{"id":100452,"date":"2019-10-31T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=100452"},"modified":"2020-08-24T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:23:12","slug":"nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tristan<\/a>
Tristan Keck and Omaha face Alaska-Anchorage this weekend. (Candace Horgan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the Goofs last weekend, but was afraid I’d fall farther behind Matthew if I did after their Wisconsin series hurt me in our race. C’est la vie. Last week, we went 6-4-1 (.590). On the year, I am 14-16-6 (.472), while Matthew is 16-14-6 (.527). With those marks, don’t go to Vegas on anything we say!<\/p>\n

This week sees some more out-of-conference matchups, as well as the kickoff of league play when Colorado College hosts Western Michigan. I have different picks than Matthew, so maybe I’ll catch up.<\/p>\n

Thursday-Friday, Oct. 31-Nov. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Omaha at Alaska Anchorage<\/strong>
\nCandace:<\/strong> Omaha showed signs of life last week with the split against Ohio State, so perhaps they are on the rise again. So I’m a league homer. Sue me. Omaha 4-2, 3-2<\/strong>
\nMatthew:<\/strong> UNO has to happy about a 3-1 start, including a good road split last weekend at Ohio State. Alaska Anchorage started the season slowly but is fresh off a 4-0 win over the Seawolves’ in-state rival from Fairbanks. A split here wouldn’t be the end of the world for either team. Alaska Anchorage 3-2, Omaha 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western Michigan at Colorado College<\/strong>
\nCandace:<\/strong> I’m going with CC’s recent Friday success to pick a split. Western tends not to be a good road team, but I have trouble seeing CC sweeping this. Colorado College 3-2, Western Michigan 4-2<\/strong>
\nMatthew:<\/strong> Neither of these teams have pulled up trees so far this season, but although Western is on the road for this series, I’m going to go out on a limb and say the Broncos will use their home win Saturday over Michigan as a springboard. Besides, Candace and I can’t agree on everything every week. Western Michigan 3-2, 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Niagara at No. 1 Denver<\/strong>
\nCandace:<\/strong> Two weeks ago, I almost picked Denver to sweep Boston College. The Pioneers have looked very good to start, and while the off week might slow them a little, I doubt it will be enough for Niagara to upset them. Denver needs to set themselves up for success with UMD next weekend too. Denver 3-1, 3-1<\/strong>
\nMatthew:<\/strong> With all due respect to the Purple Eagles, I’m having a hard time seeing anything other than a Denver sweep here. The Pioneers have started the season well, and they’d do well to perform here ahead of next week’s series at Minnesota Duluth. Denver 4-1, 4-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Princeton at No. 16 St. Cloud State<\/strong>
\nCandace:<\/strong> I don’t know enough about Princeton, and while St. Cloud has struggled so far, I think they will start to gel this weekend. Again, sue me for going with the league homer picks. St. Cloud State 3-2, 4-2<\/strong>
\nMatthew:<\/strong> St. Cloud has had a somewhat meh start, although last week’s home split with Northeastern wasn’t the worst thing. Outside expectations for Princeton this season are low, and this might be a chance for the Huskies to keep going in the right direction after winning last Saturday. St. Cloud State 4-1, 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, Nov. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michigan Tech at North Dakota <\/strong>
\nCandace:<\/strong> The Fighting Hawks haven’t exploded offensively since the Canisius series, but they do seem to be finding ways to win. I think they will do so again, especially since they are home. North Dakota 2-1<\/strong>
\nMatthew:<\/strong> UND was given some problems last weekend by Bemidji State, though the Beavers are traditionally a tough team to wear down. Tech has been up and down so far, and while I can see the Huskies making this game close, UND ought to win it. North Dakota 4-2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the Goofs last weekend, but was afraid I’d fall farther behind Matthew if I did after their Wisconsin series hurt me in our race. C’est la vie. Last week, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":108572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[813],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2 - College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-31T21:30:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-24T16:23:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Candace Horgan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Candace Horgan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/\",\"name\":\"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2 - College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-31T21:30:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-24T16:23:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec\"},\"description\":\"Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":486},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/\",\"name\":\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"description\":\"Men's and Women's D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec\",\"name\":\"Candace Horgan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fbffb8d0dd1a9ddd0a4c4295ff0eff09\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Candace Horgan\"},\"description\":\"NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor Candace Horgan has been working with USCHO since 2006. She started as an arena reporter for Denver, expanded to covering Colorado College and Air Force, then took over as a game recap editor in 2007, and now serves as NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/author\/candace\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","og_description":"Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452","og_site_name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/","article_published_time":"2019-10-31T21:30:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-08-24T16:23:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Candace Horgan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@USCHO","twitter_site":"@USCHO","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Candace Horgan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/","name":"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-31T21:30:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-24T16:23:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec"},"description":"Picking winners on the wrong night killed Matthew and I last week, and Minnesota Duluth continues to drive me insane. I almost picked them to sweep the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/32-Denver-Omaha-011918.jpg","width":600,"height":486},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/31\/nchc-picks-oct-31-nov-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NCHC picks: Oct. 31-Nov. 2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/","name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Men's and Women's D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec","name":"Candace Horgan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fbffb8d0dd1a9ddd0a4c4295ff0eff09","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Candace Horgan"},"description":"NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor Candace Horgan has been working with USCHO since 2006. She started as an arena reporter for Denver, expanded to covering Colorado College and Air Force, then took over as a game recap editor in 2007, and now serves as NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor.","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/author\/candace\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108573,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100452\/revisions\/108573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100452"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=100452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}