What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Boston University 2019-2020

Status
Not open for further replies.
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

Phillips back in the line-up. Tucker in goal

Armstrong-Zegras-Harper
Cockerill-Wise-Curry
Mastrosimone-Skoog-Phillips
Chabot-Boguslavsky-Brink
DeBoer
Farrance-Crotty
Fensore-McCarthy
Kotkansalo-Vlasic
Tucker
 
J.D. said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This weekend, <a href="https://twitter.com/BU_Tweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BU_tweets</a> is offering residents free tickets to the men and women’s hockey and men’s basketball games for their annual City of Boston Day.<br> <br>Thank you for welcoming all Bostonians onto campus to cheer on the Terriers! <a href="https://t.co/QzZTlDBIqI">pic.twitter.com/QzZTlDBIqI</a></p>— Mayor Marty Walsh (@marty_walsh) <a href="https://twitter.com/marty_walsh/status/1230893285461430272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You guys gonna have a full house?
Click to expand...

If not, it is literally proof that you can’t give college hockey tickets away!
 
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

UConn isn't a bad team, thought they'd get something out of this weekend. The chaos continues.
 
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

How many leads has this team blown this season? There have been several 3-0 leads blown.

To give up the tying goal in the last minute, and lose in the first minute -- seconds really -- in overtime, is unconscionable.

They do deserve credit because they fight back when they are down.

But come on? They don't know how to play with a lead. This coming off a game where it took two full periods to make any in-game adjustments.

Where will the accountability come from?
 
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

Harry Cleverly said:
How many leads has this team blown this season? There have been several 3-0 leads blown.
Click to expand...
Assuming I counted correctly, BU is 12-5-6 (really 13-6-4) in games where they held a lead at anytime. Here are the records for the other Hockey East teams (also assuming I counted correctly):
BC 21-4-1 (actually 21-5-0)
CT 12-6-3
MA 18-5-1
ME 17-5-1
UML 16-3-4
MC 8-9-2
UNH 15-10-2
NU 17-6-2 (actually 18-6-1)
PC 15-5-6
UVM 3-8-2

Sean
 
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

Harry Cleverly said:
How many leads has this team blown this season? There have been several 3-0 leads blown.

To give up the tying goal in the last minute, and lose in the first minute -- seconds really -- in overtime, is unconscionable.

They do deserve credit because they fight back when they are down.

But come on? They don't know how to play with a lead. This coming off a game where it took two full periods to make any in-game adjustments.

Where will the accountability come from?
Click to expand...

Last night's disaster was a lack of execution:

1. Three BU players were around the puck just inside the BU blueline. Instead of clearing the puck into the UConn zone, the best they could do was chip just outside of the BU zone. UConn brings it right back into the BU d-zone.

2. BU dman (Vlasic?) tries the old "hammer the puck around the boards and hope for the best". As usual, it didn't work. UConn keeps puck in zone, puck in the net.

3. In OT, Curry passed the puck to UConn forward to setup game winner.

4. BU coverage in front of net was awful on all 4 UConn goals. Crotty had a brutal game in this regard.

5. How to make them accountable? They don't have a fleet of guys to serve as replacements.
 
Last edited:
Rover said:
Maybe but they're going to get kneecapped by a stupid coach who doesn't have the ability to make in game or next game adjustments.[/QUOTE

Maybe it’s time you accept the sad reality that with all our talent leaving in 1-2 years it is near impossible to build a dynamic team. David Quinn had 1 great year right? With some excellent older talent and a generational player. Stop your whining about the coach. Everybody was whining about Quinn and he seems to be doing fairly well building a young team in the NHL. get out of your basement and maybe enjoy life for a moment
Click to expand...
 
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

You're making it sound like BU can never be good again. It's possible to find the right mix of players like BC has right now. I think what we are seeing though is that it's harder and harder for the same teams to be good every year when you have early defections.

What's interesting with you guys this year is you have 3 very good upperclassmen leading the way and a great freshman forward. It's what's in between that is lacking. To me that falls on Quinn. No idea if Albie is your long term answer but the guy deserves more time.
 
Re: Boston University 2019-2020

While I couldn't help wonder when we were up a goal late if a run all the way to the conference championship game could somehow get them an at-large bid, I'm guessing it wasn't really possible. With that in mind, the optimist in me says - this is an okay team that can play well at times, and they nearly won a road game in an arena they don't do well in. The NCAAs are only possible with a nice run in a couple weeks. Get a W tonight, play well next week against BC (win or lose) then at least split with NU and maybe they can find the right time to get hot...
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top