tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889257805100032262024-03-15T21:09:50.260-04:00BAY STATE (ROAD) SPORTSA place where Haters Gonna Hate and Skaters Gonna Skate. Bringing you biased reports on Boston University hockey and other nonsense. We blog a thorough game of hockey. E-mail us at baystateroadsports@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @bsrs_blog
Superfans need not read past here.quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-6371235850580978622018-06-22T10:26:00.003-04:002018-06-22T10:32:54.399-04:00NHL Draft Drinking Game: College Hockey EditionThe NHL Draft aka my favorite weekend of the summer(I'm a loser) kicks off this weekend in Dallas, Texas. There will most likely be 3-4 current or incoming BU prospects drafted. Rising sophomore Brady Tkachuk(top 5) along with incoming freshmen Joel Farabee(1st), Jake Wise(late 1st-3rd), and Jack DeBoer(late rounds) all look to have their named called this weekend. The first round takes place tonight with rounds 2-7 taking place tomorrow beginning at 11am which is great for all of us but sucks for the first pick of the second round as the atmosphere goes from late on Friday night in front of a packed house to your immediate family and the representatives from each of the teams. For more information on the draft I suggest going to a <a href="http://terrierhockey.blogspot.com/">knowledgeable blog</a>. For a great NHL draft drinking game, please read on.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>The Official #BUTwitter NHL Draft Drinking Game</b></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If a player from each school is drafted, complete the drinking challenge associated with that school</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BU</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Finish your drink/ shotgun a beer. Take a drink everytime one of the three NHL headcoaches(Quinn,Hynes, Sullivan) from BU are mentioned</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> BC</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Drink for each player that is drafted after previously committing to BC but later decommitting. Drink rum for each BC draft pick so you can be a pirate like Jerry York.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lowell</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Decide what beer you want, wait two years and then drink it once its overaged/skunked while putting your arm up for an offsides that didn't happen like a true Lowell fan</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PC</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Take a drink and then take the first available NHL head coaching job next summer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UMass</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Eat some ice cream cake(preferably Carvel) as a chaser to whatever you are drinking</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Merrimack</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Drive to Fuddruckers and buy a burger. Thankfully Merrimack won’t have any picks this year so they prevent us from drinking and driving</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NU</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Take a nice beer then put it back(decommit from it) and drink a shitty beer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. </span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UConn</span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- take one drink but tell everyone you had the most drinks of everyone in Hockey East</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292f33; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maine</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drink a Stroh’s since it was popular in the 90’s but barely exists now</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNH</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Fail at throwing a goldfish on the floor then take a drink</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Union</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Offer your drink to the person next you for a buyout of 2 times its actual worth</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13.<span style="color: magenta;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;">North Dakota</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;">-</span> Take a drink and have someone record you. Then watch the video over 10 times before determining that you must continue to drink #reviewforever</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Minnesota</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Take a drink or scream #gopherkyourself at whoever is nearest you</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">15.<span style="color: lime;"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: lime;">Denver</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">- Play LMFAO “shots” while you take a drink </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;">16</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #b01600;">. <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Bode Wilde/Oliver Wahlstrom</b>-</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">When Bode Wilde and Oliver Wahlstrom gets drafted , text two of your ex's and say you just got a promotion </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">17. <span style="color: red;"><b>Cornell</b></span>- Take a drink and then lose to a BU grad in something</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Any ruling clarifications can be tweeted to @BurntBoats, @Bartrhett, and @BSRS_Blog</span><br />
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The Terriers have begun to play the way they they are capable of late with increased contributions from Cam Crotty, Kasper Kotkansalo(Finland World Junior team), Drew Melanson, Brady Tkahcuk and Logan Cockerill among others. They will need continued improvement from them along with Jake Oettinger(save percentage down 25 points from last season) in net in order to make the second half surge for some hardware.<br />
