{"id":249,"date":"2011-01-31T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2011-01-31T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T00:21:02","slug":"weekend-wrap-up-13111-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2011\/01\/31\/weekend-wrap-up-13111-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend wrap-up 1\/31\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"
Five of the 12 games in Atlantic Hockey this weekend went to overtime, with four ending in draws. For the second straight weekend, there were three ties on Saturday.<\/p>\n
But Holy Cross and American International came though with sweeps, with the Crusaders grabbing a firm hold on a playoff first round bye. Holy Cross swept Connecticut 4-2<\/a> and 4-0<\/a> behind two strong goaltending performances from Adam Roy.<\/p>\n AIC moved out of the AHA basement with a sweep over struggling Sacred Heart. The Yellow Jackets won two close games: 6-4<\/a> with an ENG on Friday and then 2-1<\/a> on Saturday behind a 38-save performance by Ben Meisner.<\/p>\n Bentley took three points from Army in a pair of low scoring games. The Falcons won 2-1<\/a> on Friday before settling for a 1-1 draw<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n Another team that captured three hard-fought points on home ice was Air Force, which tied<\/a> and beat<\/a> Canisius. Jacques Lamoureux had a pair of goals in each game.<\/p>\n In a single game affair, nothing was settled between Rochester Institute of Technology and Mercyhurst thanks to a last-minute goals by Laker Paul Chaisson to tie the game at 3-3<\/a>. It was the third straight Saturday night that the Tigers have played to a 3-3 draw.<\/p>\n And finally, in the most anticipated series of the weekend, Robert Morris and Niagara went to overtime both nights, with the Colonials coming out on top 6-5 on Friday<\/a> and the Purple Eagles getting two third period goals to force a 2-2 tie<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n All told, eight of 12 games were decided by a goal or less. Amazing.<\/p>\n With so many ties in the AHA, it’s probably fitting that both guest analyst Jim Koewler and I were 4-3-4. I’m now 80-47-20 so far and 7-5-1 against my guests.<\/p>\nHow’d I do?<\/h4>\n