{"id":98779,"date":"2018-03-08T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=808"},"modified":"2018-03-08T15:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:48:49","slug":"nchc-weekend-picks-march-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/","title":{"rendered":"NCHC weekend picks: March 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Friday-Sunday, March 9-11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colorado College at No. 4 Denver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago, but I think Denver is going to tough it out. I&#8217;m also wondering how the CC goaltenders&#8217; confidence will be after getting shelled by Western Michigan last Saturday. <strong>Denver 3-2, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Although these should be very fun games to watch as a neutral, I have a gut feeling Denver will sweep. <strong>DU in two.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami at No. 1 St. Cloud State<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> I was impressed with what I saw of Miami last weekend against Denver, but St. Cloud just seems to be playing with a ton of confidence, and I don&#8217;t think they will have a letdown like they did the last time this series happened in the playoffs. <strong>St. Cloud State 4-2, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Miami has previous in terms of winning playoff games in St. Cloud, but I would be surprised if it happens again here. <strong>St. Cloud State in two.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Michigan at No. 8 Minnesota Duluth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Which Western Michigan team shows up? The one that scored eight goals last Saturday, or the one that had struggled to one win in its previous six weeks of play. Duluth has been the hot team, and I have to go with the sweep. <strong>Minnesota Duluth 4-2, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if Western takes one of these games, but Duluth should have enough to advance. <strong>Minnesota Duluth in three.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 13 Omaha at No. 14 North Dakota<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> North Dakota doesn&#8217;t seem to win on Friday anymore, so I think this goes three. In a series-clinching game, I have to go with who I think is the better goaltender. <strong>Omaha 4-2, North Dakota 3-2, 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> UNO has yet to make it to the Frozen Faceoff, and while this series should be tight, I think the Mavericks will miss out again. <strong>North Dakota in three<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago, but I think Denver is going to tough it out. I&#8217;m also wondering how the CC goaltenders&#8217; confidence will be after getting shelled by Western Michigan last Saturday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[1264,1507],"coauthors":[810,813],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCHC weekend picks: March 9 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98779\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCHC weekend picks: March 9 - College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98779\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-08T21:48:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/uscho_featured-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Semisch, Candace Horgan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Semisch, Candace Horgan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/\",\"name\":\"NCHC weekend picks: March 9 - College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-08T21:48:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-08T21:48:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec\"},\"description\":\"Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"width\":1175,\"height\":763},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NCHC weekend picks: March 9\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/\",\"name\":\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"description\":\"Men&#039;s and Women&#039;s D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec\",\"name\":\"Candace Horgan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fbffb8d0dd1a9ddd0a4c4295ff0eff09\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Candace Horgan\"},\"description\":\"NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor Candace Horgan has been working with USCHO since 2006. She started as an arena reporter for Denver, expanded to covering Colorado College and Air Force, then took over as a game recap editor in 2007, and now serves as NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/author\/candace\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCHC weekend picks: March 9 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98779","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NCHC weekend picks: March 9 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","og_description":"Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98779","og_site_name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/","article_published_time":"2018-03-08T21:48:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/uscho_featured-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Matthew Semisch, Candace Horgan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@USCHO","twitter_site":"@USCHO","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Semisch, Candace Horgan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/","name":"NCHC weekend picks: March 9 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-08T21:48:49+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-08T21:48:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec"},"description":"Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Colorado College at No. 4 Denver Candace: CC has turned Magness Arena back into World Arena North, as it did about a decade ago,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","width":1175,"height":763},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/03\/08\/nchc-weekend-picks-march-9\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NCHC weekend picks: March 9"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/","name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Men&#039;s and Women&#039;s D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2cc8d03eb740b1ec82798c44aa46feec","name":"Candace Horgan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fbffb8d0dd1a9ddd0a4c4295ff0eff09","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236da9439c7902987e93dda884c6cfa4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Candace Horgan"},"description":"NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor Candace Horgan has been working with USCHO since 2006. She started as an arena reporter for Denver, expanded to covering Colorado College and Air Force, then took over as a game recap editor in 2007, and now serves as NCHC Columnist and Women's Editor.","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/author\/candace\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98779"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=98779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}