Month: March 2016

Pluses and Minuses: Plenty falters for BU men’s hockey as team’s quest for Hockey East title ends

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LOWELL — At the Tsongas Center on Saturday, things got bad quickly, and then they got even worse. The No. 8 Boston University men’s hockey team needed a win to advance in the Hockey East Tournament, after losing the first game of the best-of-three series on Friday to the No. 11 University of Massachusetts Lowell. … Read more Pluses and Minuses: Plenty falters for BU men’s hockey as team’s quest for Hockey East title ends

Live blog: No. 8 BU vs. No. 11 UMass Lowell (Game 2, Hockey East Quarterfinals)

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Friday recap Friday sidebar Friday pluses and minuses Series preview BU lines: Jordan Greenway-Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson-Danny O’Regan Ahti Oksanen-Bobo Carpenter-Matt Lane Ryan Cloonan-Robbie Baillargeon-Oskar Andrén Chase Phelps-Mike Moran-Tommy Kelley Matt Grzelcyk-Charlie McAvoy Brandon Hickey-Brandon Fortunato Doyle Somerby-John MacLeod Sean Maguire Connor LaCouvee UMass Lowell lines: Jake Kamrass-Nick Master-Adam Chapie Ryan McGrath-Connor Wilson-Gage Hough A.J. White-Michael … Read more Live blog: No. 8 BU vs. No. 11 UMass Lowell (Game 2, Hockey East Quarterfinals)

Pluses and Minuses: BU misses opportunities, falls at Lowell in Game 1 of quarterfinals

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LOWELL — Both head coaches after Game 1 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals agreed that the contest came down to one thing — special teams. But as Boston University head coach David Quinn noted, the other team executed and his team didn’t. In what was a tight game throughout the full 60 minutes, No. 11 … Read more Pluses and Minuses: BU misses opportunities, falls at Lowell in Game 1 of quarterfinals

Live blog: No. 8 BU vs. No. 11 UMass Lowell (Hockey East quarterfinals, Game One)

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Series preview BU lines: Jordan Greenway-Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson-Danny O’Regan Ahti Oksanen-Bobo Carpenter-Matt Lane Ryan Cloonan-Robbie Baillargeon-Oskar Andrén Chase Phelps-Mike Moran-Tommy Kelley Matt Grzelcyk-Charlie McAvoy Brandon Hickey-Brandon Fortunato Doyle Somerby-Brien Diffley Sean Maguire Connor LaCouvee UMass Lowell lines: Jake Kamrass-Nick Master-Adam Chapie Ryan Dmowski-Connor Wilson-Ryan McGrath A.J. White-Michael Fallon-Michael Louria C.J. Smith-Joe Gambardella-John Edwardh Niklas Folin-Tyler … Read more Live blog: No. 8 BU vs. No. 11 UMass Lowell (Hockey East quarterfinals, Game One)

Odds and Ends: Moving on to quarterfinals at Lowell

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Hi folks. Due to spring break, there won’t be a podcast this week, so we’re compiling links/tweets/notes of interest for your reading pleasure instead. –Charlie McAvoy was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week after he posted four assists and was a plus-5 in BU’s series against UMass. -Good news for BU fans: the Terriers … Read more Odds and Ends: Moving on to quarterfinals at Lowell

Pluses and Minuses: No. 9 men’s hockey hangs on to defeat UMass, moves on to Hockey East Quarterfinal

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The No. 9 Boston University men’s hockey team outlasted the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Saturday in game two of the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals. The Terriers (21-10-5) defeated the Minutemen (8-24-4) at Agganis Arena by a score of 5-4 and will next take on the No. … Read more Pluses and Minuses: No. 9 men’s hockey hangs on to defeat UMass, moves on to Hockey East Quarterfinal