Game picks by USCHO writers
Last week: Dan: 5-3-2 Chris: 6-2-2 On the season: Dan: 97-62-23 (.596) Chris: 108-51-23 (.657) This Week’s Picks: Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7 Mercyhurst at American International Dan: I don’t think anyone can ever bet against AIC, but that’s also something we say every weekend. Mercyhurst is in desperate need of points, and … Read more
Here I was feeling all good about myself after making up two games on Dave on Friday night. By the end of the weekend, though, Dave had earned those two wins back. Jim last week: 5-5-2 Jim to date: 125-67-20 Dave last week: 5-5-2 Dave to date: 128-64-20 Friday, February 6 Boston College at Merrimack … Read more
Everyone plays this week and it’s all conference play. First, our picks record. Last week Drew Claussen: 2-1-1 (.625) Paula Weston: 1-2-1 (.375) Season Drew: 57-52-10 (.521) Paula: 48-60-11 (.450) This week There are two Friday-Saturday series this week plus a single game between Michigan and Michigan State Saturday night at Chicago’s Soldier Field for … Read more
Shane here … It’s February, and you can almost feel the tension in the air. The final five weeks of the regular season will be a “bloodbath” as one player told me this week. Let’s hope it doesn’t get too messy in the stretch run. Perhaps we’ll start to see some separation in the standings … Read more
Season record: 44-30-5. Meh. Friday, February 6 Dartmouth at Brown How fitting that the two Brown Ruled teams – Brown and Princeton – tied last Saturday, in their first meeting of the year? Doesn’t matter; Brown is still playing under its eponymous Rule. Dartmouth wins. Union at Clarkson Clarkson’s offense looked pretty decent for a … Read more
I put a little more distance between Matthew and I in our picks race last week, thanks to correctly picking Denver. Last week, I went 5-1-1 (.785) while Matthew went 4-2-1 (.642). On the year, I am 94-38-9 (.698) and Matthew is 87-45-9 (.648). It’s a light weekend of action, but let’s get to this … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-4 Chris: 7-4 On the season: Dan: 92-59-21 (.596) Chris: 102-49-21 (.648) This Week’s Picks: Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31 Robert Morris at Air Force Dan: I’m pumped about this series. These are two teams going pistol hot, which means at some point, someone’s run comes to an end. Even … Read more
It’s a light schedule this weekend, with two games being played in NHL arenas. First, our picks records. Last week Drew Claussen: 4-5-1 (.450) Paula Weston: 5-4-1 (.550) Season Drew: 55-51-9 (.517) Paula: 47-58-10 (.452) I would’ve been fine … had I had any sense regarding the North Star College Cup. This week The three … Read more
I was pretty mediocre last week, but that’s just fine and dandy because Jim was… um, awful. Heh, heh, heh. Dave last week: 6-4-1 Jim last week: 4-6-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 123-62-18 Jim’s record-to-date: 120-65-18 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Jan. 30 Massachusetts-Lowell at Merrimack Dave’s pick: Here’s a match-up of two suddenly struggling teams. The River Hawks have … Read more
Shane here … The WCHA race is heating up. I’m curious to see how much of it comes down to the wire like it did last season when the MacNaughton Cup, home ice and the final playoff spots all came down to the final weekend. It’s a six-week sprint, starting now – or at least … Read more
Last time: 4-8 Overall: 37-46-8 As colleague Brian Sullivan noted in this week’s column, the final month of the season is rapidly approaching. Here’s a look at this weekend, which ends with Harvard taking on Boston University in the opening game of the Beanpot Monday. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Quinnipiac at Brown … Read more
Last weekend, I put three more games between Matthew and I to re-establish a comfortable lead, going 7-1 (.875) while Matthew went 4-4 (.500). On the year, I am 89-37-8 (.694) and Matthew is 83-43-8 (649). Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31 St. Cloud State at Colorado College Candace: CC keeps showing improvement, while St. Cloud has been … Read more
Season record: 39-26-4. I can live with that. Relatively light schedule this week: Princeton doesn’t play until Tuesday, Quinnipiac has the week off, and RPI and Union only play once… against each other. As always, all games begin at 7pm EST unless otherwise noted. Friday, Jan. 23 Brown at Clarkson Brown has only beaten one … Read more
Even though I had a pretty crappy week picking games, somehow I gained two games on Dave who had an incredibly crappy week. One game behind with as we head down the home stretch of the season. Jim last week: 7-5-1 Jim to date: 116-59-17 Dave last week: 5-7-1 Dave to date: 117-58-17 Friday, January … Read more
There is interesting conference and nonconference play this week. First, our records. Last week Drew Claussen: 2-1-2 (.600) Paula Weston: 2-1-2 (.600) Season Drew: 51-46-8 (.524) Paula: 42-54-9 (.443) This Week Everyone plays this weekend. There are two conference series, there is one nonconference series and there is the North Star College Cup. Michigan at … Read more
Jack here. We’re almost 2/3rds of the way through the college hockey season. In the WCHA, that means… well, it means we’re probably nowhere near close to figuring out which team is going to win the MacNaughton Cup, but we maybe have a decent idea. Right now Minnesota State holds an eight-point first-place lead and … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth has the lone none conference action this weekend of the NCHC teams, while six others have intraconference matchups. Let’s take a look. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 23-24 Denver at Miami Candace: The results depend on which Denver team shows up: the one that got swept in Omaha, or the one that swept St. Cloud. The version … Read more
Last week: Dan: 8-3-1 Chris: 9-2-1 On the season: Dan: 85-55-21 (.593) Chris: 95-45-21 (.655) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, January 22 and Saturday, January 24 Canisius at Niagara Dan: Niagara is in a bit of a funk this year, but that doesn’t mean they can’t steal some points. Of course, Canisius is on fire … Read more
Three observations from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Shows You What I Know Let me rewind the weekend back to Friday when I made the following statement: “I’m going to go out on a limb and will say that Robert Morris will not sweep AIC this weekend…I think they have a great chance … Read more
Last week: Dan: 8-3-1 Chris: 7-4-1 On the season: Dan: 77-52-20 (.584) Chris: 86-43-20 (.644) This Week’s Picks: Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17 Army at Air Force Dan: Army hasn’t had a win over Air Force in a really long time, but the gap is starting to close. That said, it’s not … Read more