By Tim Healey/DFP Staff
This weekend, when the Boston University men’s hockey team plays host at Agganis Arena, it will be faced with something it hasn’t seen in several years: a legitimately good University of Vermont squad.
Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a 4 p.m. start Saturday on NESN.
The Catamounts — owners of a 12-8-3 overall record and 4-6-0 mark in Hockey East — will be making their second trip to Boston in as many weeks. They split a two-game series with No. 11 Northeastern University last weekend, after which they moved up to No. 17 in this week’s USCHO.com poll.
“There’s no bad team in this league,” said BU coach David Quinn. “It’s just reality. There are no gimmies. No gimmies.”
But this time, Vermont is competitive in more than just an every-Hockey-East-team-will-put-up-a-fight sort of way.
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