Re: Boston University off-season thread (preparing for 16/17).
Merrimack game - 172 PIM
BU game - 122 PIM
NU game - 114 PIM
Yeah, probably time to put these exhibitions on the shelf for awhile.
I looked at all the games played today and it was not just the exhibitions, as 2 of the 3 regular season games had over 40 PIM and a major. Here are the games, PIMs and majors called (with the regular season games in bold):
New Brunswick at Merrimack - 172 PIM, 4 majors (hitting from behind, high sticking, slashing, contact to the head)
Windsor at Bowling Green - 168 PIM, 8 majors (5 fighting, 1 charging the goalie, 1 abuse of officials, 1 head-butting)
Western Ontario at Niagara - 161 PIM, 9 majors (8 facemasking, 1 slashing)
Prince Edward Island at Boston University - 122 PIM, 4 majors (2 roughing, 1 clipping, 1 hitting from behind)
Acadia at Northeastern - 114 PIM, 2 majors (contact to the head, facemasking)
Québec à Trois-Rivières at Clarkson - 69 PIM, 3 majors (2 roughing, 1 hitting from behind)
Brock at RIT - 67 PIM, 1 major (facemasking)
Dalhousie at Massachusetts - 66 PIM, 2 majors (hitting from behind)
Waterloo at Miami - 64 PIM, 2 majors (kneeing, cross-checking)
Guelph at Mercyhurst - 57 PIM, 1 major (checking from behind)
Army at Colgate - 57 PIM, 1 major (checking from behind)
McGill at Quinnipiac - 54 PIM, 2 majors (elbowing, cross-checking)
Mount Royal at Denver - 51 PIM, 3 majors (boarding, checking from behind, fighting)
Concordia at Vermont - 48 PIM
Toronto at Western Michigan - 42 PIM
Michigan Tech at Minnesota-Duluth - 41 PIM, 1 major (contact to the head)
Carleton at Holy Cross - 37 PIM, 1 major (contact to the head - cross-checking)
St. Francis Xavier at Connecticut - 35 PIM, 1 major (contact to the head - high sticking)
Queen's at Robert Morris - 31 PIM, 1 major (infraction not listed)
Victoria at Wisconsin - 26 PIM
Manitoba at North Dakota - 20 PIM
Regina at Minnesota State - 20 PIM
Alamaba Huntsville at Ferris State - 8 PIM
Of the 23 games 17 had at least 1 major called and there were 46 majors called in total. It appears that the NCAA is cracking down on all penalties and has also told the officials to call majors when warranted. It will be interesting to see how the 20 games Sunday are called and how the teams adjust to the officiating.
Sean