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Hi y\u2019all, happy Thursday.<\/p>\n
Week one saw both of us pick a split the wrong way, so we\u2019re already in mid-season form in that regard. Penn State and Alaska get the party started for this weekend tonight, so you get the picks a day early. First, let\u2019s take a quick look back at last week.<\/p>\n
Last week<\/strong><\/p>\n Drew: 8-4-2 (.643) This season<\/strong><\/p>\n Drew: 8-4-2 (.643) Still tied after the first week.<\/p>\n Five Big Ten teams are in official action this weekend. Notre Dame takes the weekend off and Michigan State plays the US Under-18 Team, which we don\u2019t care about for pickin\u2019 purposes. All times are local.<\/p>\n Alaska at No. 9 Penn State Penn State coming into this series undefeated was decently-predictable. The Nittany Lions put a baker\u2019s-dozen worth of goals on the board in their opening series against Sacred Heart, winning 8-2 and 5-4. The Nanooks, on the other hand, surprised everyone by sweeping Michigan Tech on the road last weekend. Even with that momentum, we all know that games at Pegula Ice Arena are a tall order for the opposition.<\/p>\n Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Penn State 8-2, 4-3 Niagara at Minnesota After two close games and a split at Colorado College Minnesota returns to Mariucci to open its home slate this weekend. The Gophers are 3-0-0 all-time against Niagara, for what that is worth. This is a good opportunity for a young Minnesota team to build on what worked last weekend. The Purple Eagles have yet to play a non-exhibition game this season.<\/p>\n Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota 4-2, 3-1 No. 3 Minnesota Duluth at No. 17 Wisconsin With the defending champions coming to town for a top-20 battle, it\u2019s nice to see big games with a lot of hype being played at the Kohl Center again. Wisconsin dropped its opener at Boston College 5-3 and rebounded by downing Merrimack 11-5. Granted there\u2019s only one weekend as a sample-size, but it looks like the Badgers\u2019 offense is going to be fun to watch and the defense could be the Achilles heel. The Bulldogs split their series with UMass-Lowell at home last weekend, dropping Friday\u2019s game 3-2 and winning 2-1 on Saturday<\/p>\n Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota Duluth 4-3, 5-3 Omaha at No. 12 Ohio State A shootout \u201cvictory\u201d against Western Michigan and a 3-1 win over RIT gave the Buckeyes the Ice Breaker title last weekend in Toledo. Now Ohio State returns home to entertain the Mavericks. The Buckeyes won last weekend like they did last season, good defense and timely scoring. Omaha got off the mark last weekend by routing Alabama Huntsville at home, winning 6-1 on Friday and 5-0 on Saturday.<\/p>\n Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Ohio State 4-2, 3-1 Lake Superior at Michigan The Wolverines started the season with a tie and loss against Clarkson. This weekend Michigan welcomes in-state rival Lake Superior State to Yost. The Lakers started their season off by sweeping Merrimack at home and were swept by Denver last weekend. This will be their first road test of the year.<\/p>\n Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Lake Superior State 4-2, Michigan 3-2 Twitter<\/p>\n Follow both Drew (@drewclaussen) and me (@paulacweston) on Twitter. I\u2019m cheating on the B1G and checking out North Dakota at Minnesota State as a fan on Saturday.<\/p>\n Enjoy the games!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi y\u2019all, happy Thursday. Week one saw both of us pick a split the wrong way, so we\u2019re already in mid-season form in that regard. Penn State and Alaska get the party started for this weekend tonight, so you get the picks a day early. First, let\u2019s take a quick look back at last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":99935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[855],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPaula: 8-4-2 (.643)<\/p>\n
\nPaula: 8-4-2 (.643)<\/p>\nThis week<\/h1>\n
\nThursday and Friday at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Penn State 5-2, 5-2<\/p>\n
\nFriday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota 3-2, 3-1<\/p>\n
\nFriday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota Duluth 4-3, Wisconsin 4-2<\/p>\n
\nFriday at 7:00 p.m., Saturday at 5:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Omaha 4-2, Ohio State 3-2<\/p>\n
\nFriday and Saturday at 7:37 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Lake Superior State 3-2, 3-2<\/p>\n