Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

[riverchief1]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

Great comeback BU and thanks for the help in the Pairwise!

Hopefully the final score shut up the old timer BC fan who came into the UML section during pregame and was laying it on thick how BC was the best team in the country, etc., etc.

 

[Rover]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

My thoughts:

1) I'm going to give Parker credit (?) for something I'm assuming he did, which is have the team open up on offense and take more chances after they were down 2-0 and being outshot like 500 to 10. This team does have talent, they just need a gameplan that allows them to use it.

2) Having said that, BC really missed Jerry tonight. They needed him to settle them down. Can't believe Gaudreau's penalty, which was about the only call the refs got right for either team. How do you line a guy up for an automatic 5 minute major down 2 goals already and you're the team's best player?

3) Can we never see MacGregor on the ice again? He takes two stupid penalties and gets trucked by a BC player on the 3rd goal thus leaving BC's top goal scorer all alone in front of the net. Idiot. He's entering Tom Morrow territory.

On to Lowell!

 

[DaveStPaul]

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Holy cow, man, what a game. Two games, I should say, right? That first 30 minutes was like watching a small town team try and keep up with the big boys from the city. You could see in every movement how BC was better. More confident, poised, always with someone in place for just the right pass, etc. And we were juuuuust hanging on. Maguire seemed calm, though, so when it was only 1-0 after one you couldn't help but think: they just might have a chance to steal this one.

Once it was 2-0, forgetaboutit, we hung in there as long as we could, etc. But then all of a sudden BAM it was BU just buzzing out there. It looked like the BC we've seen the last 10 years or so, catching you napping every bloody minute with a breakout if you weren't careful. I wonder if Milner got cold, just sitting back there all alone while his teammates dominated us for so long.

Anyway, great to still be playing.

 

[Rogie21]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

Of course, according to jd, this means Jack Parker finishes with a winning head to head record against Jerry York?

What're the chances that statement gets walked back or characterized as a Jon Kyl "not meant to be factual" comment?

 

[BUPhD]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

I'm assuming with the upsetpalooza in College Hockey tonight we're now definitely in "beat Lowell or go home" territory for the NCAA tourney?

I did some futzing with the PWR predictor and could get us into a three way tie with Wisconsin and RPI for 16th but dropped because of an autobid below us. Switching Wisconsin to win their game put us in 17th.

 

[Kenny]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

Is Escobedo okay to play tomorrow night?

 

[defkit]

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Just finished watching on DVR delay (kid duty). I am STUNNED. Like DSP said, this was looking like those games from the early '00s where BU doesn't belong on the same ice. I don't know what it was. But I was already in "oh well, at least I won't have to try to figure our which channel is 'NESN Plus'" mode. And then BC forgot how to play defense. I mean, we scored three time in the last 6 minutes of the second period, but seriously, we could have had three more. All of a sudden we looked like we were the men against the boys. When we got the 5 minute major, I thought, ok, as long as we don't give up an SHG, I'll be happy. Because it seems BU just doesn't make those big plays against BC. And yet, we got two PP goals when we really needed them. But I've learned, that even a three goal lead against BC is not a safe one until there are about 90 seconds left. And yet, we managed to do it.

- Maguire was sensational in the first half of the game. He has really stepped up.
- Lane - I said he was my number one star in the last game. Once again, he just plays fantastic hockey out there. What a pleasure to watch.

I still can't believe we won. This is so great for the seniors, who had absolutely nothing to show for their 4 years against BC. They haven't won anything, but they pulled out a great win.

Looks like I'm going to the Gahden tomorrow night! One more win baby! You know Lowell is going to be going all-out to win their first ever. We'll need to dig DEEEEEP.

Bomber - you got some face-time on the broadcast - not a close up, but a shot about 10 wide of the balcony.

Oh, congrats to the women. I assume they won, it was 4-0 in the third.

 

[J.D.]

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What're the chances that statement gets walked back or characterized as a Jon Kyl "not meant to be factual" comment?

What the **** are you talking about? You're like a broken record...

Am I not the one who corrected Agganis in saying that this game tonight counts towards York's record?

Hope you didn't blow your load tonight, your team still needs to win tomorrow.

 

[Go-UML]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

I'm assuming with the upsetpalooza in College Hockey tonight we're now definitely in "beat Lowell or go home" territory for the NCAA tourney?

Yeah, it's looking that way.

 

[defkit]

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Is Escobedo okay to play tomorrow night?

I assume you are being sarcastic since he played after the major penalty. I keep saying that players have perfected the art of taking a dive into the boards, but everyone keeps saying I'm crazy. We'll Escobedo totally embellished that hit. But BU gets called every time someone else embellishes it, so I'm glad this one went our way. I wished nobody did it, but since others do, I call it a smart play by the senior.

