Midweek Column-It's do or die time

BC gets two games vs UNH this weekend 

Usually when you see UNH weekend upcoming, your reaction is "Well this is going to be one tough weekend".  This has obviously been a very tough year for UNH as they sit in unchartered territory at 7th in Hockey East. As much as BC needs four points, the Wildcats are also very desperate because say they get no points over the weekend, they could be in big trouble for just making the Hockey East tournament. As for BC, it's simple, you win two games this weekend, you are back in contention for a #1 seed and right back in the thick of things Hockey East regular season championship wise. In the first meeting of the year between BC and UNH in mid October @ The Whit, BC got outplayed for most of the game but was able to tally a 5-1 victory over the Wildcats. Since then though, both teams have had sub par seasons (for the most part) but have a chance to make up for it in the last couple weeks here. For the Eagles, they need to have one mindset and that is that they must get four points this weekend, no matter what it takes. I think it will be interesting to see how the new line changes work out. I like the new lines of Arnold-Whitney-Almeida and Gaudreau-Carey-Mullane but I am some what worried about the Hayes-Kreider-Sit line simply because Mike Sit really needs to come up big and he has not really had the chance to do so (he is definitely capable of doing it though). Win both games this weekend and were in business, lose two games, well it's beginning of the end for this team. Here are some interesting stats between BC and UNH.

STATS 

1. UNH leads the all time series 63-62-12 vs BC. UNH is just 14-17-6 all time @ Conte Forum. BC is just 7-16-2 all time @ The Whit

2. Steve Moses is tied for the league lead in goals with Maine's Joey Diamond with 17 goals on the year. Moses has tallied a total of 38 points this year.

3. UNH switched starting goalies a couple weeks ago as freshman Casey DeSmith has taken over between the pipes for the Wildcats. DeSmith has a .927 save % and a 3-3 record in games started this year.

4. UNH is 4-4-2 in it's last 10 trips to Conte while BC is 5-3-2 in it's 10 trips to The Whittemore Center

Preview will be up tomorrow

GO EAGLES