Re: Nov 6/7th -- home&home terriers vs huskies. our place first, then into the hood
Re: Nov 6/7th -- home&home terriers vs huskies. our place first, then into the hood
Lots and lots of goals this weekend. Neither team can keep the puck out of the net at the moment. Fun Northeastern fact for this season, over the 7 games they have played this season they have held a lead just twice for roughly 20 minutes. (for the bu kids who have trouble with math - that would be 1 period). NU actually looks good on offense, the forecheck and cycling games have done really well, they can hold the puck for ages, they just cannot turn any of it into goals. The Stevens brothers have gotten off to really nice starts. Dylan Sikura who normally plays with them may not have points but has played really well too. Roy has been coasting a bit to so far, nothing new with him to start the season. Old friend Kurker seems to have adjusted well back to Hockey East play, Collier has been in and out of the lineup.
The defense has been shaky. Does not take much pressure for them to turnover the puck. They have been dealing with some injuries though to start the year. Goaltending as many NU fans knew going into the season, but not the coaches it seems, is a major issue. If either of the two goalies can keep their save % over .900 this year it will be a surprise.
The one thing NU has done well this season is stay out of the box. Which is good because even in good years, the bu powerplay treats our PK like orange cones.
My memory is not as good as it used to be, but I remember two high scoring games at the end of last season between these two teams. Based on how these two teams have played to start the season, I would except lots of goals again this weekend. I see the entire weekend to be sorta of like the Giants-Saints game from this past weekend. (I had the Giants and covered with 3.5) Where bu plays the part of the Saints, and Northeastern the Giants. I expect bu to get out to a big lead, NU will come back and tie, bu lead, NU tie, back and forth, with NU doing something dumb at the end to lose it. This will probably happen in both games. You can even expand on this even more with Madigan playing the part of Coughlin - old, tired, and always looking to yell while his team falls to pieces around him. Madigan is just missing the two extremely lucky championships.
From a NU perspective, glad these games are earlier this year then they have been in the past. Feels like the past few seasons, whenever NU needed points at the end of the year or was building towards something, bu was waiting for them and basically stopped any positive momentum our team was having.
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