Thursday
Milford Co-op @ #9 East Haven @ 730
-This Milford co-op team still has only lost once this season, 4-5 in OT to a very good DII Branford team. East Haven has also only lost once, 3-4 to #8 West Haven, but they did tie 5-5 with Stamford, a team that lost 4-10 to Branford. I think the Easties have improved since that tie but part of proving how much they improved and building a case to jump West Haven in my next rankings lies in if they can beat a top DII team like Milford co-op and if so, by how much.
Friday
#3 Hamden @ St. John's (Shrewsbury, MA) @ 710 at Holy Cross College
-Hamden goes up to Holy Cross College to take on the same St. John's team that #5 Xavier almost beat (2-0 after two, 3-1 in the third) but lost 3-5. The Green Dragons are pretty even in skill with Xavier but present a slightly different style that I think is actually better suited to play with a physical Massachusetts team like St. John's. The thing is, I expect St. John's to bring the intensity for all three periods this time since they are not traveling all the way down to CT. I think Hamden still has a good shot to win this game and the score will be probably be about 4-3 whether Hamden is the 4 or the 3.
DIII game: Rockville/Manchester/Stafford @ Bolton/Coventry/Lyman Memorial @ 820
-Two DIII teams that are in the middle to top of the division and look pretty evenly matched on paper. The winner will be in good position in DIII.
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