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**Udog** · 02-15-2017, 07:15 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Cavaliers’ Kevin Love had his knee scoped, is out six weeks.

— Orlando traded Serge Ibaka to Toronto for Terrence Ross and a draft pick.

— Cardinals P Alex Reyes had an MRI on his arm, may need Tommy John surgery

— Virginia Tech 66, Pitt 63— Short-handed Hokies came from behind to win late.

— Ole Miss 96, LSU 76— Rebels (-12.5) scored last 18 points of the game.

— Colorado State 78, Wyoming 73— Rams have won 7 of last 8 games, with only seven scholarship players available to play.

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Armadillo:Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings……..

13) Recruiting services that get quoted like they’re the gospel aren’t quite what they appear. Bob Huggins is in his 10th year as the coach at West Virginia, won a ton of games; he has never had one McDonald’s All-American with the Mountaineers. None.

Huggins finds great athletes who work their butts off to improve and don’t mind being coached hard. Lot of McDonald’s All-Americans think they’re bigger than life and have big egos, with one foot already in the NBA.

12) San Diego State is just 6-6 in the Mountain West, a bad year for them, but they’ve led by 7+ points in all six losses. Aztecs have had too many scoring droughts when they’ve had the lead.

11) Political commentator John Heileman (MSNBC/Bloomberg) was once a good high school pitcher in the LA area. He played Little League ball against Bret Saberhagen, and before blowing his arm out, gave up a 430-foot homer to Darryl Strawberry in high school.

10) Favorites are 13-0 vs spread in Texas Longhorns’ last 13 conference tourney games.

9) Reader Mike e-mailed with news the Chick-fil-A may be headed into our area here, 10 miles north in Clifton Park. This would be outstanding news. Chick-fil-A is good stuff.

8) Michigan State’s AD is the head of the college basketball selection committee, but he had to cancel a 2-week trip to evaluate teams in person. His plate at Michigan State is pretty full:

— The MSU gymnastics coach was suspended, supposedly in connection with an investigation into whether a longtime MSU doctor molested gymnasts.
— Nick Vista, Michigan State’s former longtime SID, passed away over the weekend at age 90.
— Three football players have been suspended with regards to a criminal investigation that is still ongoing. A football staffer was also suspended (with pay).

Too much chaos in East Lansing for the AD to be traveling, watching basketball games.

7) Rutgers switched its shoe/apparel contract from Nike to adidas. Somehow I don’t think Phil Knight is staying awake nights worrying about this development.

6) Oklahoma lost G Jordan Woodard for the year with a knee injury; St Joe’s lost Lamarr Kimble with a broken foot. Towson State’s John Davis was shot in the leg in a drive-by shooting Saturday night; it is unclear whether he will play again this season.

5) What is the over/under on how much Latrell Sprewell was paid to sit next to James Dolan at the Knicks’ game Sunday? I’m guessing $5,000, but who knows?

One of the cable channels showed a clip of Sprewell playing for Minnesota 13 years ago, last time he was in the Garden. He makes a hoop, the Knicks call time-out and one of the Wolves’ subs comes off the bench to chest-bump Sprewell. The sub was Fred Hoiberg, now the Bulls’ coach.

4) Talk show host Carson Daly got a partial golf scholarship when he went to college at Loyola Marymount. He dropped out of LMU to try and become a pro golfer, which didn’t turn out too well but his show business career has gone great.

3) Gonzaga struggled a little bit last year when they had three big-time transfers sitting out the season but practicing with the team. Same thing is happening now at Nevada, which has four transfers sitting out this season, reducing their available scholarship players to nine.

When the current players are playing against better players in practice, it hurts this year’s team.

2) Montreal Canadiens are in first place, but they fired their coach Michel Therrien Tuesday and hired former Bruins coach Claude Julien, who won the Stanley Cup in Boston six years ago. It is the second time (2002-03) the Canadiens replaced Therrien as its coach with Julien.

1— Get well soon to Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder and Arizona Diamondbacks bench coach Ron Gardenhire, both of whom were recently diagnosed with treatable forms of cancer.

