Crybaby Mankins to report to Patriots tomorrow

Adam Schefter just broke a story on ESPN that LG Logan Mankins will report to the Patriots tomorrow morning. Mankins has been holding out since refusing to sign his franchise tender at the beginning of the season. Mankins will report and sing his 3.2 million dollar tender. The amount of playing time he will see will remained to be seen. He will be eligible to play this Sunday in Cleveland.

Moss waived by Vikings?

According to a report by the NFL Network, Randy Moss has been waived by the Vikings a day after his five minute rant in his post game press conference about how much he loved playing in New England and that the Vikings coaching staff did not listen to his advice much leading up to the game against New England. Moss had only had 13 catches for 174 yards and 3 TDs since coming to the Vikings from New England for a third round draft pick. Some people were criticizing the Patriots for not getting more but the move could now look genius. The team could very easily choose to sign Moss back for a huge pay cut since he is not very attractive on the open market right now except to the Jets who are probably willing to sign him just to avoid facing him a third time in a season. It will be interesting if anyone steps and makes a claim as the Patriots will not. If he comes back to New England it would be once he cleared waivers and was a free agent. Even then, I don't think Belichick messes with the team's mojo that it has going right now. Moss would be a distraction and that is not what a 6-1 Patriots team needs right now.

BU moves up polls again...now #3 in USCHO.COM poll

Our Terriers continue to climb in the polls this season. The Terriers have been ranked #3 nationally in the latest USCHO.com poll including seven first place votes. The top ten remained fairly consistent though with only some leapfrogging within the top ten.
1. Miami 5-1-2 - They had a three point weekend which is enough to hold onto your spot no matter where you are ranked
2. Minnesota Duluth- 6-0-2- They received eight first place votes and with that undefeated record probably deserved a few more.
3. BU- 6-0-1- This might be the highest we get all season in the national polls as we have beaten up on the bottom of Hockey East to climb in the rankings since taking down #11 Notre Dame and #18 Wisconsin in the Ice Breaker. This is a young team that will be tested for real by #7 Maine this weekend. If they play like they did Saturday night against Lowell, Maine will run us out of the building.
4. BC 4-2- This drop was expected after a tough loss at Merrimack's high school hockey rink on Saturday night. Expect a big bounce back Tuesday night at the expense of Lowell and BC to see the #1 ranking again at some point this season. This team is going to be battling all season through the ups and downs of defending a national title.
5. Yale 2-0- On the positive, they finally played some fucking games and won. I don't get how they received a first place vote based on two games. Congrats on putting the studying on hold for two nights to play some hockey.
6. Michigan-4-1-3- Dont really know much about these guys but seems like the ties have sent them down in the polls
7. Maine-4-1-2- They have like every big time scorer in the nation on one team. Big matchup this week with BU at Agannis Arena on Saturday night.
8.Nebraska-Omaha-5-1-0- Record speaks for itself here
9. North Dakota-4-3-1- They rebounded from a two loss to Maine last weekend to only drop one spot in the polls.
10.New Hampshire-2-1-2- They put up a touchdown on Cornell but stay in the #10 spot because they only played one game this weekend.

Bonino Gets the Call Up

Former Terrier standout and current member of the Anaheim Ducks organization Nick Bonino has been called up from the Syracuse Crunch to the big club, according to syracuse.com. This call up comes on the tail end of Bonino pouring in two goals on Saturday night, to go along with the 7 assists he has tallied thus far this year. Obviously there is no guarantee that he will be up with Ducks for a significant amount of time, but we here hope he stays there for a while.

Hockey East Weekend Roundup: Halloween Edition

That's right, it was a busy couple days of play on this Halloween weekend (if you were wondering, I didn't dress up. Neither did QuackQuack. Although we applaud any holiday where a person can act like somebody they aren't, it's the American way). So let's get to it.

1. Maine - Holds on to the top spot with a 3-2 OT victory over Vermont on Saturday night. Not the prettiest of wins over not the prettiest of teams, but a W is a W. Plus, Maine players are littered across the list of top scorers in the nation, so they have that going for them. Which is nice. Anyways, Maine looks to keep their prestigious top spot with a game against our very own Terriers next Saturday at Agganis.

2. BC - A win and a loss allows BC to keep their #2 spot for another week. Look, while some people may jump all over BC for losing to the Mack, I cannot see a reason to. Merrimack has won like 50 out of 51 straight games at home (over-exaggeration), which i blame on their shed of an arena. BC is still one of the top teams in the country, and definitely should not drop in the polls after a split with Merrimack. BC will be back in action against UMLowell for some rare weekday action on Tuesday night.

3. BU - While Saturday night's win may not have been overly convincing, well, a W is a W. However, I will say this - I do not believe our Terriers are as good as the polls may put them on Monday. I believe we are extremely talented, yet extremely young and therefore prone to seemingly unexplainable lulls and letdowns. Our first big Hockey East test when UMaine comes into town this Saturday, so we will see after that.

4. UNH - Only in play once this weekend, UNH made their 60 minutes of action count in a convincing 7-4 victory over top 20 ranked Cornell. UNH is another one of those teams that often can score at will, but if you can D up on their forwards then you can probably beat them. Anyways, UNH faces a tough test this Friday at Boston College.

5. Merrimack - As much as it pains me to move them up in my rankings, they did split with a better BC team this weekend. Their strength is no doubt their forwards, so a solid defensive output by an opposing team would suffice to beat them. Plus, I don't care how good you are at home. You have to play the other half of your games on the road. Deal with it.

6. Vermont - UVM lost in OT to a very good UMaine team this weekend. If they had won then they might have found themselves moving on up, but alas it was not to be. The Catamounts travel to UMLowell and PC this coming next weekend.

7. Providence College - Well this is weird. A tie and a victory on their part and some losses around the league equals PC sliding forward a few spots this week. I hope this doesn't last. I don't like it.

8. UMass Lowell - A tough loss Saturday after a pretty good handling on Friday leads to the #8 spot this week for ULowell. I have to say I was impressed with their grit and determination on Saturday, and I think they might be able to surprise some teams this year. For now, they sit here.

9. UMass - Amherst - A loss and a tie against PC just isn't what this team needed. After good showings earlier in the year, this was a huge letdown from a team that honestly needs to bring it for 60 minutes every night to win.

10. Northeastern - Losses to Bentley and Holy Cross? Dear lord, that's bad. Get it together N'Eastern.