Rough week last week in terms of the ol’ predictions. Last week Theresa: 3-6-3 Season Theresa: 89-54-16 Last week Tyler: 5-4-3 Season Tyler: 90-36-12 This week: five conference series, including Dean Blais’ return to Grand Forks and one non-conference tilt. Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22 St. Cloud State (9-11-2, 5-8-1 WCHA) at Bemidji … Read more
With each Nebraska-Omaha loss, that hot start seems more and more distant. UNO was 9-2-1 at Thanksgiving but has gone 3-6-1 since the start of December starting when it was swept at Bemidji State. UNO’s slide came full circle when it picked up only a point in a home series against the Beavers this weekend. … Read more
Last week Theresa: 11-1 Season Theresa: 86-49-13 Last week Tyler: 11-1 Season Tyler: 85-32-9 We’ve got a rivalry series, an intriguing match-up, the battle of the WCHA newbies and a non-conference series … along with a few other games. Let’s get to this. Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15 No. 6 Denver (13-5-4, 9-3-2 … Read more
First of all, I’d like to apologize to Tyler because I apparently forgot his picks for the Mariucci Classic. So, before I get into the results, he had picked Minnesota to lose to Union and beat Ferris State and for Bemidji to do it the other way around. Now, results! Remember, though: for non-fixed tournaments … Read more
And here are the rest of the games. No. 3 North Dakota at No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth Theresa: The Sioux get to open their second WCHA building this year, although this time, it’s non-conference. UND spoiled Bemidji’s party, and, given that the team seems to be firing on all cylinders right now, I can’t see why … Read more
Last week Theresa: 2-2 Season Theresa: 63-43-11 Last week Tyler: 2-2 Season Tyler: 62-28-7 There are a lot of games coming up with the tournaments and due to holiday craziness, we’re splitting up our picks for the next week into two blog posts. Here’s part one. No. 20 Colorado College and Michigan Tech at the … Read more
Last week Theresa: 6-4-2 Season Theresa: 61-41-11 Last week Tyler: 9-1-2 (!) Season Tyler: 60-26-7 Not a lot of games this weekend, as schools gear up for the holiday break. Therefore, not a lot of insight, either, to make this quick and simple (though we may edit more in later). Friday, December 17 through Sunday, … Read more
Last week Theresa: 7-5 Season Theresa: 55-37-9 Last week Tyler: 9-3 Season Tyler: 51-25-5 Note: Somehow missed that the MTU/UNO series was Thursday/Friday. Otherwise this blog would have been up much earlier. HOWEVER, I have not looked at what’s going on in that game and our picks were made well before the game started. I just … Read more
I’m still in Vegas as of writing this, thanks to a partial weekend off for running, but work is always calling, so here we go. – Props to Tyler for going with some history and calling a Mankato sweep. Let’s hope the Mavericks have the same kind of success this time around as they did … Read more
Last week Theresa: 8-4-2 Season Theresa: 48-32-9 Last week Tyler: 7-5-2 Season Tyler: 42-22-5 All conference, all the time this week. Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4 No. 10 Denver (10-4-2, 7-2-1 WCHA) at No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth (11-1-2, 8-1-1 WCHA) Theresa: I kind of talked about this series ad nauseum in the column this … Read more
Last week Theresa: 6-4* Season Theresa: 40-28-7 Last week Tyler: 8-2 Season Tyler: 35-17-3 Friday, November 26 through Sunday, November 28 No. 11 Notre Dame at No. 9 North Dakota (8-5-1, 7-3-0 WCHA) Theresa: This could easily be a split since both teams are about even when you look at the big picture (rankings, record-wise, … Read more
Last week Theresa: 7-4-1 (boo missing the nights on the BSU/UAA split) Season Theresa: 34-22-7 Last week Tyler: 7-4-1 Season Tyler: 27-15-3 Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20 No. 8 North Dakota (7-4-1, 6-2-0 WCHA) at No. 4 Nebraska-Omaha (8-1-1, 5-0-1 WCHA) Theresa: We lead off with this series because it’s arguably the hardest … Read more
My thoughts on this weekend aren’t quite as cohesive as in weeks past, so we’ll go with a marginally different format for this week. – Both CC and MSU, M have bye weeks next week and both coaches have said this off week couldn’t come at a better time. Understandable, with CC’s inconsistency and MSU’s … Read more
Last week Theresa: 5-4-1 Season Theresa: 27-18-6 Last week Tyler: 6-3-1 Season Tyler: 20-11-2 Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13 No. 10 North Dakota (5-4-1, 4-2-0 WCHA) at No. 13 Wisconsin (6-2-2, 3-1-2 WCHA) Theresa: Tricky series. Will Wisconsin dominate? Will the Sioux start doing the same? Regardless of what happens, it should be … Read more
It’s a common trend at this point in the season for teams to split their goaltenders’ playing time. Seven out of the 10 teams in the WCHA used two goalies over Week 5 of the season while coaches still try to find their No. 1 netminder. If Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves intends to make a call on … Read more
Nothing really big to say here; just a typical, fun-filled WCHA weekend. Minnesota-Duluth/North Dakota – The Sioux showed that yes, the Bulldogs can be beaten. – In doing so, UND showed us glimpses of the team that was picked to finish first in the league. – That being said, they’re not there yet. – Also, … Read more
Last week Theresa: 8-2-2 Season Theresa: 22-14-5 Last week Tyler: 7-3-1 Season Tyler – 14-8-1 Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6 No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth (6-0-2, 3-0-1 WCHA) at No. 9 North Dakota (4-3-1, 3-1-0 WCHA) Theresa: This is a tricky, tricky series. The Bulldogs have historically done poorly against the Sioux at the Ralph … Read more
Last week Theresa: 4-7-1 Season Theresa: 14-12-3 Last week Tyler: 7-5 Season Tyler – 7-5* *Since Tyler picks ties … because I told him we don’t do that here … I did some fuzzy math. So if he picked a tie and a team got a tie, that’s a win. If he picked a tie … Read more
This past weekend was a bit surprising. I’m not tallying the picks until Friday, but I have a feeling they were pretty bad. Still, such is life in the WCHA … Wisconsin/Denver – See above comment. I really wasn’t expecting the Pioneers to take three points from this series. – That being said, this weekend will end … Read more
Last week Theresa: 10-5-2 Last week Tyler: 0-0-0 Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23 Denver vs. Wisconsin: Theresa: Denver needs at least a point here; not only for crucial league points, but to prove they can play. My gut says Wisconsin sweep, but ultimately I’m going to call a split – UW Friday, DU … Read more