Jimmy Connelly and I discussed in this week’s TMQ<\/a>. Ohio State’s first opponent, Cornell (10-1-0), tops the ECAC standings. Cornell began its season with a 10-game winning streak, with its lone loss the last game the Big Red played in the first half, 2-1 to Dartmouth. The Buckeyes are 7-6-0 all-time against Cornell, but they’ve played just once in the last 14 years, an 8-0 Ohio State win in the 2015 Everblades Holiday Classic title game.<\/p>\nDepending on the outcome of the Cornell-Ohio State game, the Buckeyes will face either Providence (10-5-4) or Army (13-5-1). The Friars, who are in first place in Hockey East, played most recently in the Catamount Cup (Dec. 28-29), a 2-1 OT win over Lake Superior State and a 1-1 tie against Union. Including those games, the Friars are 4-1-1 in their last six. The Friars are 4-3-0 against the Buckeyes, with the teams exchanging overtime wins the last time they met for a series in Columbus in 2014.<\/p>\n
Army’s most recent game was a 5-4 win over New Hampshire Dec. 29, and before that the Black Knights finished their first half 4-1-1 in their last six American Hockey games, putting them one point behind Sacred Heart at the top of the the AHA standings. Ohio State is 2-0 all-time against Army. Both games were in holiday tournament play, a 6-1 win in the 2009 Ohio Hockey Classic and a 5-3 win in the 2011 Catamount Cup. <\/p>\n
Drew:<\/b> Ohio State over Cornell 3-2, Ohio State over Providence 4-2 \nPaula:<\/b> Ohio State sweeps with a pair of 2-1 games, regardless of who they play Saturday<\/p>\nTwitter us!<\/h4>\n
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Happy New Year, everyone! We have one more weekend of nonconference play before the battle for the Big Ten title resumes in earnest. First, let’s look at how Drew Claussen and I enter the second half of our season-long picks battle. (Hint: He’s winning by a lot.) Last week Drew: 4-3-0 (.571) Paula: 4-3-0 (.571) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":108222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[802],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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