{"id":98726,"date":"2017-02-23T18:49:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T00:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2017-02-23T18:49:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T00:49:59","slug":"weekend-picks-feb-23-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/23\/weekend-picks-feb-23-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend picks: Feb. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had another good week, going 4-1-1 (.750) and picking up another game on Matthew, who went 3-2-1 (.583). On the year, I am 86-53-22 (.602) while Matthew is 70-69-22 (.503).<\/p>\n<p>All the teams are in action this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday-Friday, Feb. 23-24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami at No. 2 Minnesota Duluth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Miami has gone back to struggling. Duluth has been a bit too, but the Bulldogs are stronger. <strong>Minnesota Duluth 3-1, 3-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Miami isn&#8217;t great away from home and UMD is trying to leapfrog Denver into first place in the NCHC standings. I&#8217;ll take the Bulldogs to sweep. <strong>Minnesota Duluth 4-1, 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday-Saturday, Feb. 24-25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 8 Western Michigan at Colorado College<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> I think Western gets another big weekend sweep. <strong>Western Michigan 3-1,4-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Western has been on a solid roll lately, and I don&#8217;t think playing on an Olympic sheet for the first time this season will affect them too much. <strong>Western Michigan 3-1, 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 18 St. Cloud State at No. 1 Denver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> I&#8217;m having a hard time picking against Denver these days. <strong>Denver 3-1, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> After a home sweep last time out against Miami, can SCSU keep it going this weekend at Magness? I&#8217;m not so sure. <strong>Denver 3-1, 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Omaha at No. 16 North Dakota<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Just to give Matthew a chance to get a game back, I&#8217;ll pick a North Dakota sweep. <strong>North Dakota 3-2, 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Omaha is just under .500 all-time in Grand Forks, and I like them to pick up a split here, but I think UND wins Saturday on senior night. <strong>Omaha 3-2, North Dakota 4-2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had another good week, going 4-1-1 (.750) and picking up another game on Matthew, who went 3-2-1 (.583). On the year, I am 86-53-22 (.602) while Matthew is 70-69-22 (.503). All the teams are in action this week. Thursday-Friday, Feb. 23-24 Miami at No. 2 Minnesota Duluth Candace: Miami has gone back to struggling. 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