{"id":97288,"date":"2010-12-29T12:05:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/ccha-blog\/?p=326"},"modified":"2010-12-29T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T18:05:29","slug":"paulas-picks-holiday-tournament-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2010\/12\/29\/paulas-picks-holiday-tournament-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula&#039;s picks: holiday tournament edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy holidays and welcome back to college hockey action.  If you celebrated Christmas, I hope you laughed as much as I did with my family in Florida.  If you&#8217;re stranded somewhere because of the storm on the East coast, I hope you&#8217;re safe and warm and have access to both the Internet and the NHL network for IIHF World Junior coverage.<br \/>\nNo matter where you are or what you&#8217;re doing, Happy New Year!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s holiday tournament time.  My picks this week are short, just scores.  Regular picks will resume next week when all of USCHO&#8217;s regular coverage resumes next week.  In the meantime, I&#8217;ll be covering the Great Lakes Invitational Tournament in Detroit with my buddy and USCHO&#8217;s arena reporter in Ann Arbor, Bob Miller.  I&#8217;ll be blogging, too, so watch this space, so to speak.<br \/>\nAll times listed are local.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/12\/28\/the-2010-11-holiday-tourneys-and-why-they-matter\/\">Here is<\/a> USCHO&#8217;s complete preview of the tournament lineup.<br \/>\n<strong>Canisius at ND.<\/strong>  This one is a single, nonconference game, Dec. 29, 7:05 p.m.  <strong>ND 3-1.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NMU at Denver.<\/strong>  This is a nonconference series, Dec. 31-Jan. 1, 7:07 p.m.  <strong>Denver 4-2, NMU 2-1.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Florida College Classic, Dec. 29-30, Estero, Fla.<\/strong><br \/>\nDec. 29: Miami vs. Maine, 7:35 p.m.  <strong>Maine 3-2.<\/strong><br \/>\nDec. 30: SCSU\/Cornell vs. Miami, 4:05\/7:35 p.m. No matter which opponent, <strong>Miami 4-2.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Great Lakes Invitational, Dec. 29-30, Detroit, Mich.<\/strong><br \/>\nDec 29:  CC vs. MSU, 4:05 p.m.; UM vs. MTU, 7:35 p.m.  <strong>CC 4-2, UM 4-1.<\/strong><br \/>\nDec. 30: Third-place game, 4:05 p.m.; title game, 7:35 p.m.  <strong>MTU 3-2, UM 2-1.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Toyota Connecticut Hockey Classic, Dec. 29-30, Storrs, Conn.<\/strong><br \/>\nDec. 29: BGSU vs. Princeton, 4:05 p.m.  <strong>Princeton 3-1.<\/strong><br \/>\nDec. 30: Holy Cross\/UConn vs. BGSU, 4:00\/7:15 p.m. No matter which opponent, <strong>BG 3-2.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dodge Holiday Classic, Dec. 31-Jan. 1, Minneapolis, Minn<\/strong>.<br \/>\nDec. 31: FSU vs. BSU , 3:07 p.m.  <strong>FSU 3-2.<\/strong><br \/>\nJan. 1: FSU vs. UMN , 7:07 p.m.  <strong>FSU 4-3.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Catamount Cup, Jan. 1-2, Burlington, Vt<\/strong>.<br \/>\nJan. 1: OSU vs. Vermont, 7:05 p.m.  <strong>Vermont 4-2.<\/strong><br \/>\nJan. 2: OSU vs. Army, 4:05 p.m.  <strong>OSU 3-1.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Shillelagh Tournament, Jan. 1-2, Hoffman Estates, Il<\/strong>l.<br \/>\nJan. 1:  Minn. State vs. ND, 6:05 p.m.  <strong>ND 3-2.<\/strong><br \/>\nJan. 2: BU\/Brown vs. ND, 5:05 p.m.  No matter which opponent, <strong>ND 2-1.<\/strong><br \/>\nLSSU at Nipissing, Jan. 1-2, 1:00 p.m.  Exhibition.  <strong>LSSU 4-3, 3-2.<\/strong><br \/>\nCheck out <a href=\"http:\/\/ferrisstatebulldogs.com\/sports\/mice\/video\/Video-_Dodge_Holiday_Classic_Preview\">this video preview of the Dodge Holiday Classic,<\/a> produced by FSU athletics.  The Bulldogs take their holiday tourneys very, very seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy holidays and welcome back to college hockey action. If you celebrated Christmas, I hope you laughed as much as I did with my family in Florida. 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