McMahon then goes into an article titled "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!". If that doesn't scream this game is our most important one ever then I don't know what does. This clown then goes into detail how BU and Merrimack are number one and two in penalty minutes in Hockey East almost a minute a game ahead of that other school I don't like down in Newton. These teams did play two physical games in November that ended in ties but this is more of a way that Merrimack forces opponents to play as how BU plays consistently. BU plays a game depending on the opposing team and Merrimack forces you to play physical and get under your skin with their hitting after the whistle and consistent cheap shots lead by sophomore defenseman Kyle Bigos. McMahon defends the goon saying he often gets penalized just because he is bigger than the guys he is hitting.
"When Bigos, for example, outweighs an opposing player by 50 pounds and is sometimes as much as eight inches taller, a collision is going to have quite the negative effect on the smaller man.
That doesn't mean he shouldn't be allowed to hit and it certainly doesn't mean the officials need to penalize him every time he does."
No, he gets penalized because he lands elbows to the head like its his job. An elbow to the head is a penalty. It doesn't matter if it is tough to avoid because he is tall and a goon. Don't hit people illegally and you won't get penalized. You need to be physical right back at this team in order to beat them. You need to find the line between physical and stupid. There is still a game to be won out there and I expect the Terriers to find this line and use to win the game tomorrow night. This team has all the motivation in the world to go stomp this team and it needs to happen. They got away with a less than 100% effort against UVM Sunday night but this is a HE game against the team directly behind you and you are fighting for HE home ice which is huge come March. There is no reason the Terriers shouldn't be able to come out flying and jump all over the Warriors. If they sit back and take the physical play they will get run out of the building like Maine did Saturday(7-1 MC win). They need to establish a checking game and take plenty of shots getting people to the front of the net. More shots need to be taken from this team. You're not going to win many games with only 16 shots on net. This is a big game as McMahon thinks but Merrimack is hyping it up even more so. It is their NCAA title game or something. BU needs to just go in there and win a big conference game and be done with Merrimack and their cheap shots for this year barring any postseason play.
McMahon then goes into detail about the Terriers and Warriors "rivalry" before November in the HE quarterfinal round last March. First, it isn't a rivalry until Merrimack actually does something. Make a NCAA tournament or even the HE tournament finals. Then we'll talk about this wanna-be rival.
His description of one event last March made me chuckle for a quite a while.
"The Warriors and Terriers combined for 163 penalty minutes in their three-game playoff series last spring where a melee broke out with just 1:14 left in the final game after Alex Chiasson tucked a shot on Stephane Da Costa and then threw a punch before Da Costa responded, grabbing Chiasson. The pair threw jabs at each other and both were ejected."
First, they both are French so this is hilarious that they are fighting because both probably was trying to surrender the whole time. Thankfully Chiasson is French Canadian so they just do whatever America tells them to. I just find it hilarious that he makes Chiasson out to be the bad guy here. Merrimack was trying to take cheap shots all series lead by Bigos. I was at all three games and I know what I saw. These guys were trying to draw BU into a fight and trying to steal the series. Don't go and act like Da Costa is always the victim as the whole MC fan base does. He gets hit just like your team does to everyone else. Either be a fan of physical hockey or don't. Don't change your mind depending on who is getting hit. Da Costa is a little French bitch who hopefully Courtnall send through the glass tomorrow night.
The rest of the article is stupid about home ice and where the Warriors rank nationally. One part of the article I did enjoy was that there reports that Yale has been cheating all season! That is why they are #1 besides paying the voters and playing cupcakes all year. Here is what is said
"Julie Robenhymer, a blogger for hockeybuzz.com, reported that Yale could be facing sanctions for playing Cahill, who she reported to be possibly ineligible.
Cahill took last season off for personal reasons, but according to Robenhymer, he was expelled from Yale for academic policy violations. He spent the year in France, playing for Les Phenix, tier-II team in the French Hockey Federation. According to Robenhymer, Cahill was playing for a team that compensated most of its players.
According to NCAA rule 12.2.3.2 in the NCAA Division 1 Manual, "an individual shall not be eligible for intercollegiate athletics in a sport if the individual ever competed on a professional team."
According to Robenhymer. an investigation is ongoing after an anonymous letter was sent to the NCAA and the ECAC. But Yale head coach Keith Allain, quoted in the Yale Daily News, denied that there was any investigation into Cahill's eligibility."
There is also a piece here from USCHO.Com about potential draft picks from the College Ranks which includes Matt Nieto, Adam Clendening, Sahir Gil, and other BU recruits.
Update- Sophomore defenseman Max NiCastro has been suspended for the game tomorrow night by Coach Parker for his actions Sunday night. NiCastro pushed a net into a ref after Vermont's second goal that resulted in a ten minute misconduct. This is all first reported by the Boston Hockey blog.
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