{"id":2539,"date":"2012-12-07T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/mens-d3-blog\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2012-12-07T08:02:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:02:19","slug":"ncha-picks-dec-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2012\/12\/07\/ncha-picks-dec-7\/","title":{"rendered":"NCHA picks: Dec. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After taking a break from conference play last week, teams in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association return to battle each other this week.<br \/>\nLast week, I did well, picking Wisconsin-Eau Claire to sweep Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Blugolds, ranked third nationally, are 10-1-1, and appear to be the hottest team in Division III.<br \/>\nI also picked Wisconsin-Superior to drop one game in its series with Wisconsin-River Falls. The Yellowjackets won Saturday&#8217;s game, but had to settle for a tie in Friday&#8217;s opener.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what should occur this weekend in the NCHA.<br \/>\n<strong>Friday-Saturday, Dec. 7-8 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wis.-Eau Claire at Wis.-River Falls<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Falcons picked the wrong time to run into the red-hot Blugolds. With a 0-4-2 record in the NCHA, Wis.-River Falls is desperate for its first conference win. They&#8217;ll be playing on home ice, which always helps, but I can&#8217;t see the Blugolds having a letdown at River Falls. In the NCHA, the Blugolds have three of the top five leaders in points and two of the top five goal-scorers. It&#8217;s almost impossible to shut down one player and hope to knock off Wis.-Eau Claire. The Blugolds have too many weapons, and should keep their winning streak intact. <strong>Wis.-Eau Claire 5-3, 6-2 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wis.-Stout at Wis.-Stevens Point<\/strong><br \/>\nThis will be a clash between the fourth (Wis.-Stout) and fifth (Wis.-Stevens Point) place teams in the NCHA. After struggling last season, the Blue Devils have bounced back, posting a 6-3-2 record. The Blue Devils are paced by senior goaltender Nick Hopper, who carries a 1.80 goals-against average, second only to St. Norbert standout David Jacobson. However, the Pointers have Nick Graves, who&#8217;s also solid in goal (2.42 GAA). The easy choice would be to pick a split, but I think Wis.-Stout comes away with a sweep in two tight contests. <strong>Wis.-Stout 3-2 (OT), 4-3 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saturday, Dec. 8 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wisconsin-Superior at Gustavus Adolphus<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Yellowjackets, ranked 10, are riding high, but I see Gustavus Adolphus rallying for a much-needed home victory.<br \/>\n<strong>Gustavus Adolphus 4-3<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After taking a break from conference play last week, teams in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association return to battle each other this week. Last week, I did well, picking Wisconsin-Eau Claire to sweep Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Blugolds, ranked third nationally, are 10-1-1, and appear to be the hottest team in Division III. I also picked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"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],"tags":[1469,1470],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCHA picks: Dec. 7 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After taking a break from conference play last week, teams in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association return to battle each other this week. 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