This weekend the Eagles will finish their season series vs conference rival New Hampshire, BC will host UNH on Friday before traveling to Durham on Saturday. In the first meeting between the teams on 10/15 the Eagles defeated UNH by a score of 5-1 but were outshot by UNH by a 40-25 margin. UNH's leading scorer and one of the best scorers in Hockey East is Senior Steve Moses who leads the team with 17 goals and 11 assist. Some of the other top players for Dick Umile's club are Sophomore Nick Sorkin who has registered 6 goals and 19 assist so far this season. Sorkin also had the only UNH goal in that game vs BC (a power play goal). Also, freshman Trevor Van Riemsdyk leads all defenseman in points for the Cats' with 12 points. One thing that every UNH team has had in the past few years is a first line that could never be stopped but this year it doesn't seem like the Wildcats have killer first line compared to years past. Yes, the Moses-Sorkin-Goumas line is dangerous but compare that to Butler-Thompson-DeSimone from a year ago (they wer almost better than Maine's Abbott-Flynn-Diamond line). The biggest letdown this season for UNH this season has been the play of SR goalie Matt Di Girolamo who went into the season being rated one of the top goalies in the country but currently is on the bench in place of Freshman Casey DeSmith. After this weekend, we should have a very good picture of what the playoffs will look like as The Other School host Maine, Lowell and UMass go at it for two games, NU travels to UVM for two and Providence heads to Merrimack on Sunday.
Keys for the Eagles
1. Goaltending. It looks like Parker Milner will be in net for BC. Parker has 39 stops last time out vs UNH.
2. The penalty kill. Last weekend was a terrible one for a BC power play that just got destroyed by Maine. This UNH power play isn't Maine but it still ranks in the top five in the league.
3. Keep the offense going. Last weekend was the first weekend in a while in which BC started scoring. This needs to continue vs the Wildcats
4. The new lines need to be clicking. I like the new pairings of Almeida-Arnold-Whitney and Gaudreau-Mullane- Carey. We will see how they work out
Players to Watch
1. Steve Moses. Leads the team with 17 goals and 11 assist. Ranks among the best overall players in the league.
2. Nick Sorkin. 6 goals and 19 assist. One of the best young players in this league.
3. Connor Hardowa. UNH's best defenseman, very dangerous with the puck.
All time Series- UNH leads the all time series 63-62-12 vs BC.
Prediction- BC sweep but both games are decided by one goal. BC needs at least three points.
Note- Looks as if Parker Milner will be in net.
Last time I put out the lines, they were not in positional order. Here they are.
Sit-Hayes-Kreider
Almeida-Arnold-Whitney
Gaudreau-Mullane-Carey
Smith-Straight-Linell
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