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BC Eagles 2020-21 - in memory of Steve Gerrish

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Loved watching that kid play. His college career will always be unfulfilled. The end of last year was a huge disappointment for him I am sure as well as for all the other players. Losing him half way through this season is a real blow to the team and to the fans, although I can't blame him for that. Goalies in HE are breathing a sign of relief. Good luck to him, hope he can get over the injury jinx. Classy tweet, seems like a guy you want to be in your foxhole when things get tough.
 
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Ice tilted in their favor tonight, skating hard and getting in front of the net. Uncharacteristic defensive lapses for UML. CLose them out tomorrow.
 
Excellent 60 minute effort; thorough domination over UML. Skating and passing happened. Eagle hockey.

I think UML is fairly terrible (surprising given that even when they are not great, Bazin typically has a super difficult team to play against) but you play who you play and you need to make the most of these games and get the W and build off of it. The Lee kid is a handful and could have a good career ahead of him if he keeps improving.

Newhook coming back has indeed dramatically improved the PP.

Even without Hutsko, a title is still in play. The Hutsko news is just a huge bummer. The kid deserved better. Hell of a player.
 
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They showed up tonight, 100% effort. Still need to clean up some defensive mistakes, but it was the best game they have played since the start of the season. Losing Hutsko seemed to really motivate the entire team. The first line played up to their potential. Kuntar and Giles played very well. I’m really high on Kuntar being a major factor the rest of the way.

The HEA formula has a major flaw not taking into consideration the overall number of games played. It’s ridiculous that BU is in first place, getting rewarded for play as few games as possible. Very weak 1-0 win over UVM enables them to jump BC, despite BC crushing UML 7-1.

Go Eagles!
 
I'm not too concerned with the HEPI. The formula hasn't been released so isn't it possible GP is a component? More concerned with how BC is playing. The top line produced tonight like end of last year. If they lead the team like that, no doubt in my mind they are the best team in Hockey East. Where they finish in HEPI doesn't really matter to me (unless the NCAA tells the leagues to figure out their NCAA tournament teams).
 
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They showed up tonight, 100% effort. Still need to clean up some defensive mistakes, but it was the best game they have played since the start of the season. Losing Hutsko seemed to really motivate the entire team. The first line played up to their potential. Kuntar and Giles played very well. I’m really high on Kuntar being a major factor the rest of the way.

The HEA formula has a major flaw not taking into consideration the overall number of games played. It’s ridiculous that BU is in first place, getting rewarded for play as few games as possible. Very weak 1-0 win over UVM enables them to jump BC, despite BC crushing UML 7-1.

Go Eagles!
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How is BU being "rewarded"? Does less games played add something to the ranking? Of course not. What you really mean is, "why isn't BU being penalized for not playing as many games?" Why should the number of games matter? I mean if it's 3 or 4 games, I could see it potentially being a little much. But BU has played 9 games (will be 10 after tonight), and they have taken series from BC and UMass. It's not like they have only played Maine and Merrimack. And besides, the formula is taking into consideration who they are playing.

And perhaps you didn't mean it the way I read it, but it's a little insulting to these kids who have stuck with the program, despite having to sit by and watch all these other teams play games, to say they have played as few games as possible. As if that is part of a plan.

And I agree with JD - I think BC is the best team in the league. Last night was a show of what they can do. They always play well down the stretch. BU is better than expected, and may be the second best team. Maybe this formula gets BU home ice for the HE Championship game if they get that far, but it's not like home ice is a big advantage this year.
 
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Hea? Ok.
but — Ncaa?
mookie loves the enthusiasm, but it’s still been 2016 since the igles last even made the tournament.... please don’t go all nu on us!!! :^)
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Say what you will Mookie, but you know that BC team last year was a legit contender. They got robbed by the season not ending along with a handful of other top teams from last year. Not saying they would have won it all, but it wouldn't have been any sort of huge surprise if they had.
 
Everything is different this year but BC has the talent to get to the end and they have Knight who is just top shelf. He made a pass out of the crease to set up a 2 on 1 that turned into a goal. Everyone looked fresher and more primed to play last night. BTW Mookie in 2016 BC went to the FF, didn't win but the next day they lost 7 players who left early. Set them back a bit but last year and this year they have shown themselves to be good, very good. We are in the middle of Feb and Newhook scored his first goals last night. Look out for that guy.
 
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Lowell did actually return a good amount of scoring but it seems like they're playing musical chairs in goal. Uncharacteristic for them. Tsongas has not been kind to BC, I am expecting a tight one goal affair in either direction tonight.

Eaglekeeper, I DVRed the game and the announcers did highlight how GP is a factor in the HEPI.
 
Oh ultimately I am too. But when you raise your arm like he did i am used to HE giving out easy majors.

Listening to the announcers, I would question one thing about the HEPI. It was the fact BU won on the road last night that vaulted them ahead of BC. I don't know why we're valuing a road win against dreadful UVM with no fans in the building. That's not a dig at BU. I would feel that way regardless of team involved. In the end, just win.
 
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The HEA formula has a major flaw not taking into consideration the overall number of games played. It’s ridiculous that BU is in first place, getting rewarded for play as few games as possible. Very weak 1-0 win over UVM enables them to jump BC, despite BC crushing UML 7-1.
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I'll give you that it is odd that BC swapped with BU in the HEPI rankings (BU will always be #1 in the HEP-C rankings) after each team won, although BC played a better opponent, at least mathematically. I guess the fact that BU went on the road while BC was at home was a significant different to give them the bump - as we know that is factored into the formula. BC has left points all over the ice for a few months (notably a few Yukon games plus the loss and OT-win vs the BU JV team) so no complaining should be coming from the Heights.

If nothing else, this is going to make for entertaining reading when the complaints start coming out about how "my team got screwed" and even the disparity between PWR and the HEPI that could play out (see PC vs Yukon for an example there although they are fairly far down the list for NCAA tournament chatter).
 
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