Jim Connelly

Second ranked Boston College used an early offensive burst and, for the second straight night, held off a resilient Massachusetts team to skate away with a 2-1 victory in front of a sold out Kelley Rink on Saturday night. The win sets up the ultimate Hockey East showdown next weekend as the Eagles (24-7-1 overall, … Read more

When Boston University’s Ben Rosen scored his second career goal with 14:27 remaining in the third period to give the Terriers a 3-0 lead, most of the 4,418 in attendance at BU’s Agganis Arena chalked up the third straight victory for the hosts. Few considered that Vermont, a team that had looked lackluster for much … Read more

Dave finally gained some ground on me, but at this point I hear a fat woman singing a sweet tune. Dave last week: 8-0-2 Jim last week: 6-2-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 90-33-25 (.692) Jim’s record-to-date: 100-29-23 (.734) Here are this week’s picks Friday, February 25 Vermont at Boston University Jim’s pick: I think the Cats are playing well … Read more

Boston College and Merrimack may be engaged in a three-way battle with New Hampshire for the Hockey East regular season title, but the Eagles and the Warriors are also engrained in a race that may send one of these two teams west when the NCAA field is announced. Both the Eagles and the Warriors currently … Read more

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