Jim Connelly

After Monday’s Beanpot championship game in which 13 goals were scored, many joked that a rematch between No. 1 Boston College and Northeastern would likely be a scoreless tie. Oh, how wrong they were. The Huskies and the Eagles, did one better than their 7-6 overtime win for BC in the Beanpot final, combining on … Read more

Years of Beanpot futility extended on Monday night for Northeastern. But you can’t say these Huskies didn’t give it all they’ve got. Northeastern threw everything and the kitchen sink at the nation’s No. 1 team, Boston College, but in the end fell just short as Boston native Jimmy Hayes realized his childhood dream, stuffing home … Read more

The weekend now in back of us led to some very interesting shuffling in the Hockey East standings. So let’s get started figuring out what happened when the dust settled. We can start with a very interesting fact about Friday night. A rare occurrence as all 10 teams were in action and in each of … Read more

Merrimack’s leading scorer Stephane Da Costa will not play Saturday when the Warriors host New Hampshire in the second game of a home-and-home series. Da Costa locked knees with UNH’s Phil DeSimone late in Friday’s 4-2 win over the Wildcats and had to bee helped from the ice. He did not return to the game. According … Read more

Dave picked up a game on me last week but that’s kind of like saying he climbed the first mile of Mt. Everest. Dave last week: 8-1-1 Jim last week: 7-2-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 77-29-22 (.688) Jim’s record-to-date: 89-23-20 (.750) Here are this week’s picks Friday, February 11 Vermont at Maine Jim’s pick: I have a feeling that Vermont … Read more

A message to Terrier nation: If you want to see Boston University play in next Monday’s Beanpot, you best show up early. Even earlier than usual, in fact, as for the first time in 59 years, the Beanpot “bronze medal” game will be played at 4:30 p.m. But, as a second message to BU fans, … Read more

In what was yet another thrilling chapter in the Boston College and Boston University Beanpot rivalry, the top-ranked Eagles defeated the No. 14 Terriers behind a Tommy Cross power-play goal at 3:17 of overtime on Monday. The Eagles will face Northeastern, a 4-0 winner over Harvard in Monday’s opening semifinal, in next Monday’s championship game. … Read more

With the annual Beanpot tournament looming just three days away, there may have been a little concern among the Boston College faithful that the newly-minted top ranked Eagles would overlook Friday’s matchup a Massachusetts squad that entered the game seven game below .500. That concern, though, was erased from the outset as Boston College dominated … Read more

Very interesting weekend that just passed in Hockey East as the results of the games shuffled the Hockey East standings a bit with just four weekends remaining. The marquis series of the weekend didn’t disappoint. Boston University went up to Orono and walked away with three of four points against Maine, despite two nailbitter games … Read more

Dave and I only picked one game differently last week (UMass vs. Vermont on Saturday) and I got it right. Let the lead expand. Dave last week: 5-3-1 Jim last week: 6-2-1 Dave’s record-to-date: 63-27-19 (.655) Jim’s record-to-date: 75-21-17 (.739) Here are this week’s picks: Friday, January 28 Vermont at Merrimack Jim’s pick: Vermont has played well … Read more