Even though there were only two games this weekend in Hockey East and neither of them being league contest, there were still a handful of surprises on the weekend. One of them being the fact that Merrimack lost again. The Warriors are now 1-3-1 in their last five game and have dropped to eight place in the Pairwise rankings. Although they seem to be sliding, I still think the Warriors are the second best team in Hockey East because of Joe Cannata. Cannata (even though we have not seen him yet) leads the league in save percentage, goals against average and also has arguably the deepest defensive core in the league in front of him with Stollery, Ellis, and Bigos. As for BC, their next league game is at home vs the Warriors on Sunday 1/8 at 1:00. It will be interesting to see how the best offense in the league matches up with the strongest defense and goalie in the league. That should be a great game with huge pairwise and league points at stake.
For most fans (including myself) the most shocking news on the weekend was that Charlie Coyle left BU. Coyle not only let his teammates and coaches down but also the fans and students of BU. Now that the Coyle story got out, a lot of people at BU are not saying anything to anyone about more players leaving. Since the World Junior tournament is going on, I don't think we will hear anything until after the tournament regarding more players leaving. Hopefully, all of these suspensions and dismissals over the past five seasons at BU don't cast a shadow over Jack Parker's illustrious 39 year carrer at BU. It will be very interesting to see if even more players abandon ship between now and the end of the season for the Terriers.
Merry Christmas and GO EAGLES
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