Jim Connelly

With all four teams practicing Thursday at the East Regional, there were plenty of quotable moments. Minnesota-Duluth head coach Scott Sandelin kicked off his press conference on Thursday by introducing leading scorer Jack Connolly as Zac Brown from the Zac Brown Band. I’ll admit that I had to do a Google image search for Zac … Read more

It’s cliché in hockey playoffs to say that experience is what matters, but when it comes to the Boston College Eagles, that’s a cliché that continues to be proven worlds over. ‘ Saturday night, experience was essentially the difference maker, as the Eagles, who have won two of the of the last three national championships, … Read more

When the Northeastern Huskies began this season 1-7-2, far too many began to write off this team, only to see it rebound down the stretch and win a first-round road playoff series for the first time since 1991. So when Northeastern fell behind 5-2 late in Friday’s Hockey East semifinal against the No. 1-seeded Boston … Read more

The Hockey East quarterfinals are in the books and our field is set for the 27th Hockey East Championship at the TD Garden. Three of the top four seeds advanced, the lone exception being Northeastern’s three-game win over No. 3 Boston University. I wrote a blog about NU winning the opening game of the series … Read more

BOSTON – When the dust cleared Sunday night at Agganis Arena and sixth-seeded Northeastern moved onto the Hockey East semifinals, the Huskies faithful took a very deep breath. That’s nothing new for the fans from Huntington Avenue. Northeastern, which scored an empty-net goal to 2:14 remaining in regulation to take a 5-2 lead in game … Read more

Growing up in Dorchester, brothers Jimmy and Kevin Hayes had plenty of time in the backyard to perfect their timing together. The two brothers — Jimmy a junior and Kevin a freshman — for Boston College, haven’t had too much time to test their sync this season, playing on separate lines much of the year. … Read more

Two seasons ago, the Boston College women’s hockey team went into Minnesota for the NCAA quarterfinals and fell behind, 4-0, in the opening period. The Eagles posted a spirited rally, but eventually lost, 4-3. Two years later, BC hoped to turn the table on the Gophers, this time hosting the quarterfinal for the first time … Read more

Entering Friday night’s opening game of the Hockey East quarterfinals, host and top seed Boston College knew that taking their opponent, Massachusetts, lightly wouldn’t be an option. And for good reason. Prior to Friday, nine of the 12 playoff games that had been played across the country were won by the road team. And Boston … Read more

In what has been a season of playoff upsets, Hockey East showed it won’t leave the drama to the other guys. One game in the books, one upset as sixth-seeded Northeastern outplayed and outworked No. 3 seed Boston University. End result was a 4-2 win for the Huntington Hounds, who brought with them an impressive … Read more

In the three-plus weeks that Northeastern head coach sat on the sideline awaiting his fate, he admitted that not only was it difficult, but it was extremely frustrating. “The worst part about it was waiting to find out what your penalty it,” said Cronin, who said he spent part of his time away at his … Read more