Game Gab - Nightly Post-Game Analysis
Come here after the games for analysis and insights from CHN Staff members, including columnist Adam Wodon. And then talk about it in our blog.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Merrimack 6, Boston University 3
CHN: This is clearly not your mother's BU Terriers, and not her Merrimack Warriors either. The defending champs, still reeling from a new look and lots of injuries, lost their fourth straight and had a 15-game winning streak over Merrimack snapped. Meanwhile, Merrimack, which won just 9 games last year, improved to 6-3, including 6-0 at home. Brandon Brodhag scored twice and Stephane Da Costa netted his seventh of the season for the Warriors.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Maine 3, Boston University 2
CHN: Maine is sure looking like a team on its way to make something of its season, finally, after a dreadful start. It second straight win actually gives the Black Bears a better record than the defending national champs -- i.e., the team they beat Sunday -- Boston University. As for what's wrong with BU? Who knows. Lots of players missing from last year, some injuries -- but you'd think the Terriers would be better than this right now -- at 2-5.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Northeastern 1, Boston University 0
CHN: No Brad Thiessen? No problem for Northeastern -- at least for this game. Twenty-one year-old freshman Chris Rawlings stopped 43 shots -- everything BU threw his way, including seven power plays -- to get the win. It drops BU to 2-4. Wade McLeod's third-period goal was the only scoring. See ]separate article on Rawlings and the game. The final 4:30 of the game was played shorthanded after Northeastern's Mike Hewkin was called for a 5-minute major and game misconduct for hitting after the whistle. But Rawlings even stood up to that.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Mass.-Lowell 3, Boston University 2
CHN: Nevin Hamilton made 24 stops, and Mass.-Lowell bounced back from Friday's overtime home loss to win at BU's Agganis Arena. It's a key early-season win for the RiverHawks, who have high expectations this year, and are trying to prove those are deserved. And it was especially good to get out the sting of two straight tough losses to BU, including last year's Hockey East tournament final. “We weren’t tough enough to play against," said senior defenseman Eric Gryba to the Boston Globe. “That’s something we need to work on this week."
Friday, October 30, 2009
Boston University 5, Mass.-Lowell 4
CHN: Colby Cohen scored the most dramatic goal he may ever score during overtime of last season's NCAA championship game, when he shot was deflected and floated in. This one may not have had quite the same impact, but it was certainly dramatic as well, and reminiscent of that fateful April night. This one lifted a banged-up Terrier squad past upstart Massachusetts-Lowell, which was picked highly prior to the season and is off to a good start, but couldn't avenge last year's Hockey East championship game loss. The winning goal came on the power play. ... Another defenseman, David Warsofsky, scored twice for BU, including a shorthanded goal.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Massachusetts 3, Boston University 2
CHN: UMass scored twice early, Alex Chiasson scored his first two for BU, then Will Ortiz scored early in the third to give UMass the win. See our separate article on this game.
Boston University 6, Merrimack 4
CHN: Boston University got off to a big lead, then had to hold off a determined Warriors squad, who made it back to 5-4 before a late empty netter. It snapped BU's four-game losing streak. It was 4-0 after the first period, when Merrimack pulled Andrew Braithwaite in favor of Joe Cannata. It got to 5-4 midway through the third period, but that was as far as Merrimack could get it. Grant Rollheiser returned from injury and made his first start in net for BU this season. Also back was top-line center Nick Bonino, who had been out with a shoulder injury. ... "We've gone quite a long time without a 5-on-4 goal and we got a few tonight," said BU coach Jack Parker. "We played stupid sometimes with penalties ... made it too close a game than it should've been. ... We tried to make too many cute plays and big plays. So those things were disheartening. We (thought) we had it in the bag and made foolish plays with the puck. The amount of turnovers in the third was night and day to the first and second period." ... "I very rarely take a goalie out," said Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy. "Usually it's for his own good in the sense that we didn't play that well in front of him. ... I didn't think we were ready to play, but you don't know that until the puck drops."
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