{"id":98619,"date":"2015-01-15T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T04:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=303"},"modified":"2015-01-15T22:45:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T04:45:02","slug":"nchc-picks-jan-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2015\/01\/15\/nchc-picks-jan-16\/","title":{"rendered":"NCHC picks: Jan. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I went 5-3 (.625) while Matthew went 6-2 (.750). On the year, I am 77-34-7 (.682) and Matthew is 74-37-7 (.656). This league is a bear to pick. Let&#8217;s see how we do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 8 Omaha at Colorado College<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> CC is the cellar-dwellar in the NCHC, but nobody should underestimate the Tigers. UNO coach Dean Blais knows this. <strong>Omaha 3-2, 3-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> CC is a much better team than its record suggests, but I&#8217;m having difficulty seeing anything other than a sweep for Omaha here. <strong>Omaha 3-2. 2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Cloud State at No. 13 Denver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> This is likely a split, but good luck picking the right date for the win. <strong>St. Cloud 3-2, Denver 2-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> I have a feeling SCSU&#8217;s sweep of Miami last weekend is going to be a springboard toward a solid second-half run, and I think the Huskies will pick up another win this weekend. <strong>St. Cloud State 4-2, Denver 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Michigan at No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> I&#8217;m sure both these games will be a battle, but I&#8217;m picking the Bulldogs to sweep. <strong>Minnesota-Duluth 3-2, 3-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Western has been hot lately, and it split with UMD when the teams met in Duluth last weekend. I think it&#8217;s going to happen again here. <strong>Western Michigan 3-1, Minnesota-Duluth 2-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Niagara at No. 3 North Dakota<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Even with North Dakota&#8217;s penchant for difficulty on Friday, I don&#8217;t see anything but a UND sweep. <strong>North Dakota 4-2, 4-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> One loss to the Purple Eagles &#8212; let alone two &#8212; would do some real damage to UND in terms of the PairWise. I don&#8217;t see it happening, though. <strong>North Dakota 3-1, 4-1<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I went 5-3 (.625) while Matthew went 6-2 (.750). On the year, I am 77-34-7 (.682) and Matthew is 74-37-7 (.656). This league is a bear to pick. Let&#8217;s see how we do. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17 No. 8 Omaha at Colorado College Candace: CC is the cellar-dwellar in the NCHC, but nobody should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[1264,1507],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCHC picks: Jan. 16 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last week, I went 5-3 (.625) while Matthew went 6-2 (.750). On the year, I am 77-34-7 (.682) and Matthew is 74-37-7 (.656). 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