Graphic by Meredith Perri/DFP Staff Boston University men’s hockey coach Jack Parker has at least two more games left in his illustrious coaching career, but the watch for his final game begins this weekend when the No. 18 Terriers take on Merrimack College in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
Parker, who announced that he will retire at the end of the season on Monday, said he did not want the news to be a distraction for his team leading up to the weekend.
“When the season’s over we’ll sit down and talk about the past,” Parker said. “But right now what we’re worried about is Merrimack … I thought we had a great week of practice.”
The Terriers (18-15-2, 15-10-2 Hockey East) have had success against Merrimack (15-15-6, 13-11-3 Hockey East) this season, sweeping the season series. In the process, BU outscored the Warriors 12-4 and held their leading scorer Mike Collins goalless.
Collins, who is among the top candidates for Hockey East Player of the Year, has slowed down his production as of late — which has led to Merrimack struggling at the end of the season. Merrimack has only won one of its last seven games and Collins has only scored one goal in his last eight games. Collins’s only goal in his last eight games came in that one win.
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Just realized this – unless we win the National Championship, Parker will go out as a loser.