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

TonyTheTiger20 said:
She pretty much blew up half our players for no reason. It was pretty nuts, especially once the score was out of hand.
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She had 87 penalty minutes last season; second most in the WCHA was 55 minutes. The three most penalized Wisconsin players totaled 84 minutes.

The year before, she had 119 minutes; second most was 56.
 
TonyTheTiger20 said:
She pretty much blew up half our players for no reason.
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She had her reasons, even if I don't agree with them. In the case of #2, that was payback for a play last night where she ran her into the boards. Personally, I wouldn't be putting my team down a skater when my goalie is 2 minutes from a shutout, but then I wasn't the one who got drilled. For teams that don't play each other, that was a very contentious series, and it went far beyond one or two players. Not physical -- unfriendly.
 
Abbey Murphy is what is brought up in this thread when the bc eagles lost two games to the tunnlers by a combined score of 18-1?

No way should a team from Boston College be that uncompetitive on the scoreboard. No way. Bringing up Murphy is just deflecting from that fact.
 
TonyTheTiger20 said:
She pretty much blew up half our players for no reason. It was pretty nuts, especially once the score was out of hand.
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And BC's players got away with some dirty hits on her, prompting retaliation. Especially BC's Murphy who finally got called for crosschecking after doing it about 20 times and Taber. BC's players were letting their emotions get the better of them at the end. With the way they were acting, I really can't blame Abbey for pushing back especially since...
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Abbey Murphy is what is brought up in this thread when the bc eagles lost two games to the tunnlers by a combined score of 18-1?
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...the only time tonight after the 1st Period when BC looked remotely competitive was when they were on a Power Play and even then it took me a second to realize they even were. That's how badly they were playing.

Y'all wanna kvetch about Abbey, if that makes y'all feel better have fun. But frankly I've seen bad Bemidji teams look more competitive against a fully loaded Gopher team. Look in the mirror for why you got swept by a combined score of 18-1.

Grant I've always enjoyed your posts on here and I've got a lot of respect for BC as an institution, but you're smarter than to try and drag Abbey Murphy into this.
 
Sounds like a hot mess. I have to agree this weekend is one that will be pointed to when BC finally makes a change.

Frost is not doing Murphy any favors. I sincerely hope the PW is ready and people are ready to fight …. Who knows maybe the fans will love it.

5 point night for Murphy, lead the team in points, shots and plus minus. A very interesting player for sure.

It’s probably time for a change but it’s also the big tens world and we’re just living in it. Portal culture etc. The kids are raised as club hoppers and then they love that portal in college. good luck.
 
StPaulSam said:
And BC's players got away with some dirty hits on her, prompting retaliation. Especially BC's Murphy who finally got called for crosschecking after doing it about 20 times and Taber. BC's players were letting their emotions get the better of them at the end. With the way they were acting, I really can't blame Abbey for pushing back especially since...

...the only time tonight after the 1st Period when BC looked remotely competitive was when they were on a Power Play and even then it took me a second to realize they even were. That's how badly they were playing.

Y'all wanna kvetch about Abbey, if that makes y'all feel better have fun. But frankly I've seen bad Bemidji teams look more competitive against a fully loaded Gopher team. Look in the mirror for why you got swept by a combined score of 18-1.

Grant I've always enjoyed your posts on here and I've got a lot of respect for BC as an institution, but you're smarter than to try and drag Abbey Murphy into this.
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both can be true. Brutal result by BC, also Murphy is a dirty player and anyone trying to pretend otherwise is also smarter than that.
 
Not that Grant needs my defending but hockey east is a bit isolated from a big non conf schedule. It’s totally legit to comment on a team USA player that finally comes to town that you finally watch play against your team. This is Murphys first series since she ran KK in the NCAAs and KK had to crawl off the ice.

Not of it changes the fact on 18-1 . Let’s multi task here
 
11-0.

Ladies and Gentleman the BC Women's hockey team just lost to Minnesota 11-0.

The total destruction of the once great BCWIH program has happened right in front of our eyes over the last 6-7 years and yet... it only gets worse.

Sorry but BC has way too many players on the ice that are just not D1 hockey players. In fact many of them would have a hard time making a D3 roster right now. The 1 player that BC brought in from the portal was playing on the first line the last 2 games and she hardly played at Minnesota for 4 years. And yet BC offers her a scholarship ? HOLY MOLY!

What are we doing with our recruiting ? Who is doing our recruiting ? That's the best we can get ? Does BC have a clue how to recruit an actual D1 hockey player ?

I hate to say it but Molly Jordan knew what she was going. I assume same thing with Pellerin going to UConn. How long until Taber and the new freshman recruits start looking at where they should transfer to next year? Sorry these kids want to win and they want to play hockey at the highest level and BC is now a D2 program. We'd have more competitive games vs teams like Middlebury and Bowdoin. I'm dead serious.

This has to change. Its that bad.

What say you @TonyTheTiger20 ? Are you still confident with this rebuild ?

