Game picks by USCHO writers
Conference play begins this week with two league series, starting with Michigan State at Ohio State tonight. Wisconsin takes on two former WCHA foes, and Minnesota plays the U.S. Under-18 Team. Drew and I pick all the games that count, officially. Last week Drew: 7-2-0 (.778) Paula: 4-5-0 (.444) Season Drew: 33-18-3 (.639) Paula: 22-29-3 … Read more
My prediction record took a massive hit two weeks ago, and now stands at 16-14-3. Yeow. Friday, November 21 Quinnipiac at Clarkson In case you missed it, the Q-Cats are red hot and rolling with nine goals allowed in six straight wins and a 4-0 record in conference. Clarkson, meanwhile, has but one win since … Read more
Last week: 5-7-3 Overall: 9-16-3 It’s the second straight weekend of all-conference matchups, with the exception of Tuesday’s Rensselaer and Connecticut game. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Nov. 14 St. Lawrence at Colgate Both these teams like to play fast, but both have also gotten excellent goaltending thus far, with the Raiders’ … Read more
It’s painfully obvious that Drew Claussen is the oddsmaker here. Last week Drew: 4-4-0 (.500) Paula: 1-7-0 (.125) Season Drew: 26-16-3 (.611) Paula: 18-24-3 (.433) In my defense, I did pick Michigan State to split with New Hampshire, with each team winning opposite nights of the ones I predicted. This week There are five Big … Read more
Okay, it’s time to stop the bleeding. Over the last three week’s Dave has begun a run of domination that needs to be stopped right now. I’m only three games back, but if the bleeding doesn’t get stopped soon it could be a disaster. Jim last week: 7-5-2 Jim to-date: 47-24-7 Dave last week: 9-3-2 … Read more
Well, Matthew gained a game back on me. I went 7-3 (.700) to move to 39-14-2 (.727) on the year, while Matthew went 8-2 (.800) to move to 33-20-2 (.618) on the year. Some big clashes between ranked teams highlight the action. Let’s see how we can do. Friday, Nov. 14 Colorado College at No. … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-3-3 Chris: 4-4-3 On the season: Dan: 39-23-6 (.618) Chris: 42-20-6 (.662) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15 Holy Cross at Army Dan: David Berard enlightened me to the Holy Cross team concept of strong defense last week. To be honest, I’m pretty high on the Crusaders … Read more
Getting things started a day earlier since there’s a game tonight … It’s been a tough year making picks so far, but I finally had a good week and am closing in on you, Jack! Looking back at last week, I saw we got ripped by Alaska assistant coach Lance West for expecting the Nanooks … Read more
Last week: Dan: 6-6-2 Chris: 8-4-2 On the season: Dan: 34-20-3 (.623) Chris: 38-18-3 (.693) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8 Niagara at Bentley Dan: This is an intriguing matchup between a Niagara team better than a winless record and a Bentley team that lost its only home game this year. … Read more
I realized last week that I’d made a mistake in my ongoing picks record. I’ve rectified that this week. Last week Drew: 7-2-1 (.750) Paula: 6-3-1 (.650) Season Drew: 22-12-3 (.635) Paula: 17-17-3 (.500) This week Wisconsin returns to action this weekend after a two-week absence. There are four Big Ten teams in play; Michigan … Read more
Although I had a mediocre week, it still smells like roses because I pulled a game ahead of Jimmy. Time for the Four Corners offense. Dave last week: 9-5-2 Jim last week: 8-6-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 41-18-5 Jim’s record-to-date: 40-19-5 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Nov. 7 Merrimack at Providence Dave’s pick: I’m going with the 2-3-1 team over the … Read more
Last week, I picked up even more ground on Matthew in our season race. I went 7-1-1 (.833) to move to 32-11-2 (.733) on the year, while Matthew went 5-3-1 (.611) to move to 25-18-2 (.577). There are a few hard picks this week, so let’s see how we do. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8 Western Michigan … Read more
Record to date: 13-6-1 Friday, Nov. 7 Cornell @ Princeton An interesting opening league match for each team: Each squad is hoping to discover some offense to support a strong commitment to team D. The Big Red mustered just one goal apiece in a loss and draw against Omaha in Ithaca last weekend; the Tigers … Read more
This post was all going to be fun and games until we learned late Wednesday night about the deep sanctions imposed on the Alaska athletic department by the NCAA. Now, I don’t know what to think. Said sanctions include a postseason ban on the Nanooks hockey team for this season, along with scholarship reductions and a $30,000 … Read more
Dave rallied last weekend to post an impressive 13-3-1 mark and make up the two-game deficit. Three weeks in, all tied. Jim last week: 11-5-1 Jim to-date: 32-13-3 Dave last week: 13-3-1 Dave to-date: 32-13-3 Friday, October 31 Massachusetts at Maine Jim’s pick: Though I like the way UMass is playing of late, Maine showed last … Read more
There are five Big Ten teams with nonconference series this weekend. Wisconsin is off again this week. Bentley and Penn State began their two-game set last night, and Drew and I published the picks for that series yesterday. We’ll include those picks in our season total next week. (Hint: Drew’s already up on me, 1-0, … Read more
I’ve never been a big fan of the slow, unbalanced rollout of the WCHA schedule. I’d love to see everybody begin league play together and then have the schedulers do their best to keep games in hand to a minimum as the season progresses. Yes, this comes from the it-was-my-understanding-there’d-be-no-math department, but I think everybody … Read more
Last week was a good one for me, and a bad one for Matthew, and as such, I now have a five-game lead in our race for the six pack of micro brew. Last week, I went 9-2-1 (.791), moving to 25-10-1 (.708), while Matthew went 5-6-1 (.458) to move to 20-15-1 (.569) on the … Read more
Season record: 4-9 The schedule expands a bit this weekend, with the Ivy League teams playing their season openers and Union and Rensselaer facing off in the first conference game of the year. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted Union at Rensselaer It’s hard to forget what happened the last time these teams met. … Read more
Last week: Dan: 13-3 Chris: 12-4 On the season: Dan: 28-14-1 (.663) Chris: 30-12-1 (.709) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, October 30 and Friday, October 31 Bentley at Penn State Dan: Call me a wikkid homah, but I’m taking the Falcons for at least one this weekend. There’s something about this team on the road that … Read more