Thursday, October 21, 2021

Celebration of Travis Roy at Agganis tonight; Coach O’Connell’s media call UPDATED

A Celebration of the Life of Travis Roy takes place tonight at Agganis Arena from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Doors open at 5:30. The first hour will be livestreamed. Roy, who was paralyzed just 11 seconds into his first shift as a Terrier, died last October 29 at age 45. 

● TravisRoyFoundation.org Event Details 

● BU.edu Travis Roy obituary 

 

► Coach Albie O’Connell’s Thursday media call

Here are a few highlights from this morning’s media call. A YouTube of the call likely will be included with tomorrow’s Game Day links.

Injuries: O’Connell said there would be more guys available than last weekend and that “yesterday we had most of the people available.” (Assuming he meant most of those who were not available last weekend.)

Three players will definitely not be available. He said “Luke Tuch will be out for a bit,” adding that he wouldn’t dress “this week or next. [Jay] O’Brien as well.” Thomas Jarman has had season-ending surgery. No mention of Case McCarthy so hopefully, he’ll be back. No mention of Ty Amonte either.

He said the team has worked hard on the penalty kill (which is a perfect 16 of 16), but added that he hoped to stay out of the penalty box against Merrimack, which scored two power play goals in its 5-3 win over Colgate.

BU’s power play, which is 4 of 13 (.308) thus far and connected twice (see video below) in Saturday’s win when able to set up in the offensive zone: O’Connell said the team is working on good entries into the zone (always a challenge at Merrimack’s smaller rink) and making better decisions. He pointed out that on some power plays, BU had won draws, but took shots that sent the puck out of the zone.

Brian Carrabes, who has seen action on both the power play and penalty kill, has adapted well to D1 hockey. O’Connell noted Carrabes' two seasons in the very competitive USHL, that he has a good shot and that he’d like to see him get a goal to further boost his confidence.


Another look at Tyler Boucher’s first collegiate goal, first power play tally and first game-winner

Looking back

 


Joel Farabee scored his third goal--and added an assist--as the Flyers doubled up the Bruins, 6-3. Charlie McAvoy assisted on two Boston goals. Farabee led Philadelphia with 20 goals last season. 

● NHL.com recap

►NHLPA.com Q&A-Charlie McAvoy

Hockey journalist Chris Peters' list of "Tier 1-Star Rookies, in Daily Faceoff, is headed by Trevor Zegras, who is still technically a rookie despite playing 24 games last season.

Trevor Zegras, C, Anaheim Ducks: The Ducks are not going to be a great team, but Zegras has a chance to be the main attraction as this season progresses. One of the most creative players outside of the NHL ahead of this season will bring the creativity to an outsized role for the Ducks, likely playing top-six minutes. That elevated role gives him a leg up on some of his fellow rookies in terms of the kind of impact he can make. With elite vision and passing ability, Zegras makes confident plays and isn’t afraid to try different things to get pucks through traffic. He handles pressure with skill as opposed to strength, which sometimes won’t work at the NHL level, but he’s going to have the puck a lot. That’s how Zegras wants to play, with the puck on his stick and in control of the game. While growing pains will exist, Zegras has game-breaker potential.

Jake Oettinger stopped 43 shots in the Texas Stars 3-1 win against the Iowa Wild and earned first star honors.

 

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