Dan: 4-5-1
\nChris: 6-3-1<\/p>\n
Dan: 96-85-25 (.527)
\nChris: 106-75-25 (.575)<\/p>\n
Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4<\/strong> No. 10 Bentley at No. 7 Robert Morris<\/strong> No. 9 Niagara at No. 8 American International<\/strong> Last week: Dan: 4-5-1 Chris: 6-3-1 On the season: Dan: 96-85-25 (.527) Chris: 106-75-25 (.575) This Week’s Picks Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4 Atlantic Hockey First Round Best Of Three Series No. 11 Sacred Heart at No. 6 Rochester Institute of Technology Chris: The teams split two weeks ago and I think they’ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[1481,772,1478],"coauthors":[847],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAtlantic Hockey First Round<\/strong>
\nBest Of Three Series<\/strong>
\nNo. 11 Sacred Heart at No. 6 Rochester Institute of Technology<\/strong>
\nChris:<\/strong> The teams split two weeks ago and I think they’ll do the same here. But who wins on Sunday? Despite RIT’s dismal home record in the second half of the season (1-7), I think the Tigers find a way to win a high-scoring game. RIT in three.<\/strong>
\nDan:<\/strong>\u00a0Nearly a third of RIT’s games this year were decided by three or more goals, reinforcing my theory of them as boom-or-bust. The Tigers’ series with Sacred Heart is indicative of that theory since they won the first game 5-0 but lost, 5-3, the next night. There’s something about this series that is speaking to me, and for some reason, I want to pick the upset. So why not? Let’s ride the lightning.\u00a0Sacred Heart wins in three.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nChris:<\/strong> Neither team is clicking right now: both are 1-3 in their last four games. Which one rebounds? I’m going with the home team. Robert Morris in three.<\/strong>
\nDan:<\/strong> RMU struggled to the finish, going 2-5-1 in the last month of the season. But it came on the heels of a stretch of hockey where the Colonials went 5-1-1, which itself was a portion of an 8-2-1 run. Bentley, meanwhile, took a point from RMU this year and three points last year in Pittsburgh. So expect this series to be a slobberknocker to the very end.\u00a0Robert Morris wins in three.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nChris:<\/strong> It might be ironic that Niagara, which showed strong improvement over last season despite a rough second half, would exit the postseason faster than it did last year. But I think it will happen. AIC in three.<\/strong>
\nDan:<\/strong> AIC is hosting for the first time ever, but because they share a home with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds, these games are being played at 1:05 p.m, including the if-necessary third game. I’ve been all in with AIC for a while, and there’s no turning back now.\u00a0AIC sweeps in two.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"