Another Split

Another weekend, another split for BC hockey. The boys in maroon and gold let Northeastern capitalize on a mistake early Friday night and ended up dropping a close one 3-2. Sunday, the tables were turned as BC rode Brian Gibbons to a 7-1 win to keep pace with UNH in the Hockey East standings. This team plays much better at home, which will be a benefit as they have 3 of their last 4 games at Conte Forum. This should help immensely as they push toward the playoffs.

Likes:
- Gibbons staying hot. Alot has been said here about how teams are going to game plan for BC's top line of Gibbons, Atkinson, and Whitney. It has not mattered. Gibbons scored three goals on the weekend (all in one game), and surpassed the 100 point mark for is college career. Can't really complain much about that.
- Milner still going strong. This bodes well for the future as well as the present. Any rest you can give Muse before the playoffs is money in the bank.
- Offense clicking. 40 shots on Friday and 49 on Sunday. Some of those will go in.

Dislikes:
- Mistakes in our own end. These keep hurting us. Friday was a great example of this. NU's first goal occured right off the bat because of a turnover. These will hurt us more as the games get bigger. The young defensemen need to take care of the puck in their own end (Samuelsson!).
- Penalties. BC is tops in the conference in PK. Know why? Because they always seem to have a guy in the box! This has cost them games this season, no question. Maybe as we move into a more national stage we will get away from the Hockey East refs who apparently get a bonus for every call they make.

Friday: NU 3 BC 2 Box
Sunday: BC 7 NU 1 Box

BC is now #7 in the USCHO poll, 11 in the INCH rankings. They also stand 4 points behind UNH for first in the conference. If BC takes care of business at home these next two games, we could have ourselves a showdown series for the regular season title on the first weekend of March. It starts with Merrimack tomorrow night. Go BC!