No. 19 Nebraska Omaha (6-5-1, 5-2-1 WCHA) at No. 11 Denver (4-3-2, 3-2-2 WCHA) Tyler: Nebraska-Omaha’s goaltending situation, between John Faulkner and Ryan Massa, has held the Mavericks back but Adam Murray hasn’t exactly put a lid on Denver’s net either. This weekend will see a couple of high-offense shootouts out on the range. Neither … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha (5-5-0, 4-2-0 WCHA) at Bemidji State (4-6-0, 2-4-0 WCHA) Tyler: Andrew Walsh is having a decent freshman season, splitting time with Dan Bakala in goal for BSU, but in this matchup, Tom Serratore has to start Bakala. Bakala was the x-factor in the Beavers’ domination of UNO last season. He saw 226 shots in … Read more
Well, here we go, another week of picks in the books. Alaska-Anchorage has the week off so Bemidji State heads east to play red-hot Lake Superior State. One team aims to continue validating its start, another looks for a bounce-back weekend at home, a well-respected bench boss coaches his 500th game, one series could easily … Read more
It was a weekend chalk full of upsets, comebacks, shutouts, ejections, and redemptions in the WCHA. Here’s just a hat trick’s worth of “knowledge” we gleaned from Friday and Saturday’s tilts. 1. Huskies go from pretender to contender. Michigan Tech stunned No. 2 Denver, Friday, and most people who looked at Friday’s WCHA scores. The … Read more
Well here we are at the season’s most league game intensive weekend thus far. CC’s non-conference date at RPI and Minnesota State’s open weekend is all that stands in the way of a full WCHA schedule. There are some interesting match-ups out there this weekend and, without further ado, we take our best shot picking … Read more
Michigan Tech (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) at Bemidji State (1-3-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) Tyler: The Beavers are battle tested after splitting with then-No. 2 Miami before losing a couple tight games at then-No. 7 Colorado College. Tech had to sweat out a couple of close ones against one of the worst teams in the land, American International, a … Read more
No. 14 Minnesota (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) at No. 9 Minnesota-Duluth (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) Tyler: This one is a battle of youth and Minnesota’s freshman class is more talented. Six of the seven freshmen who played against Sacred Heart last weekend scored at least a point. Mind you, that was a bad Sacred Heart squad. Both … Read more
Dave Hakstol said it best when he stated the morning before the season opener, that North Dakota “isn’t a top-2 team in the WCHA right now,” Hakstol said. “…right now.” The UND coach made that statement before the Sioux had to rally to beat Air Force, Friday, and before it fell hard to No. 5 Boston … Read more
First of all, 3/5 last weekend at the Final Five. Thursday games hurt, but Saturday ended out the way I predicted, so whatever. I’ll take it. *grins* We’re officially done with picks (YAY), but I figured I’d toss out my regional predictions just for the heck of it. 1. I’m not offering insight behind my … Read more
Think of this as an ongoing continuation of last week’s “I love the playoffs” blog post. I’ll update this at various times throughout the weekend, “time-stamping” each one. So check back and read my thoughts! I’ll put those as well as fun quotes from the press conferences that didn’t make it into the recaps/features. Thursday, … Read more
Last week Theresa: 3-3 (meh) Season Theresa: 140-80-25 Last week Tyler: N/A Season Tyler: 141-54-21 Well, I’m using Todd’s computer because the internet in the X press box apparently hates me (grrrr) so not much insight here. That, and we’re 30 minutes from game time – sorry these are so late! I’ll toss in my … Read more
Well, we have our Final Five. Nos 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 (or UND, DU, UMD, CC, UAA, BSU). (In some respects, it’s almost too bad Tech didn’t pull the upset – we would have had seeds 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12!) Anyway, I’m preemptively apologizing for not going to go … Read more
… Which is obviously why I’m writing a random, rambling Saturday night post. First of all, as it appears right now, I really dropped the ball on my picks. Of course, the last few weeks had been pretty good so go figure. While the law of averages didn’t catch up with the Beavers this weekend, it obviously … Read more
Last week Theresa: 8-3-1 Season Theresa: 137-77-25 Last week Tyler: 10-1-1 Season Tyler: 141-54-21 Two more weeks of picks to go. This week, we’re talking about playoffs. Well, I am. Tyler’s on a beach somewhere for Spring Break, so you only get my wonderfully fabulous insight (*coughcough*). 1 vs. 12: Michigan Tech (4-28-4, 2-24-2 WCHA) … Read more
As the final weekend always is, that was a fun weekend of hockey. It’s also enjoyable when it comes down to the last games in play to figure out seeding for the playoffs … which of course we now know. Let’s recap, shall we? Minnesota took three from Bemidji State – On Friday, Brad Hunt … Read more
Last week Theresa: 9-2-1 Season Theresa: 129-74-24 Last week Tyler: 9-2-1 Season Theresa: 131-53-20 Oh hey look, everybody – it’s the last weekend of the regular season which means everybody plays everybody else. This year is also especially fun because we’re essentially deciding spots 2-11. All we know is that UND and MTU will play … Read more
This weekend saw two WCHA teams that have struggled to score goals lately, come close to wearing out the bulb in the red lamp. St. Cloud State went up to Duluth and put eight goals (scored by seven different players) on the board against No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth in what turned out to be one of the … Read more
Last week Theresa: 7-2-1 Season Theresa: 110-63-18 Last week Tyler: 8-1-1 Season Tyler: 113-43-14 This weekend is a busy one in the conference, as all 12 teams face off against each other. That also means that this weekend is important for position jockeying, as both the top of the league and the middle of the league … Read more
Last week Theresa: 6-3-1 Season Theresa: 103-61-17 Last week Tyler: 6-3-1 Season Tyler: 105-42-13 I’m regretting not going with my initial thought of a split in the CC/UND series. Also, stupid UAH for throwing a wrench in things. This week: five conference series abound with North Dakota and Wisconsin getting some rest. No. 2 Denver … Read more
Last week Theresa: 8-4 Season Theresa: 97-58-16 Last week Tyler: 9-3 Season Tyler: 99-39-12 This week, the bye is the busiest of them all, as BSU, DU and UMD all face it. We also have four conference series and another non-con tilt with UAH. Friday, January 28 and Saturday, January 29 No. 4 North Dakota … Read more