{"id":100166,"date":"2019-10-24T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T23:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=100166"},"modified":"2019-10-24T22:00:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T03:00:40","slug":"ecac-hockey-picks-oct-25-26-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/24\/ecac-hockey-picks-oct-25-26-27\/","title":{"rendered":"ECAC Hockey Picks: Oct. 25-26-27"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nate<\/strong> Mark<\/strong> Nate\u2019s one game over .500. Mark is two games under. Here are the games scheduled for this weekend. All start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26<\/strong><\/p>\n Rensselaer at Union; Union at Rensselaer<\/strong><\/p>\n Nate: At 0-6, not a lot has gone right for Union. RPI swept the series with its league rival last season and I see a similar result given the Dutchmen\u2019s struggles thus far. Mark: This is one of those \u201ctwo-teams-headed-in-opposite-directions\u2019\u2019 matchups. Says here the Dutchmen harness the emotion of a home game against their closest rival and grab their first victory on Friday. Rensselaer bounces back at home on Saturday. Miami at Colgate<\/strong><\/p>\n Nate: Colgate has struggled to generate offense at times this season, but has been sound defensively. It\u2019s been the opposite for Miami, who has been solid offensively, but is surrendering an unsightly 4.52 goals per game this year. This looks like a good chance for the Raiders to continue to make strides on offense. Mark: At home, Colgate builds on a solid showing against Lowell last weekend and pulls off a sweep against the Red Hawks St. Lawrence at Holy Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n Nate: Holy Cross tied a tough Northeastern team last week, while St. Lawrence has only five goals in four games. Mark: Home ice gives the Crusaders the edge here. It\u2019s a small edge, but it\u2019s a winning one. Clarkson at Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n Nate: A strong Clarkson defense will have its hands full with a Wisconsin team that has scored 20 goals over its last three games, highlighted by an eleven-goal outburst against Merrimack on Oct. 12. This feels like a split, with the Wisconsin offense and Clarkson defense each having a good game.<\/p>\n Friday: Wisconsin 5-2; Saturday: Clarkson 4-2<\/p>\n Mark: Cole Caufield takes a few more steps toward a 40-goal season and the good times continue to roll in Madison as the Badgers sweep. Saturday, October 26<\/strong><\/p>\n St. Lawrence at Bentley<\/strong><\/p>\n Nate: In a battle of low-scoring teams, I think the Saints will be able to generate just enough offense to win. Mark: Ben Murphy, longtime Bentley assistant now at St. Lawrence, returns to his old stomping grounds and the Larries go home with a win. Sunday, October 27<\/strong><\/p>\n Vermont at Quinnipiac, 2 p.m.<\/p>\n Nate: The Catamounts have averaged 33 shots a game so far, but might struggle to match that number against a Quinnipiac team that has played its usual puck-possession style through the first few weeks of the season. Mark: I\u2019d make a lame joke about bobcats and catamounts if I could think of one. Instead, I\u2019m just going say that Quinnipiac wins this one. Nate Last week: 5-6-1 Overall: 13-12-2 Mark Last week: 5-7 Overall: 12-14-1 Nate\u2019s one game over .500. Mark is two games under. Here are the games scheduled for this weekend. All start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 Rensselaer at Union; Union at Rensselaer Nate: At 0-6, not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"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":[934],"tags":[1222,812],"coauthors":[1608],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nLast week: 5-6-1
\nOverall: 13-12-2<\/p>\n
\nLast week: 5-7
\nOverall: 12-14-1<\/p>\n
\nFriday: Rensselaer 4-1; Saturday: Rensselaer 5-3<\/p>\n
\nFriday: Union 3-2; Saturday: Rensselaer 4-2<\/p>\n
\nFriday: Colgate 3-1; Saturday, Colgate 4-3<\/p>\n
\nFriday: Colgate 1-0; Saturday, Colgate 4-2<\/p>\n
\nHoly Cross 3-0<\/p>\n
\nHoly Cross 2-1<\/p>\n
\nFriday: Wisconsin 4-1; Saturday: Wisconsin 5-2<\/p>\n
\nSt. Lawrence 2-1<\/p>\n
\nSt. Lawrence 3-1<\/p>\n
\nQuinnipiac 4-2<\/p>\n
\nQuinnipiac 5-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"