UNH Preview

The Eagles have one more regular season series left this year, and lo and behold, its with league leader UNH! If you look at years past, it seems like Hockey East knows that these two teams are going to be in the hunt for first place so they schedule them for the last week of the season. The Wildcats are scoring a ton of goals and are on something of a hot streak of late, but so is BC. This should be one hell of a series, starting tonight in Durham (on NESN) and ending Saturday night at Conte Forum (not on TV, so get your ass out there!).

Players to Watch:

Bobby Butler (UNH) – a legit Hobey Baker award candidate, Butler sits at 6^th nationally in scoring. He has also burned BC many times in the past.

Parker Milner (BC) – Will York go with the hot hand in net this weekend? Or does he go with the seasoned veteran in a critical series? We’ll find out.

Cam Atkinson (BC) – If BC is going to win, Cam needs to score. INCH talked about him as a dark horse Hobey candidate… will he live up to the hype?

Blake Kessel (UNH) – Yup. That Kessel family. He is one of the top scoring defensemen in the nation.

UNH poses a huge hurdle for BC. Last time out, on the road, BC blew a huge lead and ended up tying the Wildcats. Can’t happen here. A tie in either game gives the title to UNH. BC needs to sweep to avoid a possible 2-7 matchup with BU. I think that might be a bit too much and we get that tie Friday night. I hope I’m wrong…

Prediction:

Friday – UNH 3 BC 3

Saturday – BC 4 UNH 2