<br />quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-54986097656851436552017-10-22T14:28:00.000-04:002017-10-22T14:31:52.544-04:00Terriers take 3 of 4 points from UconnThe BU Terriers bounced back this weekend after getting swept last by Minnesota State last weekend at Agganis Arena. Friday night UConn <a href="http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/recaps18.php?mbu_con1.o20">battled to a 2-2 tie</a> while the Terriers flew to a <a href="http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/boxes18.php?mbu_con1.o21">6-3 victory</a> yesterday.<br />
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The story of the weekend was Bobo Carpenter as he scored 5 of the Terriers 8 goals on the weekend with two being shorthanded on Friday and then three yesterday being on the powerplay. Carpenter stepped up this weekend taking over the goal scoring role that Patrick Harper and Shane Bowers had been carrying through the first four games. He now leads the Terriers with Harper with 8 points in their first 6 games. Jordan Greenway(2 assists) and Pat Curry(2 goals) also a big day yesterday for the Terriers. Curry showed off some of his scoring ability to reward Coach Quinn for his promotion into a top 6 forward role.<br />
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UConn definitely does not have as much skill as years past but this is the most points BU has gotten from them in a series since they joined HE. The Terriers also took three points in 2014-2015 from UConn. It would have been nice to take all four points from UConn who is most likely heading for another finish in the bottom half of Hockey East but if you take 3 points from each opponent in the league. You would also be undefeated in the league which is not bad I guess.<br />
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In other big news in Hockey East, BC coach Jerry York set the all time record for most losses in collegiate hockey history this weekend as the pigeons from Newton got swept at St. Cloud State. For all the recognition York got for breaking the all time win record a few years ago, there has been silence from the Heights about his newest record. When your coach becomes the biggest loser in history, I feel like you should acknowledge it. Hopefully BU will recognize Coach York and his great accomplishment when he visits Agganis later this year. It's the right thing to do. He passed former Michigan State coach Rick Comley with the loss on Friday and now stands at 618 career losses. I would like to personally congratulate Coach York on his great accomplishment. See who says BU fans can't recognize BC's records.<br />
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BU returns to action next weekend with games hosting defending national champs Denver who are overrated and BU should beat easily and then a tough road game at Providence on Saturday. Denver is coming off a tie and win against Lake Superior State last weekend as they come east to face BU and BC on Friday and Saturday night.quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-49653554042076921632017-10-12T00:30:00.000-04:002017-10-12T00:36:32.745-04:00Terriers open the season with 2 EZAC victoriesThe 2017-2018 BU Terriers started off the season on the right start as they defeated the Union Dutchmen and Quinnipiac Bobcats by 5-2 and 3-2 scores respectively. The highlights for both games are posted below but the story of the season so far has been the strong play from sophomore Patrick Harper who has four goals in two games while freshman Shane Bowers has a goal per game including the OT game winner this past Sunday versus Quinnipiac.<br />
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1. <b><span style="color: red;">They are a young team that went 2-0 to start the year against good teams</span></b>- Yeah yeah I know everyone talks about how young BU is every year but this is the first time since 2014-2015 season that the Terriers have started 2-0 and I would rather be a young 2-0 team that is already finding ways to win than an old team that is already finding ways to lose(sup Lowell fans?)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>2. Patrick Harper is very good</b></span>- The scoring distribution obviously needs to even out as Harper probably cannot score 70 goals in a season but him being so dynamic early on is a great sign that he can be the jumpstart up front when BU needs goals. Greenway, Carpenter, Tkachuk, Crone and Co are going to get their goals and when they do BU is going to be tougher to beat than they already are<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>3. Oettinger has been only okay(by his standards) and is still a top 5 goalie in the country</b></span>- Watching the first two games for BU, I would say sophomore goalie Jake Oettinger has been pretty good but not great by his standards. The first goal versus Quinnipiac was from a bad angle and one he wants back I'm sure. The second was from fairly far out with little traffic that he probably makes a save on 75% of the time. Then you look at his stats and he has a .946 save percentage which is probably not sustainable and you remember how lucky you are as a fan of a team with a goalie of this caliber. Also helps you appreciate how good BU has been so far at controlling the game and limiting quality chances.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>4. The rest of the league sucks this year</b></span>- Yeah its early but Lowell got swept by UNH which is embarrassing and no other teams have any victories of note. PC beat an okay Miami team and BC tied Quinnipiac. Northeastern beating a pathetic Sacred Heart team will have 0 impact on how their season turns out.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>5. Staying out of the box</b></span>- The Terriers have found a way to be on the right side of the penalties so far while still playing physical hockey. This will be the key to the season. The ability to stay out of the box while still getting to the net will be key. Jordan Greenway has been his usual beast self down low and drawing plenty of after the whistle attention from opponents who can't stop him so they try to draw matching penalties. The refs should do more to protect him as opposition basically have been given the right to just go at him so far with no risk of a penalty but you know who is going to the box as soon as he hits them back and they crumble to the ice like they just tore their ACL.<br />
