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Boston University 2012 Offseason

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Safe to assume Oksanen will where #2? Given the Finn history:

Kentala: #22
Ahola: #2
Linna: #2
Degermann: #21
Vuori: #22

Of course, Koskimaki wore #9, but he played at the same time as Ahola, so he couldn't take #2.
 
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defkit said:
Safe to assume Oksanen will where #2? Given the Finn history:

Kentala: #22
Ahola: #2
Linna: #2
Degermann: #21
Vuori: #22

Of course, Koskimaki wore #9, but he played at the same time as Ahola, so he couldn't take #2.
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I would have flunked that test. I think of Koskimaki as a couple of years after Ahola (part of the 1-2-3 trio, where three game changers were bracketed together).

Ahola and Linna were standouts. Degermann was tough as nails (and could score). Koskimaki always had two hands on the stick. And I mean always, which made him an odd skater. Am I right in remembering that Vuori arrived midseason and scored two goals in his first game -- or was that someone else? In any event, the Finnish connection has been a good one. Here's hoping that Oksanen continues the tradition.
 
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goalguard said:
Am I right in remembering that Vuori arrived midseason and scored two goals in his first game -- or was that someone else? In any event, the Finnish connection has been a good one. Here's hoping that Oksanen continues the tradition.
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That was Degerman in BU's 9-4 win against UNH, 1/3/98. Of course, his best remembered goal was the GWG in the NCAA semi vs. Michigan later that year.

Both of the previous Finnish d-men, Ahola and Linna, became 2nd team All-Americans and played in the Final Four.

CORRECTION: 1/3/97. Michigan game was in '97, too.
 
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Rogie21 said:
That was Degerman in BU's 9-4 win against UNH, 1/3/98. Of course, his best remembered goal was the GWG in the NCAA semi vs. Michigan later that year.
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Didn't Michigan win the title in 1998 and beat UNH in the semis that year before beating BC (**** Turco) in the finals?
 
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Rogie21 said:
That was Degerman in BU's 9-4 win against UNH, 1/3/98. Of course, his best remembered goal was the GWG in the NCAA semi vs. Michigan later that year.

Both of the previous Finnish d-men, Ahola and Linna, became 2nd team All-Americans and played in the Final Four.

CORRECTION: 1/3/97. Michigan game was in '97, too.
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Degerman also had two assists in that UNH game. It was quite a debut, one of 4 wins against the frustrated Wildcats, who thought they had a really good team. Chris Heron did the honors in the HE title game snapping a shot over Sean Matile with 3 mnutes to go.
 
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Rogie21 said:
If #2 is ever retired, it'll be for Bobby Brown. Two seasons. Two NCAA championships ('71,'72). 110 points. All-American both years.
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And just so the newer folks understand why those are ridiculous numbers, he was a defenseman.
 
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defkit said:
Degerman also had two assists in that UNH game. It was quite a debut, one of 4 wins against the frustrated Wildcats, who thought they had a really good team. Chris Heron did the honors in the HE title game snapping a shot over Sean Matile with 3 mnutes to go.
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After Albie O'Connell picked off the UNH d-man (interference) at the blueline giving Heron some room to manuever.
 
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Rover said:
I never cared for him and always blamed him for Whitney Houston's death.
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buoldtimer said:
After Albie O'Connell picked off the UNH d-man (interference) at the blueline giving Heron some room to manuever.
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What are you, a UNH fan? :D

Next you'll play Shawn Walsh and claim that McEachern hand passed to Amonte in the tying goal vs. Maine in the 1991 HE Title Game. ;)

Both true, but only one actually impacted the play.
 
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Rogie - did Ric Jordan play both those years that Brown did? he had some pretty crazy stats too, no? Was one of those teams the one with the 40% Power Play?
 
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defkit said:
Rogie - did Ric Jordan play both those years that Brown did? he had some pretty crazy stats too, no? Was one of those teams the one with the 40% Power Play?
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Yes, Jordan and Brown were defensive partners for both the '71 and '72 NCAA title teams and they--along with Steve Stirling,John Danby and Bob Gryp--were the keys to the '71 squad's 40% power play. Jordan had 50 and 40 points seasons, while Brown had 60 and 50. Both were Montreal draft choices but both signed with the WHA instead.
 
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