Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: A playoff atmosphere The Canisius – Robert Morris series this past weekend, a clash between first and second place in Atlantic Hockey as well as the two longest unbeaten streaks in the nation, lived up to its billing. Both games were low-scoring and went to overtime, … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-3-2 Chris: 6-2-2 On the season: Dan: 97-62-23 (.596) Chris: 108-51-23 (.657) This Week’s Picks: Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7 Mercyhurst at American International Dan: I don’t think anyone can ever bet against AIC, but that’s also something we say every weekend. Mercyhurst is in desperate need of points, and … Read more
Three observations from this past weekend’s wild slate of Atlantic Hockey Conference action: Bentley’s Back The Bentley Falcons traveled west for the third time in four weekends to take on the Mercyhurst Lakers. With a brilliant opportunity to take some huge points, the Falcons opened up a 3-0 lead in the second period on Friday … Read more
Last week: Dan: 7-4 Chris: 7-4 On the season: Dan: 92-59-21 (.596) Chris: 102-49-21 (.648) This Week’s Picks: Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31 Robert Morris at Air Force Dan: I’m pumped about this series. These are two teams going pistol hot, which means at some point, someone’s run comes to an end. Even … Read more
Three (four) observations from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: What a weekend means Three sweeps, a split, and a win/tie resulted in more separation in what has until recently been a logjammed Atlantic Hockey standings. There are now some teams or groupings separated by four points, i.e. a weekend sweep. Four points means … Read more
Last week: Dan: 8-3-1 Chris: 9-2-1 On the season: Dan: 85-55-21 (.593) Chris: 95-45-21 (.655) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, January 22 and Saturday, January 24 Canisius at Niagara Dan: Niagara is in a bit of a funk this year, but that doesn’t mean they can’t steal some points. Of course, Canisius is on fire … Read more
Three observations from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Shows You What I Know Let me rewind the weekend back to Friday when I made the following statement: “I’m going to go out on a limb and will say that Robert Morris will not sweep AIC this weekend…I think they have a great chance … Read more
Last week: Dan: 8-3-1 Chris: 7-4-1 On the season: Dan: 77-52-20 (.584) Chris: 86-43-20 (.644) This Week’s Picks: Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17 Army at Air Force Dan: Army hasn’t had a win over Air Force in a really long time, but the gap is starting to close. That said, it’s not … Read more
Three things from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey (stepping up to the plate): Grand Slams Four points on a weekend is often a difficult task to accomplish in Atlantic Hockey, but this past weekend saw three of five series decided entirely in favor of the host school. Not that things weren’t close in two … Read more
Last week: Dan: 3-7-4 Chris: 5-5-4 On the season: Dan: 69-49-19 (.573) Chris: 79-39-19 (.646) This Week’s Picks: Friday, January 9 and Saturday, January 10 Niagara at Air Force Dan: Expect a lot of goal scoring. Both teams are working through issues in goal, which normally wins out over the lack of offense they’ve produced … Read more
Before I jump into observations (for the record, there’s four) from this past weekend, allow me to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year in 2015. I know I speak for Chris and all of our USCHO family in my sincerity for wishing you all nothing but the best. Atlantic Hockey, Party of … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-3 Chris: 7-1 On the season: Dan: 66-42-15 (.598) Chris: 74-34-15 (.663) This Week’s Picks: Friday, January 2 and Saturday, January 3 American International vs. Army Dan: Army enters this game after really showing some guts against the Russian Red Stars. Down 2-0 after one, Zak Zaremba scored twice to help … Read more
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
Our scheduled guests on the Dec. 9, 2014, episode of USCHO Live! are USA Hockey’s Jim Johannson — to discuss the 2015 World Juniors — and Mercyhurst head coach Rick Gotkin.
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