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The Terriers return to action this weekend against Minnesota State which will be another matchup against an older team that the Terriers will need to continue to grow to beat<br />
<br />quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-26394671711103398712017-09-30T14:42:00.000-04:002017-09-30T14:42:06.992-04:00Terriers begin season with the DutchmenBU hockey gets back to<a href="http://www.goterriers.com/news/2017/9/29/mens-ice-hockey-no-2-terriers-host-no-16-union-in-2017-18-opener.aspx"> action tonight</a> in an oddly scheduled September regular season game against the #16 ranked Union Dutchmen. This will be a great way for the Terriers to see how they stack up early in the season as they play two quality ECAC teams with an exhibition game in between the next two weekends.<br />
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The Terriers bring in 9 freshmen to this year's team highlighted by future first round pick Brady Tkachuk and this year's first round pick Shane Bowers as well as NHL draft picks Kasper Kotkansalo, David Farrance and Cam Crotty on defense. Ultimately, this team will go as far as the returning players take it. Captain Brandon Hickey should have a great senior year on defense with Bobo Carpenter, Patrick Harper and Jordan Greenway pacing the top 6 forwards with Jake Oettinger being a stud in net. Union returns a 41 point scorer in Sebastian Vidmar but the Dutchmen have some of their own holes to fill left by Mike Vecchione and Spencer Foo. Official prediction is a 3-2 BU victory.<br />
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11. Mainequackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-45485318939060983862017-08-25T10:54:00.000-04:002017-08-25T10:54:50.660-04:002016-2017 Hockey East Officiating Recap #RefCorsiThe 2016-2017 season was another one for the record books in Hockey East. Sure the conference had plenty of great players but the real stars on the ice once again were the people everyone pays to come see, the officials. Now I don't mean to be too rude to the refs since I scream at them enough during the season from my seat but pointing out trends of incompetence is one of my favorite summer activities hence why you have the 4th annual ref corsi post(<a href="http://baystateroadsports.blogspot.com/2016/03/hockey-east-ref-corsi-espisode-iii.html">last year's post</a>).<br />
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Hockey East had an average of 24.69 penalty minutes called in games which were called by Hockey East officials last year(excluding the NCAA tournament). This is up 2.09 minutes/game from 2015-2016 numbers and up 4.5 minutes per game from the 2014-2015 season. The disparity between penalties called on BU and their opponents has also increased in each of the last three years as BU was called for 23 more penalty minutes than their opponents in 2014-2015, 39 in 2015-2016 and 54 in 2016-2017. I don't want to say this is all on the officials(only like 97% Koharski's fault). Some of it does fall on Kieffer Bellows trying to take every possible stick penalty there is in the rule book for the first half of last season. Maybe this disparity is because the refs don't like this post in which case I guess this is all my fault. Without further ado here are the rankings:<br />
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1. <span style="color: red;"><b>Thomas Quinn</b></span>- <b>28.92 pms/game +11.7pms/game</b>- Now most BU fans are used to having a guy named Quinn being #1 in their hearts but this isn't a situation where being at the top is a good thing. This was a bad year for Quinny. Some might say the 13-14 BU team of reffing seasons. Fun fact about Quinn though is he called the exact same number of games this year as last year(13).<br />
2. <b><span style="color: red;">Tim Benedetto</span>- 26.12 pms/game +2.4</b>- Old friend Timmy enjoys another year in the top 10 of penalty minutes called. After years of watching him calls games, I am starting to feel for him. I think he just always get games with the whistle happy guys *cough Shea and Hansen cough*<br />
3. <b><span style="color: red;">Jack Millea</span>- 25.65 pms/game +3.0</b>- Jack is the workhorse of HE officials. Doing over 31 games this past year after doing 27 last year. The real question is the rise in penalty minutes called a concerning trend or just a one year fluke of working with the donkey refs in the league(see more on the donkeys below)<br />
4.<b> <span style="color: red;">Kevin Shea</span>- 25.64 pms/game +4.9</b>- Last year I actually said something nice about one of my archrivals KShea and this is how he repays me. The only explanation for this is that I didn't yell at him enough this past season to keep him honest. This will be corrected this coming year as a favor to him and all HE fans.<br />
5. <b><span style="color: red;">Jamie Koharski</span>- 25.64 pms/game +3.8</b>- The son of a NHL ref actually had a pretty good year outside of the 3-4 BU games he did in the second half of the season. For whatever reason, he called everything and anything against BU to the point the crowd was full on booing him on and off the ice(not just me). Very sad to see this happen to a guy with a family pedigree in refereeing. Some are now questioning whether he still has it.<br />
