BC Eagles 2020-21 - in memory of Steve Gerrish

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

Did Kuntar get benched? Hurt? Shamburglar in.

[J.D.]

Good question. Either way, BC down two top nine forwards. Hope they can hang in there against mighty BU!!!

[Marshmont_63]

It’s amazing that we have the record we do. We started out the season playing so well, but man do we look like crap considering the talent we have. I know games against BU are usually always close, but this is a BU team who is not only rusty but also severely short-handed. Our defense is pathetic. We hardly ever control the play for extended periods of time (UMass does this really well). We have so much individual talent, but it’s like these guys have never played together before. It’s infuriating. I blame the coaching staff. The PP is beyond atrocious. If we were to play Duluth, North Dakota, Minnesota, etc. we’d lose 7 or 8 out of 10 games. I’m not sure what the problem is, but we need to fix it. We won’t be winning any championships playing like this.

[J.D.]

Sheesh, take a step back from the ledge. BC has a 28-18 edge in shots and had to kill a major. They are not a terrible defensive team. Thankfully it's still only early February. Newhook is back, take a breath.

[Marshmont_63]

Just unbelievably sloppy play all around on that third BU goal. Pathetic

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

This team kinda.... is not that great.

Might be time to blow the lines up and get back to basics like passing, passing, passing, shooting, passing, skating, passing, and passing.

Been a few months since they put forth a good 60 minute effort and looked like a competent TEAM that actually practices. I'd love to get an honest assessment from York on their practices. I can only imagine they practice like garbage.

Anyway, on a positive note, McBain was a beast out there. Take the split and move on but need to learn from these games ... I'll be honest the talent is there and the team just hasn't gelled so it's not time to panic. Aside from the stupid penalties on a daily basis, there aren't a ton of red flags. The PP will improve with Newhook back.

[BCeagle]

Too predictable on the PP, they stayed high and BU able to predict and defence it

3 costly BC mistakes and BU took advantage of each even though BC outshot BU 41-23

The 2nd BU goal was on a costly turnover or poor clearing pass from the BC player and the BC over skating the play letting the BU player go down the slot for a snipe

Another goal on a 2 on 1 turnover by BC leading to a nice BU goal

[Marshmont_63]

Sheesh, take a step back from the ledge. BC has a 28-18 edge in shots and had to kill a major. They are not a terrible defensive team. Thankfully it's still only early February. Newhook is back, take a breath.

You’re telling me you don’t see any problems with this team? We could not compete against the best teams in the Midwest the way we’re currently playing. We just made Vinny Duplessis look like Martin Brodeur. He’s a freshman making his first collegiate start and we score one goal against him. They were without Farrance, Commesso, Cockerill, and Amonte. We were without just Hutsko. I’m not saying BC is a mediocre team. We’re not. We’re a good team. Right now though, we’re not a great team. **Considering the individual talent on this team** we’re playing very poorly right now. Passing is choppy and inaccurate. The PP is a mess. Guys stand around at the blue line and take outside shots too much. We get very cavalier with the puck in our own zone. It’s ok to admit this team is not clicking. With the talent we have, we should be dominating games. Aside from the Northeastern game this past week, we haven’t dominated a game since the 9-0 win over Providence. We have (probably) the best goaltender prospect in the world, two legit first round picks who made up probably the best line in the country at the end of last year, multiple other studs like Helleson, St. Ivany, and Hutsko, excellent depth guys like McBain, Giles, and McLaughlin, and a bunch of freshman studs in Powell, Kuntar, Nesterenko, and Ambrosio. And yet, we look disjointed and sloppy a lot of the time. The coaching staff needs to fix this

[J.D.]

They haven't had any postgame pressers for men's hockey that I have seen. They have em for men's/women's hoops and women's hockey but never anything from York after home games.

I think they'll need the Newhook line to take off like last year for everything to fall into place. Deep team but not quite the 1-2 punch of the Cotton line and then Newhook line.

[J.D.]

And no I am not saying there aren't any problems. I think the PP will improve with Newhook back and I also don't think Knight is at the top of his game right now. The last three games BC has given up 28, 24, 23 SOG. Outshooting the opponent in all three games.

[BCeagle]

This team kinda.... is not that great.

Might be time to blow the lines up and get back to basics like passing, passing, passing, shooting, passing, skating, passing, and passing.

Been a few months since they put forth a good 60 minute effort and looked like a competent TEAM that actually practices. I'd love to get an honest assessment from York on their practices. I can only imagine they practice like garbage.

Anyway, on a positive note, McBain was a beast out there. Take the split and move on but need to learn from these games ... I'll be honest the talent is there and the team just hasn't gelled so it's not time to panic. Aside from the stupid penalties on a daily basis, there aren't a ton of red flags. The PP will improve with Newhook back.

The passing I agree with

They always try to make difficult plays or passes instead of the short simple passes to the open man

Since December they have looked only good in spurts in each game but not complete games

Penalties are starting to be more costly each game for the last month or so

how many too many men penalties can you have ? getting to be too much of a bad habit

[cridge]

They haven't had any postgame pressers for men's hockey that I have seen. They have em for men's/women's hoops and women's hockey but never anything from York after home games.

I think they'll need the Newhook line to take off like last year for everything to fall into place. Deep team but not quite the 1-2 punch of the Cotton line and then Newhook line.

A big difference from this years team to last years team is forward depth. The fourth line didn't play at all in the third tonight. Last years fourth line was tough to score against because of McLaughlin.

[BCeagle]

You’re telling me you don’t see any problems with this team? We could not compete against the best teams in the Midwest the way we’re currently playing. We just made Vinny Duplessis look like Martin Brodeur. He’s a freshman making his first collegiate start and we score one goal against him. They were without Farrance, Commesso, Cockerill, and Amonte. We were without just Hutsko. I’m not saying BC is a mediocre team. We’re not. We’re a good team. Right now though, we’re not a great team. **Considering the individual talent on this team** we’re playing very poorly right now. Passing is choppy and inaccurate. The PP is a mess. Guys stand around at the blue line and take outside shots too much. We get very cavalier with the puck in our own zone. It’s ok to admit this team is not clicking. With the talent we have, we should be dominating games. Aside from the Northeastern game this past week, we haven’t dominated a game since the 9-0 win over Providence. We have (probably) the best goaltender prospect in the world, two legit first round picks who made up probably the best line in the country at the end of last year, multiple other studs like Helleson, St. Ivany, and Hutsko, excellent depth guys like McBain, Giles, and McLaughlin, and a bunch of freshman studs in Powell, Kuntar, Nesterenko, and Ambrosio. And yet, we look disjointed and sloppy a lot of the time. The coaching staff needs to fix this

Or perhaps the assistant coaches need to wake up and focus on solutions to the problems on the ice.

[J.D.]

A big difference from this years team to last years team is forward depth. The fourth line didn't play at all in the third tonight. Last years fourth line was tough to score against because of McLaughlin.

Chasing the game, I can understand rolling 3 lines. Plus they were down a couple forwards so there were a couple makeshift lines. The normal 4th line has been good but Shamburger is just a body.

[J.D.]

Or perhaps the assistant coaches need to wake up and focus on solutions to the problems on the ice.

There is one intriguing thing about the staff. You have a former goalie and two stay at home dmen. That might not mean much in the end but does make you wonder who is in charge of the PP.