawolves in Minneapolis until Thursday.), yet it found a way to win two games and spoil Minnesota State’s long trip to Alaska. Senior … Read more
Union’s 6-4 win over Quinnipiac on Dec. 7 helped ensure the Dutchmen would end the first half in sole possession of first place in the ECAC. But on Friday, the Bobcats reclaimed the top spot with a 2-1 win over Union in Hamden. Quinnipiac held the Dutchmen scoreless for the first two periods, the first … Read more
A look back at the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey after another surprisingly wild weekend of interdivisional play: All Roads Lead To Erie For all the talk of undefeated streaks ending last week by Bentley and RIT, the team everyone’s seemingly forgetting about is Mercyhurst. The Lakers swept Holy Cross this weekend, their seventh … Read more
Only three nonconference games remain among the six Big Ten teams after most of the first half was spent outside league play.
Oliver Wahlstrom is 13 years old, a seventh-grader at Maine’s North Yarmouth Academy and has made a verbal commitment to his home-state Black Bears.
Our slew of men’s Division III columnists is back in the saddle this week with their weekend predictions. How will games the next few days shake out? Our people have some ideas… ECAC East – Tim Costello The first picks of the second half finished at 3-1-1 (.700), which continues this season’s solid performance at … Read more
And the picks percentages take another hit this week. Last week Drew: 1-2-1 (.375) Paula: 1-2-1 (.375) Season Drew: 54-25-8 (.667) Paula: 56-24-8 (.682) This weeks It’s all Big Ten action this week and everyone plays. Michigan at Wisconsin Drew: After the Great Lakes Invitational, the Wolverines need a good weekend to prove to me … Read more
For the last few years, I have won the picks race, usually edging Arlan out by a couple of games. The way things are shaping up right now, Arlan is winning in a walk. Last week, I went a respectable 17-4-1 (.795) to move to 155-54-21 (.719). Arlan however, went 19-2-1 (.886) to move to … Read more
I picked up a single game on Jim last week. I don’t know whether that’s good news because it’s improvement or bad news because I needed more. Dave last week: 7-3-4 Jim last week: 6-4-4 Dave’s record-to-date: 92-51-19 Jim’s record-to-date: 96-47-19 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Jan. 10 Providence at Boston College Dave’s pick: Jon Gillies may be back, … Read more
Friday, January 10 all games at 7:00 Rensselaer at Princeton This has the makings of a low-scoring affair: RPI hasn’t scored three goals in four games; Princeton, six. That said, the last time the Engineers mustered more than two scores, it was in a 5-2 home win over the Tigers. Princeton hopes the strong defense … Read more
A number of high echelon clubs look to get their postseason run-up in focus this week. An ECAC East-West perspective gets things underway Friday in New York, with No. 3 Norwich and No. 4 Elmira. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 10-11 Gustavus Adolphus at Wisconsin-Stevens Point Both teams have performed strikingly away from home. In that vein, the … Read more
Eight of the 10 WCHA teams are involved in league contests this weekend while Alabama-Huntsville heads to Notre Dame and Northern Michigan plays pond hockey during its bye week. Here are the picks. Alaska at Bowling Green Matt: I may have called a split for the Nanooks a week ago — though I had the winners … Read more
Thanks to picking the UNH sweep of Nebraska-Omaha and the Brown win over Colorado College, I now have a three-game lead over Matthew in our picks race. Last week, I went 3-0-1 (.875), moving to 58-37-13 (.597) on the year. A couple more good weekends and I’ll be above .600! Matthew went 1-2-1 (.375) to … Read more