David H. HendricksonA rash of upsets left both of us with only so-so results last weekend. This week will be better. Dave last week: 5-3-1 Jim last week: 5-3-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 32-15-6 Jim’s record-to-date: 30-17-6 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, November 11 Merrimack at Boston University Dave’s pick: The absurdly inconsistent Terriers, who’ve been playing as if they have … Read more
A 4-2 league record makes the Friars one of the early pleasant surprises. Dave Hendrickson has This Week in Hockey East.
These are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. Three: Boston College’s top line is as good as its stats. I wasn’t sure until I saw Chris Kreider, Bill Arnold, and Kevin Hayes in action on Friday. Krieder leads Hockey East in scoring (8-7–15), followed by Arnold (7-7–14) and then in fifth … Read more
These are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. Three: Boston College’s top line is as good as its stats. I wasn’t sure until I saw Chris Kreider, Bill Arnold, and Kevin Hayes in action on Friday. Krieder leads Hockey East in scoring (8-7–15), followed by Arnold (7-7–14) and then in fifth … Read more
Boston College showed why it’s the number one team in the country, dismantling Maine, 5-1 before 6,304 at Kelley Rink. BC used two power-play goals, one shorthanded, and two while at even strength and limited the Black Bears to 21 shots, few of the quality variety. The all-around victory improved the Eagles’ record to 8-1-0 … Read more
Jim and I picked pretty well last week, finishing with the same record after our one disagreement (the second game in New Hampshire’s series with St. Cloud) ended in a tie. Dave last week: 7-2-2 Jim last week: 7-2-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 19-11-4 Jim’s record-to-date: 18-12-4 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, October 28 Boston University at Massachusetts Dave’s pick: Is … Read more
Jim and I picked pretty well last week, finishing with the same record after our one disagreement (the second game in New Hampshire’s series with St. Cloud) ended in a tie. Dave last week: 7-2-2 Jim last week: 7-2-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 19-11-4 Jim’s record-to-date: 18-12-4 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, October 28 Boston University at Massachusetts Dave’s pick: Is … Read more
The Wildcats are 0-4-1 and are scoring an average of three goals fewer than they are allowing. Dave Hendrickson has This Week in Hockey East.
These are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. Three: I better rethink my stance as an admitted Hockey East snob. It was one thing when Massachusetts-Lowell lost to Connecticut on Tuesday. The River Hawks are coming off a season that saw them finish last in Hockey East with a 4-21-2 league record and … Read more
These are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. Three: I better rethink my stance as an admitted Hockey East snob. It was one thing when Massachusetts-Lowell lost to Connecticut on Tuesday. The River Hawks are coming off a season that saw them finish last in Hockey East with a 4-21-2 league record and … Read more
Dave got off to a one-game lead over Jim last weekend and came within an extra-attacker goal at 19:58 of doubling that lead at Northeastern on Friday. Yes, folks, Jim’s win last year was a total fluke. This year will be back to the norm of Dave’s superiority. Dave last week: 6-3-1 Jim last week: 5-4-1 … Read more
Dave got off to a one-game lead over Jim last weekend and came within an extra-attacker goal at 19:58 of doubling that lead at Northeastern on Friday. Yes, folks, Jim’s win last year was a total fluke. This year will be back to the norm of Dave’s superiority. Dave last week: 6-3-1 Jim last week: 5-4-1 … Read more
In recent years, the Hockey East schedule has opened slowly with few league games and then built to a climax. The Ice Breaker kicked off the season with a Hockey East team typically playing other elite teams from around the country, but the league schedule saved its bullets. Heavyweights like Boston College and New Hampshire … Read more
It’s only one weekend so I reserve the right to unlearn what I think I’ve learned. But here are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. Three, Massachusetts may have found at least one solution to the graduation of goaltender Paul Dainton. I know it’s just one game and the road to Goaltender Stardom … Read more
It’s only one weekend so I reserve the right to unlearn what I think I’ve learned. But here are three things I think I learned from this weekend’s games. Three, Massachusetts may have found at least one solution to the graduation of goaltender Paul Dainton. I know it’s just one game and the road to Goaltender Stardom … Read more
If Hockey East was looking to open the season with a bang by matching up perennial heavyweights Boston University and New Hampshire, it didn’t get the desired result. Although the game played out considerably closer than the final 5-0 score, the Terriers still took a 2-0 second-period lead and pretty much ended all suspense with … Read more
Two seconds away from losing its home opener for its new coach, Northeastern used an extra-attacker goal by Braden Pimm to salvage a 3-3 tie with Massachusetts. The Huskies had threatened mightily during stretches late in the third period but hadn’t been able to get the equalizer. With the puck outside of the zone and … Read more
Maine had one of the top three offenses in Hockey East last year, but lost 121 points of production from just three forwards. Can the Black Bears fill those holes and retain their elite goalscoring status? Well, they certainly have a good start in seniors Spencer Abbott and Brian Flynn, who both finished in the … Read more
Last year’s Boston University squad — the youngest ever in coach Jack Parker’s 38 years — displayed an inconsistency that befitted its youth as much as it frustrated its fans. The Terriers started and finished strong (at least until the playoffs) but struggled in the middle. “The best thing that could possibly happen to our … Read more
Stephane Da Costa, Stephane Da Costa, what’ll Merrimack do without Stephane Da Costa? The refrain has been repeated so many times, it sounds like schoolyard singsong performed while jumping rope. Yet the fact is that Da Costa scored all of one goal after the first weekend in February last season. He drew attention, to be … Read more