Heading into Friday night’s games, I had a feeling the potential best weekend series would come from the series between Niagara and American International. Any time there are two teams needing to avoid falling behind their league brethren at a critical early juncture, they begin to produce high energy action as both identify opportunities to … Read more
Last week: Dan: 3-6 Chris: 7-2 On the season: Dan: 46-25-5 (.679) Chris: 54-17-5 (.739) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21 Robert Morris at Army West Point Dan: I’m convinced Army could very easily take points in this weekend, and I’m in agreement with Chris over the whole three-point weekend. But … Read more
Bye bye The calendar says we’ve just finished the seventh weekend of the college hockey season, normally a busy time of the season. But there were just four conference games played this past weekend, and Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, American International and Army West Point were off the schedule completely (the Black Knights and Yellow Jackets … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-4-1 Chris: 8-3-1 On the season: Dan: 43-19-5 (.679) Chris: 47-15-5 (.739) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13 Holy Cross at Air Force Dan: If there’s a team that can give Air Force a run in Colorado, it’s going to be the Crusaders. Averaging just over three … Read more
Mercyhurst milestone Mercyhurst defeated visiting Air Force 3-1 on Saturday, the 500th career victory for Lakers coach Rick Gotkin, who is in his 28th season at the Erie, Pa. school. Gotkin began his head coaching career at Mercyhurst in 1988, the second year of varsity hockey at the school and has been there ever since, … Read more
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
Our guests on the Oct. 20 edition of USCHO Live! will be Bentley coach Ryan Soderquist (8:20 p.m.), whose Falcons swept Northeastern in a home-and-home series over the weekend, and former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy (8:40 p.m.), whose injury 11 seconds into a game 20 years ago today left him a quadriplegic and thrust him into the spotlight as one of the foremost figures in the battle against paralysis. Listen: http://blogtalkradio.com/uscholive
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
The fifth season of USCHO Live! kicks off with a preview of all six men’s Division I conferences in a special two-hour episode. Join us for the conversation and information, Tues., October 13, from 8 to 10 p.m. EDT at blogtalkradio.com/uscholive.
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