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BU 2020-21 Season: The Road to … Nowhere?
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Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Absolutely brutal for those 3 kids to not get the chance to play for the US team. You have to feel gutted for them.
Fixed your post.
Split-N
All Hail
Agree.
ericredaxe
Veteran
It does. I assume this was a USA hockey decision based upon direct COVID exposure? (Or possibly even one of these kids testing positive themselves?)
Very possible, although seemingly depends on what Covid does. If numbers keep spiking I wouldn't be surprised to see all of hockey east get shut down but who knows what will happen.
Lets not get crazy here. BU was scheduled to start a week later than most. Got it. Then Vermont cancelled. Got it. Then they were expected to play UConn but Covid issues cancelled this game. Got it. They only had UMass on schedule for Dec 11/12 that this Covid event would effect since players have to quarantine and that wouldn't give enough time to ready for game. Got it. Then you have Christmas so the team wont have practices since Dec 2 and will probably start back up Dec 26 and they are supposed to be ready to play Jan 1? Not ideal. So starting them back up Dec. 26 get a good 2 weeks of practice to get back up and going to then start vs Providence on Jan 8 if all goes to plan. BU will absolutely have hockey this season is my opinion. Beginning of year was going to be a mess anyways and it has. Hopefully things improve and season can start up.
The Zlax45
Registered User
Don't ever look at the schedule and think that is what it is...The conference is just randomly picking games every Monday or Tuesday for the weekend. It is a joke right now.
Thanks Scarlet. That is what I meant. #ItsOver
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
8th of december.......
still undefeated
still undefeated
BOSTON - The Boston University men's ice hockey team is continuing its pause of all athletic activities and postponing its scheduled contests against Massachusetts this upcoming weekend (Dec. 11-12).
The team will focus on completing the semester and final exams during the weekend of Dec. 18-19, as this was previously deemed to be a non-competition weekend. The student-athletes will return to campus at the end of the month to prepare for the new January start to their season.
The team will focus on completing the semester and final exams during the weekend of Dec. 18-19, as this was previously deemed to be a non-competition weekend. The student-athletes will return to campus at the end of the month to prepare for the new January start to their season.
Why was this released today? Didn't we already know this?
ericredaxe
Veteran
Not sure? Maybe just to make it an official statement?
Hockey East announced schedule changes today. Seems BU had to wait until that was posted.
The BU program has been most affected and there is no word from BU
With their shrinking season ticket and premium base some communication from the school would seem appropriate
Seems different rules for them- They are only school that players were excluded from national team
It appears that January 8th is the planned ate right now
On another note the blue chip teams that had down years recently seem to have adjusted their rosters to get a better mix of elite youth and some older impact
players including graduate transfers. So far there is no evidence that BU has successfully done this. Last year's transfer did not score in over 30 games
The team was picked for 6th in hockey east which is totally unacceptible
With their shrinking season ticket and premium base some communication from the school would seem appropriate
Seems different rules for them- They are only school that players were excluded from national team
It appears that January 8th is the planned ate right now
On another note the blue chip teams that had down years recently seem to have adjusted their rosters to get a better mix of elite youth and some older impact
players including graduate transfers. So far there is no evidence that BU has successfully done this. Last year's transfer did not score in over 30 games
The team was picked for 6th in hockey east which is totally unacceptible
I agree that communication should be better. BU as a school has been the most stringent with Covid protocols to my knowledge. PC and Merrimack has positive cases, isolated those players and went on practicing and playing games short handed. BU had a positive and paused the entire men's hockey program. NU, VT, Maine all paused and in fact BU missed a weekend series because of the VT pause. Different strategies and protocols school vs school. The reason why the BU players didn't go to USA camp was strictly based on the timing of the BU positive test as it wouldn't allow the players enough time to quarantine before heading to WJC camp. In terms of the team - I am excited at watching this team. Seems like a good mix of older and younger and I think they will surprise some people. Right now BC is the cream of the crop but I expect they will have a mass exodus of players at the end of the season (Huska, Boldy, Newhook, Knight, etc) and that leaves BU in a great position for the next few years in hockey east as they are still young and I don't foresee any one and done players or even players in the sophomore class ready to leave. Farrance will hurt but there are enough Dman to fill in.
Carmine Scarpaglia
My bad.
Beecher just tested positive and was sent home from WJC after practicing with the team. Those 3 BU kids that stayed back must be absolutely bullchit right now.
buoldtimer
The social ramble ain't restful
So, the earliest BU will play a game will be January 8th.
Will there be departures?
At that point, players will have lost half of a season. Is there anywhere for them to go? If so, will the teams holding their rights, or their advisors, encourage them to leave?
Will there be departures?
At that point, players will have lost half of a season. Is there anywhere for them to go? If so, will the teams holding their rights, or their advisors, encourage them to leave?
Is this the first time a BU Team has gone into the Holiday Break undefeated?
Funny you should ask, Bomber. The Terrier Hockey Fan Blog is running a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the '70-'71 national champs who went 13-0-1 out of the gate. They finally lost at Cornell on January 23rd. We're posting game recaps on the dates they were played, some with comments from the players, along with a few feature pieces. In a Q&A with Jack Parker (questions sadly intended for Jack Kelley), he called the '70-'71 team the best BU team ever, largely due to its 40% power play, which produced more goals (65) than the total yielded by BU (60).
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