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Boston College Hockey 2009-2010

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Eaglefan06 said:
To be quite honest I am throughly disappointed that they lost to VT today. After last night, they should have came out and finished off the pummelling.
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One could argue they played a better game Sunday than on Saturday. The puck went in the net Sat., not so much on Sunday. A 5 on 3 PP turned into a VT shg, and a 5 minute major cost the Eagles this game.

BC scored 7 goals on 19 shots on Saturday.
Scored 2 goals on 32 shots on Sunday.
That's hockey.
 
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FiveHole12 said:
How the hell does that puck that went 5 feet straight above Spillane's head, then lands between him and the goal line, not go in the net? I thought that was the game tying goal for sure.
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Wasn't that before we got our 2nd goal. Didn't they review that play?

A strange series of events. BC had a close call, UVM took a timeout. But really wasted that timeout as the play was reviewed. A few seconds later, BC scored on the Smith goal.

That's how I remembered it anyway.
 
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FiveHole12 said:
One could argue they played a better game Sunday than on Saturday.
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There is really no way I could see anyone arguing that in my opinion. They were hesitant and neutralized badly last night. Not a ton of great scoring chances. And got physically beaten much more so on Sunday. A lot can be attributed to UVM not playing as awful as they did on Saturday, but honestly, BC was making bonehead mistakes last night in all zones. And it cost them. BC was much better on Saturday.

When Gibbons smoked that defenseman in the last minute and had a chance to tie it up, WOW! What a move. That would have been a nice one to have!
 
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FiveHole12 said:
I thought it was a good call. It was a dangerous, very hard hit. The VT player went airborne, hard into the boards from the impact.
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Not the way I saw it. The hit was borderline from the side, and if the kid gets up right away and is not shaken up, they call a boarding. Hits from behind are a tough one, because it's such a fine line. However, that could have been a 2 minute boarding call and both coaches would have agreed. Guarantee Sneddon doesn't argue if they call 2 minutes for boarding. It really wasn't that bad.
 
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Kenny said:
Not the way I saw it. The hit was borderline from the side, and if the kid gets up right away and is not shaken up, they call a boarding. Hits from behind are a tough one, because it's such a fine line. However, that could have been a 2 minute boarding call and both coaches would have agreed. Guarantee Sneddon doesn't argue if they call 2 minutes for boarding. It really wasn't that bad.
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I guess my problem is that the refs had to talk about it. If you have to talk about it, that tells me a five minute penalty should not be given.
 
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I had a bad angle so I cannot comment on the hit, but it was a buzz killer and a game changer in my opinion! Wey had just slammed Milo on the same series and the crowd and momentum were clearly in BC's favor seconds earlier. 5 MINUTE MAJOR...leads to energy draining PK, and a 2-1 game goes to 3-1.

Does anyone else remember what a great job Spillane and staff did buying time for a rapidly tiring VT club? Twice he had equipment repair, once after a icing call that kept a very tired VT defense on the ice and another one late in the game as momentum again was clearly favoring BC. Just great play by their club! From my vantage point both times looked like a chin strap issue.

BC will need to learn from this and find a way to handle back to back games when opportunity knocks to collect 4 points. I have said a few times that these guys will test the fans as they "figure it out" going forward.

One point not made much of on this thread is that this team has allowed 5 goals in its' last three games which nets out to less then 2 goals against per game. If this trend continues the club is going to win their fair share of games. Young defense had a pretty good weekend.

Last three games have produced 14 goals which translates to almost 5 per game! Forwards can apply pressure that will challenge the best teams in the country.

Back on the road for awhile...let's win and get better each outing.:)
 
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Nick Papagiorgio said:
Wasn't that before we got our 2nd goal. Didn't they review that play?
That's how I remembered it anyway.
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Yes and yes. It didn't go in, but I was just wondering out loud how that puck doesn't go in. I sit in the corner almost on the goal line... how it doesn't hit Spillane in the back and go in is a mystery to me, and then, after it hits the ice, it bounces to the side of the net. What's the chances of that happening?
I thought sure as heck, given that Spillane didn't know where the puck went, and that he didn't move from his position, that the puck was going in the net when it landed.
 
