Freshman netminder Matt O’Connor, named October’s Hockey
East Co-Rookie of the Month, added another honor, earning Co-Rookie of the Week
honors for his 26-save effort in BU’s 4-2 win against North Dakota. The 6-5 Toronto native now has a 1.81 GAA and a .942 save percentage. Matt Nieto,
Danny O’Regan and Alexx Privitera all earned spots on the Top Performers list
for the week.
►Terriers
moved up a notched in the USCHO poll to #11.
►Boston
Hockey Blog: Parker, Nieto and Privitera post-game comments
►The
Daily Free Press looks at Alexx Privitera’s strong weekend and the clutch
contributions of BU’s freshmen.
►Former BU
All-American and captain Kevin Shattenkirk joined Bernie Corbett in the WWZNbooth in Grand Forks. Another BU All-American, Colin Wilson, also was in town
for the games.
►CHN’s
Joe Merloni assesses the Terriers after
their first six games
►USCHO
poster Scarlet reports that Friday’s game at Merrimack will air on WBIN (also
on Fox College Sports) with former UMass head coach, BU assistant coach and standout Terrier
forward Don “Toot” Cahoon doing the color.
►In
case you missed it last week, Episode 4 of Inside BU Hockey featured interviews
with Coach Jack Parker, Captain Wade Megan, and WWZN color analyst and former
Terrier co-captain Tom Ryan, one of the drivers of last weeks mass turnout of
BU hockey alums to honor Parker during the UMass game.
Looking ahead:
Among the games reportedly on BU’s non-conference schedule
for 2013-2014: a pair with North Dakota at Agganis Arena and meetings with
Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Cornell (Madison Square Garden). With
Notre Dame and UConn joining Hockey East and conference games being reduced to 22 from 27, Hockey East teams will play outside the league more frequently.
Looking back
►Texas
Stars TV posted a lengthy video chronicling an early-season weekend for rookie
forward Alex Chiasson, BU’s top scorer last season.
►Adam
Clendening scored his first professional goal in Rockford’s 6-3 win against
Lake Erie. David van der Gulik registered an assisted for Lake Erie.
►Matt
Gilroy scored a power play goal—his third marker of the season—but
Connecticut was thumped 10-2 by Springfield.
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