Carmine Scarpaglia
My bad.
Man... Bernie is REALLY happy about his 0.4 win tonight. Not sure he realizes what he's even talking about.
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BU Hockey '25-'26: Can we keep up the run to Vegas?
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Genxhockey
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So frustrating for 50 minutes then flashes of brilliance.
Svoboda had a great game tonight.
Svoboda had a great game tonight.
Genxhockey
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Also, does anyone know what’s up with Boisvert?
ericredaxe
Veteran
The replay they showed at Agganis sure looked like it was in… and from my seat it sure looked in too. Would like to see a few other replays.
Lots of emotion on social media. Let’s stop it now. I saw the replay that was shown in the arena after the game. There was no white behind the puck. It did not fully go over the line. It sucks but that is hockey. A game of literally inches sometimes. If BU had woken up before midway through the 3rd period, we might have seen another result.
A great comeback for sure, but LOTS to work on before this is a contender. I mean how many cross ice passes were turned into goals or great scoring opportunities? Just can’t do that as often as we did. Need better vision and anticipation of what the pressure is going to do against you. Play your system. They will get better. These are talented kids. Yes, Celebrini hasn’t played well and Amico looks overmatched at this level right now. Again, it takes time. Most teams we play won’t be quite this good at this point with a goaltender like Augustine. I have hope. Great PK so far this year - that’s a plus.
And yes, an OT win is only marginally better than a tie (0.6 of a win for the winner and 0.4 of a win for the loser for the new NPI system) It just feels a whole lot better to get the W in the record.
And yes, an OT win is only marginally better than a tie (0.6 of a win for the winner and 0.4 of a win for the loser for the new NPI system) It just feels a whole lot better to get the W in the record.
Defense is a fright with an inability to get out of the zone. Two best defenses I've seen are Michigan S and BC against Minnesota.
Genxhockey
Member
They almost seem “overcoached” for where they are at this point in the season if that makes any sense. It looked like they just didn’t know what to do or where to be and were constantly second guessing themselves and making tentative plays. That doesn’t explain the mess that was Celebrini though or Hutson (who looked tired and worn down) halfheartedly trying to skate in 1 v 4.
I re-watched the overhead replay this morning. It was no-goal.
Here’s the full game. The OT overhead shot is at the end.
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They gift wrapped three goals this weekend (Two on Friday, and the brutal, brutal goal in the 3rd last night.) Clean that up.
The bright lights blinded a young team on Friday. Last night saw missed passes and fumbled pucks clanging off stick blades.
However, they made a push and tied a game that appeared lost. And I'm here to tell you, it was LOUD after the tying goal. As loud as I've ever experienced in the new barn.
Turns out, it wasn't a goal. It was pulled off the line a 1/4 of an inch from victory. Tough loss.
And finally, Augustine taunting the BU bench on his way to the celebration pile should be rocket fuel for this Terrier team come April. I hope we see them again.
BU Hockey: Humbled, but still optimistic
The bright lights blinded a young team on Friday. Last night saw missed passes and fumbled pucks clanging off stick blades.
However, they made a push and tied a game that appeared lost. And I'm here to tell you, it was LOUD after the tying goal. As loud as I've ever experienced in the new barn.
Turns out, it wasn't a goal. It was pulled off the line a 1/4 of an inch from victory. Tough loss.
And finally, Augustine taunting the BU bench on his way to the celebration pile should be rocket fuel for this Terrier team come April. I hope we see them again.
BU Hockey: Humbled, but still optimistic
Dave in DC
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I can accept that; it was awfully close. They dug their own hole. If the last few seasons are any guide, they'll learn from it. The repeated cross-ice giveaways were awful.I re-watched the overhead replay this morning. It was no-goal.
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I would like to see them take one full day of practice this week and focus on face offs. I know I sound like a broken record but their inability to win the face off to start a power play was glaring last night. Also, they had an offensive zone face off with about 27 seconds to go in the third - they didn’t win that one either. They had all the momentum at that point, anything could have happened. But they weren’t able to gain control, puck went down the ice and they both just ran out the clock.
On a bit of a positive note, I was happy to see, or rather not see, asinine stupid penalties. Especially last night.
As far as the non-goal, it was obviously the jumbotron’s resolution but it really did look like it crossed the line when they showed it. On a smaller, more clear monitor, you can see that it doesn’t. But the fact of the matter is they were too flummoxed by the no goal call to pay attention to MSU’s breakaway. Yegorov stopped a 2 on 0 breakaway right before that but you just knew he wasn’t going to stop that one.
On a bit of a positive note, I was happy to see, or rather not see, asinine stupid penalties. Especially last night.
As far as the non-goal, it was obviously the jumbotron’s resolution but it really did look like it crossed the line when they showed it. On a smaller, more clear monitor, you can see that it doesn’t. But the fact of the matter is they were too flummoxed by the no goal call to pay attention to MSU’s breakaway. Yegorov stopped a 2 on 0 breakaway right before that but you just knew he wasn’t going to stop that one.
Dave in DC
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I did see they were selling standing room tickets. Hadn't seen that happen before.
ericredaxe
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As to the non goal - agree it very much looked like a goal on the Jumbotron. Based on the crowd reaction - pretty much everyone seemed to agree. I didn’t bother watching another replay so I’ll take everyone’s word for it.
Interesting on the attendance for Saturday. Hockey east website lists max capacity ad 6150. Could there really be room for another 900ish people in the aisles / suites?
Interesting on the attendance for Saturday. Hockey east website lists max capacity ad 6150. Could there really be room for another 900ish people in the aisles / suites?
They have sold SRO tickets for many games. Nothing new there.
Jay had Patrice Bergeron come and work on face offs with the boys earlier this year. It’s just a tough skill to posses. Eichel was not good at face offs when he was at BU.
I’m sure it’s an ongoing part of practice.
There is very little these coach don’t “see!”
Five games into the season, face offs in general are fairly good: Svoboda has won 57.4%; Bednarik 54.7, McLaughlin 50.7, Morello 47.1, Boisvert 42.1. Overall, they're at 51.8, Fourth best in HE. Granted there were more than a few critical situation draws lost vs. MSU. That contrasted with the Colgate series when they did a very good job on D-zone draws on penalty kills.