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Kenny said:
Not the way I saw it. The hit was borderline from the side, and if the kid gets up right away and is not shaken up, they call a boarding. Hits from behind are a tough one, because it's such a fine line. However, that could have been a 2 minute boarding call and both coaches would have agreed. Guarantee Sneddon doesn't argue if they call 2 minutes for boarding. It really wasn't that bad.
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From my view across the ice, the VT player was skating away from Carey. Carey caught up to him, but never quite got side by side to him. Carey got him with the arm/shoulder, rather than the hip. It could have gone either way, but I wasn't surprised by the call. Kind of like a clip in football... the blocker gets his head in front of the man but his body takes him down from behind. That's how I saw it... Carey hit him from behind and sent him sideways into the boards.

The fact that the kid bounced off the boards airborne, with his back arched in the wrong direction when he hit the ice, probably had as much to do with the call as anything. Looked like a pretty violent hit from my seat. I was glad the kid was able to get up and skate away... looked like there was a possibility he might not have been able to.
 
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BCHF said:
One point not made much of on this thread is that this team has allowed 5 goals in its' last three games which nets out to less then 2 goals against per game. If this trend continues the club is going to win their fair share of games. Young defense had a pretty good weekend.

Last three games have produced 14 goals which translates to almost 5 per game! Forwards can apply pressure that will challenge the best teams in the country.
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The D gets better with each game. We had some miscues with overskating pucks, losing it off the stick while uncontested, and a few fans on passes, but the forwards have had some of the same problems. Go back to wood sticks? ;)

This team brings a lot of intensity every night. I love their energy level and heart. Good things will happen with this group.

BTW... it appeared to me that Gibbons was hurting a bit in the 3rd. He came over the boards, collected a puck at center ice and was hit pretty hard. Seemed to be favoring a shoulder or rib the rest of the game. Any news?
 
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Well, that was fun. I can has another two points?

By the way, apparently Muse played last weekend with a broken finger, and that was a big reason he didn't start tonight.
 
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If he has a broken anything, he shouldn't be playing. It's a long season and Milner is 2-0.

How did he look in person last night?
 
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BCWH Superfan joe said:
If he has a broken anything, he shouldn't be playing. It's a long season and Milner is 2-0.

How did he look in person last night?
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Milner looked decent. Not spectacular, but got the job done, that's for sure. I'm in the Muse camp but Milner is a more than serviceable backup.
 
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You have to be happy with the start. What is most impressive is the veterans getting it done and producing in the beginning of the season. Smith, Price, Gibbons, Sneep, you name it and they have all had a major impact with their production the first 10 games or so. That's huge for a young team when the upper classmen take the pressure off of the rookies.

With the amount of freshmen in the line-up and BC's historically slow starting teams, sitting atop the league after November is a great start. Now if this is a typical late peaking Jerry York club, we should be in for a fun year.
 
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Very good weekend up in Maine...

3 points in a place like Maine says it all!

Down 2-0 going into the third and coming all the way back to take the lead...WOW!

I'll never complain about the refs because in most cases it usually balances out, but it really did not this weekend. I'd like to say BC was just a really physical team but that is not the case in general. The club competes for most every puck and at times goes to the box for interference. Cam nearly got his head ripped off right in front of the ref and he just pretended he did not see it. I thought Coach York was going to go crazy between 2nd and 3rd period because of that no call.

In the end 3 points on the road with a little adversity, lots of PK work by Phil S. and Pat W. was fun to watch late in game 2 OT. Timely goal tending was key both nights. Many different forwards making contributions in all phases of the game...face-offs, shots, assists, great corner work and puck possession.

All around strong weekend with plenty of developmental opportunities. This club could run a few wins together with solid work ethic and aggressive play in the late November and early December.:)
 
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Hopefully BC will get a W against Clarkson. Historically they have owned BC in this rivalry.
 
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