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BC Eagles 2020-21 - in memory of Steve Gerrish

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Moving forward: I think a line shakeup of lines 2-4 need to happen. Not sure what is going on with any injuries (why Shamburger was in there last night?) but I don't see any reason to sit Weight if he's healthy. I want Weight and Kuntar in the lineup if healthy. Maybe give Andres shifts up front if you're dresssing him as a 7th DMan. He's not great in his own zone yet and seems like a liability (hopeful he can develop) but I think he has some size that could help grind some fourth line shifts with success. Then he's there as a 7th Dman should someone get hurt. Nesterenko and Ambrosio have more to give. Although worth noting Ambrosio had two unsuccessful breakaways last night. Izyk is another guy that maybe should play although I don't know where you put him.

I generally dislike lamenting at the loss of a player that is gone but losing Hutsko was probably a death blow to the season.

Anyway, they might be able to sneak into some tournament wins with a 60 minute effort. Maybe. With Knight and the top line, they could do anything. But I worry that this isn't a team built for postseason play (again). Total role reversal the past decade from what we've seen with the golden era where regular season was just good but they were postseason juggernauts. That being said, you always have to look forward to playing some games with the inevitable superior officiating from other conferences. And generally speaking, the SO SUPERIOR western teams get sucked into running and gunning with BC traditionally for whatever reason. I'd rather play those teams than deal with a Hockey East team in the tournament.

Side note: was anyone else astonished at how many times NESN people kept saying it was St. Ivany's goal (they probably said it 20+ times) when it was obvious to anyone with a functioning brain that Giles tipped it? Jaffe is pretty solid but him and Caron kept saying it repeatedly. Then they go into the studio and those guys kept saying it. It was strange; almost felt like it was intentional.
 
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I'm not sure on the lineup shakeup when you are now in a win or go home situation. Is that the time to risk it when you are coming off a game where you scored 5 goals? They do have a week to practice but I'm not sure it's worth the risk.
 
UML found the hole in Knight's wall, they kept shooting at it all night long. Not sure of the last time a team scored 5 goals on them in reg but it had to be ahile ago. Have to give Lowell credit, they kept plugging away and came out with a win. That is a Bazin type team, no superstars, they play a tough grinding game and BC does not like to play that type of game. Could have gone either way, last night it was Lowell. Don't change the lines or the pairings just adjust the attitude, how ever many you are leading by, don't let up, it is not enough.
 
Watts with the ENG for Wisconsin. Anyone ever figure out what led to her leaving BC? Not a big women's hockey guy but how the hell did it take this long for ESPN to put the FF on TV?
 
All the scoring came from the first line and one PP goal. I would definitely make the following changes.

Giles, McLaughlin, Ambrosio
Kuntar, McBain, Nestarenko
Carreau, Roy, Izyk or Weight.

Giles and Kuntar are very good along the wall and behind the net. They can get the puck to Ambrosio and Nestarenko. You are only changing one player on each line. It’s also better for defense to split up Ambrosio & Nestarenko.

We need an upperclassman on the 4th line. Carreau brings that and Izyk is a sophomore.
We really can’t roll 4 lines since we moved Carreau up to the 3rd line.

If we don’t develop more scoring depth, teams will focus on shutting down our top line. We also need our forwards to help out in the d-zone. Giles and Kuntar are very good at that. They are both big, tough kids that can really help solve our dzone problems.

I agree that their puck possession needs to improve. It starts by not turning over the puck in the neutral zone. Gain the line and dump the puck in against the 1-2-2 trap. JY’s teams were always good at keeping the puck down low, cycling and finding the open man for a good scoring chance. They eat up a lot of time with that style and really limit their opponents opportunities. They use to be able to hold teams to one or two goals against in tournament games. They were very hard to score on.

Go Eagles!
 
The transfer portal is going to be very helpful to the elite teams that lose their 1st and 2nd round picks after their freshman and sophomore years. Coangelo could be another flight risk for NU.

Go Eagles!
 
Good that these guys are coming back to finish their degrees, make the most of it. Given that the NCAA has given everyone an extra year I imagine there will be a number of guys who are not NHL ready staying and with Freshmen coming in rosters will be full unless little used players want more ice time. I am not in favor of it but this is not your father's college hockey world. With the exception of Newhook I don't there is anyone on the team that is NHL ready, maybe Knight but I think he will be riding the bus to Worcester next year. They are need to get bigger and stronger to play at the NHL level. The off season is going to be like free agency across college hockey.
 
Has the USHL etc been playing? I wonder if a lot of kids will be delayed a year from coming to colleges.
 
Went to FF in 14 and 16, hard to win every time you go. Lost 7 players to NHL, including Demko, had some down years (for BC) but still tied for HE RS title in 2018, were poised to have a good post season last year. This year they need to overcome some recent disappointing seasons. They are good and they have an excellent goaltender. Looking forward to the week end.
 
Carmine Scarpaglia said:
OK tough bracket and first round game. Worst part is that ND games are as exciting as watching grass grow.

Time to play big boy hockey or go home.
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No question, very difficult road to the FF. They certainly will have earned it if they get there. ND just sucks the life out of games. Even when you look at the program AIC has, a lot of times these 1 v 4 games turn out to be toss ups. Especially difficult to know this year with no non conference. Just happy we're on the cusp of a tournament and BC is in it.
 
I like the matchup. ND gives up a lot of goals. I think they are going to have a lot of trouble with our speed. They are not an old, big physical team.

I’m more concerned with getting our 2nd and 3rd lines on the scoresheet and getting regular shifts out of the 4th line. Also, we need and can improve our overall team defense.

BU v St. Cloud St. will hopefully be a slugfest!

Go Eagles!
 
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I'm more concerned with getting our 2nd and 3rd lines on the scoresheet and getting regular shifts out of the 4th line.
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Shortening the bench against ND is the big concern to me. ND is always deep and will likely roll 4 lines all night. I do like having last change against this team. Matchups are going to be important and with a coach like Jackson, that is going to be a game within a game. Sometimes you get too caught up in it and get burned though. Will be interesting to watch.
 
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