This
weekend, the Terriers will be playing their first-ever game at Hartford’s XCEL
Center, taking on the UConn Huskies this Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The Friends of BU Hockey and the BU Alumni Association have invited fans to attend a
pre-game gathering from 1:00-3:00pm, at the City Steam Brewery (just
a short walk to the XL Center). Appetizers will be provided, and a cash bar
will be available. For further details and to RSVP, click here.
Terrier
TV: Both Friday night’s home game against Maine and Saturday’s matinee in Hartford
will be available to Terrier TV
subscribers.
►Next
season is likely to see three BU games in the Nutmeg state. In addition to a
regular-season game against Connecticut, we’re hearing that the Terriers will
play ECAC powers Yale and Quinnipiac in a weekend set.
►Two
columns look at the reasons for BU’s early success. One is USCHO’s TMQ
column; in the other one, from Yahoo!
Sports, Ryan Lambert opines that BU needs more production on the power
play and from other forwards besides the high-scoring OREO line.
ICYMI:
Some other items of interest
Arizona State has announced
plans to elevate its hockey program from ACHA (club-hockey--where it is
defending national champion) to Division 1 beginning next season. The Sun
Devils will become the 60th D-1 program.
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OverTheBoards report
Reports are making the rounds that Terry Pergula, who bankrolled Penn State’s
move into Division 1 and recently purchased the Buffalo Bills, is considering
supporting a move
to Division 1 by the University at Buffalo. Former Terrier Eddie Wright
(photo) was the longtime coach of UB’s Division 2 program and a 40-year faculty
member. Wright and fellow Chatham, Ont.,
native Herb Wakabayashi, a two-time All-American, along with Montreal’s Serge
Boily comprised BU’s high scoring Pinball Line in the late 1960's. Wright was
the first black head coach of a university team.
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Whether you love Keith Olbermann or hate him, this video
report, recalling his own experiences with Gordie Howe is an absolute gem.
Looking
ahead
Prep
hockey season is about to begin in New England and New York. Two future
Terriers, Patrick Harper and Johnny McDermott—both 2016 recruits—will be
playing for leading prep programs this season.
Harper,
who led the Massachusetts Midget Selects Tier-1 U-18 division in scoring (as a 16-year-old) with 30
points in 14 games, will skate for perennial prep power Avon
Old Farms. Describing the 5-8,
left-shot center, New England Prep Hockey News wrote:
Harper is small and slim but his high-end skill set makes up for his lack of strength and size. And by "high-end" we mean as high-end as any player we have seen in prep school hockey as of late. He brings people to their feet with highlight reel goals and passes all game long. [Edit: ..which he did tonight]
Goal by 98 F Patrick Harper (#BU) in 7-0 @AOF_Hockey win over Pomfret tonight: https://t.co/vuYCfPSHnM (H/T @Eamon_mo_3)
— Over The Boards (@OTBPuckWatch) November 19, 2014
At
the other end of the physical spectrum, McDermott (photo) is a 6-2 power forward,
beginning his junior year at The Westminster School. USHR reported: “A good
playmaker to go along with his skating, he is a power forward with finesse and
has a lot of upside.” McDermott, who previously
had been an Eastern Junior Elite Prospects League All-Star forward with the
Connecticut Oilers U16s, committed to BU in February
2014.
HockeyProspect.com
scout Russ Bitely’s projection of the top
10 American-born players for the next draft includes 2015 recruit Jordan
Greenway along with current BU freshman Jack Eichel.
Looking
back
Kevin
Shattenkirk was back in Boston with the St. Louis Blues to take on the Bruins
in what was the former BU captain, All-American and U.S. Olympian’s 300th
NHL game. The New Rochelle, N.Y. native has scored six points in the last five
games and has a 1-15-16 scoring
line in 18 games this season. Bruins spoiled the milestone, winning 2-0.
Ex-BU d-man Kevin Shattenkirk said he had dinner with David Quinn last nite. Watched BU-BC game last week & was impressed with Terriers.
— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) November 18, 2014
Former
BU All-American and Hobey Baker Award finalist Colin Wilson scored a goal and
added an assist in Nashville’s 9-2 blowout of Toronto.
Former
Hockey East All-Star defenseman Adam Clendening (photo) has been recalled
from AHL Rockford
to Chicago. Clendening, who was a first-team AHL All-Star in 2013-14, was
briefly called up last season, but did not see any action. The right-shot
blueliner from Wheatfield, N.Y. scored 59 points in two seasons at BU,
following two years in the US NTDP. Rockford coach Jim Dent told
ESPN:
“He’s done well. I think it’s a good challenge right now for him. Get up there and see how you do. He’s been waiting for it. He’s wanted it. He’s deserved it over the course of the last 2 ½ years. Let’s see what he can go up there and do."
Former Terrier Corey
Trivino was named ECHL Player
of the Week after scoring four goals and two assists (with a +6) to lead
the Florida Everblades to three wins in three days. A former Islanders draft
choice, he has 103 points in 109 career ECHL games. Late yesterday, Trivino, a member of BU's 2009 national championship team, was loaned
to the AHL Portland Pirates.
Women’s
Team
Freshman
forward Victoria Bach (photo), who has a four-game goal scoring streak and found net in
all three BU games last week, has been named Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie
of the Week. Senior captain Marie-Philip Poulin was named to the Weekly Top
Performers list after scoring twice in BU’s 4-2 win over Connecticut. One of
the goals was her eighth shorthanded goal as a Terrier, establishing a new
program record.
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GoTerriers.com report
on Bach
BU
fell one spot, from sixth to seventh, in both the USCHO poll and the USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine
poll.
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