Jim Connelly

Seeing as Friday’s opening semifinal of the Hockey East tournament between fourth-seeded Boston College and top seed New Hampshire was a tale of two games, it seems appropriate that the game was nearly two games long. Despite being on death’s door down 4-1 past the midway point of regulation, the Eagles rallied with three goals … Read more

Having lost twice to Providence at home in the regular season, falling behind early in both games and seeing rallies fall short, Boston College was determined to start fast each game in their best-of-three quarterfinal playoff series with the Friars. Mission accomplished. For the second straight night, the Eagles scored two early goals, jumped out … Read more

Boston College certainly has good timing. After struggling to score goals — the Eagles potted just 11 in their last eight games — BC picked the perfect time to regain their offensive stride Friday night as juniors Nathan Gerbe and Benn Ferriero buried two goals apiece coupled with a 32 save by rookie John Muse … Read more

Some people get jazzed up for the holidays. Others its about the start of a season like spring or summer. For me, there’s only one season that counts: college hockey’s playoff season. Things got underway this past weekend in formal (CCHA, ECAC, AHA) and informal (WCHA title, Hockey East’s home ice battle) ways. And coming … Read more

The race for home ice in Hockey East just got a little bit muddier. Boston College was 64 seconds away from clinching the final home ice spot on Friday night, but a goal by Northeastern’s Wade MacLeod with 1:04 remaining in overtime gave the Huskies a 3-2 victory over the Eagles. It also made Saturday … Read more

Wayne State won’t be playing hockey next season but that doesn’t mean that the program is dead and buried forever. In an article in Friday’s Detroit Free Press, George Sipple writes that the school is in talks with the Detroit Red Wings to build a facility on the Wayne State campus in downtown Detroit that … Read more

For about six hours today, this exact blog space was occupied by a story reacting to what we thought was new legislation instituted by the NCAA men’s ice hockey committee that would require at-large teams in this year’s NCAA tournament to posses a record at or above .500. Well, according to an email that USCHO.com … Read more

We’ve reached the first full week of March with only one regular season league championship still up for grabs. The WCHA will come down to the final weekend of play, with North Dakota sitting just two points behind league-leader Colorado College. The Tigers may have the tougher opponent this weekend then they’ll face in-state rival … Read more

If there has been any doubt in recent weeks which team in Hockey East is currently the most dominant, No. 3 New Hampshire answered that this weekend with a two-game sweep of No. 7 Boston College, winning Saturday night, 5-1. The back-to-back wins clinched the sixth Hockey East regular season title for the Wildcats and … Read more

Call it academic. Call it a foregone conclusion. Whichever you prefer, New Hampshire is on the brink of its sixth Hockey East regular season title thanks to a 2-0 victory over Boston College Friday night in front of a weather-reduced Kelley Rink crowd of 5,281. The Wildcats victory over the second-place Eagles coupled with losses … Read more

Is it me or has most of the college hockey world been blindsided by the fact that New Hampshire has climbed to the number two spot in the PairWise Rankings? The Wildcats have quietly played well over the last couple of months and now are close to locking up a #1 seed in the NCAA … Read more

To Boston University, Maine goaltender Ben Bishop might have seemed more like the Riddle of the Sphinx than a 6-foot-7 duffle bag. He was nearly impossible to solve for more than 120 minutes of play over this weekend’s two-game series. The fact that the Terriers were able to finally solve him, barely, earned them two … Read more

If CBS executives are looking to cast members for the next season of Survivor, they might want to consider each and every player on the Massachusetts-Lowell hockey team. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead through two periods on power-play goals by Mark Roebothan and Kory Falite, the 19th-ranked River Hawks survived an all-out onslaught … Read more