St. Cloud, Western skate to split No. 12 Western Michigan stands to rise in the national rankings after earning a road split this weekend at second-ranked St. Cloud State. Western handed the Huskies their first home loss of the season on Friday as two goals each from Hugh McGing and Lawton Courtnall (both empty-netters in … Read more
Matthew and I went a middling 3-3 (.500) last weekend, moving us to 66-39-16 on the year, not stellar by any means. Oh well. Don’t look at us before you go to Vegas. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 12-13 No. 15 Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College Candace: Duluth impressed last weekend, and with its missing players back from … Read more
Matthew and I didn’t do particularly well last week, going 5-3-3 (.590). On the year, we are 63-36-16 (.617). It’s a light weekend in the NCHC, and we see things the same way again this weekend. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 5-6 No. 4 Denver at Miami Candace: Last year, Miami came into Denver and earned two ties … Read more
Well, Matthew and I finished our last weekend 2-2 (.500), as our NCHC sweep picks didn’t work out so well. Entering the New Year, we are tied 58-33-13 (.620). Let’s see if we can start well. Thursday, Dec. 28 No. 12 Western Michigan at Bowling Green Candace: Even though Western isn’t that great on the … Read more
Denver gets all it can handle with Dartmouth Having won only one of its last four games in regulation, not everything is going swimmingly at the holiday break with second-ranked Denver. The Pioneers were made to work hard to split last weekend with a Dartmouth team that came to Magness Arena on Friday carrying an … Read more
As we go into the final weekend of the year, Matthew and I are dead even, thanks to me picking Minnesota Duluth last weekend to sweep Omaha. They didn’t, but they won on Saturday. Last week, I went a fairly dismal 2-3-3 (.437), while Matthew went 1-4-3 (.312). On the year, we are now both … Read more
I swear, Miami games are killing me. I correctly picked Denver to sweep Minnesota Duluth, but because I didn’t see the RedHawks splitting with Cornell, I didn’t gain any ground on Matthew. Last week, we both went a very respectable 6-2 (.750). On the year, I am 54-28-10 (.641) while Matthew is 55-27-10 (.652). Friday-Saturday, … Read more
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, December 5, edition of USCHO Live! are Denver coach Jim Montgomery, whose defending national champion Pioneers are again perched at No. 1 in the USCHO.com men’s D-I hockey poll, and first-year Niagara coach Jason Lammers, whose Purple Eagles entered the poll this week at No. 20. Listen live at 8 p.m. EST or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2017/12/05/dec-5-uscho-live-to-feature-montgomery-lammers/
Denver sweeps on the road… Top-ranked Denver will likely hold onto that ranking through Monday after picking up a pair of road wins this weekend against No. 16 Minnesota Duluth. Both games were tight, but in the end UMD came away empty-handed from a NCHC series for the second time this season. Logan O’Connor scored … Read more
Uh oh. Matthew is ahead of me. The horror. Giving too much credit to the WCHA cost me. Mea culpa NCHC! Last week, I went 3-4-2 (.444) while Matthew went 5-2-2 (.666). Matthew now leads our season picks race, as I am 48-26-10 (.630) while Matthew is 49-25-10 (.642). Let’s see if I can catch … Read more
Omaha happy to be home Entering the weekend, Omaha was a game under .500 at 4-5-1, and had played eight of first 10 games on the road. Being home seems to agree with the Mavericks, who swept Northern Michigan 4-3 and 4-1 to remain undefeated at home at 3-0-1. Evan Weninger started both games in … Read more
It’s light this week in the NCHC, as Colorado College and Denver are off. Let’s see how we do. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 24-25 Miami at Bowling Green Candace: Bowling Green has been playing well the last few weeks. Miami has been inconsistent. This is likely a split, though it’s really tough to guess the right nights. … Read more
Picking reverse sweeps from Matthew for CC-Omaha and Denver-St. Cloud worked out well for me, as I again opened a two-game lead on him. Last week, I went 6-1-1 (.8125) while Matthew went 4-3-1 (.562). On the year, I am 40-19-8 (.656) while Matthew is 38-21-8 (.626). Let’s see if we do any better this … Read more
Denver finds its defense There might have been concern last week among fans of the defending national champion Pioneers after a disastrous road trip to Kalamazoo that saw Denver drop games to Western Michigan 6-5 and 7-4. Denver hadn’t given up six goals in a game since losing to Miami in the NCHC tournament on … Read more
Well, Matthew has caught me, so after one month in our picks race, we are back to square one. Last week, I went 4-3-1 (.600) while Matthew went 5-2-1. On the year, we are now both 34-18-7. Let’s see how we can do this week. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 9-10 Omaha at Colorado College Candace: These types … Read more
Broncos sweep No. 1 Denver I’m personally hesitant to talk about upsets in the first month or so of the season, but what Western Michigan did this weekend will certainly turn heads. Denver will be knocked off its perch at the top of the national rankings early next week thanks to a pair of road … Read more
After multiple tied weeks, Matthew gained a game back on me thanks to picking Colorado College to beat North Dakota. I still lead by a game in the season. Both Matthew and I were pretty stellar last week; maybe I should have bet while I was in Vegas last weekend. I went 8-2 (.800), while … Read more
Shepard steals the show Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin told USCHO earlier this week that he didn’t know if either Hunter Shepard or Nick Deery had made the Bulldogs’ No. 1 goaltender job their own six games into the season. Eight in, we might have a better idea. Shepard played a key role this weekend … Read more
Matthew and I picked two series differently, but again ended the weekend tied, both of us going a respectable 9-4-3 (.656). On the year, I am 22-13-6 (.609) while Matthew is 20-15-6 (.560). Thursday-Friday, Oct. 26-27 Omaha at No. 8 Notre Dame Candace: Neither team was sharp last weekend. I feel like I could take … Read more
Our scheduled guests on the Tuesday, October 24, edition of USCHO Live! are Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold, whose No. 13 Bobcats begin ECAC play on Friday after a weekend road sweep of Northeastern, and St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko, whose 5-0 Huskies — ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com D-I men’s poll with 16 first-place votes — begin NCHC play at home vs. Minnesota Duluth after a sweep at home over Boston College. Listen live at 8 p.m. EDT or after the show on-demand: http://www.uscho.com/uscho-live/2017/10/23/pecknold-motzko-to-guest-on-oct-24-edition-of-uscho-live/