By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff
-Junior defenseman Colby Cohen left practice after falling hard on his hip following a collision at center ice. Coach Jack Parker said he would have to see how sore Cohen was tomorrow before determining his availability for this weekend’s games against Providence and Merrimack.
-Parker said sophomore goalie Kieran Millan will get the start in net Friday at Providence, and that he would decide on Saturday’s starter after that.
-The lines today were the same as they’ve been for the last two games (Connolly-Bonino-Vin. Saponari, Z. Cohen-Megan-Chiasson, Gaudet-Trivino-Pereira, Glass-Popko-Gilroy). Parker did say, however, that the forwards who’ve been sitting (junior Victor Saponari and freshmen Justin Courtnall and Ryan Santana) have all been working hard and that he might try to get one or more of them into the lineup this weekend even though the 12 guys who’ve been playing have been working hard, too.
-Associate head coach Mike Bavis was absent from practice, as he was on a recruiting trip.
-Speaking of recruiting, I finally remembered to ask Parker about a couple of next year’s recruits.
-Yasin Cisse: Parker said that he is still hoping to have forward Yasin Cisse on campus next fall after he suffered a season-ending injury in December when he took an opponent’s skate blade to the ankle. Parker said that he hadn’t talked to Cisse since the injury, though, but that he was planning to talk to him and his family after the season to see how Cisse’s recovery was going. Parker said that if Cisse is healthy by the start of next season, he wants him at BU, but if he isn’t, another year in juniors to rehab might be the best option. Cisse had 13 goals and six assists in 18 games with the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers prior to the injury.
-Sahir Gill: Parker said that forward Sahir Gill’s decision to leave the USHL’s Chicago Steel and return to the BCHL’s Vernon Vipers has no effect on BU’s plan to have him on campus next fall. Parker said that Gill decided to return to Vernon for family reasons and that it had nothing to do with anyone being unhappy with the Steel. Parker said he knew why Gill left and that he understood the decision. Gill had eight goals and 18 assists in 26 games with Chicago before leaving.
-Parker did not waver from his statement that the Frozen Fenway jerseys would not be made into replicas and sold, despite Jake informing him of all the buzz surrounding them. He said that his plan remained to give them to the players after the season as personal keepsakes. He also said that the team would “probably not” wear them again, which is more than I was expecting to hear, seeing as that at least opens the door to the possibility of them being worn again this season. Parker also said he could see auctioning one or two of them off for charity.
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