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Boston College Women's Hockey '25-'26: It's The Hope That Kills You

thirdtime's . . . said:
But why review a possible major penalty (which was under their noses) while discounting the possibility that they missed a minor penalty? I think it was a clear minor, but maybe those, by definition, are unchallengeable? If so, a rule like this seems designed to cover the refs assets: that is, "There's nothing to see here," despite the premise of the challenge being a possible major.
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My guess is that they don't want an endless list of challenges for missed trippings, etc., but the powers that be wanted a way to remedy the situation if a truly dangerous infraction went unseen (or just uncalled). I'd guess we're still a few decades away from an NBA-type rule where you challenge the out-of-bounds call so that the refs can see that the reason the ball went out of bounds of Team A's player was because Team B tackled him. On the positive side, they have gotten much better on the reviews to see that, by golly, that puck did go in the net after all!
 
Yeah it's what you said there -- you can't challenge for a minor, so since they didn't call one on the ice you could only challenge for a major and hope for the best. Right decision by the bench obviously given that it was the end of the game but also agree it was probably only a minor.
 
Thanks for the response, guys. I just don't like the fact that when asked to investigate a possibly major fire the refs are allowed to reply that there wasn't even any smoke.
 
TonyTheTiger20 said:
Update: We are so back
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What's going on in Providence this year? Okay, so you won, but the Eagles haven't been the kind of team anyone should lose by 6 versus this season (although the Friars did manage to lose by four in the previous meeting).

On the positive side of things, PSU, UConn, and Northeastern are all qualifying for the NCAAs at this point. Meanwhile, the ECAC the top of the ECAC isn't as high as we've come to expect.
 
TonyTheTiger20 said:
Update: We are so back
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"We are so back " @TonyTheTiger20 (1/19/2026)

Anyone that watched tonight's embarrassing loss to Northeastern saw a team that has clearly quit on their coach and a coach that clearly knows that her time at BC is coming to an end. The complete destruction of the BC womans hockey team is now complete. I'm not sure it can get any worse from here. I thought we hit rock bottom last week and I was wrong. This is rock bottom. 4th place in the Beanpot. I have never been more disgusted in the state of this program than I am right now.

As always a few observations ....

  • Thank God for Grace Campbell
  • Good to see 14 finally wake up
  • The BC defense is a complete joke
  • How in the world can you give up 60 shots to that team ?
  • 12 and 4 look completely lost. That NU 2nd goal was terrible defense. Hard to watch
  • 19 looks like she has lost interest. No compete at all. Unacceptable with that size in a game like that
  • Who is coaching these defenseman ?
  • Kate Leary has no business being a top assistant at BC. She is clueless
  • why is 17 playing forward on the BC Power play ? Is this mite level hockey ?
  • Has anyone seen Courtney Kennedy ? Last I heard she just won a gold medal for team USA
Time to focus on Hockey East. Lets see if we can grab another 4th place finish !
 
Ya boy's still here! Was on vacation in Arizona for the past week. Flight home turned into a 10 hour delay and a rebooked flight the next day but got back just in time to freeze to death...

Anyway EAGLES BACK AGAIN! I had to follow with live stats because ESPN never had the stream up? So that was annoying.

Finishing off the 6 point weekend would be big for trying to get 3rd although not much of a difference getting on UConn or Northeastern's side of the bracket. Pretty huge gap from 4th to 5th so not too worried about that.
 
Another embarrassing loss. The annual 2nd half collapse at BCWIH is well underway. @TonyTheTiger20 seems pretty happy that we are in good shape to wrap up either 3rd or 4th place in Hockey East. Do people really think this is acceptable ? Or does nobody care ?

Where are you Blake James? Please help us.
 
reggiedunlap9 said:
@TonyTheTiger20 seems pretty happy that we are in good shape to wrap up either 3rd or 4th place in Hockey East.
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It's not like he's happy about it. Remembering his reaction to BC's 4-1 thumping of UM in the 2011 NCAAs or BC's perfect starts to the 2015 and 2016 seasons, now that was happy! It seems like he's trying to look at this season objectively and determine the best path toward a tournament title and an autoberth for the season that remains. It's no longer possible to salvage the type of dream season that both reggie and TTT want from what remains of 2025-26.
 
@ARM Its called a rebuild. Its painful. I get it. But it needs to happen. This just cant continue like this at BCWIH. And in Tony's case it involves replacing his good friend Crowley which I know is very painful; for him. I respect that.

Unfortunately this is very common in high level sports these days. I truly believe that when this job opens up it will attract some of the best names in hockey. This is Boston College ! The right person can fix this in a short period of time. But it needs to happen sooner than later
 
reggiedunlap9 said:
Unfortunately this is very common in high level sports these days. I truly believe that when this job opens up it will attract some of the best names in hockey. This is Boston College ! The right person can fix this in a short period of time. But it needs to happen sooner than later
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IDK about that, there is a lot of tarnish on the old pot. Top eastern players will still want to go west because they want to win now. They'd have to follow the Muzzy plan and poach top players from other teams to win now, then they have established the winning to try and pry the top eastern talent away from the big 3. Hawvawd's rebuild is slow, but that is the EZAC.
 
Timothy A said:
IDK about that, there is a lot of tarnish on the old pot. Top eastern players will still want to go west because they want to win now. They'd have to follow the Muzzy plan and poach top players from other teams to win now, then they have established the winning to try and pry the top eastern talent away from the big 3. Hawvawd's rebuild is slow, but that is the EZAC.
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The hockey out east has dropped significantly over the last few years.
The outright poaching of top players hasn’t helped.
 
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