Game picks by USCHO writers
Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the Goofs last weekend, but was afraid I’d fall farther behind Matthew if I did after their Wisconsin series hurt me in our race. C’est la vie. Last week, … Read more
Wisconsin heads to Penn State for a spooktacular Halloween-night bout in Happy Valley tonight. Some hockey to have on in the background while passing out candy is never a bad thing. First, let’s go back to last week where I (not so humble brag) went undefeated! I even picked TWO splits the correct way, what … Read more
It’s a new week and all 10 WCHA teams are finally in action at the same time. But most importantly, I’d like to introduce my new WCHA partner, Daver Karnosky. He’ll be making picks for the first time this week and will be writing the first column next week. We’ll be going head to head … Read more
Matthew has leapfrogged me after two weeks, as I was a dreadful 2-9-1, and Matthew a more respectable 5-6-1. On the year, I am now 8-12-5 and Matthew is 10-10-5. Hey, batting .500 is good enough to start the year. Let’s see if I can recover from my awful week last week. Unfortunately, Matthew and … Read more
It didn’t take long for Drew to pull ahead of me. He picked Ohio State to sweep Omaha and I picked the teams to split – but on the wrong nights. And, of course, I was punished for picking the Lakers to sweep the Wolverines. Last week Drew: 5-5-0 (.500) Paula: 4-6-0 (.400) This season … Read more
It’s not easy to pick early-season games, despite what most think. Dave just seems to do it a lot better than Jim does.
Nate Last week: 5-6-1 Overall: 13-12-2 Mark Last week: 5-7 Overall: 12-14-1 Nate’s one game over .500. Mark is two games under. Here are the games scheduled for this weekend. All start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 Rensselaer at Union; Union at Rensselaer Nate: At 0-6, not … Read more
Last week: Dan: 9-2-1 Chris: 8-3-1 On the season: Dan: 25-8-2 (.743) Chris: 20-13-2 (.600) This Week’s Picks Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25 Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force Chris: It’s cliche, but you really can throw out the records when these teams meet. RIT is 3-1 and Air Force 0-4 but … Read more
Mark Last week: 7-4-1 Overall: 7-7-1 Nate Last week: 8-3-1 Overall: 8-6-1 Mark and I did a little better last week after a rough opening week. Here are the games scheduled for this weekend. All start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Friday, Oct. 18 Vermont at Clarkson Nate: The Golden Knights are coming off … Read more
It’s one week in, but I have a one-game lead on Matt in our season picks race for the six pack of beer. Picking Minnesota to sweep worked out, as Matthew got the dates of the sweep reversed. This weekend’s action has a couple of big series. North Dakota will look to build on its … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at LIU Brooklyn This is LIU’s Homecoming weekend and Saturday’s game will be played at the Nassau Coliseum, home of NHL’s New York Islanders. The Sharks are 0-2 to start the season, having been swept by UConn two weeks ago. This unfortunately won’t be an easy matchup for the Sharks, as the Badgers … Read more
Last week: Dan: 14-2 Chris: 10-6 On the season: Dan: 16-6-1 (.717) Chris: 12-10-1 (.543) This Week’s Picks Thursday, October 17 Merrimack at Holy Cross Chris: The Crusaders knocked off Providence last week and have two more games against Hockey East competition this weekend. In this one, I’m looking for a Holy Cross win on … Read more
Brandon last week: 9-6-2 Jack last week: 9-6-2 Brandon’s record-to-date: 9-6-2 Jack’s record-to-date: 9-6-2 Thursday-Friday, Oct. 17-18 Alaska at Penn State Who are these Nanooks and what did they do with the downtrodden punching bags the WCHA is used to seeing each year? Winning a game in Houghton is impressive. Winning two (2!) games in … Read more
Hi y’all, happy Thursday. Week one saw both of us pick a split the wrong way, so we’re already in mid-season form in that regard. Penn State and Alaska get the party started for this weekend tonight, so you get the picks a day early. First, let’s take a quick look back at last … Read more
In the first full week of making Hockey East picks, Dave simply kicked my butt. Neither of us picked the upsets (though I had a split in the UMass Lowell/Minnesota Duluth series – unfortunately I picked the reverse split losing both). We’ve picked just 22 games and I’m already four games back. Not sure when, … Read more
Last week’s modest schedule of games yielded an almost perfect set of picks for both of us. One of us, it delights me to say, was more perfect than the other. We’ll see how well that holds up as the slate of contests fills up. Dave last week: 6-0-1 Jim last week: 5-1-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 6-0-1 Jim’s record-to-date: 5-1-1 … Read more
Last week: Dan: 2-4-1 Chris: 2-4-1 On the season: Dan: 2-4-1 (.357) Chris: 2-4-1 (.357) It was a rough start to the season for us – AHA teams did better than our predictions, going 3-3-1 to our 2-4-1. This Week’s Picks Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12 Bentley at Robert Morris Chris: The last … Read more
Well, doesn’t this seem familiar? It’s the start of another hockey season and a return to individual conference picks blogs at USCHO. This season, Drew Claussen and I will be alternating the weekend picks narrative with each of us predicting weekly, and I am the lucky one who starts the conversation. We’ll be keeping a … Read more
Silly me, I would have gotten a game up on Matthew last weekend, but I forgot to publish. Yes, loyal NCHC readers, the Candace-Matthew NCHC beer contest, after a year away, is back in full swing. This week starts the long slog to hopefully a fifth-straight NCHC winner of the NCAA tournament. Yes, I am … Read more
ECAC teams went 0-3 on the ice last weekend and Nate Owen and Mark Divver whiffed on all three picks. There’s nowhere to go but up. All games are 7 p.m. ET unless otherwise noted. Last week: 0-3 Thursday, Oct. 10 Colgate at Ferris State 7:07 p.m. ET Nate: Both these teams struggled to score … Read more