{"id":97190,"date":"2015-12-17T08:39:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2015-12-17T08:39:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T14:39:58","slug":"atlantic-hockey-picks-december-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2015\/12\/17\/atlantic-hockey-picks-december-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Hockey Picks, December 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dan: 4-3-1
\nChris: 2-5-1<\/p>\n
Dan: 67-40-9 (.616)
\nChris: 76-31-9 (.694)<\/p>\n
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Saturday December 20<\/strong> Last week: Dan: 4-3-1 Chris: 2-5-1 On the season: Dan: 67-40-9 (.616) Chris: 76-31-9 (.694) This Week’s Picks: Saturday December 20 Canisius at Merrimack Dan: Saturday’s game is the official kickoff to semester break for both institutions, with both schools having their final exam period end on the 18th. Canisius was a feast-or-famine team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[772,1478],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCanisius at Merrimack<\/strong>
\nDan:<\/strong> Saturday’s game is the official kickoff to semester break for both institutions, with both schools having their final exam period end on the 18th. Canisius was a feast-or-famine team last weekend, receiving a 6-0 shutout to Robert Morris before turning around and laying some hurt on the Colonials, 6-2, on Sunday. Merrimack, meanwhile, has cooled since an incredibly hot start. After opening the season 6-1-2, the Warriors are 0-3-3. I think the Golden Griffins have a good chance to pick up a win here, which would be huge for the league as a whole. But since the AHC has been extremely poor in winning non-conference games, I just can’t pick anyone winning in good conscious right now. Merrimack wins<\/strong>.
\nChris:<\/strong>I hope the Griffs got their Christmas shopping done early because they’re in action at a time most teams are already enjoying a holiday break. This is just one of only seven Division I games scheduled this weekend. Canisius is coming off a nice rebound win against first-place Robert Morris, and will face a ranked team for the third time this season. The teams met earlier this season at HarborCenter in Buffalo with the ten-No. 16 Warriors (they’re ranked 20th now) getting off to a 3-0 start and hanging on for a 3-2 win. I think this game might not play out that way, but will have a similar result. Merrimack wins. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"