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Despite twice catching Dave at the end of last weekend, having faith in Massachusetts against Princeton on Tuesday leaves me a game behind yet again.<\/p>\n

Light schedule for Hockey East teams this weekend:<\/p>\n

Jim last week: 9-3-0
\nDave last week: 9-3-0
\nJim to date: 75-51-20
\nDave to date: 76-50-20<\/p>\n

Friday, December 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arizona State at Massachusetts<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: Arizona State has beaten a few decent teams this season, but I’m not about to pick them on the road.
\nUMass 4, ASU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I haven’t picked UMass a whole lot the last couple years, but the Minutemen are getting my vote this weekend.
\nUMass 4, ASU 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arizona State at Massachusetts<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: If the Minutemen play the game they are capable of, they earn a sweep.
\nUMass 3, ASU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’m sure ASU will eventually become a strong program, but at this point I’m wholeheartedly picking the UMass sweep.
\nUMass 4, ASU 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union at Vermont<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: I see this series being a split. And my ability to pick those this season hasn’t been that great. But I’ll start with the home team.
\nUVM 3, Union 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: This could be a split or a sweep for either team. We’re talking a 12-3-2 team (Union) against one that’s 10-4-2 (Vermont), so I’m going with home cookin’.
\nUVM 3, Union 2 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, December 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union at Vermont<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: Either team could sweep here, but I really think each team earns a win.
\nUnion 3, UVM 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’m going with a Catamounts sweep even though I know this could be a double dip.
\nUVM 3, Union 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northeastern at Michigan State<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: Northeastern is the better team in this matchup. Now can they prove it.
\nNU 4, MSU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Neither team is lighting the world on fire, but I’m going with the Huskies.
\nNU 3, MSU 2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite twice catching Dave at the end of last weekend, having faith in Massachusetts against Princeton on Tuesday leaves me a game behind yet again. Light schedule for Hockey East teams this weekend: Jim last week: 9-3-0 Dave last week: 9-3-0 Jim to date: 75-51-20 Dave to date: 76-50-20 Friday, December 16 Arizona State at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425,934],"tags":[1236,1490],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHockey East picks - Dec. 16-18 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite twice catching Dave at the end of last weekend, having faith in Massachusetts against Princeton on Tuesday leaves me a game behind yet again.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hockey East picks - 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