{"id":97962,"date":"2014-01-31T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hockey-east-blog\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2014-01-31T02:00:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T08:00:26","slug":"hockey-east-picks-jan-31-feb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2014\/01\/31\/hockey-east-picks-jan-31-feb-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey East picks – Jan. 31 – Feb. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
The good news is that I played Comeback Kid last week, going 6-0 on Saturday after a disastrous 0-5 Friday. The bad news is that I lost a game to Jim in the process.<\/p>\n
Dave last week:<\/strong> 6-5-0 Here are this week’s picks:<\/p>\n Friday, Jan. 31<\/strong><\/p>\n Boston College at Providence <\/strong> Merrimack at Massachusetts-Lowell<\/strong> Boston University at Massachusetts<\/strong> Notre Dame at New Hampshire<\/strong> Saturday, Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Notre Dame at New Hampshire<\/strong> Massachusetts-Lowell at Merrimack<\/strong> Monday, Feb. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Beanpot<\/strong><\/p>\n Harvard vs. Northeastern<\/strong> Boston University vs. Boston College<\/strong> The good news is that I played Comeback Kid last week, going 6-0 on Saturday after a disastrous 0-5 Friday. The bad news is that I lost a game to Jim in the process. Dave last week: 6-5-0 Jim last week: 7-4-0 Dave’s record-to-date: 114-63-22 Jim’s record-to-date: 118-59-22 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Jan. 31 Boston College at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425,934],"tags":[1236,1490],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJim last week:<\/strong> 7-4-0
\nDave’s record-to-date:<\/strong> 114-63-22
\nJim’s record-to-date:<\/strong> 118-59-22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nDave’s pick: In this marquee match-up of the weekend, I’m picking BC. I’m going with the Eagles against all comers until further notice.
\nBC 4, PC 2<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: This should be a tight game but the way Providence gave up goals last weekend, I’m not sure that will be true.
\nBC 5, PC 3<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: Will the River Hawks get any of their walking wounded back? For one game, at least, it won’t matter. They’ll win either way.
\nUML 4, MC 2<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: I think this will be a tough game for the shorthanded River Hawks, though believe they can win.
\nUML 2, MC 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: It’s hard to see either of these teams avoiding the bottom-six, one-game play-in round of this year’s Hockey East playoffs. Tough times for both teams. I’ll go with home ice deciding this result, leaving BU 0-9-0 on the road.
\nUMass 4, BU 3<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: Can this finally be BU’s road win? They have been a better Friday team than Saturday of late.
\nBU 3, UMass 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: By far, the toughest picks this week are this series. Call me stubborn, but I still see the Irish putting on a stretch run surge. I think UNH will lose a game it would have won with Trevor van Riemsdyk and Grayson Downing in the lineup.
\nND 3, UNH 2 (OT)<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: I’m picking the Wildcats at home, at least on Friday.
\nUNH 4, ND 3<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: This series really has split written all over it, but I’m going with an Irish sweep even though I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Wildcats do the deed instead.
\nND 4, UNH 3 (OT)<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: I just don’t see a sweep in this game, as Dave said.
\nND 3, UNH 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: I’d love to make this call after I saw who was in the lineup because Merrimack is a tough opponent in its barn. I’m guessing that two of the River Hawks injured last week are back and Lowell earns an important sweep.
\nUML 3, MC 2<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: As great as Merrimack has been at home of late, Lowell has always played Merrimack tough at Lawler.
\nUML 3, MC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: Have I ever picked Harvard to win in the Beanpot? Even a single game? Perhaps not, in which case I thank the Crimson for fattening up my lifetime picks record.
\nNU 5, HU 2<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: On paper this says NU all the way. But we know that never matters in a Beanpot. Still, I’m picking the Huskies.
\nNU 4, HU 3<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDave’s pick: This is about as lopsided as me versus a drumstick on Thanksgiving. The Terriers may have historically used their Beanpot magic in contests like this, but they’re 1-8-1 since the start of December and BC stands atop Hockey East at 11-1-1.
\nBC 5, BU 2<\/strong>
\nJim’s pick: What Dave said.
\nBC 6, BU 3<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"