6. <b><span style="color: red;">Scott Hansen</span>- 25.56 pms/game +3.8-</b> Hansen is the one ref in the league to give Quinn a penalty that I can remember over the last few season so he automatically sucks.<br />
7. <b><span style="color: red;">Geoff Miller</span>- 25.46 pms/game <span style="color: red;">-2.0</span>-</b> For all the crap I give Miller on Twitter, he actually had one of the biggest drops in penalty minutes called this past season. Congrats to Miller to responding to constructive criticism the right way.<br />
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8. <b><span style="color: red;">Thomas Fryer</span>- 25.25 pms/game +3.1</b>- Fryer's penalty minutes called may gone up but he still goes down as the ref with the coolest last name<br />
9. <b><span style="color: red;">Chris Federico</span>- 25.19 pms/game +10.0</b>- The second biggest jump in the field goes to a middle of the pack guy as he had the fewest penalty minutes called of any HE ref last season so he had nowhere to go but up(not good in this case)<br />
10. <b><span style="color: red;">Michael Baker</span>- 24.5 pms/game <span style="color: red;">-3.6</span></b>- The 2nd biggest drop in the league goes to the Bake man himself as his high numbers dropped over 13% from last season to this one.<br />
11. <b><span style="color: red;">Terrence Murphy</span>- 23.88 pms/game<span style="color: red;"> - 4.6</span></b>- Murph is another ref who brought the A+ effort in trying to improve this year<br />
t12. <b><span style="color: red;">Tim Low</span>- 23.58 pms/game + 2.5</b>- T Low has easily got the most swagga in the league for all refs. Something about watching him coming bopping to the music out of the tunnel is hilarious and he is always in the bottom half of pms called so its a win win.<br />
t12. <b><span style="color: red;">Andy O'Brien</span>- 23.58 pms.game +8.4</b>- OB is one of the best in the business since he stays out of the way. The large increase in penalties called is still a red flag to me though. Hopefully he isn't getting too cocky out there.<br />
14. <b><span style="color: red;">John Gravalese</span>- 23.1 pms/game<span style="color: red;"> -0.7</span></b>- Grav is basically a living legend at this point. I used to hate him but he has grown on me as he has gotten older<br />
15. <b><span style="color: red;">Jeff Bunyon</span>- 22.7 pms/game + 5.4</b>- Bunyon is a real enigma out there. To see him down towards the bottom of penalty minutes called two years in a row is baffling since it is the same guy who threw out Coach Parker in 2012 when he was nothing but polite to him.<br />
16. <b><span style="color: red;">Stephen McInchak</span>- 21.57 pms/game</b> <b>N/A</b>- His first year in the rankings since he usually doesn't call enough games to qualify.<br />
17. <b><span style="color: red;">Peter Schliddernhart</span>- 21.45 pms/game <span style="color: red;">-3.9</span></b>- Schliddernhart was the second most improved this past season and should be recognized for it. Give the man a cookie<br />
18. <b><span style="color: red;">Kevin Keenan</span>- 20.44 pms/game <span style="color: red;">- 2.5</span></b>- KK is the king of Hockey East refs this year. He is the Jack Eichel of the reffing world now. People will be showing up in droves for games that he is calling and going "damn there goes Kevin Keenan defending BSRS ref corsi champion".<br />
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**shoutout to Cam Voss who may not be calling HE games anymore but is not forgotten #2015BeanpotFinal<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This good news came out tonight of Chestnut Hill as top BC recruit/their only good recruit was reportedly denied admission to the University. Tolvanen will have his options as soon as he is drafted which will include the AHL, CHL, and transferring to another school such as UConn or UMass which traditionally have lower admission standards(see Letunov, Maxim). Tolvanen is expected to be a mid first round pick tomorrow night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now to why you clicked on this post: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Official #BUTwitter NHL Draft Drinking Game</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">If a player from each school is drafted, complete the drinking challenge associated with that school</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">1. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><b>BU</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- Finish your drink/ shotgun a beer</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">2.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><b> BC</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- a)Drink a glass of dessert wine because if that happens it won't be until the end of the draft</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">4. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">PC</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- Take a drink and then complain that someone else's drinking technique was "as bad as you have seen"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">5. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000;"><b>UMass</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- Take a shot of <strike>Maker's</strike> Makars Mark</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">6. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Merrimack</span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- Take as many shots as you can #Corsi</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. <b>UNH</b>- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fail at throwing a goldfish on the floor then take a drink</span></span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> We will be tweeting throughout the first round(most likely pictures of our empties) so please join in and </span></span>quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-60060078209443166012017-04-24T15:26:00.003-04:002017-04-24T15:27:18.429-04:00Senior Series Post #3- Doyle SomerbyThis is the third part series of a three part senior series on BU hockey senior class (<a href="http://baystateroadsports.blogspot.com/2017/04/senior-series-tommy-kelley.html"><span style="color: #f00000;">Part 1- Tommy Kelley</span></a> and <a href="http://baystateroadsports.blogspot.com/2017/04/senior-series-nick-roberto.html">Part 2- Nick Roberto</a>)<br />
