Game picks by USCHO writers
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
Welcome back, friends! Jack here. Although college hockey technically kicked off the season last weekend, we’re doing our inaugural 2019-20 WCHA picks competition blog this week. (For what it’s worth, both Brandon and I were perfect with what would have been our picks last week…. yeah, let’s go with that….) Anyway, most of the action … Read more
The slate of games involving ECAC teams is slim on this season-opening weekend, allowing Nate Owen and Mark Divver to ease into the prognostication game. Here goes: Saturday, Oct. 5 Boston University at Union Nate: Both these teams will be working a lot of new faces into the lineup, as the Terriers (11) and Dutchmen … Read more
Yes, folks, after a one-season hiatus, Hockey East picks are back. The wonderful battle between Dave and I once again is real. Hopefully, my wonderful colleague will help maintain the great integrity this battle yielded for many seasons. As the year goes on, though, make sure to check out USCHO’s Pick ‘Em contest. Both Dave … Read more
Since it would be a bit odd for me to just pick games with no context and keep track of my own record, I thought I’d change up the Friday picks a bit, offering a bit more insight into each series before choosing an outcome. I’ll pick all of the ranked teams’ games and add … Read more