The NCAA Selection Committee announced this year's Division 1 tournament brackets today and the #13-seed Terriers will head to the Northeast Regional in Worcester for a first-round meeting with #3-seed Cornell. The Big Red, who edged BU, 4-3, in Red Hot Hockey, lost to eventual ECAC champion Princeton, 4-1, in Friday's semifinal. Terriers and Cornell will play the early game next Saturday, with puck drop at 1 p.m. Northeastern and Michigan are the other two teams in the Northeast Regional and will play later that afternoon.
The Northeast Regional semifinals will air on ESPNews and Sunday's Regional final will air on ESPN2.
The third Hockey East team in the tournament, Providence, will meet Clarkson in the Eastern Regional in Bridgeport.
● GoTerriers.com report
● USCHO. TV schedule
Terrier
TakeAway from blog contributor defkit
- The first
period went as I sort of feared the whole game would go. BU didn't look
terrible, they just could generate the same offensive pressure off their
forecheck. PC had a much better breakout than BU. While many of PC’s 18 shots
came from the perimeter, Oettinger kept them in the game.
- Then BU
slowly took over and was the better team for pretty much the rest of the game,
save for a couple spells in the third period. BU didn't dominate the way it did
against BC, but had better opportunities.
- After the
first period, BU had a great breakout using the boards. I haven't seen them do
that much all season, but it was very effective.
- Glad to see
the 4th line get lots of shifts. I thought they held their own overall.
- Really happy
for Oettinger. He definitely had his struggles earlier in the year. But he has
been great down the stretch. Not too many goalies win the HE Title with a
shutout, good for him. Normally calm and soft-spoken, he was fired up during the
ceremony.
- The TV didn't
catch Tkachuk's premature celebration. When the clock stopped with a couple
seconds left, he didn't hear the whistle, so he flung his stick way up into the
air and leaped onto the ice. A PC player calmly swatted his stick out of the
air. On the telecast you can just see the stick come flying into the picture.
It was pretty funny.
-Hockey East
Champs! Who'd a thunk it?
David Quinn on the win: 'I can't really put into words how good I feel for our players and our school. It's been a tale of two seasons, really, for us. The last time we played Providence we were 8-11-1 and it looked like there was really not a lot of hope'— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) March 18, 2018
Looking ahead
BU has a
commitment for 2019 from 6’4” Omaha Lancers goalie Vinnie Purpura. The
Lemont, Illinois, native owns the USHL’s sixth best GAA (2.15) along with a .922
save percentage with an 11-3-1 record for the Lancers who are tied for first
place in the Western Conference. Purpura began the season with the NAHL
Johnstown Tomahawks, making 10 starts before before joining Omaha. Previously,
he spent three seasons with the Chicago Fury U16 and U18 squads in the Tier 1
EHL.
LRT- BU is getting a great one in Vinnie Purpura...has been a pleasure to watch him grow & develop. Bigger things ahead- #TheHeatIsOn— Kirk Luedeke (@kluedeke29) March 17, 2018
Looking back
After going from Kings' scout to BU Associate Head Coach to Rangers Director of Player Development to Sabres Assistant, what is next for Steve Greeley?
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