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<a href="http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=177665">Doyle Somerby</a> played the most games out of any Terrier in this year's senior class with 151 games as staple of BU's defensive corps including a brief appearance at forward this season due to injuries to the roster. Somerby was a regular in the lineup ever since he arrived on campus and was easily noticeable with large size and physical play. Somerby was a regular on the penalty kill all four years on campus and was a lot of times used as BU's go to defensive d pairing especially this season with defensive partner John Macleod. <br />
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Doyle Somerby finishes it off and the Terriers have tied it up! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCAAHockey?src=hash">#NCAAHockey</a> <a href="https://t.co/xGF26Jsctw">pic.twitter.com/xGF26Jsctw</a></div>
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Somerby's <a href="https://www.bu.edu/today/2017/doyle-somerby-hockey/">senior leadership</a> this year was vital to the team's success as BU was the youngest team in the nation and only had three seniors and Somerby being the most battle tested out of those three. Somerby was the leader of a team this year that was one bounce away from a Frozen Four appearance for the second time in three seasons. <br />
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The Iron Terrier Award goes to Doyle Somerby. Given for character, strength, dedication & discipline in the weight room & off-ice training.</div>
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Somerby was drafted in the 5th round of the 2012 draft by the New York Islanders but will be weighing all of his options on his first professional contract by waiting until the August 15th deadline. Somerby will certainly have more options to sign a favorable contract at that time as LKas Vegas will have entered the league creating 8 more NHL level defensemen spots. Now Somerby will most likely not be plugged into a NHL lineup run away as he has a NHL body but will most likely need a year or two at the AHL level to further develop since he only switched to playing defenseman full time his final year of prep hockey at Kimball Union. I would expect Somerby to sign an AHL deal similar where he feels comfortable continuing his development similar to Ahti Oksanen did last season when he signed with the Rangers organizations and former coach Steve Greeley. <br />
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Doyle Somerby, <a href="https://twitter.com/TerrierHockey">@TerrierHockey</a>'s captain, will wait until Aug. 15 to pursue his options, per source. He was drafted by NY Islanders in 2012.</div>
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Somerby will graduate from BU with a degree in broadcast journalism and while he will almost certainly be playing professional hockey somewhere next fall, it certainly never hurts to have a degree from the best university on the face of the planet as a backup plan. Best of luck to Doyle as he begins his professional career.<br />
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— Matt Dresens (@TheBUHockeyBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBUHockeyBlog/status/852173127509565443">April 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile Jordan Greenway <a href="http://hockey.dailyfreepress.com/2017/04/12/jordan-greenway-to-return-for-junior-season/">announced his intent</a>(things can always change) to return to BU for his junior season today. This basically solidifies what BU's roster will look like next season barring any mid-summer departures. A lineup opening night would look like something similar to below but obviously things can always change once the players arrive on campus and begin practicing. I think the thing that stands out the most is that BU will in all likelihood have 7 drafted dmen next year which I would have to think is unheard of in the history of college hockey. <br />
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Nick Roberto was the <a href="http://www.espn.com/blog/boston/high-school/post/_/id/23927/kuas-roberto-changes-commitment-to-bu">first recruit of the David Quinn era</a> at BU and much like his classmates, he will leave Comm Ave with quite the story to explain his college career. Roberto amassed 44 points over 113 career games for the Terriers including 6 NCAA tournament games. The points were not always the prettiest thing in the world but Roberto always played hard and found ways to produce for his team(see below). That presence will certainly be missed next year.<br />
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Roberto will certainly be remembered on Comm Ave for a majority of the reasons but I would hope the lasting image for most fans is a quality, hardworking forward who was a leader on a team a bounce away from the Frozen Four. He will certainly be missed at BU where four year players come at a premium. Roberto will have options both in and outside of hockey after he graduates this spring. He was not drafted by an NHL team but I could easily see an AHL team giving him a shot if he wants to go that route. Good luck to Nick in all his future endeavors.quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-89075758441709730952017-04-03T11:01:00.000-04:002017-04-03T22:15:44.527-04:00Senior Series: Tommy Kelley<i>This is the first post in the 2016-2017 Senior Series: Posts on Nick Roberto and Doyle Somerby to follow.</i><br />
