BOSTON COLLEGE TOPPLES UMASS LOWELL, 5-1

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Eagles crush Lowell 5-1

Despite 8 penalties that tallied up to 31 minutes in the box, BC men's hockey rolled past Lowell 5-1 Saturday night at Lowell's Tsongas arena. The Eagles were lead by goals from Cam Atkinson, Brian Gibbons, Bill Arnold, and the Hayes brothers. BC took the 1-0 lead at 4:43 when Cam Atkinson put in his own rebound to give the Eagles the early lead. BC's first line of Atkinson-Gibbons, and Joe Whitney was outstanding, getting 2 goals for the Eagles. Lowell played a very tough game in the first 2 periods, with the score 1-0 after 1. BC then took the 2-0 lead after Jimmy Hayes intercepted a pass by the Lowell goalie on the boards and put the puck in the open net. BC was really dominating Lowell the whole game until Patrick Wey took a 5 minute game misconduct penalty for a hit from behind at 15:18 of the second and Tommy Cross was already serving one of his 2 penalties on the night for holding. After everything got sorted out, Lowell then got a 5-3 for 26 seconds and another 5 minutes of PP thanks to the Wey penalty. The momentum of the game really switched at that point, but Lowell's PP was horrible for the 5:26 of PP they had which gave the momentum back to BC heading into the 3rd. BC's speedy penalty killers were always on the puck and Lowell could not set it up at all. BC was able to kill of the first 5:00 of the Wey penalty and go into the second with a 2-0 lead. The third period was a crazy 20 minutes to say the least. There were 7 combined penalties in the period (3 for BC) (4 for UML) Lowell). Lowell finally broke through at 7:04 of the third to make it a 2-1 game. Things were all downhill from there for the River hawks, as BC scored the final three goals of the game. The first of which was a shorthanded goal from who else but Cam Atkinson his second of the night on a great feed from Brian Gibbons. After BC took the 3-1 lead, Kevin Hayes put the cherry on top with a goal from Kevin Hayes on a great pass from behind the net from Barry Almedia who played a very strong game on the PK and on even strength. Bill Arnold added his 6th goal of the year to make it 5-1. Yes this was a big win for BC with UNH taking 4 points at Providence and BU taking 3 points at Maine but the Eagles continued to take to many penalties. Taking 10 in all, BC's PK was amazing not allowing Lowell a PP goal on their 8 chances. The killers were C.Atkinson, Gibbons,Whitney,Alemdia(who was amazing on the PK but missed a breakaway),S,Whitney,J.Hayes B.Arnold and Paul Carey. The Eagles improve to 14-5 in Hockey East (18-6 overall) and stay in a tie for first with UNH. BC's next game is next Friday night vs. UMASS Amherst. This will be BC's last tune-up before the Beanpot against archrival BU which is 2/7.

Grades-
PP- B-. The first unit was able to set it up multiple times and get lots of shots. The second unit was not as good they were not able to get as many shots on goal when they were on the ice.

PK- A. I don't know if it was how bad Lowell's PP was or how good BC PK was. Yet the Eagles have the best PK in the country and they proved why tonight.

NOTES
1. Coach Mike Cavanaugh was not behind the Eagles bench because he was out recruiting.
2. The Eagles get their 4th win in a row VS. Lowell dating back to last year.
3. With the win, BC takes the 57-33-7 lead in the all time series with Lowell.
4. Coach York improves to 40-16-2 VS. Lowell at BC.
5. With 2 Yale losses, BC will move into #1 in the country on Monday.
6. Patrick Brown was out of the lineup and was replaced by Tommy Atkinson.

BC @ LOWELL 1/29/10

Tonight the Boston College men’s' ice hockey team travels to Umass Lowell to finish the season series with the River hawks. BC is 2-0 vs. Lowell this year winning both games by a scores of 5-2 and 5-3 Since 2005, BC is 4-3-1 @ Lowell's Tsongas arena. The two teams played last Saturday at Conte Forum with the Eagles needing a comeback to beat the River hawks 5-3. Lowell is in last place in Hockey East with a 3-15 record in league and a 4-19-2 overall. Yes Lowell is having an off year, but Coach Jerry York called Lowell the best 3 win team he has ever seen in Hockey East. Some players to watch on Lowell are SO. Riley Wetmore, JR. Matt Ferreira, and SR. Pat Cey. Lowell's biggest strength is probably their goaltending, last week goalie Marc Boulanger made 44 stops vs. the Eagles high-powered attack. In goal tonight for BC will be John Muse, who is 1-0 vs. Lowell this year. The lines for BC will be as followed.

C.Atkinson-B.Gibbons-J.Whitney
J.Hayes-P.Mullane-C.Kreider
S.Whitney-B.Arnold-P.Carey
K.Hayes-P.Brown-B.Almedia.

B.Dumoulin-T.Cross
P.Wey-P.Samuelsson
P.Alber-E.Shea

BC LOWELL HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/10

Eagles Beat Lowell 5-3

Led by 2 goals from JR. Jimmy Hayes, The Boston College Eagles defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks 5-3 Saturday night at Kelley Rink. Lowell was able to get the first goal on a wrap around by Shayne Thompson at 7:49 of the first. BC was able to get their first PP at 9:50 of the first. Jimmy Hayes then scored from the right faceoff dot at 11:38 to tie the game at 1. Although BC has one of the best first PP unit in the country, the second unit it turns out isn't not so bad either, scoring 2 of the 3 power play goals tonight. The second unit was J.Hayes, Mullane, Krieder, Dumoulin, and Tommy Cross.

