Another weekend where BC was #1 in Hockey East going in, and another weekend where BC goes out #1. The best news is the Eagles extended there lead to three points over Merrimack and BU and will have a chance to extended it to five with a game vs PC on Tuesday. Overall, this weekend was a big success even though we lost @ home Friday. On Friday, BC really outplayed BU but we ran into a goalie that stopped everything and BC just didn't get great goaltending. I really thought the Eagles did a lot of things well on Friday like finally score on the PP and they also did a good job of waring down the Terriers. O did we ware them down alright. You know, I told you guys yesterday I just had a feeling that this could be the night where everything comes together, well I'll tell you when I get that feeling again. Saturday was just the best game I have ever watched (well everytime we beat them is the best game) because for the Eagles, everything came together whether it was goaltending, the PK, the defenseman doing a great job getting the puck up ice, or just getting pucks to the net. BC really attacked BU's sloppy defenseman all night and it caused a lot of turnovers which led to quality chances for the Eagles. The perfect example was when some BU player was skating up the ice and a BC player (I think Kevin Hayes) picked his pocket and dished it over to Paul Carey who snipped one past Rollheiser officially ending the game.
In terms of other Hockey East action, the biggest surprise for me was NU sweeping Notre Dame in South Bend. NU seems to be really coming together as they have now won four in a row vs quality teams in PC, Michigan, and Notre Dame. Also, Providence and Lowell sweeping away MC and UNH really shows how deep Hockey East is this year. When I got the schedule at the beginning of the year and saw PC and Lowell on it for this week, I automatically think four points. But maybe not this week because these two teams are really starting to come around mainly because of their PP's (PC had four PP goals vs MC on Saturday). The biggest thing I take out of this week though is that the Eagles may have found a gem in Brian Billett. Billett has been better than great in both of his starts vs Yale and BU. Think about it, Coach York told him that he is getting his first league start @ BU ! Think about how nervous he must have been. For him to go out there and do that in front of those obnoxious fans and out that performance is just simply amazing. For those of you that are wondering, he is going to play Tuesday. No doubt. In terms of pairwise, BC moves to #2 and should be #1 in the polls come Monday.
Sorry to spoil the BU party.
GO EAGLES
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