Jim ConnellyThe 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
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
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
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
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
Jim Connelly writes that the bronze medal gained by the United States was about redemption, character and resiliency.
The Americans will close their time at the World Junior Championship in Wednesday’s bronze-medal game against Sweden, and they’ll have to move past a humbling semifinal loss to Canada. Jim Connelly reports.
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
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
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
The Americans put together a formidable roster for the World Junior Championship, but that alone wasn’t enough to get by Canada in the semifinals, Jim Connelly writes.
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
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
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
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
He talks building, connecting, expanding and how his view of the game has changed since taking the highly visible position. Jim Connelly reports.
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
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
This is the final column before the winter exam break for most Hockey East teams, so it’s time I roll out my mid-season report cards. And before you leave 100 comments below telling me this isn’t the middle of the season yet, trust me, I’m aware. But with every team taking at least one weekend … Read more
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