Last Week: 2-6 On the Season: 142-81-29 (.621) This Week’s Picks: Atlantic Hockey Semifinals and Finals March 22-23 Read more about each team in my weekly AHA column. Semifinals: No. 7 Canisius vs. No. 1 Niagara All that stuff about throwing out the records when these teams play each other is true. Never have the stakes … Read more
Three things from the penultimate weekend in Atlantic Hockey for the 2012-2013 season: Things change For the first time since 2007, Atlantic Hockey will have a new champion. Air Force, which won titles in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 will not be in Rochester for championship weekend for first time since entering the league … Read more
Last Week: 5-3 On the Season: 140-75-29 (.623) This Week’s Picks: Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals (Best of Three Series) March 15-17 Updated from last week: There have been 29 best-of-three series in Atlantic Hockey history, played either in the first or quarterfinal rounds. The home team won 28 of them. Read more about each series in … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Onward A first-round sweep by the four home teams sets up quarterfinal series match ups that line up per the top eight seeds: No. 8 Rochester Institute of Technology at No. 1 Niagara No. 7 Canisius at No. 2 Air Force No. 6 Mercyhurst at No. 3 … Read more
Last Week: 6-4-2 On the Season: 135-72-29 (.623) For comparison purposes, here’s my success rate at picking the results at this point in the season over the past few years: 2007: .634 2008: .651 2009: .653 2010: .636 2011: .598 2012: .678 This Week’s Picks: Atlantic Hockey First Round (Best of Three Series) March … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: First things first When the dust settled, Niagara, Air Force, Holy Cross and Connecticut earned the top four positions in the standings and first-round byes. First round playoff pairings are: No. 12 Sacred Heart at No. 5 Robert Morris No. 11 Army at No. 6 Mercyhurst No. … Read more
Tonight’s action will conclude the Atlantic Hockey regular season, and there’s still much to be settled. Here’s a breakdown for each team: Niagara (20-4-2; 42 points) Best: First Worst: First Final game: at Air Force Outlook: The Purple Eagles have locked up the top seed but their final game at Air Force is still critical. … Read more
Last Week: 7-6-1 On the Season: 129-68-27 (.636) This Week’s Picks: Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 Niagara at Air Force – The Purple Eagles can almost guarantee themselves an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament with a sweep. At most, Niagara can lose two more games after this weekend, and that probably … Read more
Our guests on the Feb. 26 edition of USCHO Live! will be Providence head coach Nate Leaman, whose Friars are in a three-way tie for first in Hockey East, and USCHO.com Atlantic Hockey columnist Chris Lerch, for a look at that league’s playoff race. Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Feb. 26, from … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Never say never Friday’s games featured a pair of wild comebacks. At Bentley, the Falcons found themselves down 5-1 to Sacred Heart early in the third period, but rattled off five straight goals in a span of less than ten minutes to take a 6-5 lead. Then … Read more
Last Week: 7-5-1 On the Season: 122-62-26 (.643) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23 Holy Cross vs. AIC – The Yellow Jackets are one of the hottest teams in the league while the Crusaders had a huge stumble on Tuesday, a 7-3 loss to previously winless Sacred Heart. I’m reversing … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Hot hot hot Which Atlantic Hockey team has the longest unbeaten streak right now, tied for longest in the nation? Did you guess American International? The Yellow Jackets are unbeaten in their last six games after a 4-0, 9-1 sweep of Sacred Heart. AIC is now two … Read more
Last Week: 2-5-1 (first time since the opening weekend of the season that The Picks were under .500) On the Season: 115-57-25 (.647) This Week’s Picks: Thursday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 Canisius at Air Force – This series should feature some good goaltending, Tony Capobianco and Jason Torf are third and fourth, … Read more
Three (four) things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Winter wonderland Six of the 12 games on slate this weekend were postponed due to the massive blizzard that hammered the Northeast. The Western pod got its games in (Rochester Institute of Technology at Robert Morris, Air Force at Mercyhurst and Canisius vs. Niagara), but all … Read more
Last Week: 9-3-1 On the Season: 113-52-24 (.661) A snow storm is predicted to hit the Northeast this weekend, affecting travel from Boston to Buffalo. There’s a good chance some of these games will be postponed, especially since the majority are home-and-home series, meaning the teams will be traveling between the games. Check back for … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Even Tighter Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley sums it up: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/derekschooley/status/298066008265089024″] Schooley’s Colonials are tied for sixth place. Second place Meryhurst and tenth place Rochester Institute of Technology are separated by a mere five points with four weeks left in the regular season. First place Niagara … Read more
Last Week: 5-4-2 On the Season: 104-49-22 (.656) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 2 Bentley at Niagara – This is the final weekend of East-West pod play in the AHA, which means Bentley is the last team to see the Purple Eagles this season. After this, Niagara plays its second … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Crooked numbers Niagara took three points from Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend, continuing the tradition of odd (as in: strange) numbers when these teams get together. The all-time series between the schools now stands at 8-1-6 in favor of Niagara. The pattern has been consistent: when … Read more
Last Week: 11-2 On the Season: 99-45-21 (.663) This Week’s Picks: Friday, Jan. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – The Falcons won the first meeting between the two teams, 4-1 back on Oct. 27. Air Force has won six of the last eight meetings between these former CHA opponents, including four … Read more
Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend: Bringing everyone closer together In all five league games played on Friday, the team lower in the standings won. (Bentley over Canisius, Connecticut over Mercyhurst, Rochester Institute of Technology over Army, Holy Cross over Niagara ,and American International over Robert Morris). That helped pull the standings even … Read more