HE Pick Em

Standings:
GW 61-43
FM  46-36
QQ  50-54
MWW 46-58
HS  21-31

Friday 11/29

Holy Cross @ BC
QQ- BC 5-3 - BC sucks but not this bad

Western Michigan vs NU(Shillelagh Tournament-South Bend,IN)
QQ- WMU 4-3- NU sucks when they're not playing the Merrimacks and Atlantic hockey teams of the world

Maine @ UVM
QQ-UVM 4-3- Maine is winless on the road for a reason and the Gutt is no easy place to play

Alabama Huntsville @ Notre Dame
QQ- ND 5-1- ND will have some frustration built up from their weekend in Lowell

Guest Post about Red Hot Hockey from Powerplay with CJ

Editor's Note: We would like to thank CJ for writing this piece for us. It is better than anything we could have written about Red Hot Hockey for sure.

What’s up everyone, it’s CJ from the world renowned Power Play with CJ guest blogging at one of the finest hockey media outlets in the world this week! After a solid 3 point weekend against the Fighting Sioux  University of North Dakota, the Terriers are taking their talents to the “World’ Most Famous Arena” (Haven’t New Yorkers ever heard of the Roman Coliseum?) to faceoff against former ECAC rival Cornell (Yes, the “Big Red”, not the big “Big Head”, that’s BC fans in a nutshell). As someone who has attended two of the first three installations of “Red Hot Hockey” and will be there Saturday I will say this it is worth travelling to as the combination of high end, high octane hockey and the NYC/MSG vibe makes it a one of a kind experience. Not to toot my own horn, but at the 07 and 09 BU/Cornell showdowns I saw current NHLers Colin Wilson, Ben Scrivens, Kevin Shattenkirk, Nick Bonino Colin Greening, and Erik  Gryba to name a few. To lay it out bluntly if you like future NHL players, large metropolitan areas and the color red MSG the Saturday after Thanksgiving every odd numbered year, is the place to be. 

This year the big matchup will be between Terriers' captain, defenseman and all around great American Garrett Noonan and Cornell winger/ Bruins prospect Brian Ferlin in what can most aptly be described the “Power Play with CJ Faceoff”. Both players are lifelong Power Play fans and will be trying to one up the other with myself in attendance, it’s only human nature. On a (slightly) more serious note both players have been playing amazing hockey and having the best two years of the respective  collegiate careers, if Quinny’s crew wants to shutdown the Jacksonville, FL native (6-6-12 in 10 games) it’ll behoove them to ensure he sees plenty of the former CM Knight Noonan(3-8-11 in 13 games) shift in and shift out.

BSRS Weekly Awards 11/26

Another Week of Awesome Awards. Enjoy.

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- Matt O'Connor,G- OC stole the show this weekend making 92 saves on 96 shots and frustrating Sioux of North Dakota all weekend long. This was the first time this year that Coach Quinn has broken the goalie rotation and O'Connor rewarded him with two great performances. You would expect Quinn to ride OC as the hot hand to see what kind of run the Terriers can get on for the final 4 games of the first semester. His play along with the sweet stache that he is rocking currently made his choice a no-brainer.

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)

Winner- Garrett Noonan- Noonan not only produced on the scoresheet with a goal and two assists over the weekend. He also was the emotional leader for the Terriers as he stood up to the goons from North Dakota without taking any stupid penalties. At one point Saturday night, he had ongoing battles with Luke Johnson, Drake Caggiula, and Stephane Pattyn. Noonan leads the team in points and knows the time and place to stick up for himself and his teammates.

Weekend Recap- Terriers win,tie vs North Dakota

                                           

The Terriers welcomed the North Dakota {Redacted}  this weekend to Agganis Arena  for a pair of nonleague games and came out with a win and a tie. The Terriers were lead by sophomore goalie Matt O'Connor who made 92 saves on 96 shots over the weekend. Friday night he made 37 saves on 38 shots as he frustrated North Dakota all night long. BU got on the board in the first period off of a 2 on 1 rush where Cason Hohmann froze the lone defender and NoDak goalie Clarke Saunders before ripping a wrister low short-side. Hohmann, who is typically a pass-first guy, used that to his advantage as everyone in the rink though he was going to try to feed O'Regan who was flying to the far post. BU would make it 2-0 before the end of the first on a greasy ,power-play  O'Regan goal that just got tucked in the near post off a deflected pass from Noonan. BU had a goal called back early in the second as it was ruled that Mike Moran tipped the Doyle Somerby wrister with a high stick. I honestly couldn't tell if he did or didn't but there certainly didn't seem like there was enough evidence there to overturn it but the refs, Benedetto and Miller, disagreed with me.

[Updated] Getting to Know Boston: NoDak Edition

[Updated at ~8pm, after I got home from work. -HatTrick Swayze]

Here at BSRS we consider it a priority to foster healthy, friendly relationships with the fanbases of the Terriers' opponents based upon mutual respect and a love of hockey. Even when those fans come from North Dakota, or are Nazis, or bigoted alcoholics averaging three to five intelligent thoughts per month...or all of the above. I feel bad for the kids in NoDak. Nobody likes them. Nobody cares about them. And it's not a new phenomenon...

So here we are, with NoDak weekend finally upon us. And every sports fan knows, from the pinko commie east coast flatlanders to the Obama-loving no-balls blue-staters on the West coast, that no college hockey team in the nation travels better or fosters more bigotry than the North Dakota Flickertails Sioux Fighting Sioux *ahem*...Than the players formerly known as the Sioux. When they leave Boston on the bus ride home they'll have been thrashed and snailtrailed in such degrading fashion, they'll have to purify themselves in the waters of Devils Lake. But that won't stop BSRS from trying to be hospitable nonetheless. 

GW and I thought it would be a good idea to help out our Highland visitors by providing them with a quick little guide to visiting Boston this weekend, including the things they can expect to see while they're here. So let's get started.