Weekend Recap: BU/BC split

The first weekend of December is always a big weekend for college hockey in Boston. It is the weekend that BU and BC face off in their home and home series. It is usually an evenly matched weekend as the teams are 37-37-4 now since Jerry York took over at BC in 1994. Both teams came into the weekend ranked top 10 nationally and both seem destined for the NCAA tournament once again this season unless they collapse in the second half. From the puck drop Friday night until the final whistle Saturday, there was no love lost between the teams and the fans. There were was plenty of shoving before and after the whistle and it made for a great atmosphere both nights.

Friday night, BU played one of their best games of the season. The first period went scoreless and I thought the chances were pretty even for both sides. Both goalies played very well at the beginning of this game and that showed as the first goal was not scored until 9 minutes into the second period when BU's Garrett Noonan did his best baseball swing impression and knocked a puck out of mid-air into the open net after an Evan Rodrigues rush. Evan Rodrigues made it 2-0 seven minutes later with a snipe from the right slot that beat Parker Milner high glove side. BC responded less than 40 seconds later with a Pat Mullane goal. BC wouldn't generate much more for the rest of the night until they had a 6 on 3 late in the game. BU sealed control of the game early in the third when freshman dman Matt Grzelcyk took a rush into the zone and just kept skating scoring on a wrap around. He literally out-skated the entire BC defense and goalie Parker Milner. Wade Megan scored his eighth of the year late to seal the game for the Terriers and hand Jerry York his 559th career loss. The final ended 4-2 as Johnny Gaudreau added a late goal and Ben Rosen had an empty net goal taken away because the referees could not figure out the right amount of guys on the ice.

Hockey East Pick'Em Week 6

To the shock of no one, I had another solid weeknin pick'em as I continue to roll. I am proud to say I am the only person to correctly pick the UMass win over UNH. Your welcome UMass fans. Below are the updated standings and picks for this week. Enjoy. GW is picking like he is Tim Whitehead and therefore is a distant 12.5 GB. Thankfully there are plenty left to be played.

QQ 28-14(.667) Last 7-3
FM 25-17 (.595) Last 5-5
HS  23-16 (.590) Last 5-5
MWW 22-17 (.564)  Last 7-3
Ray 21-18 (.538) Last 5-5
GW 14-25 (.359) Last 3-7


Week 6

Friday 11/9

Maine @ Lowell

QQ- Lowell 4-2- Lowell needs this win badly and Maine just sucks. I won't pick them until they prove they can
FM- Lowell 5-0- Doug Carr is not the goalie a struggling offense wants to face
MWW- Lowell 3-1- Maine still sucks and won't touch a point at all this weekend.
GW - Lowell 3-1- Maine blows.
Ray- Lowell
HS - LOL 4-2. Maine still sucks

PC @ UMass

QQ- UMass 3-2-. Easily the toughest game to call of the week. I'm taking the home team.
FM- UMass 3-2 - UMass team has played BU, BC and UNH tough at home, they will prevail against Providence
MWW-PC 3-2- Providence should play well enough for the away win
GW - 4-2 ZOOOOOOMAAAAAAAAASSSSSS
Ray- PC
HS - PC 3-2. UMass is decent and so far has had a litany of legit opponents of their schedule but PC pulls it out.


***Warning BC-BU picks after the jump. Politically incorrect comments to follow

Hockey East Projected Standings

Many legitimate college hockey writers are coming out with their projected Hockey East standings in the coming days/weeks so I figure I should get mine out there ahead of time. I'm just going to do the whole thing in one big post since I have nothing better to do at work today.

BU hockey schedule officially released

The BU mens' hockey schedule was officially released by BU athletics today and is full of the usual quality Hockey East action and some great non-conference matchups. Non-conference games include matchups at North Dakota(x2), at Denver, St. Lawrence, RPI, and Harvard to go along with the Beanpot games on the first two Mondays in February. There also is no Holy Cross on the schedule which is always good with that high octane offensive attack they brought into Agganis last year...Ok but seriously should be a great season full of games and here is a look at the games I am circling as the Terriers prepare to go 43-0-0 en route to their 6th national title in program history.

Sat 10/13 @7pm - home and season opener against PC and their incoming goalie recruit Jon Gillies. It will be interesting to see what the Terriers youthful group of forwards can generate in Game 1.

Sat 10/20 7pm @UNH- I've never been up to Durham and want to make the trip for this game so therefore it is important enough to mention

11/2-11/3- @North Dakota- This would be a great road trip to be able to make(does North Dakota even have an airport?) and should be a great atmosphere out there if it is anything like St. Paul was in March.

Sunday 11/11 5pm vs. Newton University aka BC- Going to be an awesome afternoon with Pats/Bills playing at 1

Friday 11/30-Sat 12/1- The home and home with BC ends in early December once again which makes no sense except that they will most likely see each other on that second Monday in February once again

Sat 12/29 @Denver- Another nice roadie to do, if you have the funds hanging around and want to spend part of winter break and the holidays in the Mile High City and drink a lot of Coors

Mon 2/4, 2/11- Beanpot Mondays. Not much needs to be said here #becauseitsthepot. It's funny because you could say the same thing on 4/20

Fri-Sat 2/15-2/16 @Maine- What better way to spend Valentine's Day weekend than to go to Maine where all the locals will bring their dates/sisters/mothers/grandmothers to Alfond?

3/8-3/9 NU home and home- There is always something relying on these games so I'll let NU feel relevant for a few minutes anyway.

That's all I got for now until the official incoming recruit class is announced. I believe they still have Clendening's scholarship to fill which could be the hold up. Keep enjoying your summers people.

BSRS Exclusive Video

The following conversation is totally made up and not a reflection of any real conversations that have taken place before between Jerry York and Jack Parker. GO BU and enjoy

York Parker Convo
by: Matthew_Pereira