In my days in college hockey I’ve seen plenty of people give teams the ammunition to win. But in all my time have I seen such little respect given to a team that, in the history of the NCAA tournament, has more championships than any other club. Michigan will play North Dakota this weekend in … Read more
Well, a wild weekend of conference tournament hockey is finally behind us and the resultant is this year’s 16-team NCAA tournament field. Once again, the PairWise Rankings correctly predicted the tournament field. Over the years, I’ve noticed that the general public’s knowledge and understanding of the PairWise has certainly cut down on the griping after … Read more
I just wanted to make a short post here to correct an inconsistency in what I’ve reported over the past few days about Maine’s bonus points. The Black Bears indeed will have bonus points tacked onto their RPI for two road wins at North Dakota, but Maine’s season opening win against Minnesota will not accrue … Read more
Is it realistic that the WCHA could have only three NCAA tournament bids this year? That despite the fact that the conference itself has the best overall RPI of the six conferences and has two of the top three teams in the PairWise Rankings? As scary as it may seem, the answer to that question … Read more
I’m definitely a writer who is happy to give the ol’ mea culpa when I screw something up. So I’m here to tip my hat to the UMass Minutemen. On Thursday, I said that I expected Maine to pretty much walk all over them in their best-of-three quarterfinal series. Instead, the Minutemen played in a … Read more
Okay, so the second Thursday in March is pretty much my Christmas every year. No, it’s not because St. Patrick’s Day is nearing (as a true Irishman, I consider St. Patty’s to be amateur night for drinking). I get jazzed this time of year for college hockey’s post-season to hit it’s stride. This weekend, every … Read more
It’s natural for everyone to be thinking either regular-season standings or worrying about how their team will do in the conference playoffs. What is easy to lose sight of is the extremely cluttered national tournament picture. Right now, the PairWise rankings are as volitile as ever. Some perrenial powerhouses are living day to day on … Read more
We all love the Cinderella story in sports. Heck, half the reason the NCAA men’s basketball tournament has such great ratings is due to upsets in the tournament’s opening rounds. With that in mind, there seems to be an unusally high number of what I call “land mines” in college hockey this season. Land mines … Read more
That ends things from the TD Banknorth Garden. Yes, it does seem like Groundhog’s Day with BU winning for the 28th time in 55 years. But anyone who had the chance to see Monday title game will tell you that it was one of the more entertaining, edge of your seat games in the tournament’s … Read more
BU goaltender John Curry was a walking record book after Monday night’s game. His .985 save percentage was the all-time best in Beanpot history and earned him the Eberly Award as the goaltender who plays both games of the tournament and posts the highest save percentage. Curry allowed just one goal on 65 shots. He … Read more
Some quotes from the players and coaches of both teams after tonight’s thrilling, 2-1 overtime victory for Boston University over Boston College: BU head coach Jack Parker: “I told everyone on the BC team that I thought they deserved better tonight.” “I can’t say enough about John Curry. I can’t say enough about the way … Read more
Brian McGuirk, after taking a faceoff and beating BC’s opposing winger, fired a shot that surprised Schneider to win the game and the championship at 5:06 of overtime. BU has captured its third straight and 28th all-time Beanpot championship, 2-1. The goal sent the BU student section into pandemonium. Announcement of the tournament MVP and … Read more
This could be one of those games that settle in for a long, winter nightÂÂ
Joe Rooney had the game-winner on his stick but tried to pick a corner on Curry, missing the net high. 1:55 played thus far in overtime.
Just 44 second into overtime, Boyle got off a hard wrist shot from the slot on a rush that required a nice pad save from Curry.
BC had 29 attempts on goal during the third period, 13 of them on target, seven blocked by the defense and nine missing the net. BU had 14 attempts with just four getting through to Schneider, one hitting the pipe (Roche), with the defense blocking five and four shots going wide. BC holds a 35-21 … Read more
This is the ninth time the championship game has gone to overtime and the third time that it has been BC and BU playing. BC has won the previous two overtime contests in the title game against the Terriers.
We’ll be back with more stats, but BC holds a 35-21 advantage in shots heading to overtime tied at 1.
A bad-angle shot by Brian Boyle nearly ended up the game winner as Curry dropped the puck right onto the goal line before covering up. Referee Benedetto is actually going to review this one but will see that the puck never crossed the line.
Hard wrist shot from the slot after a bad bounce ended up on Boomer Ewing’s stick.