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Tommy Kelley arrived at Boston University as a true freshman right out of St.. Sebastian's high school. At St. Seb's, Kelley put up 66 points including 34 goals over his last two seasons. That production was good enough to earn a spot on a roster at BU as he was recruited by former BU coaches , the legend Jack Parker and former associate head coach Mike Bavis. Kelley arrived on campus for the 2013-2014 despite a change in the coaching staff as former head coach Jack Parker retired and new coach David Quinn took over. I would imagine that this was a tough situation for a freshman who reportedly was not set to arrive on campus for sure until there were departures from Matt Nieto and Sahir Gill after the previous season. Kelley made the most of his opportunities and played in 32 games his freshman season under the new bench boss. <br />
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Kelley would go on to play 86 games for the BU Terriers over four seasons and accumulate 8 points for the Terriers with the above goal being my personal favorite. Kelley went from a freshman trying to find his role under a new coach to one of the leaders on this year's team. Kelley played 32 games his freshman year on a sub .500 team and then only four games his sophomore year on a team that went to the national championship game and then back to 30+ games in each of his junior and senior season on teams that went to the NCAA tournament. He was a normal penalty killer on this year's BU team who lead Hockey East in penalty kill %. In other words, Kelley has been through the ups and downs while at BU and certainly has a promising career moving forward whether it's in hockey or not. Kelley will have options if he wants to continue to purse hockey. He could lead the <a href="http://thesphl.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=9768050&seasonid=16269">SPHL in pts/game like Mike Moran</a>, who is a first year pro who graduated from last year's BU team. He certainly always appeared to handle himself the correct way on the ice and was well liked by his teammates. I certainly wish Tommy the best of luck moving forward.<br />
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The next round matchup was with another NCHC opponent in Minnesota Duluth who BU had beaten in the same round of the 2015 NCAA tournament on their way to the national championship game. While the final score was the same(3-2), the opposite team came out on top on this one. The similarities between this game and the regional final from 2015 are pretty crazy. In both games, SOG were almost equal<a href="http://hockeyeastonline.com/men/boxes15.php?mbu_mnd1.m28">(27-27 in 2015</a>, <a href="http://hockeyeastonline.com/men/boxes17.php?mbu_mnd1.m25">22-20 UMD in 2017</a>). The eventual winning team in both games took a 2-1 lead in the third only to give up a game tying goal to make it 2-2. Both game winning goals were powerplay goals with the only difference is this year's version came in OT. The loss ends BU's season while Duluth moves on to face Harvard in the Frozen Four in Chicago. Hockey is a game where you need to get some luck and bounces to win games especially in one and done tournaments such as the NCAA's. BU got bounces in 2015 and on Friday against North Dakota and didn't Saturday night in OT. It's not anyone's fault, it's just how the game goes sometimes. The only way to avoid it is to play so well that the game doesn't get to OT but against the #2 team in the country you can't expect that out of any team. <br />
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The loss ends the career for the three seniors Tommy Kelley, Nick Roberto(who lost a year due to the NCAA being assholes), and captain Doyle Somerby. I will touch more on each of them in the coming days when I do the senior posts but they have been through the ringer while at BU. Kelley and Somerby were recruited by the old coaching staff and had to wonder where they fit into the program moving forward once Coach Quinn was hired. Roberto endured a year long suspension to take the fall for others last season and they all endured the 10 win season their freshman year. Good luck to all of them in their future endeavors.<br />
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The loss of underclassmen is what can hurt hockey programs all over the country for the next season. The BU coaching staff understands this as they recruit to replace players likely to leave for the NHL. One such departure has already taken place with freshman forward <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/on_campus/2017/03/bu_star_clayton_keller_signs_with_coyotes_will_debut_tomorrow">Clayton Keller signing with the Arizona Coyotes</a> who took him 7th overall in this past year's draft. Keller was a stud for BU this year and is set to make his NHL debut tonight in his hometown of St. Louis. There could be more to come for BU players as Jordan Greenway, JFK, Charlie McAvoy, and Brandon Hickey will have opportunities to sign professional contracts if they so choose. I will never fault a kid for signing a professional contract and leaving school early if that's what they think is best for their career. BU has quite the freshman class coming in again next year to replace these types of players. It will most likely be an 8 man class with 5 of those 8 likely to be drafted along with freshman goalie Jake Oettinger who is draft eligible this year. Due to this class, BU has the potential to be an even deeper team next year than they were this year and they will again be one of the most talented teams in the country and a title contender. quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-37530670337063939382017-03-12T22:36:00.001-04:002017-03-12T22:36:39.322-04:00BU sweeps lil bro, ends their seasonThe BU Terriers overcame 2-0 deficits to beat their crosstown<strike> rival </strike>opponent in the Hockey East Quarterfinal round. In both nights BU dug themselves early 2-0 deficits in the first period where they would climb within one in the second period and then tie and win the game in the third/OT with both game winners coming on powerplay goals. Northeastern boats one of the strongest offensive groups in the nation so it was a real good sign as the postseason kicks off that BU's defense and goaltending held them to four goals over two games. That defense may take a hit if defenseman John Macleod, out was injured Friday night, is out long term. Macleod has been the most improved defenseman and maybe player on the roster for the Terriers is a key penalty killer for the team. Bobo Carpenter was also banged up over the weekend but according to Coach Quinn's postgame comments may be back in the lineup next weekend.<br />