They play St Anselms next weekend and then I think Merrimack so you must be pretty fired up for a few wins ! Hockey East final 4 here we come !!
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
You are true to your eagles, I will give you that. But that performance tonight had to be more fuel for the folks who advocate a coaching change.
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reggiedunlap9 said:
The 1 player that BC brought in from the portal was playing on the first line the last 2 games and she hardly played at Minnesota for 4 years.
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Emma Conner hardly played for Minnesota for four years because she couldn't stay healthy. On the disappointingly rare occasions she could dress, she was really good. She just had a season ending injury each of the last three years. I hope she can play a complete season for BC.
 
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I'm going to defend BC, at least a little. The Thursday game was an abomination. They looked like the flight from Logan got delayed and they had to round up twenty young women, some of whom had never worn skates, just to have a roster.

Friday was different. The Eagles looked much better. They didn't deserve to be down by five goals after two periods. Minnesota was just ruthless in burying the puck. They looked like they spent the summer learning how to put their shots on net instead of sailing them three feet wide. The Gophers were the better team and progressively took control of the game, but BC was competitive until the sixth goal went in. That was the point at which they surrendered.

I'll let all of my previously expressed opinions about Abbey Murphy speak for themselves. I will say that the Eagles gave as good as they got in the chippy play department. There were a lot of things that went uncalled both ways, and I'm sure that there were a lot of players who felt aggrieved by the officiating and each other.
 
Still Eeyore said:
I'll let all of my previously expressed opinions about Abbey Murphy speak for themselves. I will say that the Eagles gave as good as they got in the chippy play department. There were a lot of things that went uncalled both ways, and I'm sure that there were a lot of players who felt aggrieved by the officiating and each other.
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I think this is the case for most tunneler fans, The opinions about the antics of #18 have been expressed so nothing really new to say there.

However, if some want to bring up #18 for the tunnelers when it is so obvious that bc needs a coaching change, then those who do so are in denial. Plain and simple.
 
reggiedunlap9 said:
What say you @TonyTheTiger20 ? Are you still confident with this rebuild ?
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Not really, no; losing Pellerin and Jordan broke me in a way that I haven't been broken before, but my opinion is that the problem is much larger than Katie Crowley and bringing in a new coach is just going to give you the same results (at best) in the new world of NIL and the transfer portal. League-wide, the competition is not there, the talent is not there, and whether it's UConn or NU or BU or us or whoever who claw their way to the top of our one-bid league in a given year, that team will not be competitive in the NCAA tournament. Am I wrong? This is a problem that's larger than BC.

I see that I am squarely in the minority on Crowley, but I've said my piece and it is what it is.

Had we kept Pellerin and Jordan I think we would have been favorites for the league. But, we didn't, so, we aren't. Believe me when I tell you I'm beyond deflated about it. Losing these two hurt. It was a real gut punch after getting myself hyped up all during last season about how this year should be the next step.

We will be respectable in-conference just like the rest of the top half of the league, but we (just like the others) will be a non-factor nationally.
 
Lindsay said:
both can be true. Brutal result by BC, also Murphy is a dirty player and anyone trying to pretend otherwise is also smarter than that.
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Lindsay said:
Not that Grant needs my defending but hockey east is a bit isolated from a big non conf schedule. It’s totally legit to comment on a team USA player that finally comes to town that you finally watch play against your team. This is Murphys first series since she ran KK in the NCAAs and KK had to crawl off the ice.

Not of it changes the fact on 18-1 . Let’s multi task here
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See she gets it
 
TonyTheTiger20 said:
Not really, no; losing Pellerin and Jordan broke me in a way that I haven't been broken before, but my opinion is that the problem is much larger than Katie Crowley and bringing in a new coach is just going to give you the same results (at best) in the new world of NIL and the transfer portal. League-wide, the competition is not there, the talent is not there, and whether it's UConn or NU or BU or us or whoever who claw their way to the top of our one-bid league in a given year, that team will not be competitive in the NCAA tournament. Am I wrong? This is a problem that's larger than BC.

I see that I am squarely in the minority on Crowley, but I've said my piece and it is what it is.

Had we kept Pellerin and Jordan I think we would have been favorites for the league. But, we didn't, so, we aren't. Believe me when I tell you I'm beyond deflated about it. Losing these two hurt. It was a real gut punch after getting myself hyped up all during last season about how this year should be the next step.

We will be respectable in-conference just like the rest of the top half of the league, but we (just like the others) will be a non-factor nationally.
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"but my opinion is that the problem is much larger than Katie Crowley and bringing in a new coach is just going to give you the same results (at best) in the new world of NIL and the transfer portal."

Sorry Tony but this is ridiculous. Did you see what happened at BU when they hired a new coach ? Cmon man BCWIH is screaming for a coaching change and everyone knows it. Crowley has had this program going backwards for too long.

There is plenty of talent in the east and there are great coaches/recruiters out there that will be able to convince some of these players ( Casey O'Brien, Caroline Harvey) that they don't need to go out west to go to school. I understand it might take some time but what the heck are we doing here ? This is beyond embarrassing.
 
Still Eeyore said:
Emma Conner hardly played for Minnesota for four years because she couldn't stay healthy. On the disappointingly rare occasions she could dress, she was really good. She just had a season ending injury each of the last three years. I hope she can play a complete season for BC.
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Really good ? I think she had 3 goals in 4 years in almost 100 games played.

Again, nothing personal I'm sure she is a nice kid but this is the best Crowley can find with a full scholarship to attend Boston College ?

Incredible to me. Just incredible
 
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