Emerging From The Shadows
With a big hole to fill this year, UNH has relied on the emergence of Preston Callander and Justin Aikins.
David H. Hendrickson
Crazy Like A Fox
If goalies are a breed apart, Sean Fields may be in a class by himself.
Second Down And Goal
Tony Voce was all the offense Boston College needed Saturday.
Big-Game Players, Big-Game Team
BU does it again.
The Minutemen Enter the Promised Land
UMass loss can’t spoil progress.
Unlikely And Overlooked
Tyson Teplitsky? wins it for UNH.
Top Hockey East Honors Split
Balance was the operative word at this year’s Hockey East banquet. Ben Eaves and Mike Ayers were named co-winners of the KOHO Player of the Year Award while Massachusetts coach Don “Toot” Cahoon earned CCM/Bob Kullen Coach of the Year honors. Eight of the nine schools placed representatives on the All-Hockey East teams while the … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: March 13, 2003
Dave Hendrickson previews this weekend’s Hockey East action at the FleetCenter, detours to consider Providence’s NCAA hopes and makes a VCR recommendation for next month — but not before a salute to Joe Exter and the high class of the Merrimack hockey program.
They’re At It Again
Boston University and Providence are no strangers to each other in the HEA playoffs.
BU Closes Out Quarterfinal Series With PC
Four times this season Boston University and Providence faced each other. Four times they took their games into overtime. The fifth contest, however, proved to be a horse of a very different color. BU seized an early 2-0 lead and blew open the game in the third period, 7-1, to advance to the Hockey East … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: March 6, 2003
Dave Hendrickson hands out the hardware, looks over the Hockey East quarterfinals, examines The Hit on Merrimack’s Marco Rosa, offers bouquets (to HEA coaches) and brickbats (to the NCAA), and wraps up with the usual dose of trivia and literature.
New Hampshire Rallies To Salvage Tie, Title Shot
New Hampshire’s Friday night game plan was to make Saturday’s rematch at the Whittemore Center meaningful in the fight for a Hockey East title. Mission accomplished. Barely. Colin Hemingway’s game-tying, extra-skater goal with 42 seconds left in regulation gave UNH a 3-3 tie with Boston College and kept alive the Wildcats’ hope of a regular … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 27, 2003
Providence and Maine head in opposite directions; Northeastern and Massachusetts-Lowell fight for the playoffs while BC, UNH and Maine hash out the title; Nolan Schaefer makes a final splash; and Dave Hendrickson takes issue with the veil of secrecy around the NCAA’s new “bonus” system.
Providence, BU Tie
With the final playoff home ice berth hanging in the balance, Providence and Boston University battled to a 3-3 tie. As a result, the Friars emerged with three of four points in the weekend’s home-and-home series and five of six for the season. The result fixes the two rivals in fourth and fifth place in … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 20, 2003
The penalty shot stirs excitement — and controversy; Hockey East officiating comes under the microscope; the PairWise Rankings misbehave; Maine’s Gray Shaneberger puts it all together; and amidst it all, Dave Hendrickson relates some news of a family nature.
BU Rallies To Top River Hawks
Senior defenseman John Cronin scored the game-winner midway through the third period and also anchored a pivotal five-on-three penalty kill to lead Boston University to a 5-3 win over Massachusetts-Lowell. The Terriers rebounded from a 2-0 first-period deficit to tie the game heading into the third. Frantisek Skladany and Andrew Martin then swapped goals before … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 13, 2003
Dave Hendrickson offers a unique statistical take on the Hockey East playoff race, and presents a candidate for Hockey East Rookie of the Year … Runner-Up; also, Providence heats up as Massachusetts cools down.
Redemption And The Sin Bin Twins
Their names of late had become synonymous with one thing: dumb penalties. Not just dumb, but so mind-bogglingly stupid that BU coach Jack Parker had to act. After Brian McConnell and Justin Maiser unwittingly conspired to doom BU’s chances against New Hampshire on Jan. 25, Parker said, “It’s difficult to watch how stupid we are. … Read more
Providence Puts UMass-Lowell Away Early
Technically, college hockey games last 60 minutes. This one, however, was over after 14. Massachusetts-Lowell opened the game in near comatose fashion and Providence made the River Hawks pay, grabbing a 4-0 lead by the 13:59 mark. The four goals, scored in a span of little more than nine minutes, gave the Friars their quickest … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 6, 2003
The goalie rotation goes the way of the dodo bird; UNH fans cry foul after a kick in the …; BU defies the law of averages, sort of; and Dave Hendrickson takes on the musical powers that be.