Eagles fall for the first time in over a month...time for concern ?

After coming of a week with great Defensive zone play in the Beanpot VS BU and @ Providence, BC's Defensive core really fell of this week vs Northeastern. On Monday, the Eagles were able to get away with the poor D zone play and win the storied Beanpot for a 16th time. On Friday, the Eagles continued their bad habits, letting up 7 goals at home vs NU. Thanks to a Bill Arnold goal, BC was able to escape with a tie. Friday at NU, they finally paid the price. Tommy Cross and Patrick Wey played well in their own zone on Saturday, but the D pair of Edwin Shea and Philip Samuelsson was horrific in there own zone, and ultimately cost BC 2 points. Samuelsson made a bad descion by pinching up in his own zone, and that lead to an NU goal, when an NU D man threw the puck around the boards, and a NU forward went in all alone on a breakaway to put NU up 1-0. Once agian, this time late in the second, Samuelsson was backing into his own zone with virtually no one near him, he tried to throw a hail mary up the ice, but the pass was picked of by an NU player and resulted in a goal to make it 2-0. NU did an amazing job of keeping BC at bay. One thing the BC coaching staff may be considering, is putting Freshman Issac Macleod back in the lineup in place of Samuelsson. Macleod played a good game @ Providence, and should be given a chance to play in place of Samuelsson, not Shea. NU's style of packing it in and not getting a ton of shots, but playing good D seemed to work this weekend. They knew they weren't going to outskate BC, but they held the Atkinson line in check, and were able to solve John Muse. Hats off to NU for taking 3 of 4 points from BC this weekend, and clinching a playoff berth,(something they did not do last year). Hopefully the Huskies can at least beat UNH in 1 of 2 contest between the Huskies and the Wildcats this weekend. BC takes the ice in a home in home vs Umass this weekend, Friday at Umass, Saturday at BC. We will have a full article on the scenarios for BC coming up....