BU: '22-'23 Season: Sail The Boats

[hydrant]

Yes. Their graphics are terrible. Constant errors. In the previous game when they put up the between period stats they actually had the SCORE wrong. In one instance they had things reversed, and in another they had a line which said Power Plays: 1/3 when the team hadn't scored a goal yet.

I have said this before...for a network that supposedly is making such a big push to show hockey (and maybe they just focus more on the NHL level), they sure do a mediocre job. Half the time they don't put up the penalty clock. I noticed on a 4 on 4 they don't put it up, as though the time doesn't matter because both teams are at even strength.

Frustrating, but it is what it is.

Would blame Uconn instead of ESPN+ for these errors

[chickod]

Would blame Uconn instead of ESPN+ for these errors

It happens every game though. It's happened at BU home games. Clearly they don't have "hockey people" working behind the scenes. Probably basketball people...because ESPN+ does EVERY game in existence...if you scroll through any given day, basically EVERY college game is available. It's "understandable," but it's frustrating and just points out again that hockey is a regional, niche sport.

[brassbonanza]

The production of Hockey East games on ESPN+ is done by the home team, not ESPN. They only pick up the feed.

UConns home feed has been produced by the same guy for decades and it's notoriously bad among those who follow the program.

[Rogie21]

The production of Hockey East games on ESPN+ is done by the home team, not ESPN. They only pick up the feed.

UConns home feed has been produced by the same guy for decades and it's notoriously bad among those who follow the program.

Also disappointing is that UConn never produces a game highlights video. For that matter, BC didn't produce one Friday either.

[DNAEagle]

I was disappointed not to see the highlights as well, but watching in person for a BU fan was probably painful, the replays only double the pain.

[Rogie21]

This Date in BU Hockey--Dick Decloe

[Bomber]

This Date in BU Hockey--Dick Decloe

$189.33 ... Imagine if this all went down in the internet/social media age. OOO!

Great read. Thanks for sharing.

[BU93]

This Date in BU Hockey--Dick Decloe

If we really went 11-2 not counting forfeits, and then went 11-1-1 the rest of the way, for a 22-3-1, how did we lose to Pennsylvania in the ECAC quarters 7-3 in what looks like a home game? Anyone know those circumstances?

[ericredaxe]

$189.33 ... Imagine if this all went down in the internet/social media age. OOO!

Great read. Thanks for sharing.

About $1400 in todays dollars. Wild story and a fun read for sure.

[BU93]

Ryan Greene cut from Team Canada. Guess he’ll be back for our holiday break games.

[Sean Pickett]

If we really went 11-2 not counting forfeits, and then went 11-1-1 the rest of the way, for a 22-3-1, how did we lose to Pennsylvania in the ECAC quarters 7-3 in what looks like a home game? Anyone know those circumstances?

You can read David Warner's thoughts about that. He thinks BU was looking past Penn.

As for Penn, beside Coach Crocker perhaps feeling like he should have been the BU head coach, the whole team likely felt that they were disrespected when BU was given the last home ice slot over them. Based on records Penn finished 4th in the ECAC, but playoff spots and home ice were given out by the men in the smoke filled room back then.

Sean

[Rogie21]

You can read David Warner's thoughts about that. He thinks BU was looking past Penn.

As for Penn, beside Coach Crocker perhaps feeling like he should have been the BU head coach, the whole team likely felt that they were disrespected when BU was given the last home ice slot over them. Based on records Penn finished 4th in the ECAC, but playoff spots and home ice were given out by the men in the smoke filled room back then.

Sean

Penn was a terrific road team that season, losing just twice in away games. At the end of the quarterfinal loss--with BU fans, myself included, sitting stunned in the WBA stands--all the Terriers skated to the Penn bench to congratulate Crocker. BU lost its final two games to finish 22-6-1 on the ice (11-17-1 in the record book) with a pair of All Americans, Steve Dolloff and Ed Walsh.