After Lowell scored in the middle of the second, a PP goal, BC took control of the tempo of the game. Creating many odd man rushes, and getting lots of quality shots. Finally after Lowell took a high sticking penalty with 3 minutes left in the middle frame, Tommy Cross was able to make a great play by keeping the puck in zone walk in with it and fire one past Marc Boulanger at 18:49 of the second. All of BC’s lines were hitting on all cylinders. Even the fourth line with Kevin Hayes, Tommy Atkinson, and Barry Almeida (who made his return after one game off because of an injury) had some good shots on nets, created odd man rushes, and played well in their own zone.


One thing that BC did very well compared to last night against rival BU, was stay out of the box. The Eagles only took 3 penalties compared to last nights 9. BC did give up a PP goal when a Lowell defenseman bombed a shot from the point to beat Milner. The combinations were the same as last night with S.Whitney and Carey, Arnold and Krieder, and C.Atkinson and Gibbons. After BC got on yet another PP, Paul Carey connected from the top of the circle on a nice pass from Joe Whitney. That gave The Eagles the lead with 10 minutes to play. 5 minuets later, Gibbons found Whitney waiting at the right post and Whitney put it in to give BC a 2 goal lead. 30 seconds later after a bad turnover by Patrick Wey in his own zone, Lowell took advantage an put one past Millner with 3:42 remaining in the period. Lowell Pulled it’s goalie with about 1:30 left. After Wey, who played ok chipped it out if the zone, Jimmy Hayes assured the W on an empty net goal with 30 seconds left. BC’s next game is at Lowell Saturday 1/29/11.

Notes- The win marks Coach Jerry York’s 400th win at Boston College.

Chris Krieder extended his scoring streak to eight games.

Paker Millner earned his 13th carrer victory in goal.

BC moves to first place in Hockey East, UNH lost to Bu.

GRADES
Power Play- A. 3/3. Both units flying.

Penalty Kill-B. 2/3. Didnt get many penalties compared to last couple games.

3 stars- Cross, J.Whitney, and Jimmy Hayes.

Scouting The River Hawks

Tonight the Boston College men’s hockey team takes on UMass Lowell at BC at 7 pm. The two teams have met once so far this season with the Eagles rolling to a 5-2 victory at Counte Forum on 11/2/10. Lowell is in last place in Hockey East with a 3-14-0 record in conference play and a 3-18-2 record overall. Although in last place, Lowell pulled a stunning upset last night, beating Merrimack 6-4. Handing Merrimack only it’s second home lost of the season. Two major lineup changes for BC tonight, first JR. Barry Almeida is in after missing last nights game at BU with an undisclosed injury. Also Parker Milner will get the start in net for the Eagles, last sunday Milner stopped all 15 shots he faced vs the Maine Black Bears. Over the last 17 games BC is 9-7-1 vs Lowell. The two teams will meet up next Saturday night at Lowell’s Tosangas Arena. Check back later tonight for a recap on the game.

Note- Coach York is going for his 400th win at BC tonight.

BC BU highlights 1/21/11

Eagles edge Terriers 3-2

The Boston College Eagles jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one period of play and never looked back Friday night against rival BU at Agganis Arena. BC had goals from sophomore Steve Whitney, Senior Brian Gibbons, and sophomore Brian Dumolin. The Terriers got two back in the second with goals by Garrett Noonan, and David Warsofsky. Led by 25 saves by Senior goaltender John Muse, the eagles showed why they have the best penalty Kill in the country going 8 for 9 on the PK. The PK was great but BC was taking way to many stupid penalties including an interference Brian Gibbons, and boarding on Tommy Cross. A strength on the PK was how many great combinations BC has when they need to kill a penalty, led by Jimmy Hayes, Cam Atkinson, Joe Whitney, and Gibbons BC was able to prevent to much damage when BU was on a PP. BC did have two power play goals in the first period the first goal came on even strength. Coming down on a 3-2 Paul Carey dished a pass to Steve Whitney  who beat Millian top right from the top of the circle at 4:38 into the opening period. The second goal which was a PP goal came on a bad change by BU at their own blue line. BC then went down on a 3-0 with the always so deadly combination of Cam Atkinson, Brian Gibbons, and Paul Carey. Carey dished it to Atkinson who then gave it to Gibbons who was waiting at the left post to make it a 2-0 Eagle lead at 4:10 of the first. The second PP goal for The Eagles came off the stick of Brian Dumolin who ripped one from the top of the point past Millian for the eventual game winner.  After a bad second period where BU scored two goals BC came out flying in third period. The D for the Eagles had arguably it’s best period all year. Led by a very strong defensive performance by Pat Wey, The Eagles were able to get the puck out of the zone and transform that into some quality chances on Millian. One defenseman that did not have his best night was Tommy Cross, yes he is coming off a bad knee injury but he took a stupid penalty and did not play very well in his own zone. Even though he has had a couple tough games, when fully healed from the injury Cross should be that force once again on the Eagle Blue line. In the end, this was a big win for Coach York’s crew coming of a bad performance at Maine. BC picked up an always sweet win at BU. BC’s next game is tomorrow night at home vs Lowell at 7 PM. 

NOTES-  BC improves to 7-2-1 all time at Agganis Arena. 

 Coach York is just 1 win away from 400 all time at The Heights. 

 John Muse is 8-4-2 vs BU.  

 BC will play BU at least one more time this year in the opening round of the Beanpot, Feb 7, at 8:00. 

welcome

This is the first post on the new BC hockey blog. This will be your source for up to date info before and after all games. We will also report injuries lineups and any other thing regarding Boston College Hockey.The first game is tonight against archrival BU