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Atlantic Hockey Picks: February 4-9

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At A Glance: Last week’s record: 7-1 Overall Record: 53-24-1 This Week’s Picks*: *All games are subject to change. Thursday, February 4 American International at Army West Point Dan: They’ve played each other more than most teams have against one another, but I don’t think that will necessarily even the playing field against the AIC … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: St. Cloud State rested, looking to avenge previous losses this weekend against Western Michigan

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When you play in a league as competitively brutal as the NCHC, a rest weekend during the season can be a godsend.

St. Cloud State was off last weekend, coming off a sweep of Miami that had restored some of their swagger, swagger that had been tarnished when the Huskies were swept in Western Michigan three weeks ago.

Bowling Green at Minnesota State preview with Mavericks coach Mike Hastings: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 10

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No. 8 UMass home-and-home vs. No. 14 UMass Lowell preview with Minutemen head coach Greg Carvel: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 20

Two USCHO.com men’s ice hockey poll top ten teams meet in WCHA weekend play as No. 8 Bowling Green travels to No. 6 Minnesota State. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger catch up with Mavericks head coach Mike Hastings to preview a matchup between two stingy defenses and two potent offenses.

We also look at the “Battle of Commonwealth Avenue” between No. 1 Boston College and No. 15 Boston University and a pair of road tilts for UConn among Hockey East games, No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 2 Minnesota in the Big Ten, No. 9 Omaha at Denver in NCHC play, and a pair of ECAC series sending St. Lawrence to No. 12 Quinnipiac and No. 13 Clarkson to Colgate.

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Notre Dame point producer Steeves ‘really trying to be a reliable scorer’ for Fighting Irish

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Notre Dame recently learned that it will be skating on home ice for the Big Ten tournament at the end of the season.

Now, the Fighting Irish have 10 games to put themselves in the best possible position for said tournament, starting with this weekend on the road against Ohio State.

This Week in Hockey East: Elite Lindberg-Murray goaltending combo paying dividends for Massachusetts

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Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel comes across to the average person as somewhat soft spoken, very transparent, and most certainly mild mannered.

And whether he is being somewhat sarcastic, when he tells you that he is sick of people asking about which goaltender is going to start his next game, there’s probably a small amount of truth.

UConn’s Mike Cavanaugh talks Huskies, some positives amid COVID-19 restrictions: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 10

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A conversation with incoming Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast season 2 episode 20

After a 1-4-1 start, UConn is 6-2-1 in its last nine games, including a weekend sweep of Merrimack.

Huskies head coach Mike Cavanaugh joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about this year’s team, the World Juniors appearances by sophomores Vladislav Firstov and Yan Kuznetsov, playing on campus instead of in Hartford, and some positives that have resulted even amid COVID-19 limitations.

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Changes near the top of the poll, milestones for Sandelin, Soderquist: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 11

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look at the games and news of the past week.

Two coaching milestones were reached: 400 career wins for Minnesota Duluth’s Scott Sandelin and 250 for Bentley’s Ryan Soderquist.

Idle Boston College stays at No. 1, while Minnesota was rewarded for its sweep of Ohio State and North Dakota dropped a spot after a split with Omaha.

Bemidji State is back on peoples’ radar after going 5-2-2 in their last nine.

Bowling Green returns to the win column with a sweep of Michigan Tech.

UMass sweeps rival UMass Lowell with goalie Filip Lindberg allowing just two goals in his last four games.

Wisconsin’s Cole Caufield had a big weekend and has 14 goals and 14 assists in 18 games.

AIC, at 13-3, picked up three wins on the week.

And UConn and Providence had Hockey East weekend sweeps.

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