Jim Connelly

BU got only its third shot on goal of the period with 3:59 remaining. Schneider made a routine glove save.

BC kills the BU power play allowing only one quality shot to Matt Gilroy that forced Schneider to make a right pad save.

Thanks to colleague Scott Weighart for giving commentary on my men’s room needs. More importantly, though, Brian Boyle took a bad slashing penalty in the neutral zone that will send BU on the power play with 7:18 remaining.

Excuse me, I need to go to the men’s room.  Ooops, I tripped!

BC, still on the PP (5-on-4, not 4-on-3), had point blank chances from Boyle (missed net) and Gerbe (shoulder save by Curry). The teams are back to full strength. The Eagles are really cycling the puck well in the offensive zone and hold a lop-sided 32-18 advantage in shots. Still, the game remains tied, 1-1, … Read more

After Joe Rooney hooked a BU played in the neutral zone, Boomer Ewing was whistled for boarding as the whistle blew making it a 4-on-3 BC power play for 1:03.

The game just saw its most wild 20 second span. After Gerbe got leveled by Sean Sullivan at the blueline by a massive hit, Brock Bradford was stopped on a breakaway by a fantastic left pad save. After another flurry of BC shots, BU’s Luke Popko was forced to take a hooking penalty putting BC … Read more

Carl Sneep was completely alone mano-a-mano with Curry in the slot. The rookie defenseman, though, fired the shot into Curry’s pads allowing him to make the save. 12:00 remaining with the game tied at one.

Boomer Ewing was all alone in the slot but put the shot into Schneider’s stomach. With 14:25 remaining, the game is tied at one.

BC’s Mike Brennan just delivered what might be the hit of the Beanpot, upending John McCarty as he broke in on Schneider. At this point the pace of the game just increased three-fold. Also, BC’s goal ended a shutout streak of 116:16 for BU’s John Curry in the Beanpot.