Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!
One last thing on John Muse. For anyone who was at or watched the regional final against Miami in 2008 (as a Freshman) he single handedly allowed that game to continue in OT. He was awesome. York had to use a timeout because Miami was all over them. And in his 4 FF games, he allowed a total of 3 goals.
A certain unnamed pinhead made a surprise visit to Conte on Brian Gionta night last weekend and we were talking about all the great games (and bad ones... 07 MSU game) we've seen. This game was epic and yes, absolutely, Muse singlehandedly won that game with his overtime heroics prior to Whitney scoring full out Bobby Orr style in OT. So many interesting things in this game:
- 3 goals in 1:58 (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TuXBljG0Po). The place wasn't even full but my God did it get loud in the Centrum. Most people there were BC fans and it was pandemonium.
- The Whitney goal in and of itself (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBS2hTe98A) was something that will live on in BC history forever.
- The Muse performance in OT. One man show out there for a bit.
- I also credit Crazy Nick Petrecki for setting the tone in this one by bodyslamming Miami's best player I believe on the first shift or two of the game.
- The timeout in OT. York in his prime. BC was getting run out of the building and he went into Jerry Yoda mode, took the timeout and got their attention. Minutes later, it was over. I'd love to get the York circa 2008 back for a few more seasons.
I'd put this Miami game in 2008 and Michigan 2004 right near the top of the list for most underrated games ever. Some of the 1998-2001 regionals are also up there, a lot of insanely good games that are forgotten after BC started ripping off titles every other year for a while.
And while we're talking about Muse, a lot of people like to minimize what he did but a lot of times those BC teams needed a little time to get going and he was always there to hold it down until they did. In the big games, he was the best. Also I'd like to note a huge breakaway save he made in the 2010 Detroit semifinal vs Miami. Who knows how that game goes if he doesn't make that save. Hours later, it was blowout and another epic chokejob for Coach "Failboat" Enrico Blasi, who told his team in a pregame speech how BC couldn't skate with his Redhawks. And that BC team was a disgustingly good skating team with Kreider and Atkinson in addition to a whole set of other NHL caliber players like Gibbons and Whitney. Not exactly a Herb Brooks moment for Coach Failboat.
ps - thanks to Grant for keeping those videos up.
