Weekend Wrap-up

The past weekend proved to be a good one for the Eagles, as they had their first weekend sweep of the season. The pucks are starting to find the back of the net and the goaltending seems to be coming together. Oh yeah, and a win over BU is always pretty good, but kicking their ass is even better!

Friday: The weekend started with a trip down the Pike to UMASS, where the Minuteman faithful tried to break the Mullins Center attendance record. They may or may not have done that, but over 8,000 fans went home disappointed as BC knocked off the #9 Minutemen 3-1 behind goals by Brian Gibbons and Cam Atkinson (2). Parker Milner was solid in net, stopping 23 of 24 UMass shots, which earned him Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors. This was BC's first win over a top 10 team, but its hopefully not their last. This win was huge because it allowed the Eagles to keep pace with UNH in the Hockey East race, and it provided big momentum for the following night's trip to Agganis Arena.
BC 3 UMASS 1 Box

Saturday: Saturday night the Comm Ave rivalry continued as BC and BU met for the first time since BU ended the Eagles' season in the Hockey East semifinals. The two teams started off feeling each other out, skating to a scoreless tie after one period. BU got on the board first with a Nick Bonino score (just like I said they would in the previous post), but that would be the last time the Terrier fans would be able to chant their favorite line of "BC Sucks." Carl Sneep would even the score later in the period before BC blew the doors off BU in the third. Edwin Shea picked up his first goal of the season just 32 seconds into the final frame, followed shortly thereafter by Joe Whitney who took beleaguered BU goalie Kieran Millan top shelf to make it 3-1 BC. Brian Gibbons added his second goal of the weekend for good measure to send the fans off to Kenmore Square for some glow-sticks and wine spritzers. The next time these two rivals meet will be early January at Fenway Park..... can't wait!
BC 4 BU 1 Box

BIG, BIG weekend for the Eagles. I can't say that enough. Tomorrow, we'll look at the polls to see what the voters think.

NOTE: There is a game Wednesday, so we will preview Harvard tomorrow as well.