Jim ConnellyThe team of destiny fulfilled it on Saturday night. But boy, it wasn’t easy. In one of the most incredible comebacks in NCAA tournament history, Boston University defeated Miami 4-3 on a Colby Cohen goal at 11:47 of overtime to capture the school’s fifth national title and first since 1995. Cohen’s shot from above the … Read more
He’s considered one of the deans in a game filled with legendary coaches. Even Jack Parker’s counterpart in Saturday’s national-title game jokes about the elder coach’s age. “A couple of guys asked me how old [Parker] was,” said Miami coach Enrico Blasi, himself 37 years young. “I said somewhere between 80 and 100.” Truth be … Read more
What at one point appeared to be a cakewalk is now officially a barnburner. After spotting overall top seed Boston University a 2-0 lead through one period, East Regional champion Vermont responded in the second, exploding for three goals in less than six minutes to take a 3-2 lead. A late power-play tally by the … Read more
Scoring goals in spurts has been a trait for the Boston University Terriers this season; who knew how much that would be a factor as the Terriers head to the national title game? Trailing 4-3 in the third, BU responded with two goals in 1:13 to knock off East Regional champion Vermont, 5-4, in the … Read more
New Hampshire sophomore forward James van Riemsdyk has decided to forego his last two seasons as a Wildcat to sign a contact with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. van Riemsdyk, the number two overall draft choice of the Flyers in 2007 and the highest UNH draft pick in school history, is expected … Read more
Boston College defenseman Nick Petrecki will forego his final two seasons of eligibility at Boston College to pursue a professional career in the San Jose Sharks organization. Petrecki registered 19 points (five goals and 14 assists) in 77 career games at BC. He recorded 12 points (five goals and seven assists) in 42 games during … Read more
If you live by the sword, you all too often must die by the sword. Third-seeded New Hampshire learned that in the most painful of ways in Sunday evening’s Northeast Regional championship game. One night after the Wildcats scored a dramatic late-game goal to force overtime and eventually beat North Dakota in overtime to advance, … Read more
Boston University had a statement it wanted to make in Saturday’s Northeast Regional semifinal and it did so loudly and decisively: The Terriers aren’t ready to end their season yet. Unlike Michigan and Denver, both number-one seeds that fell on Friday, and Notre Dame, also a number-one seed that lost Saturday, the Terriers dominated fourth-seeded … Read more
The Maine Black Bears have released three players from their program, according to a story in Thursday’s edition of the Bangor Daily News. Sophomore forwards Lem Randall, Keif Orsini and Glenn Belmore have been released from the team, according to the article. “It’s always disappointing when you have to let a player go from a … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. – On paper, top seeded Boston University looks by far like the hottest team in this weekend’s Northeast Regional. The Terriers have just two losses since Christmas and are the only club of the four participants to have won its league championship last weekend. If you listened to head coach Jack Parker speak, … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. – On paper, top seeded Boston University looks by far like the hottest team in this weekend’s Northeast Regional. The Terriers have just two losses since Christmas and are the only club of the four participants to have won its league championship last weekend. If you listened to head coach Jack Parker speak, … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Quite possibly no team in the NCAA tournament field is as thankful to be playing as Ohio State. The Buckeyes were the last at-large team selected for the 16-team field. To boot, they sat idle last weekend after losing a hard-fought, three-game quarterfinal series to Alaska two weekends ago. To say that … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Quite possibly no team in the NCAA tournament field is as thankful to be playing as Ohio State. The Buckeyes were the last at-large team selected for the 16-team field. To boot, they sat idle last weekend after losing a hard-fought, three-game quarterfinal series to Alaska two weekends ago. To say that … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. — While the excitement of the NCAA Tournament is in Manchester, N.H., this weekend for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, you can’t blame any players for having some concern for those back home. The Sioux left behind a state wrapped up in a natural disaster right now as the Red River in Fargo, … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. — While the excitement of the NCAA Tournament is in Manchester, N.H., this weekend for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, you can’t blame any players for having some concern for those back home. The Sioux left behind a state wrapped up in a natural disaster right now as the Red River in Fargo, … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Though the reason for taking time off last weekend might not have sat too well with New Hampshire, the third seed in this weekend’s NCAA regional in Manchester, N.H., the Wildcats team is looking at the rest as nothing but a positive. UNH, of course, was missing from last weekend’s Hockey East … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Though the reason for taking time off last weekend might not have sat too well with New Hampshire, the third seed in this weekend’s NCAA regional in Manchester, N.H., the Wildcats team is looking at the rest as nothing but a positive. UNH, of course, was missing from last weekend’s Hockey East … Read more
The field of 16 teams for the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship was announced on Sunday with Hockey East regular and post-season champion Boston University taking home the number one overall seed. The Terriers were joined by Michigan, Notre Dame and Denver as the tournament’s top seeds. Overall, the seedings were as expected, though that … Read more
Wisconsin goaltender Jessie Vetter might need to make a shopping trip before leaving Boston after her Badgers team captured the National Championship with a 5-0 victory over Mercyhurst on Sunday. With all the hardware she’s taken from this trip, she’ll probably need a new suitcase to carry it back to Madison. Vetter, who on Saturday … Read more
It wasn’t easy and at times wasn’t pretty, but Saturday night’s 1-0 victory for top-seeded Boston University was still enough to earn the Hockey East championship over Mass.-Lowell. Playing a game that Terriers coach Jack Parker called “lacking the necessary intensity,” BU had just enough to hold off the River Hawks thanks to a perfect … Read more