Boston College Hockey Thread: Frozen once again

[BCeagle]

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Looking ahead to next season, BC and Maine look strong barring no early departures. BC loses Sneep and Smith but return the line of Whitney, Atkinson and Gibbons. Maine looks loaded with their roster. BU may fall a bit if they keep losing players to the pros. Merrimack may crack the top-4 in HE.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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So the attendance issues at BC are more to do with the move to the ACC because the regional rivalries aren't there?

The reason for the attendance issues are twofold:

1) Because the basketball team sucks.
2) Because no one on campus gives a crap about the team because they are their own little clique. They don't get involved on campus and keep to themselves. Whenever there is a pep rally, for example, they always decline to attend.

There is a stark, stark contrast between that and how the hockey team is perceived on campus.

[HockeyMan2000]

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Looking ahead to next season, BC and Maine look strong barring no early departures. BC loses Sneep and Smith but return the line of Whitney, Atkinson and Gibbons. Maine looks loaded with their roster. BU may fall a bit if they keep losing players to the pros. Merrimack may crack the top-4 in HE.

Has there ever been a Hockey East season where only 1 team won 20 games and nearly the entire conference otherwise was either a few games at, above, or under .500 (save PC, who clearly is going to be a doormat for years to come)? I'm not so sure it's parity so much as mediocrity...which means everything from 3rd to 9th could again be separated by just a few points.

Either way, with the talent BC returns and the strong end to this season, I think it'll be BC's conference to lose next year and a wide open fight for positioning elsewhere.

[brightonjohn]

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Looking ahead to next season, BC and Maine look strong barring no early departures. BC loses Sneep and Smith but return the line of Whitney, Atkinson and Gibbons. Maine looks loaded with their roster. BU may fall a bit if they keep losing players to the pros. Merrimack may crack the top-4 in HE.

Yes, we're loaded with returning contributors. They should be phenomenal for years to come. I'm disappointed the most with losing Sneep out of all of them. Everyone's entitled to their opinion here, and there are ones here who would disagree with me, but I think he's an excellent defenseman - very effective on both sides. Always was a big fan of his.

[JMSF#1]

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The reason for the attendance issues are twofold:

1) Because the basketball team sucks.
2) Because no one on campus gives a crap about the team because they are their own little clique. They don't get involved on campus and keep to themselves. Whenever there is a pep rally, for example, they always decline to attend.

There is a stark, stark contrast between that and how the hockey team is perceived on campus.

I agree with point 2. Can't agree on point 1...last year the team went to the tournament and the stadium was rarely full.

I know many BC fans won't agree with this, but I think it has to do with the typical sports fan's attitude in Boston (same as in NYC)...when it is dubbed "cool" to be a fan of a particular sports team, then the city is crazy for them. Look at the Bruins and Celtics, before Garnett and Allen arrived, few people gave a crap about the C's. Now everyone loves them. Same with the Bruins, once they looked like a playoff team everyone started going to the games and wearing Bruins gear. I know every city has their share of fair-weather fans, but it seems to me that Boston has more than usual.

Also, I think the hockey rivalries in Boston hurt support for football and basketball. I doubt a lot of students at BU and Northeastern root for BC Football even though they don't have football themselves. I'm not complaining about this because I'd rather have the hockey rivalries than have them be BC football and basketball fans.

[JMSF#1]

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BTW, Eastern Clothing of Watertown should sponsor their hometown hero now that Skinner is gone.

[lah02476]

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And thank goodness Gene gives a rats *** about the hockey program. Stay away and let them keep winning.

Amen! I'm ticked off that this is coming up at all now, while the men's hockey team is getting ready to head for Detroit.

Couldn't this wait until after the FF, or , better yet, be done right after the basketball season (when they were eliminated in the ACC tourney)?

[JMSF#1]

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Amen! I'm ticked off that this is coming up at all now, while the men's hockey team is getting ready to head for Detroit.

Couldn't this wait until after the FF, or , better yet, be done right after the basketball season (when they were eliminated in the ACC tourney)?

I don't think this is a total negative for BC Hockey...Basketball is in such a sad state right now and with this most recent news a lot of BC fans will be looking for something to cheer about. BC Hockey stands to gain a lot of fans who maybe preferred basketball over hockey prior to this mess.

I know a few kids who weren't too keen on hockey who I've taken to a few games and now they love it.

[Federal League]

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Looking ahead to next season, BC and Maine look strong barring no early departures. BC loses Sneep and Smith but return the line of Whitney, Atkinson and Gibbons. Maine looks loaded with their roster. BU may fall a bit if they keep losing players to the pros. Merrimack may crack the top-4 in HE.

I played this game on the BU thread a while ago. I see basically four tiers of teams next year (pending guys going pro):

Tier 1
BC, Maine

Tier 2
UNH, BU, Merrimack

Tier 3
NU, UVM

Tier 4
UML, UMass, PC

[mookie1995]

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Yo O.G.!

You can remove that "might" from you last sentence.

I know he couldn't have got a team motivated to hate him like herbie did, but you have to wonder if Jerry could in fact get a group of young men to come together like that.
(and yes, I curse mike milbury every single day!!! )

[btg1204]

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Looking ahead to next season, BC and Maine look strong barring no early departures. BC loses Sneep and Smith but return the line of Whitney, Atkinson and Gibbons. Maine looks loaded with their roster. BU may fall a bit if they keep losing players to the pros. Merrimack may crack the top-4 in HE.

Provided no one leaves (Hayes & Kreider are not ready), next year's team is going to be absolutely stacked odds are ranked #1 going into 2010-11. The main problem I see is losing the grinder line of Price, Lombardi, & Almeida. They have been able to shut down the other team's #1 and be big on the PK. While we might have all the guns next year we do need some shut down forwards.

[JMSF#1]

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I can see someone like Alber playing a similar role that Lombardi has. Is it just me or does it always seem like he makes a good decision with the puck...nothing too flashy but he's not going to turn it over.

[jdevoejr]

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Amen! I'm ticked off that this is coming up at all now, while the men's hockey team is getting ready to head for Detroit.

Couldn't this wait until after the FF, or , better yet, be done right after the basketball season (when they were eliminated in the ACC tourney)?

Having this in the news right now is no big deal. With hoops finishing up this weekend it'll be ancient history by early next week. That being said, in addition to next years first line I absolutely love the way Mullane, Carey and Almieda play this game. They'll give you goals and might be your checking/shutdown line as well.

[btg1204]

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Devoe, those are the three names that initially popped into my head.

Also the leadership, I love what Smith, Lombo, & Price all represent as captains. Hard working, not the most gifted, follow my lead type players. I also love how there is a separation between the best players and the captain. Should be interesting...

That being said, let's get #4 in 2 weeks.

[sterlippo1]

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So the attendance issues at BC are more to do with the move to the ACC because the regional rivalries aren't there?

I believe this to be absolutely true...........obviously the team isnt that good lately and the shortsighted would say that is the reason, i think not .