Beanpot

… when the BPD puts three cops in each of the border-region student sections. They have metal detectors at the doors here, don’t they … ? Let’s hope so.

With 40 minutes by the boards, the teams discuss the remaining 20 (or more?) with BU 3, NU 2 on the scoreboard. The Huskies will resume play with a 1:41 power play, courtesy of a Zach Cohen minor,  but in a relatively defensive battle (compared to our previous three Beanpot games) the Terriers hold an … Read more

A moment later, winger Chris Donovan’s stick snaps, leaving NU with three and a half defenders, effectively. Fortunately, BU tried to jam the puck through Thiessen, who took the opportunity to cover up for the whistle. Just as Rassey emerges, BU gets a one-timer opportunity on par with the one Northeastern scored on. A huge … Read more

Yip rings Thiessen’s right post on a one-timer from the left-wing point; 1:08 left on Rassey’s minor.

A good song, yes, but I was never a big fan of that particular Bon Jovi melody during sporting events … unless the team’s in dire straights, of course. The Terrier band just broke it out with 27 minutes still remaining in regulation and the team up a goal. I don’t get it, I really … Read more

As NU put a lid on BU’s post-kill celebration, so did the Terriers silence their goal-chanting neighbors with Jason Lawrence’s wide-open back-door tip-in. 3-2 with 7:45 to play before the second intermission. It’s safe to say that so far, Thiessen has not been the Kevlar-coated curtain that he was last Monday against Boston College.

… but the Huskies potted a rebound goal of their own, just as the Terriers had returned to full strength. Sophomore Tyler McNeely deposited a soft rebound of Strathman’s blast, drawing the game even at deuces wild.

Six-foot-four BU defenseman Eric Gryba was in position on 5’10” Husky center Steve Silva in a one-on-one. Silva tried to loop to the outside, and Gryba had him lined up for a Richter-registering hit … until Silva slipped away with the puck, leaving Gryba to plaster himself to the BU half-boards. NU power play, down … Read more

Northeastern may as well have signed a lease on the first period; aside from the 5×3, it was a Paint It Black period. However, the two-man-up goal can’t be discounted, and it maintained BU’s place in this crazy affair. The Terriers appeared hesitant and anxious, and boasted few momentum-building moments. Millan looks more confident than … Read more

Just as Northeastern thought they’d dodged a Brandon Yip breakaway bullet, in flies sophomore center Nick Bonino to pick up the shorthanded rebound goal. Yip split the Husky defense in the neutral zone to retrieve a loose puck, stormed Thiessen alone, but whipped the bid high to the goalie’s blocker side. The defense, however, utterly … Read more

Word from Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna is that Hansen will be ok; he was cut above the eye and taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, referee Tom Fyrer — who worked the consolation game — will replace Hansen as the second referee.

The Terriers couldn’t handle a loose puck following a collision to goalie Kieran Millan’s left, and the puck drifted just out of reach of backchecking forward Higgins. Mike McLaughlin charged in, elevating the rebound over Millan to send the TD BankNorth Garden a-rattlin’. BU head coach Jack Parker demanded an explanation, sustaining — most likely … Read more

With 1:10 to play, Terrier center Luke Popko was assessed a minor by remaining ref Tim Benedetto. Cleaved power play, coming up.

BU bit first, taking a one-goal chunk out of Thiessen and Northeastern’s mystique. Colby Cohen roofed a low-angle shot over the goalie’s shoulder; the disc popped out again in a hurry, but not before the official on the spot had vehemently indicated the goal’s legitimacy. The play went under review, of course, but it took … Read more

After some serious sustained grappling low to Thiessen’s left, the stripes finally had enough, calling second-year blueliner Mike Hewkin for holding. Five minutes left, 5×4 for BU … … and once again, I spoke too soon! NU loses another body, as defenseman Louis Liotti joins Hewkin. 1:22 two-man advantage for the Terriers, who have been … Read more

Now it’s BU who should be breathing a sigh of relief. Not only are the Terriers dodging some serious rubber, but they also nearly put themselves on the penalty kill again with a potential tripping call at the blue line. The Dog House (NU) is jumping, and the Terriers are playing a suicidal brand of … Read more

The Huskies have worked the large umbrella nicely, holding possession but failing to find the cross-ice or back-door seam that the umbrella is designed to create. BU shoots it down the river, and we’re back to even strength hockey with eight minutes on the board.

Brandon Yip now gets the heave-ho, boxed for two minutes for hitting-from-behind. 10:13 on the clock in a rip-roaring, riled-up and raucous first period. Scoreless from the Beanpot Finals.

Terrier senior Chris Higgins dangled across Thiessen’s face, and tried the backhand, far-side chip over the junior goalkeep, but he couldn’t raise the puck enough, and Thiessen got the toe on it to hold the line. NU to the power play, as Higgins’ classmate John McCarthy is dismissed for a deuce … … and before … Read more

BU forward got cross-checked in the small of the back, while standing a foot off the NU end-boards. Didn’t catch the players involved, unfortunately, but everyone up here agrees that it was a pick-your-penalty incident. Huskies dodge their first bullet.