BU downs BC 5-3, sets stage for a war on Saturday

Yasin Cisse had a goal for BU

Another game with a valiant effort by these Eagles but once again they ran into a hot goaltender and lost to archrival Boston University by a score of 5-3. I have to be honest with you, BC played really well for most of the game but little mistakes really killed us. Things like keeping the puck in the zone, making good passes, and creating chances on the PP, etc were seemingly hard for the Eagles to do tonight. As most of you know, I hate saying bad things about college athletes but I must say that Parker's Milner's performance tonight was totally unacceptable. Three of the four goals he let up were just awful, especially Garett Noonan's wrister from the point that somehow went in. Just a heads up that Brian Billett will be in net tomorrow night according to the staff. I was also totally wrong about Kerrian Millan, who won the game for BU. The Terriers really didn't play that well at all but they took advantage of the opportunities they got and got amazing goaltending out of a very good goalie. As a fan, I am obviously very upset by the outcome but there were some positives to take out of tonight. The biggest one being that we totally outplayed BU for most of the game and only allowed one shot on goal in the second period (only the goal went in). The other major difference in the teams is that they have a really good first line and we don't. Last year when we had stars like Atkinson, Gibbons, and Hayes which made us unstoppable when it came to our first two lines. Now we are deep but we don't have nearly as many playmakers to the ability that those guys had. Overall, I am mad about the goaltending but happy about the play (for the most part) and am really looking forward to tomorrow which should be a game for the ages at their barn.


Why the Eagles lost. 

1. Goaltending. Parker Milner let in three goals on eight shots and allowed one goal on the only BU shot in the second period. Could be the last time we see him for a while if Billett plays well tomorrow.

2. The Power Play. Once again, the power play continues to be horrible. 2/11 is just terrible and will not help the Eagles win any games. BC needs to get things figured out for tomorrow night if they want to steal one over there.

3. Sloppy play. To many times, players didn't go after pucks, didn't make crisp passes, and couldn't keep the puck in the zone. I know it's little things but in hockey little things matter so much more than the big things.

4. Kerrian Millan was amazing. Millan stopped 43 of 45 BC shots.  He was the only reason BU walked out with a win. BC outshot BU 45 to 15.

Positives 

1. Good effort. On any other day vs any other goalie, we would have won that game but Millan was there for what seemed like every big time stop

2. The PK. I know looking at the stats it wasn't great but BC actually controlled much of the pace when BU was on the PP.

3. Theres tomorrow. As much as it would have been nice to win this game and shut those idiots up, tomorrow is so much bigger in so many ways. There is no better felling in the world then winning in that place.

Notes- Brian Billett will be in net tomorrow night.