Boston College Hockey 2009-2010

[sterlippo1]

Re: Boston College Hockey 2009-2010

being new to this as well I also am stunned at how the BU fans dump all over Parker. the guy is one of the all time greats with the hardware to back it up.............and who's idea was it to pull the goalie so early against Miami?

[Chris_NH]

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As a FB season ticket holder I can't say I was all that happy with this past season's home schedule. Especially after I pay full price and then they start with the discounts and the givaways because they can't get anyone to come to games. I wouldn't mind seeing an occasional Ohio State or Michigan (not Mid Central Southern Michigan A&M Community College or whoever the *@#&% they were)come in here.

I keep saying that BC should schedule Boise State. That school is having real big problems getting ANYONE decent to schedule them, to the point where Boise will agree to play a team as an 'Away' contest without insisting on a reciprocal Home date in return (as is the custom). BC could use a Boise State on their home slate, to your point above.

[theprofromdover]

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being new to this as well I also am stunned at how the BU fans dump all over Parker. the guy is one of the all time greats with the hardware to back it up.............and who's idea was it to pull the goalie so early against Miami?

Dean Blais did it against BC in the 2001 championship game with 6 minutes left. Jack hasn't had an original thought in 30 years.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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the guy is one of the all time greats with the hardware to back it up

Jack hasn't had an original thought in 30 years.

Loss of brain cells is a long-term effect of alcohol abuse. It's sad but it happens.

[J.D.]

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Dean Blais did it against BC in the 2001 championship game with 6 minutes left. Jack hasn't had an original thought in 30 years.

and it's not like BU scored right away. they scored two in the final minute when every coach would have had the goalie out

[sterlippo1]

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true but it did change the game from that point forward..........just watched it again the other day and it still made me almost throw up in my mouth. BU was on the verge of one of the biggest choke jobs ever........they were without a doubt the best team over the course of the year but they were NOT the best team on the ice in each of their last 3 games yet due to pucks deflecting off other teams skates etc, they won. sour grapes? yes, but that's how i saw it.......

[joegrav]

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Can we please not talk any more about bu winning last year? They won last year, they were the best team all year and they deserved it. I still like our coach better than theirs, but Parker deserves credit for last season. He also deserves some heat for this season so far. Done and done.

Let's talk about our team - a team that has the potential to equal what BU accomplished last year in terms of piling up multiple trophies. The Denver Cup would be a nice start.

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

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Dean Blais did it against BC in the 2001 championship game with 6 minutes left. Jack hasn't had an original thought in 30 years.

IDK, he did skirt around the rules back in the Gionta years and coached the team from the press box with a headset while he was suspended, which prompted Hockey East to change the rules just for him. Very Walsh-like.

[Kenny]

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I ended up going down to Providence last night kind of spur of the moment late in the day. Glad I did. That was a very impressive 60 minute performance. BC had tremendous puck possession the whole game, the D's breakout passes were particularly crisp, and all three goals were nice plays. 10-3-2 at the break, I'll take it.

I'm not one to be overoptimistic, but I have a VERY good feeling about this team.

Quote from a long time BC hockey follower about the game Saturday night, "that was the most dominating performance from BC hockey in the last 15 years". I wasn't there, but those are strong words. Great way to go into break.

[mookie1995]

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Sterlippo has a point there in that it did change the flow of the game... Up until that point the ice was tilted toward Millan and our boys were skating uphill. For some reason after the pull, it was like Miami realized, "hey we are winning and they just pulled the goalie to get an extra skater!!! We better ah defense now!!" and stopped being as aggressive and the ice tilted toward their end.

[theprofromdover]

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IDK, he did skirt around the rules back in the Gionta years and coached the team from the press box with a headset while he was suspended, which prompted Hockey East to change the rules just for him. Very Walsh-like.

Shouldn't we save this for the 'Jack Parker - Cheater' thread?

[Eaglefan06]

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Can we please not talk any more about bu winning last year? They won last year, they were the best team all year and they deserved it. I still like our coach better than theirs, but Parker deserves credit for last season. He also deserves some heat for this season so far. Done and done.

Let's talk about our team - a team that has the potential to equal what BU accomplished last year in terms of piling up multiple trophies. The Denver Cup would be a nice start.

Agreed. Like who really gives a **** about BU? They are awful. Lets not talk about them.

And about the coaches....how can anyone not like Jerry more then Jack?

[J.D.]

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IDK, he did skirt around the rules back in the Gionta years and coached the team from the press box with a headset while he was suspended, which prompted Hockey East to change the rules just for him. Very Walsh-like.

How about when BU had players back from the WJC to play BC, but somehow BC didn't have its guys back...

[BCeagle]

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BC has jumped 5 spots in the polls from last week. They are ranked 5th in the nation now. If I recall right, they started the season ranked 20th.

[Zudnic]

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I love how the polls can be so skewed based on the perception of the team and its opponents. I took the poll and resorted it based on win percent and then added the difference between win percent and the poll ranking.

Win % Rank	Dec 14 Poll	Team	Record	Win %	Delta
1	8	QU	13-3-1	0.79	7
2	11	Ferris	13-3-2	0.78	9
3	1	Miami	13-2-5	0.78	-2
4	10	BSU	13-4-1	0.75	6
5	5	BC	10-3-2	0.73	0
6	4	Cornell	7-2-2	0.73	-2
7	3	CC	11-4-3	0.69	-4
8	2	Denver	11-5-2	0.67	-6
9	7	Wisco	11-5-2	0.67	-2
10	15	UMA	10-5-0	0.67	5
11	9	Yale	7-3-2	0.67	-2
12	18	UC	8-3-5	0.66	6
13	13	MSU	12-6-2	0.65	0
14	12	UMD	11-6-1	0.64	-2
15	14	UML	10-6-1	0.62	-1
16	17	UAF	9-5-4	0.61	1
17	6	UND	9-6-3	0.58	-11
18	16	UNH	8-6-3	0.56	-2
19	19	SCSU	8-7-3	0.53	0
20	20	ND	8-8-4	0.50	0

In this quick/dirty analysis No. Dak. is 11 points overrated and Ferris is 9 pts underrated. This of course doesn't take into account stuff like how Ferris' NC schedule reads like an ACC basketball schedule in November.