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
Last Week: Dan: 4-5 Chris: 4-5 On the season: Dan: 154-88-23 (.625) Chris: 160-82-23 (.647) This Week’s Picks Friday, March 21 No. 7 Canisius vs No. 1 Mercyhurst Dan: Having seen Canisius last week, I can unequivocally state they’re not a team of destiny. The term “team of destiny” implies they’re not good enough to … Read more
Three things from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey (with apologies to the band Asia): Sole survivor Atlantic Hockey received its first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA tournament last season, but it was clear by December that it wasn’t going to happen this time around. Despite some high-profile upsets, the league’s non-conference record wasn’t strong … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 6-5 (Talk about your late season slides. -Dan) Chris: 9-2 On the season: Dan: 150-83-23 (.631) Chris: 156-77-23 (.654) This Week’s Picks Friday, March 14 – Sunday, March 16 (Best of three series): No. 8 Holy Cross at No. 1 Mercyhurst Dan: There are three things that are certain in life – … Read more
All home seeds moved on (more on that in a bit), but it wasn’t as easy as just saying it. A look at three things (okay, four) that made this weekend as insane as I’ll try to make it out to be: Holy Cross Gets Divine Intervention If I had to guess, some late night … Read more
Over the past couple of seasons, Atlantic Hockey’s grown a reputation of having a rough and tumble, unpredictable playoff series where anything is possible. In the true spirit, thereof, two playoff series will go to three games this year in the first round, including the 5-vs-12 matchup reserved for the best team not to get … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 5-6-1 Chris: 7-4-1 On the season: Dan: 144-78-23 (.635) Chris: 147-75-23 (.647) This Week’s Picks Friday, March 7 – Sunday, March 9 (Best of three series): No. 12 Army at No. 5 Robert Morris Dan: My problem with this series is that it’s ripe conditions for a trap series for RMU. Army … Read more
Three (O.K. four) things from the weekend in Atlantic Hockey Wrapping up the regular season For a change, very little came down to the final game of the regular season in Atlantic Hockey. Seeds 1,6,7,8 and 12 were already settled before the puck was dropped on Saturday as well as three of the four teams … Read more
On the final day of the Atlantic Hockey regular season, here’s what we know: 1. Mercyhurst, Bentley and Connecticut have sewn up three of the four first-round byes. Mercyhurst will be the top seed. Bentley can finish no lower than third; Connecticut no lower than fourth. 2. Robert Morris and Air Force are competing for … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 5-6-1 Chris: 6-5-1 On the season: Dan: 139-72-22 (.644) Chris: 140-71-22 (.648) This Week’s Picks Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March. 1: American International vs. Bentley Dan: This is going to be a highly emotional series for AIC and Bentley, two Northeast-10 rivals who have an immense and intense respect for one … Read more
A weekend’s worth of observations set us up for a great final weekend stretch run with all kinds of playoff implications in Atlantic Hockey: Sacred sweep Bentley entered this weekend needing just four points to seal up a first-round bye and continue pace with first-place Mercyhurst. The Falcons also stood as one of three AHA … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 9-3-0 Chris: 8-4-0 On the season: Dan: 134-66-21 (.654) Chris: 134-66-21 (.654) This Week’s Picks Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22: Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force Dan: The bad karma bus is steamrolling through Rochester these days. They’re hurt, they’re struggling, and they’re getting beat badly by teams. If … Read more
A look back at the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Best 3-24 Team in the Nation Because of the overall struggles this year by the AHA, Army ranks as the 59th team in the nation according to statistical rankings. But anyone who’s watched the Black Knights over the course of their current 13-game losing … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 6-5-2 Chris: 7-4-2 On the season: Dan: 125-63-21 (.648) Chris: 126-62-21 (.653) This Week’s Picks Thursday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 15: Niagara vs. Robert Morris Dan: RMU hasn’t lost since January 9th, going 7-0-2 since losing to UConn. Over the second half of the season, the Colonials are 9-1-2. Hard to … Read more
Three things from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Not so fast The weekend before last, Mercyhurst was able to extend its lead over second-place Bentley by taking three of four points against the Falcons. The Lakers were threatening to run away with the regular season title headed into a pair of games at Air … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 5-5-2 Chris: 6-4-2 On the season: Dan: 119-58-19 (.656) Chris: 119-58-19 (.656) This Week’s Picks Thursday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 8: Canisius vs. Niagara Dan: Niagara is capable of beating anybody on any given day. So’s Canisius. They’re in a dead heat in the standings, and both teams have one major … Read more
Three things (and more) from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: “An awesome thing” Mercyhurst goaltender Jordan Tibbett has had an up-but-mostly-down season so far for the Lakers. Coming off the 2012-13 season where he played in 18 games and registered a .925 save percentage, Tibbett lost the job to Jimmy Sargeant, who is second … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 4-4-0 Chris: 4-4-0 On the season: Dan: 114-53-17 (.666) Chris: 113-54-17 (.660) This Week’s Picks Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb 1: Connecticut at Air Force Dan: I think the RMU series might have exposed some of the issues with Air Force down the stretch. They were down 3-0 until the final … Read more
The weekend in Atlantic Hockey was remarkably tame compared to what happened in ECAC. Two points for you to contrast: There were three 5-on-3 advantages granted the whole weekend in AHA play. There were three 5-on-3 advantages granted to Yale in the first 15 minutes of their game against Brown, including, at one point, a … Read more
Last Week: Dan: 8-0-4 Chris: 7-1-4 On the season: Dan: 110-49-17 (.673) Chris: 109-50-17 (.668) This Week’s Picks Thursday, Jan. 23 and Saturday, Jan. 25: Mercyhurst vs. Canisius Dan: This is one of those series where you throw records out the window. Mercyhurst is 11-1-3 in league play but is coming off two ties against … Read more