Saturday, November 22, 2008
Atlantic Hockey
Sacred Heart 1 at Air Force 7
Canisius 2 at Bentley 4
American Int'l 0 at Holy Cross 3
Army 3 at Mercyhurst 6
RIT 5 at Connecticut 4
Analysis
This is the schedule that Air Force has played to date (it is not impressive at all): Sacred Heart 2-8-2 (x4), Bemidji State University 3-7-0 (x2), American International 3-9-0 (x2), Bentley 5-4-1 (x2), Holy Cross 3-7-1 (x2). So the cumulative record of teams that Air Force has played is (16-35-4) The real test for the Falcons will be when they play C.C. and DU in back to back games. I don't see them winning either game.
CCHA
Notre Dame 9 at Bowling Green 1
Michigan State 1 at Nebraska-Omaha 3
Ohio State 2 at Northern Michigan 0
Alaska 2 at Ferris State 0
Michigan 1 at Miami 2
Analysis
Michigan State has lost 6 games in a row and Jeff Lerg 3-7-1 in 11 games.
Notre Dame hasn't lost in 8 games. UNO has lost only twice in 12 games.
Michigan is swept by league leading Miami.
CHA
Bemidji State 3 at Niagara 1
Analysis
BSU with the split.
ECAC
Harvard 2 at Colgate 2 ot
Quinnipiac 5 at St. Lawrence 2
Dartmouth 1 at Cornell 3
Princeton 4 at Clarkson 2
Analysis
Cornell comes to Grand Forks, ND next weekend get ready for some defensive boring hockey. Yawn.
Hockey East
Boston College 3 at Massachusetts 4 ot
Providence 3 at New Hampshire 4
Vermont 4 at Boston University 3
Northeastern 4 at Mass.-Lowell 3
Merrimack 1 at Maine 1 ot
Analysis
Gittle from Yardbarker wrote: BU is 1-3 after being number one, including a home sweep at the hands of UVM. Nobody had gone onto Comm Ave and swept a series in 16 years, but it happened. Not only that, but the 1992 team was the Maine national champion juggernaut that only lost one game all season, and I would not put the Catamounts in the same stratosphere. I would have to agree UVM is no where near the 1992 Maine Black Bears team.
Northeastern rolling along at (9-2-2). UMass splits with Boston College.
WCHA
North Dakota 1 at Minnesota-Duluth 3
Minnesota 0 at Denver 4
Wisconsin 1 at St. Cloud State 0
Minnesota State 4 at Michigan Tech 2
Colorado College 4 at Alaska-Anchorage 3 ot
Analysis
Splits-ville in Saint Cloud, Anchorage and Denver. The Purple Cows from MSU-M beat the real Huskies twice in the Houghton, Michigan.
Non-Conference
Robert Morris 4 at Lake Superior 3
Alabama-Huntsville 2 at Yale 6
Air Force probably will go 0-2 next weekend, but I think that's more because CC and DU are really good, not that Air Force isn't. I mean take a look what they did in the last two NCAA Tournaments, they obviously have a good program going.
ReplyDeleteI would respectfully disagree with you, I would be willing to bet that Air Force nothing more than a middle of the road team or lower in any of the big three conferences. HEA, WCHA, CCHA.
ReplyDeleteLook at who the Falcons played (no one), UND would be 12-0-0 against those teams and the fans would be screaming oh your team is feasting on cup cakes.
If any WCHA team had the schedule Air Farce has, they'd be 12-0, but not considered a contender yet, as they haven't played anyone good yet. BSU, is probably the best team, and even they aren't that great this year..
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it, as I love Eisenhauer AFB more then anyone, (lived close to the Academy) but over rated they are..