Tonight’s action will conclude the Atlantic Hockey regular season, and there’s still much to be settled. Here’s a breakdown for each team: Niagara (20-4-2; 42 points) Best: First Worst: First Final game: at Air Force Outlook: The Purple Eagles have locked up the top seed but their final game at Air Force is still critical. … Read more
Last Week: 7-6-1 On the Season: 129-68-27 (.636) This Week’s Picks: Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 Niagara at Air Force – The Purple Eagles can almost guarantee themselves an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament with a sweep. At most, Niagara can lose two more games after this weekend, and that probably … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Never say never Friday’s games featured a pair of wild comebacks. At Bentley, the Falcons found themselves down 5-1 to Sacred Heart early in the third period, but rattled off five straight goals in a span of less than ten minutes to take a 6-5 lead. Then … Read more
Last Week: 7-5-1 On the Season: 122-62-26 (.643) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23 Holy Cross vs. AIC – The Yellow Jackets are one of the hottest teams in the league while the Crusaders had a huge stumble on Tuesday, a 7-3 loss to previously winless Sacred Heart. I’m reversing … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Hot hot hot Which Atlantic Hockey team has the longest unbeaten streak right now, tied for longest in the nation? Did you guess American International? The Yellow Jackets are unbeaten in their last six games after a 4-0, 9-1 sweep of Sacred Heart. AIC is now two … Read more
Last Week: 2-5-1 (first time since the opening weekend of the season that The Picks were under .500) On the Season: 115-57-25 (.647) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 Canisius at Air Force – This series should feature some good goaltending, Tony Capobianco and Jason Torf are third and fourth, … Read more
Three (four) things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Winter wonderland Six of the 12 games on slate this weekend were postponed due to the massive blizzard that hammered the Northeast. The Western pod got its games in (Rochester Institute of Technology at Robert Morris, Air Force at Mercyhurst and Canisius vs. Niagara), but all … Read more
Last Week: 9-3-1 On the Season: 113-52-24 (.661) A snow storm is predicted to hit the Northeast this weekend, affecting travel from Boston to Buffalo. There’s a good chance some of these games will be postponed, especially since the majority are home-and-home series, meaning the teams will be traveling between the games. Check back for … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Even Tighter Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley sums it up: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/derekschooley/status/298066008265089024″] Schooley’s Colonials are tied for sixth place. Second place Meryhurst and tenth place Rochester Institute of Technology are separated by a mere five points with four weeks left in the regular season. First place Niagara … Read more
Last Week: 5-4-2 On the Season: 104-49-22 (.656) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 2 Bentley at Niagara – This is the final weekend of East-West pod play in the AHA, which means Bentley is the last team to see the Purple Eagles this season. After this, Niagara plays its second … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Crooked numbers Niagara took three points from Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend, continuing the tradition of odd (as in: strange) numbers when these teams get together. The all-time series between the schools now stands at 8-1-6 in favor of Niagara. The pattern has been consistent: when … Read more
Last Week: 11-2 On the Season: 99-45-21 (.663) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – The Falcons won the first meeting between the two teams, 4-1 back on Oct. 27. Air Force has won six of the last eight meetings between these former CHA opponents, including four … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Bringing everyone closer together In all five league games played on Friday, the team lower in the standings won. (Bentley over Canisius, Connecticut over Mercyhurst, Rochester Institute of Technology over Army, Holy Cross over Niagara ,and American International over Robert Morris). That helped pull the standings even … Read more
Last Week: 8-3-1 On the Season: 88-43-21 (.648) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Jan. 19 Robert Morris at American International – There could be some good goaltending in this series between AIC’s Ben Meisner and RMU’s Eric Levine. The Yellow Jackets have been struggling to score goals since early December, so RMU … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Points for (almost) everybody Every AHA team played a two game series this weekend, and ten of the 12 teams came away with points. There were three splits (Mercyhurst-Holy Cross, Robert Morris-Connecticut and Rochester Institute of Technology-Bentley), one three-point series (Air Force with a win and tie … Read more
Last Week: 11-4-1 On the Season: 80-40-20 (.643) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 11 and Saturday, Jan. 12 Holy Cross at Mercyhurst – This should be an entertaining series between evenly matched squads. The teams are tied for third place but the Lakers have a game in hand. I’m picking a split. Mercyhurst wins Friday; … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: A bit of a letdown I’m sure the Robert Morris Colonials were aware and determined not to suffer a letdown after what was arguably the greatest weekend in the program’s history and it’s first national ranking in two years. But on Friday in front of a nationally … Read more
Last Week: 8-4 On the Season: 69-36-19 (.633) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5 RIT at St. Lawrence – Both teams are going to rusty. The Tigers have been off for 23 days, the Saints 20. SLU has lost four straight but hasn’t ever lost to RIT at Appleton. I’d like … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: A milepost for Robert Morris When Robert Morris makes the NCAA tournament – it may be this season, it may not, but it will happen someday – the program can look back on this past weekend as a big milestone on its way to the top. The … Read more
Last time: 2-1 On the season: 61-32-119(.629) It’s tournament time! For many teams, it’s the last chance to play out of conference this season. Fans and players love tournaments because there’s a little extra something to play for. That said, with Festivus still on my mind, here are my list of grievances: The number of … Read more