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The Terriers move on to the Hockey East semifinals against familiar foe Boston College who is fighting for their NCAA tournament lives going into the game. Motivation should be no factor in a rivalry game like this but BC needs a win to have any chance of a NCAA berth and to beat BU once in the 2016-2017 season. BC certainly showed that with a 2 game sweep and thumping of UVM in the QF round. With that said, the biggest challenge for BU is that BC is so bad offensively it will be difficult for them to put themselves into the comfortable 2-0 hole that they dug themselves into against Northeastern both games this past weekend. BC has only scored two goals in three games against BU so it will take some real defensive breakdowns in order for them to score two goals in one game.<br />
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These games also happen to decide the conference championship for the season. The Terriers currently sit tied for second at 27 league points. They are two points back of BC and tied with Lowell with one game in hand on both while ND sits one point back of the Terriers and RiverHawks. The Terriers control their own destiny in that they guarantee themselves a share of the league title with two wins this weekend. I would be worried playing Notre Dame with a league title on the line but as Kieffer Bellows said after last week's game "We got our swagger back" . Time for two more bricks in the wall.<br />
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This game figures to have some highlight reel plays as Beanpot championships typically do. Harvard have some top end forwards with Alex Kerfoot, Tyler Moy, Ryan Donato and Co and are backstopped by Merrick Madsen who is amazingly average with a .918 save percentage which actually gets him an A in one of his stats classes at Harvard according to sources.<br />
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BU will be playing for their first trophy of the season tomorrow which should get BU fans excited as the Beanpot always does. Just don't expect any casual fans to be rooting for the Terriers as well. Enough other college hockey fans hate the Beanpot already because they aren't invited. You add that on top of how easy it is to hate a very talented team like BU and you will have BU fans versus the rest of college hockey tomorrow night. It's a lot more fun to win trophies when it ticks off people all over the continent in the process anyway.<br />
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The Terriers got a powerplay goal from freshman bruiser Pat Curry and then added late tallies from sophomores JFK and Bobo to sweep the conference series with their rival. The teams will face off again on the first Monday of the Beanpot and BU will probably shut them out again.<br />
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This <a href="http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2016/12/21_talented_bu_seeks_consistency.php">CHN story</a> on BU's first half has some good quotes from Quinn on what he thought of the team's first half and what he expects for the second half once he gets 7 players back from the WJC.<br />
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Speaking of World Juniors, while Clayton Keller, Jordan Greenway, Charlie McAvoy, Kieffer Bellows, and Patrick Harper dominate games for the US and Dante Fabbro helps make Canada somewhat likable as a country, good friend of BSRS, BurntBoats has started selling a great t shirt for all BU/USA fans. The shirt not only looks great but it cures all of your aches and pains especially back pain that a lot of BU fans have from carrying the rest of the country through World Juniors.<br />
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Happy to welcome Nico Lynch to our team! He takes the spot of Max Prawdzik, who will take second semester off. <a href="https://t.co/giibR3GV1C">https://t.co/giibR3GV1C</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoBU?src=hash">#GoBU</a></div>
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Through the first half of the Hockey East schedule, penalty minutes were up over 6 minutes per game from last year and over 8 minutes per game from two years ago. This is no surprise as the NCAA as a whole has looked to call games tighter. My boy Kevin Shea has still found a way to lead all refs with 34.2 pms/game. Stephen McInchak called the least amount of penalty minutes/game with 20.6 but he does Notre Dame games mostly so those numbers are not necessarily indicative of his reffing style overall. I would vote for Chris Millea as my first half ref MVP since I can't recall him being a ref for regular season games but he did three this semester according to the HE website and came in below the league average at 27.33 PM's per game for three games. He was also killin' it as a liney with style almost as good as T. Low's(another HE ref for any ref corsi newbs). First half MVP for linesmen is Tommy George because he has reffed at the Olympics and he loves my ref corsi posts. Stay tuned at the end of the regular season for my big ref corsi post and breakdown. I think some refs are in for some big second half