Flooded Fenway BU-Maine 3rd Period Recap

BU played Maine this weekend in Frozen Flooded Fenway. It is customary to recap the whole game but we really have no desire to relive Fenway's mismanagement of the weather anymore than we have to. The game had to withstand an hour rain/lightening/thunder delay in the first period and then teams were given ten minutes notice of when they will return to the ice. There were reports that Hockey East wanted to postpone the game until Sunday because the forecast was for sun and 40 degree temperatures as opposed to the slop that the teams were forced to play in Saturday night. Fenway obviously disagreed with re opening again the next day. Fortunately no players were seriously hurt as a result of the conditions. You can find your third period recap after the jump.

BSRS Weekly Awards

We are a little late this week with the Wednesday night game so we apologize as we know many people plan this weeks around this post...

Greg Jennings Award- given to the Terrier who best exemplifies the qualities of Greg Jennings through doin' shit and putting the team on his back. (YOU CAN'T STOP HIM)



Winner- Cason Hohmann, F- Hohmann has potted goals in his first two games since returning from a first half shoulder injury. He certainly makes a difference in this offense as he has posted 2-1-3 in the first two games of the second half.  Hohmann may not be the biggest guy on the team but he certainly knows to put the puck in the net even with a bad shoulder. He is just like Greg Jennings except he has a broken shoulder instead of a broken leg but still finds a way to put the team on his back.

Joe Pereira Trophy- Given to the Terrier who, through grit, hard work, and determination helps the team to victory on and off the scoresheet. Just like Joey did. (Interview can be read here)

Dartmouth Preview

The BU Terriers look to get back on the winning track after dropping 3 of their last 4 games dating back to the beginning of December. The Terriers take on the Darmouth College Big Green in a rare weeknight matchup tomorrow night at 7:00 at Agganis Arena. The Big Green are 2-11-2 on the season. However, they have tied their past two games against Hockey East teams in very different fashions(8-8 tie with Northeastern and a 1-1 tie with UVM). Dartmouth is lead by junior forward Eric Neiley who leads the team in goals with 9 and points with 13. Sophomore Charles Grant ( .859 save %, 3.59 GAA) is the starter in net.

While Dartmouth got off to a very rocky start to their season, they have played better as of late as their last two ties indicate. The Terriers look to bounce back from a disappointing loss at Harvard this past Saturday. They could be without forward Evan Rodrigues and Jake Moscatel who both suffered knee injuries in the game. Rodrigues was injured in a knee on knee hit late in the second period while Moscatel had trouble putting pressure on his knee after being boarded late in the third.

Without those guys in the lineup, even more responsibility to score falls on the underclassmen on this team such as Roberto and Robbie "I Like Carrots" Baillargeon. One of the things to like from Saturday night was the resiliency from the team while almost crawling out of a 3 goal deficit and snapping out of their scoring slump. Now they just need to combine the intensity on the offensive end when trailing by 3 to that on the defensive end along with stellar goaltending. O'Connor struggled by his standards Saturday night but I would expect goaltending to continue to be the strength of this team going forward as both him and Sean Maguire can get red hot at anytime and put the team on their back(and rack up some Greg Jennings awards in the process).

BU gets back on track tomorrow night at Agganis. You heard it here first. 5-3 BU

Hockey East Pick Em

We missed a week last week because quite frankly, we didn't care about any of those games. The Terriers are getting back to action this weekend so we are back making mediocre picks.

Standings
GW-61-43(.587)
FM- 47-36 (.566)
QQ- 65-69 (.485)
MWW- 48-64 (.429)
HS- 21-31 (.404)

Friday 1/3

Maine @ Quinnipiac
QQ- QU 4-1- Still reluctant to pick Maine on the road. This is a completely different game if it was being played at Alfond.

Dartmouth @ UVM
QQ- UVM 4-3- Dartmouth tied NU 8-8 after losing to PC this past weekend so I'm not really sure what to think about them.

Clarkson @ Lowell
QQ- Lowell 3-1- Lowell beat Clarkson last weekend and I would expect more of the same this weekend

UNO @ UNH
QQ- UNH 4-1- Taking UNH at the Whitt even though they kinda suck there this year.

Harvard Preview

The BU Terriers return to action this coming Saturday 1/4 with a non conference road game at fellow Beanpot school, Harvard. The 7-8 Terriers limped into the break losing 2 out of their last 3 and look to get the second half off to a good start. The season will certainly swing one way or another during the month of January as BU starts with two ECAC teams in Harvard and Darmouth before facing four top tier conference foes in Maine, BC, Lowell and UVM. The Terriers need to find a way to finish about .500 this month and should have more bodies to be able to do it as it is hoped that Mike Moran(upper body),Cason Hohmann(shoulder), and Sam Kurker(mono) have all recovered from the various ailments they suffered in the first half. Goalie Sean Maguire also hopes to return from the back injury that bothered him throughout the month of December. I would expect Maguire to get one of the first two games if he is healthy enough to do so.

Harvard comes into the game at 4-7-2 but they always play tight games as 6 out of their 7 losses are by two goals or less. They are lead up front by sophomore forwards Jimmy Vesey and Kyle Criscuolo, who both have double-digit points through 13 games.  Harvard has played BU tough in the past 5 years and certainly should not be overlooked at all. They are backed by senior goalie Raphael Girard, who has given the Terriers problems in the past. This will be a big game for the Terriers as they want to begin their second half in a positive fashion to gain some momentum as they head into the heart of the schedule.