[Sean Pickett]

You can read [URL="http://terrierhockey2.blogspot.com/2009/05/game-that-never-was.html?m=1"]As for Penn, beside Coach Crocker perhaps feeling like he should have been the BU head coach, the whole team likely felt that they were disrespected when BU was given the last home ice slot over them. Based on records Penn finished 4th in the ECAC, but playoff spots and home ice were given out by the men in the smoke filled room back then.

Here’s some background on the ECAC 1972-73 season. The league was originally created as a 28-team league for the express purpose of helping the Eastern Selection Committee choose the two teams to represent the East in the NCAAs. There was no league scheduling, balanced or unbalanced, all scheduling was left up to each individual school. Near the end of the season the committee selected and seeded the top eight teams for the ECAC Tournament. The NCAA agreed to allow the tournament champion to be one of the teams, but required the committee to select the second team. In 1972-873 the league was down to 17 teams, but the committee still selected and seeded the teams to be in the tournament.

BU was 11-4 at the time of the forfeits, but just 4-3 in ECAC games. They went 9-1-1 in their remaining ECAC games. Here are the final standing with forfeits and on ice:

1972-73 ECAC Standings
w/BU Forfeits							On Ice
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.			GP	W	L	T	Pct.
Cornell	18	14	3	1	0.806		Harvard	18	14	3	1	0.806
Harvard	18	14	3	1	0.806		Cornell	18	13	4	1	0.750
Boston College	18	13	5	0	0.722		Boston University	18	13	4	1	0.750
Pennsylvania	22	13	7	2	0.636		Boston College	18	13	5	0	0.722
New Hampshire	19	11	8	0	0.579		Pennsylvania	22	13	7	2	0.636
Clarkson	20	11	9	0	0.550		New Hampshire	19	11	8	0	0.579
RPI	20	11	9	0	0.550		Clarkson	20	11	9	0	0.550
Boston University	18	9	8	1	0.528		RPI	20	11	9	0	0.550
Brown	19	10	9	0	0.526		Northeastern	21	10	11	0	0.476
Northeastern	21	10	11	0	0.476		Brown	19	9	10	0	0.474
St. Lawrence	18	8	10	0	0.444		St. Lawrence	18	8	10	0	0.444
Dartmouth	20	8	11	1	0.425		Dartmouth	20	7	12	1	0.375
Yale	15	5	9	1	0.367		Yale	15	5	9	1	0.367
Providence	17	6	11	0	0.353		Providence	17	6	11	0	0.353
Colgate	17	5	12	0	0.294		Colgate	17	5	12	0	0.294
Princeton	21	3	18	0	0.143		Army	10	1	9	0	0.100
Army	10	1	9	0	0.100		Princeton	21	2	19	0	0.095

As can be seen BU would have finished tied for second with Cornell, not eighth. Furthermore, BU played Cornell once, Harvard twice and BC three times, going 3-2-1. Penn played both Harvard and Cornell twice each, going 0-3-1. So seeding BU 4th and giving them home ice wasn’t totally arbitrary, but it still must have stung the Penn team.

That said, it might have been better for BU if the committee had seeded them eighth, as they would have traveled to Lynah for a replay of “the game that wasn’t,” since according to David Warner the BU team was looking to playing Cornell again. That would have been some game: probably a bit like when BU hosted Maine for the HE Quarterfinals in 1994.

Sean

[Sean Pickett]

Penn was a terrific road team that season, losing just twice in away games. At the end of the quarterfinal loss--with BU fans, myself included, sitting stunned in the WBA stands--all the Terriers skated to the Penn bench to congratulate Crocker. BU lost its final two games to finish 22-6-1 on the ice (11-17-1 in the record book) with a pair of All Americans, Steve Dolloff and Ed Walsh.

According to Penn's 73-74 media brochure the team went 9-2-2 on the road in 72-73, all ECAC games, including a tie at Cornell and defeating BU in the quarterfinals.

Sean

[defkit]

Walter Brown is sold out for tonight's game vs. Harvard. I suppose it makes sense given the smaller capacity and the way the team is playing. But I assumed incorrectly that this being during break would mean that tickets would be available at game time. Should be a great atmosphere. Glad it is on ESPN2. Hopefully the team can keep the general momentum going, and reverse their Friday night curse.