I suppose I should be hanging my head in shame at starting the year 1-2. I should be asking who would have expected Merrimack to knock off fifth-ranked Union? And who would have expected Maine to fall to Quinnipiac? The sad rationalizations should be flying.<\/p>\n
Instead, I’m giddy with delight. Why? Because I may be 1-2, but Jimmy is 0-3.<\/p>\n
Life is good.<\/p>\n
Jim last week:<\/strong> 0-3-0<\/p>\n Dave last week:<\/strong> 1-2-0<\/p>\n Jim’s record-to-date:<\/strong> 0-3-0<\/p>\n Dave’s record-to-date:<\/strong> 1-2-0<\/p>\n Friday, Oct. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n Vermont at Lowell <\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: Both teams pick up where they left off last year. Good news for the River Hawks; bad news for the Catamounts.<\/p>\n UML 4, UVM 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: I’m with Dave here. Lowell gets an early-season Hockey East win.<\/p>\n UML 5, UVM 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Sacred Heart at Providence<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: This doesn’t match last year’s season opener (a win over BU), but it ain’t half bad.<\/p>\n PC 4, SH 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: This game won’t even be close.<\/p>\n PC 5, SH 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Connecticut at Massachusetts<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The future of Hockey East (UConn will become its twelveth team in two years) loses to its present.<\/p>\n UMass 3, UConn 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: This is my one major upset pick of the weekend.<\/p>\n UConn 3, UMass 2<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Notre Dame vs Maine<\/strong><\/p>\n Icebreaker Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The more immediate future of Hockey East (Notre Dame will become its eleventh team next year) knocks off to its present.<\/p>\n Notre Dame 2, Maine 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: If Maine had won last weekend, I’d be more apt to pick them. But we all know that didn’t happen.<\/p>\n Notre Dame 5, Maine 3 <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n St. Cloud State at New Hampshire<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The Wildcats desperately want to get off to a strong start this year and this game grants that wish.<\/p>\n UNH 4, SCSU 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: Coach Umile picks up win #500.<\/p>\n UNH 4, SCSU 2<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday, Oct. 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Providence at Boston University<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The Terriers win this battle of rookie goaltenders.<\/p>\n BU 4, PC 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: This may be a game that proves how good (or not-so-good) Providence is. Still, I’m going with BU at home.<\/p>\n BU 3, PC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Boston College at Northeastern<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The Eagles get their national championship defense off to a ringing start.<\/p>\n BC 4, NU 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: Northeastern got its one upset of the week. It ain’t getting two.<\/p>\n BC 3, NU 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Army \/NE Omaha vs Maine<\/strong><\/p>\n Icebreaker Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The Black Bears get off the schneid.<\/p>\n Maine 3, Army\/NE Omaha 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: Maine wins this no matter who the opponent.<\/p>\n Maine 5, Army 1; Maine 3, NE Omaha 2<\/strong><\/p>\n St. Cloud State at New Hampshire<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave’s pick: The percentage play is to go with a split here, but I’m a UNH believer until forced to reconsider.<\/p>\n UNH 3, SCSU 2 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n Jim’s pick: I’m going with a split here but worried I will pick the wrong winners each night.<\/p>\n SCSU 4, UNH 2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I suppose I should be hanging my head in shame at starting the year 1-2. I should be asking who would have expected Merrimack to knock off fifth-ranked Union? And who would have expected Maine to fall to Quinnipiac? The sad rationalizations should be flying. Instead, I’m giddy with delight. Why? Because I may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":"\n