{"id":98035,"date":"2015-12-04T06:07:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hockey-east-blog\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2015-12-04T06:07:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:07:19","slug":"hockey-east-picks-dec-4-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2015\/12\/04\/hockey-east-picks-dec-4-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey East picks – Dec. 4-10"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dave and I had equally as impressive weeks last week, thus my lead stands at five<\/strong> games. (Did I hit “bold” there?)<\/p>\n Jim last week: 12-2-1 Friday, December 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Vermont at Boston University<\/strong> Providence at Merrimack<\/strong> New Hampshire at Maine<\/strong> Massachusetts at Notre Dame<\/strong> Saturday, December 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Northeastern at Boston College<\/strong> Vermont at Boston University<\/strong> Massachusetts at Notre Dame<\/strong> Merrimack at Providence<\/strong> UMass-Lowell at Connecticut<\/strong> Maine at New Hampshire<\/strong> Sunday, December 6<\/strong><\/p>\n Boston College at Northeastern<\/strong> Connecticut at UMass-Lowell<\/strong> Thursday, December 10<\/strong><\/p>\n Notre Dame at Boston College<\/strong> Brown at Providence (Mayor’s Cup)<\/strong> Dave and I had equally as impressive weeks last week, thus my lead stands at five games. (Did I hit “bold” there?) Jim last week: 12-2-1 Jim to-date: 79-26-19 Dave last week: 12-2-1 Dave to-date: 74-31-19 Friday, December 4 Vermont at Boston University Jim’s pick: I feel like Vermont is better than it is playing right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[1236,1490],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJim to-date: 79-26-19
\nDave last week: 12-2-1
\nDave to-date: 74-31-19<\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: I feel like Vermont is better than it is playing right now, but the reality is you can’t pick them right now, especially against BU.
\nBU 4, UVM 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Since that season-opening upset of Minnesota, Vermont has managed only two wins and those have come against Connecticut and Northeastern, a collective 1-14-2 in Hockey East. As Jim says, you can’t pick the Catamounts.
\nBU 4, UVM 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Though I love picking Merrimack at home, I don’t like the way the Warriors played against Union and Providence has the tools necessary to win this.
\nPC 3, MC 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Merrimack has actually posted a better record on the road (3-0-1) than at home (3-2-3), but the Friars have excelled wherever they’ve played.
\nPC 4, MC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: I know Maine is playing well and UNH has been inconsistent. I see this weekend as a split so I’ll go with a home split.
\nMaine 3, UNH 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Maine is 4-0-1 at home, but 0-5-1 on the road. With this contest at Alfond, I really should just go with the odds. But I can’t keep agreeing with Jim, and I’m going to believe in UNH one<\/em> more week. Yes, I’ve said that before, but this time, I really, really mean it.
\nUNH 3, Maine 2 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Good news folks. This game can only go one (five-minute) overtime. Hosts win.
\nND 4, UMass 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’ve really struggled with my Notre Dame picks, but I can’t go against them with this contest in the Irish barn.
\nND 4, UMass 3<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Northeastern may have put up 7 against Colgate but BC is hardly Colgate.
\nBC 4, NU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I hope Northeastern turns things around, but 12-1-0 loses to 2-11-2? Nope.
\nBC 4, NU 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: The Terriers complete the sweep at home.
\nBU 4, UVM 3<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Tough times for the Catamounts.
\nBU 4, UVM 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: The Irish complete the home sweep while UMass hits the skids for the first time this season.
\nND 3, UMass 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Good grief, Jim is giving me no opportunities to catch up. Maybe there will be some openings next week.
\nND 3, UMass 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: There should be a good number of sweeps this weekend. This is another.
\nPC 4, MC 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: Agreed. The Friars go to 11-0-3.
\nPC 3, MC 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: The River Hawks keep the unbeaten streak alive, but it’s not easy.
\nUML 2, UConn 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I think the results will be more lopsided than Jim thinks. The Huskies continue to struggle.
\nUML 4, UConn 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: These picks could easily kill me. But UNH gets the split.
\nUNH 4, Maine 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: The Wildcats get the “easy” half of the sweep.
\nUNH 3, Maine 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: Eagles extend the winning streak to 13.
\nBC 4, NU 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: The Eagles are the wrong opponent for Northeastern to start its turnaround against.
\nBC 4, NU 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: I am so uncomfortable picking this many sweeps in a weekend, but here is another.
\nUML 4, UConn 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’m uncomfortable matching so many of Jim’s picks, but I can’t see a different outcome.
\nUML 4. UConn 2<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: This will be a test for BC, but I’m not picking against the Eagles right now.
\nBC 3, ND 1<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I think the test is for the Irish and I think they’ll fail it.
\nBC 3, ND 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJim’s pick: This is typically a tough game for Providence and having watched Brown play last weekend, I believe it could be. But I’m not picking against the Friars on home ice.
\nPC 4, Brown 2<\/strong>
\nDave’s pick: I’m not picking against the Friars here, I’m not picking against them there, I’m not picking against them anywhere.
\nPC 4, Brown 1<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"