Last week: Dan: 3-2-2 Chris: 4-1-2 On the season: Dan: 61-39-15 (.596) Chris: 67-33-15 (.648) This Week’s Picks: Saturday, December 27 Sacred Heart vs. Massachusetts-Lowell Dan: This will be a game between two very balanced teams. There’s a slight edge here to the River Hawks defensively with a couple of really solid two-way player guys, … Read more
Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: One streak snapped; one goes on On Friday, Rochester Institute of Technology accomplished something it had not in 20 previous meetings with Niagara: defeated the Purple Eagles during the regular season. Niagara was 12-1-7 against the Tigers dating back to 2005 when RIT made the … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-4-1 Chris: 7-2-1 On the season: Dan: 58-37-13 (.597) Chris: 63-2-13 (.645) This Week’s Picks: Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13 Niagara vs. Rochester Institute of Technology Dan: Chris will tell you about the problems RIT’s has winning in general against Niagara, having never beaten them at either team’s home rink. … Read more
Some observations from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: The Boys Are Back After an off week last week, it’d be easy to permit Robert Morris University some swagger. Despite not playing, they reentered the national polls at #20, and their stranglehold on the top spot of the Atlantic Hockey standings went virtually undamaged … Read more
Last week: Dan: 3-4 Chris: 5-2 On the season: Dan: 53-33-12 (.602) Chris: 56-30-12 (.633) This Week’s Picks: Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 Mercyhurst at Army Dan: Army’s had some major issues over its history with the Lakers, but surprisingly none of those issues are at Tate Rink. Mercyhurst’s lost only nine … Read more
Three things (four, actually, but they’re small) from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Is Saturday night all right? There were only seven games involving Atlantic Hockey teams this past Thanksgiving weekend, including a pair of conference series that both ended in splits. That’s been the story more often than not so far, … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-3-2 Chris: 7-3-2 On the season: Dan: 50-29-12 (.615) Chris: 51-28-12 (.626) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 28 and Saturday, November 29 Army at Bentley Dan: Bentley’s had some problems in back, giving up nine goals over their last two games. They’re also battling the injury bug with Alex Grieve and … Read more
Three things from the weekend in Atlantic Hockey: What a difference day makes Friday’s action saw some dramatic results, including a 7-0 thumping delivered by Denver over Air Force, a convincing 5-1 win by Rochester Institute of Technology over Sacred Heart, and a wild 5-5 tie between Robert Morris and American International that saw the … Read more
Last week: Dan: 4-3-4 Chris: 2-5-4 On the season: Dan: 43-26-10 (.608) Chris: 44-25-10 (.620) This Week’s Picks: NOTE: Dan Rubin, away on his honeymoon, sent me his picks before his wedding. He asked me to write “some awesomely funny comments for me”. Uhuh. Plus we have some bonus picks due to pair of … Read more
Three (actually four) things from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Undefeated no more Robert Morris’ rookies experienced a first on Saturday: what it feels like to lose a college hockey game. The Colonials entered the day as one of only three undefeated Division I programs (Harvard and Michigan Tech were the others – … 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
A look through the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Holy Mackerel! Just under half of the institutions in Atlantic Hockey have roots in the Catholic Church. At the conclusion of this past weekend, four are in early season positioning for a first round bye under the new AHA format. Highlighting that run are Holy … 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
Three Things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Live by the comeback…. On October 25, Air Force staged a terrific comeback to earn a home-ice split with Rochester Institute of Technology. The Falcons scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:33 left in regulation to tie and got the game-winner at 3:50 of overtime. But the … 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
Last week: Dan: 6-4-1 Chris: 7-3-1 On the season: Dan: 15-11-1 (.574) Chris: 18-8-1 (.685) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force Dan: Last week’s game against BC proved that RIT is in rebuilding mode. On top of it all, they have to head out … Read more
Last week: Dan: 9-7-0 (.563) Chris: 11-5-0 (.688) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 16 Canisius at Army Dan: Army proved last week that their defense is capable of earning wins if they get tough. Canisius proved they could hang with the big boys in a split with Western Michigan. I think this … Read more
Last season: Dan: 155-90-23 (.621) Chris: 162-83-23 (.647) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11 Mercyhurst at Air Force Dan: Now THIS is how you start out a season, with two of the strongest teams in the league going head to head over two straight nights. With the limited amount of on-ice … Read more
The total attendance across six leagues and 16 ticketed sessions was off 27 percent from 2013. That’s even considering there were three more sessions this season than there were last year.
Three things from Championship weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Marathon Friday’s semifinals saw a total of 168 minutes of hockey with both games needing overtime to settle things. The “early” semifinal between defending champion Canisius and regular season champ Mercyhurst went into double overtime before Golden Griffin defenseman Stephen Farrell’s shot from the point found the … Read more