Boston College downs Providence, 4-1

The Providence Friars faced somewhat of a litmus test on Friday night when they traveled to Boston College to face the third ranked Eagles. Providence exceeded expectations of many in the first half of the season, posting a 7-6-5 mark despite being picked dead last in preseason polls. Unfortunately for the Friars, Friday proved this … Read more

Hockey East picks – January 7-12

Dave remains in the witness protection program and now trails me in both the wins column and in winning percentage. Going to take a second-half rally (that and a return to society) for him to be the winner this year. Dave last week: Did not pick Jim last week: 4-2-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 49-21-18 (.659) Jim’s … Read more

Merrimack just keeps taking care of business

The attention paid to this year’s Merrimack team has been so great that coach Mark Dennehy admits his friends are sick of reading about it. “We’ve got a lot of attention because we’re kind of the darlings right now,” Dennehy said. The headlines, though, haven’t slowed down the Warriors, who began the second half of … Read more

Video: Reaction from U.S. bronze-medal game victory

Here are postgame videos from the World Junior Championship bronze-medal game on Wednesday, a 4-2 United States victory over Sweden: U.S. coach Keith Allain and Sweden coach Roger Ronnberg: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgPRuAFBwzU U.S. forward Chris Brown: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezb75ZFyLZA U.S. forward Chris Kreider: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WshEQnO3iuo U.S. forward Kyle Palmieri: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRE8SPgVnmQ

BU’s Coyle finding experience, success at World Juniors

Monday night’s loss to Team Canada in the semifinals of the World Junior Championship might have been disappointing for Team USA but Boston University’s Charlie Coyle, playing in his first WJC, is ready to put it behind him. He said on Tuesday that there is simply nothing that the US can do about the past … Read more

BU’s Coyle finding experience, success at World Juniors

Monday night’s loss to Team Canada in the semifinals of the World Junior Championship might have been disappointing for Team USA but Boston University’s Charlie Coyle, playing in his first WJC, is ready to put it behind him. He said on Tuesday that there is simply nothing that the US can do about the past … Read more

Video: U.S., Canada react to World Junior semifinal

Here are videos from the media sessions following Canada’s 4-1 victory over the United States in the World Junior Championship semifinals on Monday: U.S. coach Keith Allain and Canada coach Dave Cameron: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO5g8yTFgGg U.S. forward Chris Brown: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHkGf8GxTWI U.S. forward Jeremy Morin: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzHcC_23No U.S. defenseman John Ramage: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM9ZBitMneg

Looking back: (Extended) Weekend of Dec. 29-Jan. 2

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on Hockey East, though most of the action among the league teams took place over the past week. And a pretty ugly week it was unless you’re Boston College and Merrimack. Both the Eagles and Warriors earned two wins during the holiday break. BC captured the title … Read more

Belated Hockey East picks – Dec. 31-Jan. 2

Apologies to the Hockey East fans out there. Between Dave falling off the wagon and turning Christmas into a week-long bender and me having turkey coma since Christmas Day somehow we’ve missed two days of games and thus the related Hockey East picks. Dave isn’t around to add his input but here, at least, are … Read more

NU’s Cronin: Team needs to “scratch their way back”

The first half of the season hasn’t gone the way that the Northeastern Huskies expected. The team reached the break with a 3-9-4 record and has earned just nine points in Hockey East. With an experience goaltender and some depth on defense, head coach Greg Cronin expected more of his club. Thus far, Northeastern has … Read more

NU’s Cronin: Team needs to “scratch their way back”

The first half of the season hasn’t gone the way that the Northeastern Huskies expected. The team reached the break with a 3-9-4 record and has earned just nine points in Hockey East. With an experience goaltender and some depth on defense, head coach Greg Cronin expected more of his club. Thus far, Northeastern has … Read more

Hockey East Week in Review: Nov. 30-Dec. 5

It was a weekend (well, week for some) of highs and lows for Hockey East teams with a few surprise outcomes along the way. We’ll start out with a mention of the most surprising results, in this author’s mind, of the weekend and that’s Boston College’s dominating sweep of Boston University. With BU giving a … Read more