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10/25/13 WCHA Picks: Rivalry between Chargers, Beavers is alive and well

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After three weekends of nonconference play in the WCHA, the 2013-14 conference slate begins for Alabama-Huntsville, Bemidji State, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan. Alaska hosts one more nonconference series while Bowling Green plays Tuesday night. Alaska-Anchorage, Ferris State, Lake Superior State and Minnesota State are all off this weekend, though the Lakers have a Tuesday home exhibition against Laurentian. … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten, Oct. 25-27, 2013

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I don’t know about you, but I am jonesing for some college hockey. Last week Drew: 4-5-1 (.450) Paula: 6-3-1 (.650) Season Drew: 12-6-1 (.658) Paula: 13-6-1 (.675) This week Everyone but Wisconsin plays this week. It’s all nonconference play as league games don’t begin for another month. Boston College at Minnesota Drew: The Hockey … Read more

Hockey East picks: 10/25-10/27

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Plenty of games threw me off last week, though Dave was only one game better thus leaving us tied after two weeks. Dave last week: 10-6-1 Jim last week: 9-7-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 25-9-2 Jim’s record-to-date: 25-9-2 Friday, October 25 Massachusetts at Maine (non-conf.) Jim’s pick: Both teams are coming off wins but UMass has been a little more impressive … Read more

A Tuesday night ECAC Hockey pick

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Bentley at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. Quinnipiac hasn’t missed a beat in the early going, and posted an impressive sweep of Massachusetts-Lowell this past weekend. The Falcons have lost three in a row, scoring only four goals over that span. Michael Garteig and the Bobcats’ defense should be too much for Bentley. The only thing that … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten, Oct. 18-19, 2013

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Happy Friday, everyone! Last week Drew: 8-1-0 (.842) Paula: 7-3-0 (.700) The total number of games differs because I posted a pick for Tuesday’s OSU-BGSU game and Drew did not. As last week was the first week we picked, those are also our season totals. This weekend Five Big Ten teams are in nonconference action … Read more

NCHC picks: Oct. 18

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Well, after one week, Matthew and I are tied in our picks race, as we both went 8-3-3 (.678). (Each tie counts for a half a point.) The big series happens down in Ohio, as No. 1 Miami hosts No. 6 North Dakota. Other questions abound, including whether Denver can stay hot, how Colorado College … Read more

Hockey East picks: Oct. 18-20

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Q: When is a record of 15-3-1 a disappointment? A: When your competition goes 16-2-1. Dave last week: 15-3-1 Jim last week: 16-2-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 15-3-1 Jim’s record-to-date: 16-2-1 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Oct. 18 Wisconsin at Boston College Dave’s pick: This ranks as the Game of the Week, the number two team in the country against … Read more

Paula’s pick for Ohio State at Bowling Green, Oct. 15

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There’s a game tonight. I should make a prediction. For those of you new to the way I do things, I’ll give a running record of my picks every Friday, regardless of how many games there were between that Friday and the previous one. That means you’ll know how I’m doing on Friday. Unless I … Read more

Hockey East picks: Oct. 11-12

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Welcome back to another season of great hockey. Other than Boston College, which snuck in a Thursday night game , everyone is 0-0-0.  Even Jimmy. For at least this week, he’s dead even with me. We’ll see how long that lasts. Dave’s record-to-date: 0-0-0 Jim’s record-to-date: 0-0-0 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Oct. 11 Massachusetts at … Read more

10/11/13 WCHA picks: Alaska-Anchorage hosts Kendall Hockey Classic

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Ferris State kicked off the WCHA’s 2013-14 regular season a week ago by splitting with the ECAC’s Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y. — a 7-4 win Friday and 1-0 loss Saturday — and will take the weekend off before playing another nonconference game on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the other nine conference members are all in action on … Read more

NCHC picks: Oct. 11

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8 DEC 2012: Austin Czarnik (Miami - 7), Matt Bruneteau (LSSU - 27) The Lake Superior State Lakers shut out the Miami RedHawks 1-0 at Steve Cady Arena in Oxford, OH. (USCHO - Rachel Lewis) (Tim Brule)

Welcome, to the inaugural season of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. I and Matthew Semisch will be co-columnists this year for the conference. In addition to a Monday morning wrap blog and our weekly column, Matthew and I will be picking the games every Friday. To add a little spice, much like I do with … Read more