Month: February 2015

Live blog: No. 4 BU vs. Northeastern

Time/Location: 8 p.m./Matthews Arena
Friday Recap
Friday Sidebar
Weekend Preview
TV: NESN

BU lines:
Evan Rodrigues-Jack Eichel-Danny O’Regan
Nikolas Olsson-Cason Hohmann-J.J. Piccinich
A.J. Greer-Matt Lane-Nick Roberto
Chase Phelps-Mike Moran-Tommy Kelley

Matt Grzelcyk-Ahti Oksanen
Brandon Hickey-Brandon Fortunato
Doyle Somerby-Brien Diffley

Matt O’Connor
Connor LaCouvee
Anthony Moccia

Northeastern lines:
Kevin Roy-Dalen Hedges-Mike McCurtry
Zach Aston-Reese-Mike Szmatula-Torin Snydeman
Nolan Stevens-John Stevens-Dylan Sikura
Brendan Collier-Adam Reid

Dustin Darou-Matt Benning
Trevor Owens-Colton Saucerman
Dax Lauwers-Garret Cockerill
Jarrett Fennell

Clay Witt
Derick Roy
Jake Theut

Officials:
Tim Benedetto
Jack Millea
Chris Aughe
Marc Sullivan

Live Blog BU vs. Northeastern (2-28-2015)
 

Live Blog: No. 4 BU vs. Northeastern

Time/Location: 7:30 p.m./Agganis Arena

BU Lines: 
Evan Rodrigues – Jack Eichel – Danny O’Regan
Ahti Oksanen – Robbie Baillargeon – Cason Hohmann
Nikolas Olsson – Matt Lane – Nick Roberto
Chase Phelps – Mike Moran – J.J. Piccinich

Matt Grzelcyk – John MacLeod
Brandon Hickey – Brandon Fortunato
Doyle Somerby – Brien Diffley

Matt O’Connor
Connor LaCouvee
Anthony Moccia

Northeastern:
Kevin Roy – Dalen Hedges – Mike McMurtry
Zach Aston-Reese – Mike Szmatula – Torin Snydeman
Nolan Stevens – John Stevens – Dylan Sikura
Mike Jamieson – Brendan Collier – Adam Reid

Dustin Darou – Matt Benning
Trevor Owens – Colton Saucerman
Dax Lauwers – Garret Cockerill

Clay Witt
Derrick Roy
Jake Theut

Officials: 
Scott Hansen
Tim Low
Brendan Kelleher
Matt Riegert

Live Blog BU vs. Northeastern (2-27-15)
 

’95 F Ryan Cloonan commits to BU

According to his Twitter account, 1995-born forward Ryan Cloonan has committed to play hockey at Boston University.

An East Longmeadow native, Cloonan currently plays for the Boston Jr. Bruins of the USPHL. In 47 games this season, he has recorded 61 points (18 goals, 43 assists). He had previously committed to the University of Maine in 2010, but decommitted in 2013 when coach Tim Whitehead was fired.

Earlier reports indicated Boston College had interest in Cloonan.

Beanpot Roundup: Terriers clinch 1st Beanpot win in 6 years

For the first time in six years, the Boston University men’s hockey team took home the Beanpot trophy thanks a 4-3 overtime victory over Northeastern University Monday night at TD Garden.

The folks at the Boston Hockey Blog has a ton of content out today on BU’s dramatic win, so here’s a quick roundup of our content for today. Enjoy!

– Conor has the recap of BU’s dramatic win against the Huskies.

– Andrew highlights BU senior assistant captains Evan Rodrigues and Cason Hohmann — who finally hoisted the Beanpot trophy in their last tournament appearance.

– Sarah has a piece on freshman Jack Eichel, who contributed to BU’s win in a variety of ways.

– Conor discusses junior captain Matt Grzelcyk’s tournament MVP performance on Monday night

– Sarah wrote about sophomore Robbie Baillargeon putting an end to his scoring drought on the biggest stage of his collegiate career.

– Sarah compiled a list of social-media reactions to BU’s victory — including a bunch of content from the Terriers themselves.

Postgame reactions to Beanpot victory: Social Media Edition

We won the Beanpot:) #FroshFactor

A photo posted by Nikolas Olsson (@nikolasolsson) on

Beanpot champions! Nothing better! Freshman class

A photo posted by @brandonhickey14 on

Just hangin out with the beanpot #champs

A photo posted by Doyle Somerby (@d_sum27) on

Live Blog: No. 2/4 BU vs. Northeastern (Beanpot Final)

Time/Location: 7:30 p.m./TD Garden

Game Preview 

BU Lines: 
Evan Rodrigues – Jack Eichel – Danny O’Regan
Ahti Oksanen – Robbie Baillargeon – Cason Hohmann
Nikolas Olsson – Matt Lane – Nick Roberto
A.J. Greer – Mike Moran – Chase Phelps

Matt Grzelcyk – John MacLeod
Brandon Hickey – Brandon Fortunato
Doyle Somerby – Brien Diffley

Matt O’Connor
Connor LaCouvee
Anthony Moccia

Northeastern Lines: 
Kevin Roy – Dalen Hedges – Mike McMurtry
Zach Aston-Reese – Mike Szmatula – Torin Snydeman
Nolan Stevens – John Stevens – Dylan Sikura
Mike Jamieson – Brendan Collier – Adam Reid

Dustin Darou – Matt Benning
Trevor Owens – Colton Saucerman
Dax Lauwers – Garret Cockerill

Clay Witt
Derick Roy
Jake Theut

Officials:
Ryan Hersey
Cameron Voss
Marc Sullivan
Pat Turcotte

Live Blog BU vs. Northeastern (Beanpot Final)
 

Odds and Ends: Pre-Beanpot notes and links

It’s finally here! We know you’re all excited for tonight’s Beanpot final, so to tide you over until puck drop, here are a couple of links and notes:

-Here’s our preview for tonight.

-ICYMI, here’s Friday’s recap and sidebar.

-And Saturday’s recap and sidebar.

-Conor caught up with ’95 BU captain Jacques Joubert, and he likes what he sees from this year’s Terriers.

-Maya’s photos from Friday and Saturday.

-BU fell to No. 4 in the USCHO rankings this weekend, and No. 7 in the Pairwise rankings. A bit scary given tournament seeding implications, but there’s still plenty of hockey to be played.

-Everyone is expected to be healthy and ready to go tonight, save for sophomore defenseman/forward T.J. Ryan (upper-body injury).

-Here’s the Boston Globe’s preview for tonight.

-A story from College Hockey Inc. on Evan Rodrigues.

-SB Nation has been ranking the NCAA’s best NHL prospects. A lot of BU players expected to be on the list. Here’s #100-91, #90-81 and #80-71