{"id":98754,"date":"2017-11-30T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2017-11-30T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:00:43","slug":"weekend-picks-dec-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2017\/11\/30\/weekend-picks-dec-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend picks: Dec. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uh oh. Matthew is ahead of me. The horror. Giving too much credit to the WCHA cost me. Mea culpa NCHC! Last week, I went 3-4-2 (.444) while Matthew went 5-2-2 (.666). Matthew now leads our season picks race, as I am&#160; 48-26-10 (.630) while Matthew is 49-25-10 (.642).<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see if I can catch him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday-Saturday, Dec. 1-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 1 Denver at No. 16 Minnesota Duluth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> This is a tough one to pick, but I&#8217;m going with Denver to get a sweep, simply because of Denver&#8217;s offense. <strong>Denver 3-2, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> UMD has a thing lately about getting results in series openers, and at home I think it&#8217;ll happen again here. <strong>Minnesota Duluth 3-2, Denver 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 6 North Dakota<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Can North Dakota take advantage of Western&#8217;s road weakness and get a sweep? Probably not. <strong>North Dakota 3-2, Western Michigan 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Western isn&#8217;t as strong away from home, and UND will be looking to bounce back from the Union series and should get a bump from Cam Johnson&#8217;s return. This will probably be a split, but it&#8217;s tough to tell who wins which night. <strong>North Dakota 3-2, Western Michigan 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 2 St. Cloud State at No. 20 Omaha<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> I&#8217;m tempted to pick a split, but St. Cloud looks really strong right now. <strong>St. Cloud State 3-2, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Mike Gabinet spoke this week about Omaha trying to make Baxter Arena a tougher place to play, and I think that&#8217;s happening but I don&#8217;t know if the Mavericks take points from this series. <strong>St. Cloud State 3-2, 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 5 Cornell at Miami<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Cornell has looked really good, and Miami has been inconsistent. I&#8217;m going with a hunch. <strong>Cornell 4-2, 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Cornell has started the season on a serious roll, but I&#8217;m going to go homer-ish a little here and call for a split. <strong>Miami 3-2, Cornell 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uh oh. Matthew is ahead of me. The horror. Giving too much credit to the WCHA cost me. Mea culpa NCHC! Last week, I went 3-4-2 (.444) while Matthew went 5-2-2 (.666). Matthew now leads our season picks race, as I am&#160; 48-26-10 (.630) while Matthew is 49-25-10 (.642). 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