{"id":97958,"date":"2014-01-17T06:07:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hockey-east-blog\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2014-01-17T06:07:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T12:07:31","slug":"hockey-east-picks-jan-17-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2014\/01\/17\/hockey-east-picks-jan-17-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey East picks – Jan. 17-21"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here I was thinking I had an awful week of picks last week. Until I realized that Dave was equally as bad.<\/p>\n
Jim last week: 6-4-1
\nDave last week: 6-4-1
\nJim to-date: 102-51-20
\nDave to-date: 98-55-20<\/p>\n
Friday, January 16<\/strong><\/p>\n Boston University at Boston College<\/strong> Vermont at Northeastern<\/strong> Maine at Massachusetts-Lowell<\/strong> Providence at Colorado College<\/strong> Lake Superior at Notre Dame<\/strong> Merrimack at Quinnipiac<\/strong> Union at New Hampshire<\/strong> Saturday, January 18<\/strong><\/p>\n Maine at Boston College<\/strong> Boston University at Massachusetts-Lowell<\/strong> Quinnipiac at Merrimack<\/strong> Lake Superior at Notre Dame<\/strong> Vermont at Northeastern (NC)<\/strong> Providence at Colorado College<\/strong> Union at New Hampshire<\/strong> Tuesday, January 21<\/strong><\/p>\n Boston College at Merrimack<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here I was thinking I had an awful week of picks last week. Until I realized that Dave was equally as bad. Jim last week: 6-4-1 Dave last week: 6-4-1 Jim to-date: 102-51-20 Dave to-date: 98-55-20 Friday, January 16 Boston University at Boston College Jim’s pick: Though they say throw out the records when these […]<\/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":"\n
\nJim’s pick: Though they say throw out the records when these two teams meet, when the records are this different I can’t do as such.
\nBC 4, BU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: If BU were playing better, throwing out the records just might make some sense but not now.
\nBC 5, BU 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: I’ve been impressed by both of these teams thus far but think home ice could be the difference here.
\nNU 3, UVM 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Agreed, even on the score, although I feel like I’m oh-for-the-season with the Huskies.
\nNU 3, UVM 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: If Lowell wasn’t coming off a loss, I might be tempted to pick against them. But this River Hawks team should be hungry enough to win on home ice.
\nUML 3, Maine 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’ve liked what I’ve seen from Maine, and Lowell has been more inconsistent than the juggernaut we saw last year, but I’m still going with the River Hawks.
\nUML 3, Maine 2 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: I have a feeling this series is going to be a split. But I’ve been burned really bad calling splits this season so I’m picking both for the Friars.
\nPC 4, CC 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Too bad. I wish Jimmy went with a split because I’ll be stunned if the Friars don’t sweep the 2-15-3 Tigers. (Even though PC has only a tie in its last four games.)
\nPC 5, CC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: LSSU is a better team than most think. But Notre Dame, especially at home, is darn good too.
\nND 3, LSSU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’ve been disappointed in the Irish this year. I mean, 3-5-1 in league play is far<\/em> from what I expected. But only a tough-looking schedule down the stretch keeps me from thinking they won’t crank it up a notch.
\nND 4, LSSU 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Nothing thus far tells me that Merrimack has the weapons to beat an excellent Quinnipiac squad.
\nQU 4, MC 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I spent all least year doubting Quinnipiac. Not again.
\nQU 4, MC 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: This series should tell us a lot about how good a team New Hampshire is. And again, though thinking a split, I think a sweep will be my pick.
\nUNH 3, Union 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I cry unfair! Jimmy has taken my patented “should be a split, but I’m picking a sweep” mantra and stolen it. That makes this monkey see, monkey do.
\nUNH 4, Union 3<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: After how much Maine impressed me last weekend, it’s hard to think I’d pick the Black Bears to lose twice. But that’s exactly what I’m doing.
\nBC 3, Maine 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Same here. BC is just too good, especially considering the venue.
\nBC 4, Maine 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: On paper this should be all River Hawks. I’m betting with paper.
\nUML 3, BU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Not to be harsh, but if the Terriers were a stock, I’d be selling for whatever I could get.
\nUML 4, BU 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Even on home ice, I don’t think Merrimack can beat QU.
\nQU 4, MC 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Unfortunately, I can’t disagree. I’d really like an easier foe so I could go with the Warriors, but not against Quinnipiac.
\nQU 3, MC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Another home sweep for the Irish.
\nND 4, LSSU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Grrrr. I can’t make up any ground matching Jim’s picks, but I just don’t see Notre Dame losing this game.
\nND 3, LSSU 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Though I feel like Vermont could win, I’m not confident enough to pick that way.
\nNU 2, UVM 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Do I pick Vermont just to differ with Jim? No, I’m going with the picks I wrote down before seeing his choices. I do think it’ll be a higher-scoring game than Jim does.
\nNU 4, UVM 3 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: My heart says split, my pick says sweep.
\nPC 4, CC 3<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I wish Jimmy had gone with his heart, because every molecule of my body is screaming PC sweep here. (If not, the Friars’ current mini-slump becomes a cause for concern.)
\nPC 4, CC 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: See above. Ditto.
\nUNH 4, Union 3<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Well, I’m not picking against BC on Tuesday, so this is my last opportunity to disagree with Jim. If I don’t, then this will be the first time in a very long time (ever?) that we’ve totally matched picks. On my sheet of paper, I had UNH sweeping, but I’m feeling boxed in here so… I’m going to reverse course just to disagree. But I don’t feel good about this….
\nUnion 3, UNH 2 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Things don’t get much easier for the Warriors.
\nBC 4, MC 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Agreed. I can’t pick against the Eagles these days.
\nBC 5, MC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n