Three things from the weekend in Atlantic Hockey: What a difference day makes Friday’s action saw some dramatic results, including a 7-0 thumping delivered by Denver over Air Force, a convincing 5-1 win by Rochester Institute of Technology over Sacred Heart, and a wild 5-5 tie between Robert Morris and American International that saw the … Read more
Last week: Dan: 4-3-4 Chris: 2-5-4 On the season: Dan: 43-26-10 (.608) Chris: 44-25-10 (.620) This Week’s Picks: NOTE: Dan Rubin, away on his honeymoon, sent me his picks before his wedding. He asked me to write “some awesomely funny comments for me”. Uhuh. Plus we have some bonus picks due to pair of … Read more
Three (actually four) things from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Undefeated no more Robert Morris’ rookies experienced a first on Saturday: what it feels like to lose a college hockey game. The Colonials entered the day as one of only three undefeated Division I programs (Harvard and Michigan Tech were the others – … Read more
Last week: Dan: 5-3-3 Chris: 4-4-3 On the season: Dan: 39-23-6 (.618) Chris: 42-20-6 (.662) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15 Holy Cross at Army Dan: David Berard enlightened me to the Holy Cross team concept of strong defense last week. To be honest, I’m pretty high on the Crusaders … Read more
A look through the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey: Holy Mackerel! Just under half of the institutions in Atlantic Hockey have roots in the Catholic Church. At the conclusion of this past weekend, four are in early season positioning for a first round bye under the new AHA format. Highlighting that run are Holy … Read more
Last week: Dan: 6-6-2 Chris: 8-4-2 On the season: Dan: 34-20-3 (.623) Chris: 38-18-3 (.693) This Week’s Picks: Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8 Niagara at Bentley Dan: This is an intriguing matchup between a Niagara team better than a winless record and a Bentley team that lost its only home game this year. … Read more
It’s a special two-hour edition of USCHO Live!, previewing the 2014-15 season.
Our October 21 broadcast is a league-by-league review of Division I men’s hockey from six of USCHO.com’s conference writers, with a look at Atlantic Hockey, the Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, the NCHC and the WCHA.
Three Things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Live by the comeback…. On October 25, Air Force staged a terrific comeback to earn a home-ice split with Rochester Institute of Technology. The Falcons scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:33 left in regulation to tie and got the game-winner at 3:50 of overtime. But the … Read more
Last week: Dan: 13-3 Chris: 12-4 On the season: Dan: 28-14-1 (.663) Chris: 30-12-1 (.709) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, October 30 and Friday, October 31 Bentley at Penn State Dan: Call me a wikkid homah, but I’m taking the Falcons for at least one this weekend. There’s something about this team on the road that … Read more
It’s a special two-hour edition of USCHO Live!, previewing the 2014-15 season.
Our October 21 broadcast is a league-by-league review of Division I men’s hockey from six of USCHO.com’s conference writers, with a look at Atlantic Hockey, the Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, the NCHC and the WCHA.
After a couple of weeks lacking in the news department, we weren’t without a lack of storylines. Let’s review the weekend that was: The wonder ball. Goes round and round. The Bentley Falcons have had a topsy-turvy couple of weeks. Despite competing hard with nationally-ranked Quinnipiac, they lost on the road. Then they went back … Read more
Last week: Dan: 6-4-1 Chris: 7-3-1 On the season: Dan: 15-11-1 (.574) Chris: 18-8-1 (.685) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 Rochester Institute of Technology at Air Force Dan: Last week’s game against BC proved that RIT is in rebuilding mode. On top of it all, they have to head out … Read more
It’s a special two-hour edition of USCHO Live!, previewing the 2014-15 season.
Our October 21 broadcast is a league-by-league review of Division I men’s hockey from six of USCHO.com’s conference writers, with a look at Atlantic Hockey, the Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, the NCHC and the WCHA.
Three things from the past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: History repeats Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Canisius and Army play a two game series, with the Golden Griffins coming out on top in Game One. In 2012 it was a 5-1 victory over the Black Knights on Friday. In 2013 the score was … Read more
Last week: Dan: 9-7-0 (.563) Chris: 11-5-0 (.688) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 16 Canisius at Army Dan: Army proved last week that their defense is capable of earning wins if they get tough. Canisius proved they could hang with the big boys in a split with Western Michigan. I think this … Read more
The first weekend of hockey is in the books, which means it’s time to review the weekend that was. Check back all season long for our observations. Let’s kick it off with three things from the first games of the 2014-2015 season: The Champ Is Here Despite being defending Atlantic Hockey champions, there was plenty … Read more
Last season: Dan: 155-90-23 (.621) Chris: 162-83-23 (.647) This Week’s Picks: Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11 Mercyhurst at Air Force Dan: Now THIS is how you start out a season, with two of the strongest teams in the league going head to head over two straight nights. With the limited amount of on-ice … Read more
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