comebacks(looking at you and your 32.7pm's/game Jack Millea)quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-4679333830586902016-12-07T23:26:00.000-05:002016-12-07T23:26:22.646-05:00BU takes 3 out of 4 points from PCThe BU Terriers continued to find ways to take points from opponents without their full lineup available. The Terriers won Friday night at Providence College without the services of Clayton Keller(injury), Jordan Greenway(team violation) and Nick Roberto after he was ejected early in the first period. The Terriers were outshot by over a 2:1(39 to 18) margin but freshman Jake Oettinger stood on his head to lead the Terriers to a come from behind victory. The Terriers got goals from JFK and Nikolas Olsson in under two minutes to the second period. The Terriers were undisciplined when it came to penalties taking 8 penalties on the night but killed all 7 powerplays that PC was awarded.<br />
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Before World Juniors and the winter break for the rest of the team, the Terriers have two crucial league games with surprisingly successful Vermont Catamounts as well as a non league game next Tuesday versus Yale. UVM is lead by freshman Ross Colton, sophomore Craig Puffer(such a UVM hockey player name) and senior Mario Puskarich. The Catamounts have gotten off to their best start in years at 9-3-2 and will provide a tough test for the Terriers...<br />
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Some fans on certain online forums will tell you right now that anything less than perfection means the coach should be fired and all the players aren't as good as everyone thought. I can say with certainty that 30 NHL gms and numerous NCAA coaches were not wrong on the amount of talent that BU has or how good of a coach David Quinn is. This team is very talented and has consistently brought the effort of a championship team. They got a bad break on the first goal against UConn with a lack of a tripping call and never really recovered despite dominating the first 30 minutes of the game but if that is the low point of the season, I will take it in a heartbeat. Moral of the story is fans on the internet are idiots besides me, I'm a genius.<br />
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quackquackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163150966853812372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588925780510003226.post-58876242790185525542016-11-10T14:48:00.001-05:002016-11-10T14:51:11.040-05:00BU take 3/4 from Lil bro, lose Keller for 'a while'The BU Terriers took 3 out of a possible 4 points last weekend in a home and home with their little brother/Northeastern. BU played well offensively both nights but played more disciplined and defensively responsible on Saturday night which lead to a <a href="http://hockeyeastonline.com/men/boxes17.php?mbu_noe1.n05">3-0 shutout</a> win after a<a href="http://hockeyeastonline.com/men/boxes17.php?mbu_noe1.n04"> 4-4 tie</a> on Friday night at Matthews Arena. Jordan Greenway, who scored the go ahead goal before taking a misconduct penalty while celebrating was benched for the first period of Saturday's night game by Coach Quinn who appeared to want to send a message that any type of celebrating penalty will not be tolerated. <br />
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BU picked up a huge commitment for next season yesterday with star forward <a href="http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=216102">Shane Bowers</a> of the USHL announcing his commitment to BU. Bowers picked <a href="http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hockey-east/2016/10/27/13447614/shane-bowers-commits-to-boston-university">BU over BC and Wisconsin</a> because he probably wants to win in college and then play in the NHL which you can only do at one of those three schools right now. Bowers is the latest addition to another stacked class for David Quinn and Co. and should be the last the forward commitment for the 2017 class. Bowers joins classmates Logan Cockerill, Brady Tkachuck, Ty Amonte, and Hank Crone as forwards for next year's class.<br />
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BU is obviously loaded up at forward for next year and prepared for possible early departures that will most likely take place after this season. David Quinn and the rest of the staff are making BU a great place play and watch hockey. You see fans every summer complaining about guys leaving early to go to play in the AHL but that should never happen at BU. I would love for JFK, McAvoy and Greenway to come back next year for their junior seasons but if they don't they have very talented guys to come in and replace them.<br />
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The BU Terriers get back on the winning track in their regular season opener with a convincing 7-0 victory over Sacred Heart. BU got goals from 7 different players including the first collegiate goals for freshmen Dante Fabbro and Chad Krys. The Terriers were lead by Jordan Greenway and Nick Roberto(sucks to suck NCAA) who each had a goal and two assists while freshman Jake Oettinger recorded his first career shutout in net.<br />
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Your outlook: Better than the four previously mentioned teams but still not a serious contender. It really is amazing how top heavy of a roster former BC assistant coach Cavanuagh has assembled down in Storrs. There are literally four good players on the entire roster. Actually, it is quite believable if you take a look at BC's roster. Letunov fell into his lap when his academics became an issue everywhere else. They still have little to no depth throughout the roster despite having average goaltending and two 30+ point scorers last season. They should be better but they won't be because their assistant coach(Joe Pereira) is 10X the coach that their head coach is and ever will be.<br />
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