Since I'm sitting at work-study with nothing better to do, I decided earlier to read up on the hockey blogs I had missed throughout this week - and I came across this article over at WTBU Sports. Feel free to read it real quick, as the rest of my article will be mostly based upon that...
Okay, let's straighten this out. There is no way this is the low point of BU hockey - not even this season. The women's team is ranked 4th in the nation, and on most nights completely dominates even the best teams in Hockey East. The men's team is ranked 15th in the country, 4th in Hockey East, has beaten UNH, Maine, Notre Dame and Wisconsin this year (all in the top 20), and is looking to be a lock for home ice in the HE playoffs. And you want to tell me that this year is the low point of BU hockey? Considering the women's program has only been around really for this part of the last decade, I don't have much to compare it to. But the men's program? How about the entire 1980s, where we only won 3 Beanpots, didn't make it to a single frozen four, didn't win a league regular season title, won one league postseason title, and didn't have a national championship. Want to compare those numbers to our numbers since 2000? How about 7 Beanpots, 3 regular season championships, 1 post season championship, 1 frozen four appearance and 1 national championship. But yeah, THIS is the low point.
Even if you want to say that it's only the low point of this particular season, fine. That's at least more reasonable, but still wrong. How about back in December, when BC routed us two nights in a row? Or when we lost to Brown in the beginning of January? Or when we lost to BC in the first round the Beanpot to go 0-4 against our crosstown rivals on the year? Losing to Harvard was bad, but it wasn't the worst. And it certainly doesn't constitute the lowest point of the season. Up until that game, BU had been playing well - took 3 points from Maine, beat UMass, beat UNH and beat Lowell. Losing to Harvard is a setback, but not enough to keep this team out of the Hockey East playoffs, and maybe not even enough to keep them out of the NCAAs.
So to the writer of that article over at WTBU, get your act together. There's a lot of hockey left to be played.
You are so right. Far from the low point for this program. Fans have a right to expect a good team year in and year out but this fandom is spoiled. This team is the youngest Parker has ever had and it shows in it's inconsistent play. They may surprise before this season is done. They also may go out quietly. As long as the effort is there going forward, enjoy the ride.
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