Last week: Dan: 9-4-1 Chris: 10-3-1 On the season: Dan: 36-15-4 (.691) Chris: 39-12-4 (.745) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 Rochester Institute of Technology at Army West Point Dan: Hard to believe it took RIT six games this year before they won their first last weekend against AIC. Continuing their … Read more
On Friday night’s late night hours, Atlantic Hockey fans and supporters could check scoreboard and message forums to get a pulse on the way things had gone throughout the league. In one of the results, Sacred Heart hosted Canisius, losing 3-0. At first glance, it was a game where the Pioneers played well but wound … Read more
Last week: Dan: 10-2-1 Chris: 10-2-1 On the season: Dan: 27-11-3 (.695) Chris: 29-9-3 (.744) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31 Rochester Institute of Technology at American International Dan: The youth movement is very much on in the 413, where eight of AIC’s top ten scorers are either freshmen or sophomores. … Read more
Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: It comes down to… Air Force coach Frank Serratore is fond of saying that the results of a hockey game usually comes down to special teams and goaltending. Saturday’s game between Robert Morris and Niagara is a case in point. The Colonials won 8-2 despite being … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-4-1 Chris: 8-3-1 On the season: Dan: 17-9-2 (.643) Chris: 19-7-2 (.714) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 Holy Cross at Canisius Dan: This early in the season, I think neither team is going to be where they may be at the end of the year. In … Read more
A look back at three observations from this past weekend in the world of Atlantic Hockey: Falcons fly high in sweep of Hockey East’s Huskies At the end of the first period on Friday night, Hockey East’s Northeastern Huskies had bombed and blitzed Bentley goalie Jayson Argue to the tune of 20 shots. The Huskies … Read more
Last week: Dan: 9-4-1 Chris: 10-3-1 On the season: Dan: 10-5-1 (.656) Chris: 11-4-1 (.719) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 Air Force at Robert Morris Dan: When talking with USCHO Live this week, I talked about how RMU is a team considered “old and deep.” They’re going to be bigger, … Read more
Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Best beginnings Air Force and Mercyhurst, teams with large batches of newcomers and therefore expected to take a while to gel, look very much ahead of schedule. The Mercyhurst Lakers, who split with No. 20 Colgate to kick off the college hockey season last weekend, opened … Read more
Last week: Dan: 1-1 Chris: 1-1 On the season: Dan: 1-1 (.500) Chris: 1-1 (.500) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10 Mercyhurst at Bentley Dan: As much as Ryan Soderquist talked about Bentley putting the past behind them, the Falcons have to open the season in the exact same way their … Read more
Are you ready? There’s real college hockey this weekend, as Mercyhurst has the honor of playing in the first NCAA game(s) of the season, hosting No. 20 Colgate on Saturday and Sunday. Look for the complete Atlantic Hockey season preview on Sunday, but to start things off, here are Dan Rubin’s and Chris Lerch’s predictions … Read more
Last week: Dan: 1-2 Chris: 0-3 For the season: Dan: 134-81-27 (.610) Chris: 137-76-27 (.627) And the winner is: Chris made RIT fans happy by picking against the Tigers the final weekend, and they again proved him wrong. But he held on for the season victory against Dan by a mere 3.5 games. We didn’t … Read more
Three things from Championship weekend in Atlantic Hockey: One and done For the third consecutive season, the top seed went down in the semifinals of the Atlantic Hockey tournament. This time it was defending champion Robert Morris, who put 62 shots on net against Mercyhurst in 63 minutes of play, but fell to the Lakers, … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-3 Chris: 7-2 On the season: Dan: 133-79-27 (.613) Chris: 137-73-27 (.635) So I retain my title despite a nice comeback by Dan in February. I’m leading by five games with just three left (The number of games picked are different due to the way we pick best-of-three series). This Week’s … Read more
A look back at the weekend that was as the road to Rochester reaches its end: Sports Giveth, Sports Taketh Away We start with the most obvious talking point – the wild three game series between Bentley and Mercyhurst and its unpredictable ending. After a scoreless regulation in Game One, and after being outshot 40-28, … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-3 Chris: 5-2 On the season: Dan: 126-76-27 (.609) Chris: 130-71-27 (.629) This Week’s Picks Atlantic Hockey Playoffs – Quarterfinals Best of Three Series Friday, March 13 – Sunday, March 15 No. 11 Niagara at No. 1 Robert Morris Dan: Niagara might be the most dangerous seed to the Colonials’ run. … Read more
Three things from the first postseason weekend in Atlantic Hockey: And then there were eight Only one first round series went the distance, and that also featured the only upset this past weekend. Niagara opened at Holy Cross with a classic road playoff 2-1 win, and then rebounded from a three-overtime loss in Game Two … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-5 Chris: 3-7 On the season: Dan: 121-73-27 (.609) Chris: 125-69-27 (.627) This Week’s Picks Atlantic Hockey Playoffs – First Round Best of Three Series Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 8 No. 11 Niagara at No. 6 Holy Cross Dan: Niagara is picking up steam at exactly the right time … Read more
Oh, what a weekend it was. It all began where it ends Rochester, N.Y., will become the center of the Atlantic Hockey universe in less than three weeks’ time when four teams converge for the conference championship weekend. So it’s fitting that we really start the “Road To Rochester” in … Rochester. Playing at the … Read more
More spots clinched, more spots up for grabs. Let’s take a look at what was clinched last night and what could happen tonight: What Was Clinched Last Night: -Canisius clinched the #2 seed by beating Air Force, 4-1. They now have a three point lead over third-place Bentley, who lost to Sacred Heart on Thursday. … Read more
Last week: Dan: 4-3-3 Chris: 1-6-3 On the season: Dan: 116-68-27 (.614) Chris: 122-62-27 (.642) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, February 26 Bentley at Sacred Heart Dan: When these teams met a couple of weeks ago, we were treated to one of the games of the year, a low-scoring goaltender’s duel at Bentley that was … Read more