Report from BU West

Former BU captain Kevin Shattenkirk scored the first goal of last night’s Avalanche exhibition opener, a 3-1 win over the Blues. Coach Joe Sacco had four ex-Terriers in his lineup—Colby Cohen, Brandon Yip and Dave van der Gulik were the others—he had some words of praise for Cohen’s efforts. The fifth Terrier who was on the training camp roster, Zach Cohen, was assigned to Colorado’s AHL affiliate, Lake Erie where he’ll play for former BU associated head coach David Quinn.

● Slideshow
● Denver Post: Shattenkirk Waits for his turn
● Hockeywriters.com recaps Avs’ rookie camp
● More from Avs training camp:
---Day Two: 2 for Yip, penalty shot goal for Zach Cohen;
---Day One: Vandy scores
● Shattenkirk Q&A

What made this the right time to begin your professional career?
“I think just in talking to coach (Jack) Parker back at school, he said he felt it was time to go. And I knew myself that it was time to go. I’ve been waiting for this opportunity, but you don’t want to rush it. You don’t really know when it is, but I just kind of felt after the season that this was the jump I wanted to make. Hopefully it will turn out for the best.”

►A pair of BU teammates on the 2006 Hockey East champs, John McCarthy and Sean Sullivan, are among the candidates looking for roster spots in San Jose.

►Another pair of ex-Terrier teammates, Brian Strait and John Curry are in Penguins camp, with Strait scheduled to be in the lineup for Pittsburgh’s preseason opener tonight.

►Former Terrier All-American defenseman Tom Poti has signed a two-year extension with the Washington Capitals for a reported $5.75 million. Last season, Poti scored 24 points (4+20) and had a career-high and fifth best in the NHL for blueliners +26. He discussed his new contract and role with the Caps in a podcast.

Hockey East Preseason Power Rankings

Daily Free Press reporter and Boston Hockey Blog writer Scott McLaughlin has begun a series of articles analyzing and ranking the ten Hockey East teams. Five articles have been posted with five more to follow:

#1 Sept. 28, #2 Sept. 27, #3 Sept. 24, #4 Sept. 23, #5 Merrimack, #6 Vermont, #7 Northeastern, # 8 Providence, #9 Massachusetts-Lowell, #10 Massachusetts .

Looking ahead
2011 recruit Alexx Privitera scored a power play goal and a shoot-out goal and added a 5 min. major for fighting in Muskegon's 3-2 SO win over Indiana in a USHL exhibition game. Privitera, who played for the NTDP U17 team last season, also earned praise from Lumberjacks coach Kevin Patrick who expects him to become a team leader.

The previous night, 2013 recruit Adam Erne had a goal and two assists as the Ice thumped the Lumberjacks, 12-2 .

The USHL Fall Classic begins tonight with several future Terriers seeing action: Cason Hohmann and Anthony DeAngelo with Cedar Rapids, Matt O'Connor with Youngstown and Erne with Indiana.

Preseason favorites

The Men’s exhibition game against the University of Toronto is still ten days away, but the Terrier Women’s team, whom Hockey East coaches picked to finish first in the conference in a preseason poll, will take on Windsor in a tune-up this Saturday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena. Head Coach Brian Durocher discussed the upcoming season in a media day interview and in this video clip.




● Women’s Hockey East preview from Beyond the Dasher.