Prediction precision Last week 7-2-1 (.750) Season record 46-23-10 (.646) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Still seeking new challengers to my prognostication prowess… email me at ECACWriter@USCHO.com with five good (or bad) reasons why you should be selected as a guest-guesser. This week All times Eastern Friday, December 3 Rensselaer at Yale – 7:00 I’m not … Read more
Players of the Week *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Nick Walsh, Dartmouth The 6’1″ junior out of Shannonville, Ontario racked up a 4-1–5 line in two games against Harvard. His big haul included a hat trick in Friday’s rout in Boston and the game-winner Saturday, and … Read more
On the Fly Friday, November 26 Dartmouth 8 at Harvard 2 Junior Nick Walsh scored his first career hat trick and rookie Eric Robinson scored with two assists in his NCAA debut in the Big Green romp. Fellow freshman Matt Lindblad, sophomore Dustin Walsh, junior Doug Jones and senior Scott Fleming also lit the lamp … Read more
It’s a holiday week (in case you hadn’t noticed), so no guest-guesser this time. Last week Me: 8-4-1 (.654) Stephen Shablak: 6-3-0 (.667) Season record Me: 39-21-9 (.630) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Head to head: Sullivan 4, Guests 2* *Shablak didn’t predict Tuesday’s outcomes, and I lost when his boys – Colgate – fell to … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Jack Maclellan, Brown Bruno’s junior sniper scored a goal and added two assists in Friday’s 5-2 win at Colgate, then added three more helpers at New Hampshire to help boost Brown to a 2-0-1 week. The wiry … Read more
On the Fly Friday, November 19 Harvard 0 at Princeton 1 Sophomore Mike Condon’s career-high 36 saves bested senior Kyle Richter’s 34, as the Tigers netminder recorded his first career shutout thanks to senior Mike Kramer’s first-period strike. The officials whistled only four penalties, leading to 71 combined shots (including 15 apiece in the second … Read more
Everybody, please welcome my newest competitor, Stephen Shablak. Colgate devotee and ECAC Hockey super-fan, Shablak is also a master of brevity. (He really out-did himself in that regard, risking derision and failure by not even picking Tuesday’s games!) Among his justifications for pixel-usage: “3) I’ve followed ECAC hockey since it’s inception 4)I played in the … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. May as well call this Rookie Week… just take a look. Wow. Player of the Week: Mike Keenan, Dartmouth It figures that with 13 goals on the North Country trip, a couple Dartmouth players were going to get some recognition. Keenan, … Read more
On the fly Friday, November 12 Harvard 4 at St. Lawrence 2 SLU’s third-period rally came up a goal short, as Harvard junior Eric Kroshus scored twice – once to open the game, and once into an empty net – to boost the Crimson in Canton. Kroshus’ classmates accounted for all of Harvard’s scoring, as … Read more
The Pride of Cornell, Miss Meli Mathis, takes aim at two wins in a row, while we give the Four Guys a shot at redemption. Big props to the Guys, who went the extra mile to create the first-ever Nate Leaman propaganda film to ever grace this site. (Their predicted scores are in the usual … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Kyle Flanagan, St. Lawrence The sophomore and Canton native picked a good time to have a big weekend. Flanagan buried three goals, tagged on a helper and registered plus-2 against Cornell and Colgate in St. Lawrence’s first … Read more
On the Fly Friday, November 5 Colgate 4 at Clarkson 4 (ot) Senior Scott Freeman and freshman Matt Zarbo scored 1:57 apart midway through the third period to draw Clarkson even, extending the Golden Knights’ unbeaten streak to four games. After starting the season 0-36 on the power play, Clarkson finally broke through with three … Read more
Fresh meat! After edging both of my guest-guessers last week, it’s time to see if someone new is up for the challenge. Please welcome upstaters Meli Mathis and “Four Guys in a Studio Apartment”. Mathis hails from the greater D.C. area, but learned to love Cayuga’s waters in four years in Ithaca. The Four Guys … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockeys can be found here. Player of the Week: Denny Kearney, Yale A short-handed assist, a natural hat-trick, a +4 rating and a game-winner all in one outing? Yeah, that’s PotW material. But tag on another goal, three helpers and a +3 the following night, and … Read more
On the Fly Thursday, October 28 Connecticut 3 at Union 3 (ot) Plain and simple, the Dutchmen blew their perfect home record (now 4-0-1). Union held a 3-0 lead with 31 minutes to play, but first-time freshman starter Troy Grosenick was beaten for three goals on 10 shots in the second frame and that was … Read more
(Generally) gentle readers, please welcome aboard guest-guessers Mike Shavlik and Matthew Desmarais. I’ve been doing pretty well so far this year; let’s see if either of them can unseat me.* Before we get to the picks, here are a few of the reasons they submitted for why they should be selected: Desmarais: “1). First of … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockeys can be found here. Player of the Week: Adam Presizniuk, Union The league’s leading scorer became such by virtue of three goals and two assists against Niagara and RIT this weekend. The senior’s three goals included both of Union’s game-winners, one on the power play … Read more
On the Fly Thursday, October 21 Quebec Trois-Rivieres 3 at Cornell 6 (exhib) Friday, October 22 RIT 1 at Rensselaer 4 RPI saw its consecutive penalty-kills streak end at 22, but five successful kills out of six – and 24 saves by junior Allen York – helped propel the Engineers past the Tigers. Freshman Brock … Read more
Last week 6-2-1 (.722) Season record 6-2-1 Friday, October 22 RIT at Rensselaer – 7 p.m. Eastern The Cinderella Stripes out of Rochester haven’t led quite as charmed a life so far this year. At 0-2-1, three tight games against St. Cloud, Nebraska-Omaha and UMass-Lowell (the 4-4 tie) have left the Tigers wondering how to … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Chase Polacek, Rensselaer Everyone knows Polacek by now… even, at this point, Hockey East. The senior sniper scored the game-tying goal at Northeastern Friday night, then planted the game-winner the following evening against Bentley… before assisting on … Read more