Scott WeighartFor the goal judges at Agganis Arena this season, carpal tunnel syndrome is not exactly an occupational hazard. Over the last four home games, the Terriers and their opponents have now combined for just 12 goals. In a first this season, though, Boston University scored one more goal than its opposition and still managed to … Read more
At first glance of the score, those who didn’t attend this game may be excused for thinking that this was yet another Boston University game with limited scoring chances both ways. However, appearances are deceiving in this case. This 2-2 tie between No. 19 UMass and No. 9 BU in front of 4,449 at Agganis … Read more
It took Boston University all of nine seconds of overtime to match their offensive output for the first 60 minutes. After batting to a hard-fought 1-1 tie through regulation against Yale, the Terriers top line of Chris Higgins, Jason Lawrence, and Matt Gilroy won the opening draw in overtime and went in and scored on … Read more
Dave Hendrickson is not available this week because he is facing off against international competitive eating champions Takero Kobayashi and Sonya Thomas (“The Black Widow”) to see who can consume the most turkey in the course of one period of hockey. Gobble, gobble, Dave! Catamounts On The Climb Back on November 4, Vermont had a … Read more
With his team in the offensive doldrums, Terrier coach Jack Parker responded with what superficially may have appeared to be a counterintuitive move. He benched his top scorer. With Kenny Roche (five goals and five assists in nine games) designated as a healthy scratch, the Terriers still beat Harvard 2-1 behind yet another strong performance … Read more
In the early going of tonight’s game, it certainly didn’t look like Boston University coach Jack Parker and company had cooked up a successful recipe for success. BU started erstwhile third or fourth-liners John McCarthy, Brian McGuirk, and Ryan Monaghan against Maine’s top line of Michel Léveillé, Josh Soares, and freshman phenom Teddy Purcell. That … Read more
Dave Hendrickson is not available this week because he is modeling for a statue that will stand alongside the Statue of Liberty in recognition of his many accomplishments. While reports have confirmed that he will be holding his laptop case to his chest with his left hand, we have not been able to confirm whether … Read more
Four nights before Halloween, the young kids from Lowell came in and basically threw eggs all over Agganis Arena. Playing with 11 freshmen in the lineup, Massachusetts-Lowell showed more poise and energy than the defending Hockey East Champions, beating hosts Boston University in a game that was not really as close as the 2-1 score … Read more
Ten minutes into this exhibition game, it looked to have all the makings of a laugher for Boston University. But the University of New Brunswick very nearly had the last laugh. Territorially dominated for the better part of the game, the Varsity Red hung tough and tied it up on a Dustin Friesen power-play goal … Read more
For Husky head coach Greg Cronin, the return to college hockey was not exactly an easy ride on the welcome wagon. The team started off 0-6-2, and a stretch of a win and two ties in late fall was about as good as it got in terms of consistently picking up points. Cronin readily admits … Read more
It was a storybook season for Boston University last year in Hockey East. After an inconsistent first half with seniors David Van der Gulik and Jekabs Redlihs sidelined, the Terriers went into the heart of the season looking up at a seemingly insurmountable lead by Boston College in the standings. BU proceeded to go 17-1-2 … Read more
Providence was the surprise story in the early going, going 9-2-1 in its first 12 Hockey East games last season and cracking the national top ten. With first-year coach Tim Army emphasizing offense, the team proved to be vastly entertaining as well as successful. But the Friars faltered during the stretch run, going 3-7-2 in … Read more
One of the most consistently good programs in the nation — UNH has not had a losing season or even won fewer than 20 games in one campaign since 1995-96 — the Wildcats had what was, for them, a good-but-not-great season last year. Sporting one of the most dangerous lines in college hockey with Jacob … Read more
It was a trying debut behind the bench for first-year coach Mark Dennehy, as the Warriors suffered through a ten-game losing streak in December and January, ultimately going 2-16-3 in their last 21 games of the season after a promising 3-3 start. That said, Dennehy realizes that neither Rome nor North Andover were built in … Read more
In the biggest of a whopping six games this season between two perpetual archrivals, Boston College finally came away with a big win against Boston University, winning the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship and a trip to the Frozen Four in Milwaukee. After losing four straight games to their Commonwealth Avenue counterparts — including the Beanpot … Read more
If the first period of Friday’s NCAA East Regional semifinal represented a glorious first trip to the ball for the Cinderella team, the clock struck midnight, repeatedly, in the second period for Nebraska-Omaha. After scoring the game’s first goal and coming out of the first period tied at 1, the Mavericks surrendered six second-period goals … Read more
After waiting nine years to recapture the Hockey East Championship, Boston University didn’t mind waiting the better part of an overtime to make it a reality. Fourteen minutes and 22 seconds into overtime, BU’s freshmen line of Jason Lawrence, Chris Higgins, and Brandon Yip teamed up for a gorgeous game-winning goal to give the Terriers … Read more
Fittingly for St. Patrick’s Day in Boston, New Hampshire ran into a serious case of Murphy’s Law. The first three minutes of the game went just as UNH hoped. For the vast majority of the last 57 minutes, if anything could go wrong for the Wildcats, it did. After going on a power play in … Read more
On a roster replete with high-octane performers, Boston University defensemen Dan Spang and Matt Gilroy still stand out, Scott Weighart finds.
The two teams played better, combining for 69 shots and generating more scoring chances and fewer goaltending mistakes for the visitors. In the end, though, the result in game 2 of this best-of-3 series was identical to the game 1 final. For the second night in a row, Boston University broke open a tight game … Read more