The BU
Terriers will face the Lowell Riverhawks in the best college hockey matchup of
the weekend. This Hockey East Quarterfinal round between the 4 and 5 seed of
the conference is easily the best matchup in the conference this weekend. The
only other series that will be even remotely interesting Northeastern at Notre
Dame because of their good history in South Bend(3-2-1 vs ND over the past
three seasons). Providence and BC should take care of their series rather
easily but then again both choked away QF series a year ago so anything is
possible there.
The
Terriers face a rested Lowell team who did not play last weekend as BU toyed
with and eventually defeated UMass in a Hockey East first round series. Lowell
fans and Hockey East fans in general are trying to point to BU's lack of domination as a
point of weakness going into this weekend but they are just grasping at straws. Yes, BU could have played better which I'm sure coach David Quinn has
driven home this week in practice. They do have to play better than last
weekend to beat Lowell but it is also extremely easy to not play a full hockey
game against UMass with how bad they are. Every writer, fan, living being in
the world knew BU would beat UMass last weekend. Even the drug dealers in Lowell knew BU would beat UMass and they were high for the entire college hockey schedule this season. It is tough to get motivated
for a game like that with no students on campus in fairly empty rink. They were
still +26 in shots on goal for the weekend but certainly are capable of playing
better.
