From the 108: BU Hockey Weekend Recap vs. UVM

“We tied a game that we should have won,” senior co-captain Joe Pereira said. “That hurts. We can’t sit here and keep making excuses that we’re young or that we’re this. We just have to get over it.”

Talk about a tale of two games. After choking up a 3-0 lead and settling for a tie on Friday night against Vermont, the IceDogs recovered to pick up a complete 3-1 victory at the Greek on Saturday. After 47 fantastic minutes on Friday night, several major defensive mistakes led to 3 Vermont goals in rapid succession. Unexpectedly, however(at least in the eyes of this blogger), Coach Parker praised the efforts of the team, saying that effort was really not an issue, but rather execution in his presser after the game. In retrospect I really can't fault the team as much as I did when I stormed out of Agganis into the snow that night. Having Warso in the stands I'm sure hurt them a great deal and might've accounted for at least one of the goals. Who knows. But still, I felt better about the game by the time I got home. If not for that heroic effort by Madore, that game's a BU win.

Saturday night was a much different story. The Terriers controlled pretty much the entire game until Vermont got their extra skater out for the last minute, and although it took Kieran robbing a couple great H.T. Lenz opportunities, the team carried a shutout into the last 5 seconds. It certainly helped BU that Vermont's Connor Brickley and Jack Downing both received game misconducts and 5 minute majors that led to power-plays and Terrier goals, as well as leaving the Cat-mounters down a couple men for good chunks of the game, but I think that was far from the deciding factor. BU's offense once again clicked and forced Madore to make some tough saves to keep his team even remotely in touch during the game.

Once again, Sahir Gill and Adam Clendening proved to me why they're the two best freshmen Terriers on the team this year with their play all weekend, so I declare them my team co-MVPs for the week.

BU Links:

Boston Hockey Blog/Daily Free Press

Terriers Blow 3-0 Lead, Tie Catamounts

Parker, Pereira, Sneddon Pressers 2/25

Parker Says Mistakes, Not Lack of Effort Caused Latest Collapse

Terriers Take Season Series with 3-1 Win Over Vermont

ChrisCo, Clendening, Sneddon Pressers 2/26

Grading The Terriers: 2/25 and 2/26

Photo Albums: 2/25 and 2/26