Seen and heard around the Northeast Regional

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Wisconsin and head coach Mike Eaves enters Friday’s NCAA first-round game as one of the hottest teams in the country. The only problem is that the team they’re facing on Friday, top-seeded Massachusetts-Lowell, is the only team hotter. Asked what stands out to him or concerns him most about the matchup with … Read more

Seen and heard around the Northeast Regional

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Wisconsin and head coach Mike Eaves enters Friday’s NCAA first-round game as one of the hottest teams in the country. The only problem is that the team they’re facing on Friday, top-seeded Massachusetts-Lowell, is the only team hotter. Asked what stands out to him or concerns him most about the matchup with … Read more

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Boston College sweeps Vermont, off to Hockey East semifinals

The Boston College seniors left the ice at Kelley Rink on Saturday night after a 4-1 win over Vermont knowing that they had played their last game at home and having never lost a playoff game in the building. Now they’ll got to yet another venue where they haven’t lost looking for a Hockey East … Read more

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Boston College’s York resting comfortably after eye surgery

Boston College coach Jerry York, after missing the remainder of the team’s Hockey East quarterfinal series against Vermont with a detached retina, underwent successful scleral buckling surgery Monday at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston to repair the retina in his right eye and is resting comfortably at home, the school announced Monday. York’s status is day-to-day.. … Read more

Boston College doubles Vermont in Game 1 of Hockey East quarterfinals

Vermont learned a valuable lesson in Friday’s Hockey East quarterfinal: don’t dig yourself a hole against a three-time defending tournament champion. No. 7-seed Vermont did just that, spotting second-seeded Boston College a 3-0 lead through 40 minutes before rallying in the third on goals by Ben Albertson at 4:56 and a shorthanded tally by Matt … Read more

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Massachusetts-Lowell scores three in the third, takes 1-0 lead on Maine in Hockey East quarters

The hangover from winning the regular-season title for Massachusetts-Lowell lasted nearly two periods and that’s probably two periods more than River Hawks’ coach Norm Bazin hoped for. But the sign of a good team is often its ability to score in bunches and that’s exactly what the River Hawks did, scoring three goals in a … Read more

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Hockey East playoff picks: March 14-17

There are a maximum of 15 games remaining to be played in Hockey East. I enter this weekend eight games behind Dave. I should be waving the white flag. But my never-give-up mentality is keeping me alive. Then again, Dave can just match all of my picks this weekend and I’m done. So let’s just … Read more

History made, the end of an era and interesting roads ahead

In 28 years, no team with a name other than Boston College, Boston University, Maine or New Hampshire ever won the Hockey East regular season title. Saturday night, that changed when Massachusetts-Lowell, a team that began the season 2-6-1 in league play, finished off an incredible late-season run to capture its first Hockey East regular … Read more

History made, the end of an era and interesting roads ahead

In 28 years, no team with a name other than Boston College, Boston University, Maine or New Hampshire ever won the Hockey East regular season title. Saturday night, that changed when Massachusetts-Lowell, a team that began the season 2-6-1 in league play, finished off an incredible late-season run to capture its first Hockey East regular … Read more

One game for all the marbles*

Many coaches have said that the Hockey East league title will come down to the final night of the regular season. All of them were correct. By virtue of Providence beating Massachusetts-Lowell, Boston College and Vermont skating to a 4-4 tie, and Maine’s victory over New Hampshire, tomorrow’s game between Lowell and Providence has virtually become … Read more

Hockey East picks – March 1-3

Dave may have felt he was done in by the Curse of Nicole. Personally, I was done in by the Curse of Making Bad Picks. The white flag is in my hand right now, just about ready to be waved. Jim last week: 5-5-1 Jim to date: 94-71-20 Dave last week: 7-3-1 Dave to date: … Read more

Folin’s late third-period tally propels Massachusetts-Lowell past Boston College

The Hockey East penthouse just got more crowded. Entering Tuesday night with three teams tied for first place in the conference, a fourth club was added as Massachusetts-Lowell knocked off Boston College 4-2 at Kelley Rink. Combined with Boston University’s 5-2 win over Merrimack, the River Hawks and Eagles, along with Providence and New Hampshire, … Read more

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