On the fly Friday, January 21 Clarkson 2 at Yale 5 Clarkson tested Yale all night, but the Bulldogs broke through with three third-period goals to vanquish the Knights. Freshman Kenny Agostino, junior Brian O’Neill, and seniors Denny Kearney and Chris Cahill (twice) scored for the Elis, who fought through 1-1 and 2-2 ties to … Read more
Our good friend BD – Mr. Benjamin Davis – is back again, and why not? He can’t help but beat me. He rolls out of bed each morning a better prognosticator than I, and the rest of the day is just downhill from there. Prediction precision Season record: Me: 91-46-15 (.648) Guest guessers: 70-45-12 (.598) … Read more
Players of the Week Player of the Week: Harry Zolnierczyk, Brown Brown’s one-man wrecking crew potted two goals, added two assists and finished +3 in the home-and-home split with No. 1 Yale. The Antagonizer scored a short-handed equalizer on Saturday evening in a game Bruno ultimately lost, but he earned first-assists on each of Brown’s … Read more
On the fly Friday, January 14 Rensselaer 1 at Cornell 5 Senior Joe Devin’s sixth goal of the year with 6:05 to play in the second period opened the Big Red floodgates, as Cornell scored four straight to break a 1-1 draw and secure the Red their first three-game winning streak of the year. Classmate … Read more
Yale University Associate Athletic Director and Director of Sports Publicity Steve Conn released a new statement this afternoon regarding Chris Cahill’s eligibility: The NCAA has confirmed the process and due diligence of Yale University and the Ivy League regarding the eligibility of Chris Cahill. He remains eligible to compete in all Yale hockey games. The … Read more
Benjamin Davis, former equipment manager at Clarkson (’03) and a really all-around sharp guy (or so says his record), is back for a shot at 3-0 against yours truly. We also welcome a second guest-guesser, in Mr. Peter Jasinski, a Yalie who requested this week as his first shot since the Bulldogs are finally back … Read more
Players of the Week Player of the Week: Kyle Bodie, Union Six-foot Manitoban sophomore Bodie scored a goal and added an assist against St. Lawrence on Friday, then added the game-winner and an insurance tally in the rout of Clarkson on Saturday. Plus-5 on the weekend, Bodie doubled his point production on the season in … Read more
On the fly Friday, January 7 Brown 4 at Harvard 3 The Bears’ power play went 2/5, bookending the scoring in a wild game and negating a natural hat trick by Harvard senior Michael Biega. Freshman Garnet Hathaway, sophomore Chris Zaires, junior Bobby Farnham and senior Harry Zolnierczyk did the honors for Brown, while Biega … Read more
Low on time, as I have been for the past two days… I have no competitor this week (Mr. Davis will have to come back next week, unless he chooses to retire 2-0 against yours truly?), so here are the quick picks for Friday night. (This page will be updated with full predictions tomorrow.) Friday, … Read more
Welcome back, everybody. Lots and lots and lots of results to sort through (maybe I should’ve been more proactive over the holidays?) so let’s get to it. Players of the… um… Weeks Player of the Weeks: Matt Reber, Dartmouth Yet another icer out of hockey-mad Edina, Minn., senior Reber scored twice and added four assists … Read more
It’s me and former Clarkson team manager Benjamin Davis, sparring over more than two dozen games straddling this New Year transition. He beat me to end 2010, and he beat me in the first half of the Week 13 picks, 8-2-1 to 5-4-1. Let’s keep the momentum going… or at least, keep his momentum going… … Read more
Those who remember former Florida Panthers winger Richard Zednik’s or Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk’s infamous injuries – and believe me, if you saw them you’d never forget – shudder to recall them. The 1,133 at Alabama-Huntsville’s Von Braun center Thursday night may have similar nightmares now, after Rensselaer freshman Brock Higgs required emergency surgery … Read more
Happy holidays to all; I hope your delays and frustrations are minimal. There is a lot of action just ahead of us, so let’s get right to it. Welcome back Clarkson ’03’s Benjamin Davis, who bested me a few weeks back by having minimal faith in Union. He really had to go all-out in his … Read more
On the fly Saturday, December 18 Vermont 4 at St. Lawrence 6 Frosh Greg Carey scored two power-play goals – including the game-winner – as the Saints took an early lead and held on in a wild non-conference affair. Senior Nick Pitsikoulis also buried a pair, and rookie Kyle Essery and junior Rick Carden added … Read more
This week, we welcome yet another victim to the slaughter: Mr. Benjamin Davis. A former equipment manager at Clarkson (class of ’03), Davis feels he has the hockey savvy to take down your loyal puck pundit. We’ll see about that. Prediction precision Last week: 8-1-0 (.889) Season record: Me: 61-29-11 (.658) Guest guessers: 38-31-6 (.547) … Read more
There are plenty of good combinations in the world; duos that, together, are so much better than the sum of their respective parts. Ivy Leaguers and Sperry Top-Siders. Ebony and ivory. Foie gras and Sauternes. (Who am I kidding? Sauternes would be great with Raisin Bran.) And so it is in hockey, too. Gretzky and … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Brandon DeFazio, Clarkson DeFazio led by example against SHU, scoring the hat trick – including a much-needed power-play goal and the game-winner – and adding an assist with a plus-3 rating in Clarkson’s rout. One of the … Read more
On the fly Friday, December 10 American Int’l 1 at Union 8 The Dutchmen boasted as many multi-point scorers as they did goals in the blowout, with sophomore Jeremy Welsh leading the way with a hat trick. Senior Justin Pallos scored twice, and frosh Mat Bodie, sophomore Wayne Simpson and junior Kelly Zajac also chipped … Read more
Well well well, we finally found somebody with the cajones to step into the ring with The Prognosticator. Welcome Tom Rodbell, a life-long ECAC fan from the Nutmeg State. Don’t try to push your Bobcats or Bulldogs fervor on him, though – he’s from a family of Engineers fans, who considers Brian Pothier his favorite … Read more
Light blog entry this week; look for more on Yale’s historic achievement in the column Thursday morning. Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Andrew Miller, Yale The 5’9″ sophomore out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan only scored once this weekend, but increased his point … Read more