Game picks by USCHO writers
It’s week two, and for six of the WCHA teams, they get to open their home schedule. Should be fun in those barns this weekend. It’s also been fun trying to figure out this new league, getting to know different programs and players. It will take some time, that’s for sure. So with one weekend … Read more
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
Last week: 6-3-1 Overall: 7-7-1 I had decent luck last week, which pulled my overall record up to .500. Let’s see how long I stay there. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Oct. 18 RIT at Clarkson RIT has scored a respectable five goals in their first two games, but has allowed a … Read more
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
Hey! It’s a big new world! It’s a B1G new world! Okay. I’ll stop now. This season, Drew Claussen and I are sharing Big Ten Hockey duties and every Friday, one or the other of us will post our picks. Drew is new to this game, so he doesn’t have a record from last year. … Read more
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
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
Last Week: Dan: 1-2 Chris: 2-1 On the season: Dan 1-2 (.333) Chris 2-1 (.667) This Week’s Picks Friday, October 11th: Army at Penn State Dan:For all the confusion this week as to if Army would even get to play in this game, Penn State’s been marching to this day for three years. Penn State … Read more
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
Time for my first picks of the year; all times Eastern. Wish me luck. Thursday, October 10 Colgate at RIT Ok, I’m cheating: It’s 1-1 in the first period as I type this. Sorry. It’s tough picking such early-season games, as there is practically no basis for comparison yet… that said, it’s a big opening … Read more
Welcome back for another season of weekly picks. It hasn’t even been six months since Yale won the national title, but the ECAC is ready to go with Clarkson and Colgate each starting the regular season this weekend. Quinnipiac, RPI and St. Lawrence are all in preseason action as well. Saturday, Oct. 5 Ferris State … Read more
And we’re underway with the first picks of the season! This year Chris Lerch has joined up with Dan Rubin to provide USCHO’s Atlantic Hockey coverage. They’ll both be picking games each week. Last Week: Dan: 0-0 Chris 0-0 On the season: Dan 0-0 Chris 0-0 This week’s picks: Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October … Read more
I went .500 in my picks for the semifinals. I will take that. Tonight, we know that a national champion from the ECAC will be crowned and I am happy for that league, its members, its teams. Tonight, we also know that hearts will be broken. The older I get and the longer I cover … Read more
Well, my hockey-minded friends, we are down to it. As I’ve said repeatedly, I picked Notre Dame to go all the way in my bracket. Since I was wrong and I am here, though, I figured I’d post some picks with which many people are likely to disagree, especially my Hockey East counterpart, Dave Hendrickson. … Read more
Midwest Regional Final – No. 2 Miami v No. 4 St. Cloud State Matthew: Although six WCHA teams qualified for this year’s NCAA tournament, St. Cloud State finds itself Sunday as the only team from the league still standing and carrying the WCHA flag in this competition. I was very impressed with what the Huskies … Read more
West Regional final – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Yale Matthew: North Dakota was the only WCHA team of the four playing in Friday’s opening day of the NCAA tournament to progress to a regional final, and UND was made to work for its success in a 2-1 triumph over … Read more
Well, my picks last weekend were legendarily bad. Fitting. Last week: 1-2 (.333) Season to date: 130-96-29 (.545) I’m happy to have finished the final CCHA season above .500. This week Having only two CCHA teams in the NCAA tournament in the conference’s final season is disappointing. I have Notre Dame winning the whole thing … Read more
West Regional – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 4 Yale vs. No. 1 Minnesota Matthew: Yale is perfect so far this season against WCHA opposition – the Bulldogs won at both Denver and Colorado College back around Thanksgiving – and perhaps that ought to ring some alarm bells for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers will be looking … Read more
Last Week: 1-2 On the Season: 143-83-29 (.610) This Week’s Picks: NCAA East Regional March 30-31 No. 4 Canisius vs. No. 1 Quinnipiac A Canisius upset is a trendy pick. The Golden Griffins have been the hottest team in Division I over the last four weeks, while the Bobcats lost in the semifinals of … Read more
Three ECAC teams are set to play in the NCAA Tournament this weekend. There’s Yale, who was shutout twice last weekend in Atlantic City; Quinnipiac, who lost out at a chance at the program’s first Whitelaw Cup with a 4-0 loss to Brown in the semifinals; and Union, who enters the tournament off their second … Read more