{"id":97007,"date":"2011-03-18T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T17:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=328"},"modified":"2011-03-18T12:53:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T17:53:58","slug":"picks-31811-championship-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/03\/18\/picks-31811-championship-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Picks 3\/18\/11 (Championship Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Week<\/strong>: 8-3
\nOn the Season<\/strong>: 111-72-28 (.592)<\/p>\n

I already previewed the championship weekend in this week’s Atlantic Hockey Column<\/a>, so let’s get right to the bottom line: I’m picking Air Force to win the title.<\/p>\n

AHA Semifnals – Best of Three Series
\nFriday, March 18
\n<\/strong>
\nConnecticut vs. Rochester Institute of Techology – The Tigers will be without captain and AHA all-star Andrew Favot, who is serving a one game suspension. I think he’ll get to play another game if the Tigers can get a quality number of shots on UConn goaltender Garret Bartus. The Tigers have the better defensive corps and slightly more firepower up front, although the Huskies have come a long way with a very good freshman class. RIT 4, UConn 2.<\/p>\n

Holy Cross vs. Air Force – I have a gut feeling that this game will not be close, although on paper the teams are pretty evenly matched. I think the first game has better overall goaltending, but Torf and Roy can be very good. I think Air Force is deeper, and that will be the difference. Air Force 5, Holy Cross 2.<\/p>\n

AHA Final
\nSaturday, March 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assuming I my picks are correct, I’m going with another close game between Air Force and RIT. Both teams feature explosive offenses and I think these are the two best defensive corps in the league. RIT will have the crowd but the Falcons have some intangibles that I think will be the difference. Air Force 4, RIT 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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