**Udog** · 02-15-2017, 07:22 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, February 15

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TORONTO (25-18-0-11, 61 pts.) at COLUMBUS (35-15-0-5, 75 pts.) - 2/15/2017, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 3-3-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-0.3 Units)

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ST LOUIS (29-22-0-5, 63 pts.) at DETROIT (22-24-0-10, 54 pts.) - 2/15/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ST LOUIS is 9-1 ATS (+7.7 Units) in road games in February games over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 8-3 ATS (+11.6 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
ST LOUIS is 108-89 ATS (+198.4 Units) in road games after a non-conference game since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 118-85 ATS (+32.8 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 13-6 ATS (+19.0 Units) in road games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 16-5 ATS (+10.6 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 16-27 ATS (-13.3 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 15-21 ATS (-14.4 Units) in home games after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 96-105 ATS (-73.6 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 4-1 (+4.3 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 4-1-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.9 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (27-22-0-7, 61 pts.) at CALGARY (28-26-0-3, 59 pts.) - 2/15/2017, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 17-46 ATS (+74.9 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 29-38 ATS (-16.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 17-28 ATS (-19.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
CALGARY is 36-24 ATS (+63.1 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 3-2 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 3-2-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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FLORIDA (24-20-0-10, 58 pts.) at SAN JOSE (34-18-0-5, 73 pts.) - 2/15/2017, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 145-223 ATS (+387.8 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
FLORIDA is 19-11 ATS (+31.1 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
FLORIDA is 37-25 ATS (+10.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 38-40 ATS (-17.8 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 3 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 13-20 ATS (-20.8 Units) in February games over the last 3 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 35-36 ATS (-33.6 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 90-85 ATS (-54.6 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 60-55 ATS (-14.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 11-14 ATS (-16.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 3-2-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, February 15

Road team won six of last eight Columbus-Toronto games; Maple Leafs won three of last five visits to Ohio (under 3-2). Toronto lost six of last nine games but won 7-1 at home last night; they lost four of last five road games. Blue Jackets lost four of their last six games, three of last four at home. Leafs’ last four games stayed under the total.

Road side won nine of last ten St Louis-Detroit games; Blues won four of last five visits to the Motor City. Seven of last eight series games stayed under. St Louis won its last four games, all on the road, outscoring foes 14-3; over is 4-3 in their last seven road games. Red Wings lost last four games, outscored 17-9; they lost four of last five home games. Over is 5-5 in their last ten games.

Home side won last four Philly-Calgary games; Flyers lost 4-1/2-1 in last two games in the Saddledome. Under is 7-3 in last ten series games (0-2 in last two). Philly lost four of last six games but won two of last three on road; eight of their last nine games stayed under. Flames won four of last six games but lost three of last four at home- three of those four went over.

Sharks won their last three games with Florida; road team won six of last eight series games. Under is 4-2-1 in last seven series games. Panthers won four of last five games but lost four of their last five road games. Over is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. San Jose lost four of their last five games but won four of last six home games. Under is 3-0-2 in their last five home games.

NHL

Wednesday, February 15

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
TORONTO vs. COLUMBUS
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Toronto is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Columbus
Columbus is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Toronto
Columbus is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home

9:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. DETROIT
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis's last 8 games when playing Detroit
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis

10:30 PM
PHILADELPHIA vs. CALGARY
Philadelphia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Calgary is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

11:30 PM
FLORIDA vs. SAN JOSE
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
San Jose is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games

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**Udog** · 02-15-2017, 09:11 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, February 15

Florida @ San Jose

Game 7-8
February 15, 2017 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
9.512
San Jose
12.477
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 3
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(-160); Under

Philadelphia @ Calgary

Game 5-6
February 15, 2017 @ 9:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
11.505
Calgary
10.414
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
(+115); Over

St. Louis @ Detroit

Game 3-4
February 15, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
12.551
Detroit
10.044
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-125); Over

Toronto @ Columbus

Game 1-2
February 15, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
12.303
Columbus
10.889
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
N/A

**Udog** · 02-15-2017, 05:39 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, February 15

Toronto at Columbus, 7:05 PM ET
Toronto: 7-23 SU when playing 6 or more games in 10 days
Columbus: 25-10 SU as a favorite

St Louis at Detroit, 8:05 PM ET
St Louis: 20-11 SU in road games after one or more consecutive overs
Detroit: 5-11 SU in home games after 1 or more consecutive losses

Philadelphia at Calgary, 9:35 PM ET
Philadelphia: 68-80 SU after 2 straight games where 4 or fewer total goals were scored
Calgary: 36-24 SU after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game

Florida at San Jose, 10:35 PM ET
Florida: 7-1 SU in road games off a road blowout win by 3 goals or more
San Jose: 9-12 SU in home games after allowing 2 goals or less in 2 straight games

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