Week 7 was a mediocre one for everyone in the Daily Gazette ECAC Hockey Faceoff Selections. Mostly everyone went 5-3, 4-4 or posted a losing record. There were some shocking results, including Cornell losing twice, and 8-4 drubbing at the hands of Quinnipiac and a 2-1 loss to Princeton on Brendan Gorman’s goal with 3.4 seconds left in overtime.
One of the players who posted a 5-3 record was Dutch Crazy. That helped Dutch Crazy move into a first-place tie with Michael Hutter.
The other players to go 5-3 were Brian Unger, Achilles 3-7-5, Union Bob, David Trestick, Towell68 and Rich Large.
I went 4-4-0 last week. I’m in a four-way tie for 10th.
Here’s a look at the standings, with Week 7 records in parentheses:
Michael Hutter 44-22-7 95 points (4-4-0)
Dutch Crazy 44-22-7 95 points (5-3-0)
Matthew Ruffini 42-24-7 91 points (3-5-0)
Christopher and Sarah Chadwick 42-24-7 91 points (4-4-0)
Kevin Sokolski 41-25-7 89 points (2-6-0)
Andy Weise 41-25-7 89 points (4-4-0)
Brian Unger 41-25-7 89 points (5-3-0)
Achilles 3-7-5 40-26-7 87 points (5-3-0)
RedLiner36 40-27-6 86 points (3-5-0)
Rowena Watson 39-27-7 85 points (4-4-0)
Me 39-27-7 85 points (4-4-0)
Ryan Fay 39-27-7 85 points (4-4-0)
Union Bob 39-27-7 85 points (5-3-0)
Jim Kalohn 38-28-7 83 points (4-4-0)
David Trestick 38-28-7 83 points (5-3-0)
GB-BE-ME 35-31-7 77 points (3-5-0)
Richard Derrick 35-31-7 77 points (4-4-0)
Towell68 35-34-4 74 points (5-3-0)
Rich Large 32-34-7 71 points (5-3-0)
Dutchmen Never Die 32-37-3 67 points (4-4-0)
SageNat 16-12-4 36 points (4-4-0)
Time for the Week 8 picks. It’s an early start because of the Wednesday game between Quinnipiac and Boston U. There are 18 games to pick between Wednesday and Sunday, so this could be a good chance to catch up in the standings. To play, email your picks to me at schott@dailygazette.com. Also, please make sure that you are picking all the games. If you are missing a game, it will count as a loss.
This year, I will be including the rankings for both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey Magazine/USA Today hockey polls. The USCHO.com poll will be listed first.
Your picks must be in by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Here are my Week 8 picks, and Happy Thanksgiving:
WEDNESDAY
No. 3/No. 3 Quinnipiac at No. 5/No. 5 Boston U. — Quinnipiac 4, Boston U. 2
FRIDAY
Stonehill at Union — Union 6, Stonehill 1
No. 11/No. 11 UMass at Harvard — UMass 4, Harvard 3
Princeton at Ohio State — Ohio State 4, Princeton 1
St. Lawrence at No. 15/No. 15 Western Michigan — Western Michigan 5, St. Lawrence 2
Niagara at Colgate — Colgate 3, Niagara 2
Brown at Holy Cross — Holy Cross 4, Brown 3
Yale at No. 4/No. 4 Denver — Denver 6, Yale 1
SATURDAY
Stonehill at Union — Union 7, Stonehill 3
Northeastern at RPI — Northeastern 5, RPI 3
Dartmouth at UConn — UConn 4, Dartmouth 3
Princeton at Ohio State — Ohio State 4, Princeton 2
St. Lawrence at Western Michigan — Western Michigan 4, St. Lawrence 1
Niagara at Colgate — Colgate 4, Niagara 2
Yale at Denver — Denver 5, Yale 1
No. 16/No. 17 Cornell vs. Boston U. at MSG — Boston U. 4, Cornell 3
SUNDAY
Northeastern at RPI — Northeastern 4, RPI 3
No. 2/No. 1 Boston College at RV/No. 20 Harvard — Boston College 5, Harvard 2