 

[claver2010]

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I assume you are being sarcastic since he played after the major penalty. I keep saying that players have perfected the art of taking a dive into the boards, but everyone keeps saying I'm crazy. We'll Escobedo totally embellished that hit. But BU gets called every time someone else embellishes it, so I'm glad this one went our way. I wished nobody did it, but since others do, I call it a smart play by the senior.

Stop that

We all know BC & Maine are the 2 teams in HE that dive

Jack told us so

 

[Kenny]

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I assume you are being sarcastic since he played after the major penalty. I keep saying that players have perfected the art of taking a dive into the boards, but everyone keeps saying I'm crazy. We'll Escobedo totally embellished that hit. But BU gets called every time someone else embellishes it, so I'm glad this one went our way. I wished nobody did it, but since others do, I call it a smart play by the senior.

Just wanted to make sure he was okay. The way he reacted lead me to believe the injury was career threatening. You're twisted to think that this was a smart play. Hopefully he was being genuine.

 

[brassbonanza]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

I assume you are being sarcastic since he played after the major penalty. I keep saying that players have perfected the art of taking a dive into the boards, but everyone keeps saying I'm crazy. We'll Escobedo totally embellished that hit. But BU gets called every time someone else embellishes it, so I'm glad this one went our way. I wished nobody did it, but since others do, I call it a smart play by the senior.

I was on the opposite end of the ice from that hit, so I only saw it from behind and heard it, so I can't tell if it was embellished or not. That said, for Gaudreau to put himself in that situation to make that hit 200 feet from his own net is incredibly stupid.

 

[chickod]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

Is Escobedo okay to play tomorrow night?

He was back out there shortly after the penalty...

 

[Bigus Paulus]

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But I was already in "oh well, at least I won't have to try to figure our which channel is 'NESN Plus'" mode.

Last I checked the HE Championship game will also be on NBCSports Channel tomorrow, most likely using the NESN feed.

 

[claver2010]

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I was on the opposite end of the ice from that hit, so I only saw it from behind and heard it, so I can't tell if it was embellished or not. That said, for Gaudreau to put himself in that situation to make that hit 200 feet from his own net is incredibly stupid.

"Heard it"

Stop

 

[brassbonanza]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

"Heard it"

Stop

I said that on purpose, to imply exactly what you responded to, just did a bad job being sarcatsic. My point is, whether or not he embellished it (I don't know, I said I couldn't see it) Gaudreau is an idiot for putting himself in that situation, where he undoubtedly knows the ref is more likely to call the penalty on him, 200 feet from his own net in a crucial part of the game.

 

[defkit]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

Well it deserves it's own post.

Congrats to Coach Durocher and the women's team, who will play in their second NCAA title game in three years. Minnesota needed OT to knock BC off and go to 40-0-0, so perhaps there is a chance. COme to think of it, they needed OT in their previous game too.

 

[chickod]

Re: Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

Some random thoughts...I don't think I have ever seen a BU team outplayed as badly as they were in the first period. They were SO tentative and BC was just flying all over the ice. But I'm happy that they finally did something we were screaming about in Worcester in 2006 (when they also had us hemmed in deep in our own end and we kept continuing to try to break it out up the boards)...they finally 1) broke it out up the middle and 2) used the stretch pass to get behind the BC defense. It worked about six times, twice for goals and forced BC back on their heels. Until then it looked like we were in cement, not moving our feet and BC was just flying around unimpeded everywhere. I do agree, though, that this is where BC needed to "counter" with a different strategy and they seemed lost without York behind the bench. So we live to play another day...but if we lose tomorrow night, I'm pretty sure we're done, with all the upsets (Wisconsin winning, Union winning and Quinnipiac losing). Tough to beat a team four times in one year. And we need to score first...if we fall behind like we did against BC (who refused to lay back and kept trying to pour on the goals - their aggressiveness came back to haunt them), it's over because Lowell KNOWS how to play with the lead.

But other than that, it was one of the most exhilarating games I've been to in a long time and I thought the BU crowd was great. Let's get one more tomorrow night!

 

[chickod]

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I said that on purpose, to imply exactly what you responded to, just did a bad job being sarcatsic. My point is, whether or not he embellished it (I don't know, I said I couldn't see it) Gaudreau is an idiot for putting himself in that situation, where he undoubtedly knows the ref is more likely to call the penalty on him, 200 feet from his own net in a crucial part of the game.

But see, here's the thing with the "embellishment." It's always after the fact. The point is that he really got hammered and it was a cross-check. I don't think any embellishment "influenced" the decision to make it a major, because we know that anytime you hit anyone from behind near the boards they're going to call that. The damage was already done and it was a stupid play by Johnny Hockey. If a BU player did that (and they're done it a lot this year) we'd be screaming at them.