The view from the upper deck at Matthews: the best view in college hockey.
"Well, this is rock bottom. I think this is the worst BC result during my time here, with the possible exception of men's hoops losing to Duquesne. 
Normally during an upset like this you'd say that BC was the better team but the goalie stole it/they got bad breaks. But that's not what happened at all.
Before Chippy comes around spouting 'parity,' let me tell you, it wasn't that much of an accomplishment for NU to win today. BC was not good at all. This was only a sign of parity if your definition is 'equal sub-mediocrity.'
Watching this game was like getting your teeth drilled by Mike for six hours while being forced to watch an endless loop of the movie Gigli and read message board posts by Woody the Woodpecker.
My main concern at the moment is just making the HEA tournament. Forget an at-large bid to NCAAs. Unless things change dramatically, it ain't happening.
Only one thing cheered me up. I was sitting with a family of NU fans who I'm friends with. After NU's 3rd goal, the 10-year-old turned to me and said 'Well, at least you don't go to BU.' Now that's a smart kid.
Likes
-Zavisza scoring. She needed to break out. Her goal came on a weird bounce, but sometimes that's what you need to get out of a rut. She played pretty well overall.
-Molly Schaus. Anyone who says Schaus's performance hasn't been as good this year is on the sticky icky. She made a number of outstanding saves in the 2nd period.
-Wiedmeier-Mirasolo-Beaudry line I thought played pretty well. They did their job, they kept it pinned down in the NU zone whenever they were out there.
Dislikes
-Everything else, I guess?
-Penalty kill. NU went 2-for-3 and it took them all of about 10 seconds to score on their last one. The other PP goal was a 5-on-3, nothing you can do about that (except not take the 2nd penalty)
-Power play. We only got 2 power plays today so it's hard to make a judgment but I thought once again BC got next to nothing going on the PP. Again, Stack on the point baffles me. During BC's PP in the 2nd period, they got the puck out to Stack at the point, who wound up to take a slap shot, then she dribbled it weakly and fell down. NU then broke out with the puck and killed off another 15-20 seconds of the power play.
-Breaking up the first line during the first two periods. I know we're trying to get Line 2 going, but it's taken so long to even get one line going that I wouldn't mess with the combo of Stack-Fards-Spillane until they cool off. Something is clicking there, why mess with it? Stack was moved to a line with Thunstrom and Baskin.
-There's just something missing. $10 to whoever can figure out what it is, 'cause I sure as hell can't."
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Only one bright spot today: women's bball dispatched another New England 'rival,' Rhode Island, 67-44. We are now 7-2.
Murphy 26/14
Swords 14/9
Brown 10/9
Good to see. It's only URI, but as we learned today, you can't ever take things for granted.
Normally during an upset like this you'd say that BC was the better team but the goalie stole it/they got bad breaks. But that's not what happened at all.
Before Chippy comes around spouting 'parity,' let me tell you, it wasn't that much of an accomplishment for NU to win today. BC was not good at all. This was only a sign of parity if your definition is 'equal sub-mediocrity.'
Watching this game was like getting your teeth drilled by Mike for six hours while being forced to watch an endless loop of the movie Gigli and read message board posts by Woody the Woodpecker.
My main concern at the moment is just making the HEA tournament. Forget an at-large bid to NCAAs. Unless things change dramatically, it ain't happening.
Only one thing cheered me up. I was sitting with a family of NU fans who I'm friends with. After NU's 3rd goal, the 10-year-old turned to me and said 'Well, at least you don't go to BU.' Now that's a smart kid.
Likes
-Zavisza scoring. She needed to break out. Her goal came on a weird bounce, but sometimes that's what you need to get out of a rut. She played pretty well overall.
-Molly Schaus. Anyone who says Schaus's performance hasn't been as good this year is on the sticky icky. She made a number of outstanding saves in the 2nd period.
-Wiedmeier-Mirasolo-Beaudry line I thought played pretty well. They did their job, they kept it pinned down in the NU zone whenever they were out there.
Dislikes
-Everything else, I guess?
-Penalty kill. NU went 2-for-3 and it took them all of about 10 seconds to score on their last one. The other PP goal was a 5-on-3, nothing you can do about that (except not take the 2nd penalty)
-Power play. We only got 2 power plays today so it's hard to make a judgment but I thought once again BC got next to nothing going on the PP. Again, Stack on the point baffles me. During BC's PP in the 2nd period, they got the puck out to Stack at the point, who wound up to take a slap shot, then she dribbled it weakly and fell down. NU then broke out with the puck and killed off another 15-20 seconds of the power play.
-Breaking up the first line during the first two periods. I know we're trying to get Line 2 going, but it's taken so long to even get one line going that I wouldn't mess with the combo of Stack-Fards-Spillane until they cool off. Something is clicking there, why mess with it? Stack was moved to a line with Thunstrom and Baskin.
-There's just something missing. $10 to whoever can figure out what it is, 'cause I sure as hell can't."
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Only one bright spot today: women's bball dispatched another New England 'rival,' Rhode Island, 67-44. We are now 7-2.
Murphy 26/14
Swords 14/9
Brown 10/9
Good to see. It's only URI, but as we learned today, you can't ever take things for granted.
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