Wednesday, October 23, 2024

UPDATED "Pound the Stone"; Pandolfo Media Call; IBUH; 7 on Central Scouting Watch List; More buzz for Wang

 

Alex Zetterberg and Ryan Greene

                    Photo credit Kaeli Talora

BU Hockey Writer Scott Weighart’s first feature story of the season looks at the results of the just-concluded homestand and delves into the origins of the Terrier team motto.

"Every year, we try to pick something that we can live by and have our culture built around it," junior co-captain Ryan Greene said. "This year, it's 'Pound the Stone.'"
Associate head strength and conditioning coach Ken Whittier suggested the theme after reading the book of the same name by Joshua Metcalf. As first-year defenseman Cole Hutson explained, "It's about relentlessness and just battling through tough times when you don't think you really have it."
"Basically, you might not get results right away," Greene added. "You know something might not go your way right away, but you just keep pounding the stone because you know eventually it's going to crack. That's what we're trying to do here as a group."

● GoTerriers.com Early-season portrait of Terriers is promising work in progress

 

 

►Regarding those locker-room awards for the players of the game: The sledgehammer stems from this season’s motto, “Pound the Stone,” explained in Scott Weighart’s article above. The origin of the old army helmet remains a mystery.

►Today's Media Call with Coach Jay Pandolfo:

On preparation for the North Dakota series: 

"We’re doing a lot of drills, making sure we’re doing the right thing in practice…then to do that, [it] usually translates easier when you start getting into live competition. That’s something we’ve been stressing to our guys, especially this week. Today, it was a really good practice. It was high intensity and that’s what we’re going to be facing Friday night."

On playing top 10 teams on back-to-back weekends:

It's pressure situations against really good teams. If you want to have success and go a long way in the college season, you have to play in these environments and play against these teams. And it's nice to do it early. You learn a lot about your team, how they handle pressure and how they handle playing against really good competition.

Pandolfo noted that he'd never been to UND's Ralph Englestad Arena (capacity 11,640). As a player, he faced the Fighting Hawks twice, both wins at Walter Brown Arena.

 

►Head coaches Jay Pandolfo and Tara Watchorn are the guests on this week's edition of Inside BU Hockey, as both teams hit the road after combining for three home wins this past weekend.

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North Dakota series

►BU Athletics is sponsoring pre-game gatherings for BU alumni, parents, and friends in East Grand Forks at The Blue Moose (507 2nd Street NW). Meet-up times are 5:00 p.m. Friday and 4:00 p.m. Saturday. Appetizers provided by BU Athletics.

►Game times for the North Dakota games are 8:07 ET Friday and 7:07 ET on Saturday. Live stream is available from NCHC.tv. A day pass costs $16.95 and a monthly pass costs $30.95. You also can listen to the audio broadcast on BU All-Access with Bernie Corbett and Mark Linehan.

Looking ahead

NHL Central Scouting has announced its preliminary players to watch list for the 2025 Entry Draft, including eight current and future Terriers. (Click on the pdf).

2025 recruit Charlie Trethewey, a right-shot defenseman with the NTDP U18s, received an A-rating. Five others received a B-rating: current freshman Sascha Boumedienne; three from the U18s, D Carter Amico, Fs Conrad Fondrk and Jack Murtagh; and OJHL defenseman Haoxi (Simon) Wang (see below). Forwards Alex Zetterberg and Callum Hughes, both 2006 birthdates who were undrafted last June, received a W-rating, projecting a 6th or 7th round pick.

Of the 15 A- and B-rated skaters committed to or playing for D1 teams, six are Terriers.

Wang, a Boston University commit, is a raw talent whose upside was on full display in the third period of that game when he picked up the puck in his own zone and marched it down the ice, weaving past Toronto players before entering the offensive zone and getting the better of a big collision with an opponent.

● TheHockeyNews.com Meet Simon Wang

Looking back  

Hutson said the biggest adjustment he’s going to have to make in the NHL after posting 30-67-97 totals in 77 games over two seasons at Boston University is learning when to make the simple play instead of trying to do something fancy.

“Sometimes you want to do so much and make high-end plays,” he said. “But sometimes you got to take the play that’s given you and just play the game that the game’s giving you. That’s something I’m working on and still learning.”

Brady Tkachuk scored his third goal in Ottawa’s 4-0 blanking of Utah.

 

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