Scores and updated standings from Hockey East:
Hockey East Overall Non-league
GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA || GP W-L-T GF-GA W-L-T
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1 Providence 2 1-0-1 3 7-5 || 6 5-0-1 32-18 | 4-0-0
2 Merrimack 1 1-0-0 2 8-4 || 4 2-1-1 27-22 | 1-1-1
3 Boston College 1 1-0-0 2 3-2 || 2 2-0-0 8-3 | 1-0-0
4 Boston University 2 0-1-1 1 5-6 || 4 1-2-1 20-22 | 1-1-0
5 Lowell 2 0-1-1 1 10-12 || 6 1-4-1 31-37 | 1-3-0
6 Northeastern 2 0-1-1 1 12-16 || 5 0-4-1 21-38 | 0-3-0
7 Maine 0 0-0-0 0 0-0 || 6 5-1-0 34-15 | 5-1-0
8 New Hampshire 0 0-0-0 0 0-0 || 5 5-0-0 33-14 | 5-0-0
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11/9/90 Air Force 1 at Maine 7 NC
Alabama-Huntsville 3 at New Hampshire 6 NC at JFK Coliseum
(Manchester, NH)
Lowell 8 at Northeastern 8 HE ot
Boston University 3 at Providence 3 HE ot
11/10/90 Providence 4 at Lowell 2 HE
Air Force 1 at Maine 5 NC
Alabama-Huntsville 2 at New Hampshire 8 NC
Merrimack 8 at Northeastern 4 HE
11/11/90 Boston University 2 at Boston College 3 HE
11/13/90 New Hampshire at Merrimack HE NESN-TV
Boston College at Northeastern HE
11/16/90 Denver at Boston University NC
Kent State at Lowell NC
Alaska-Anchorage at Maine NC
Boston College at Michigan State NC
New Hampshire at Northeastern HE
Merrimack at Providence HE
11/17/90 Denver at Boston University NC
Alaska-Anchorage at Maine NC
Kent State at Merrimack NC
Boston College at Michigan State NC
11/18/90 Northeastern at Lowell HE 4:00
11/20/90 Northeastern at Boston College HE
Providence at Brown NC
Boston University at Harvard NC
Alaska-Anchorage at New Hampshire NC
11/21/90 Lowell at Merrimack HE NESN-TV
By the way, my standings program, which I will release soon to
anyone interested (send me mail), currently outputs teams according
to the following criteria (move on down the list if ties occur):
1. League points
2. League wins
3. Fewest league losses
4. Goal differential in league games (more is better)
5. Alphabetical order
If anyone has any comments on this, please send mail. I'm not sure
if it is good to go this far, or if I should just list them in
alphabetical order if points are equal, or pts & wins, etc.
Now, onto league highlights.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
...is Providence's Rob Gaudreau, who scored the game-tying goal at
10:27 of the third period as the Friars earned a point against
visiting BU, 3-3. On Saturday, Gaudreau scored two power play
goals with under two minutes left to break a 2-2 tie and give PC
a 4-2 win at Lowell. He has a five game scoring streak alive with
6-6--12 overall.
Other nominees: David Emma, Boston College; Jim Montgomery, Maine;
Dan Gravelle, Merrimack; Scott Morrow, New Hampshire.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
...is a tie this week between Maine goalie Mike Dunham and Providence
goalie Mike Heinke. This is the third consecutive week Heinke has
earned Rookie of the Week as he stopped 23 shots to help PC to a
3-3 tie against BU. Dunham had 17 saves in Maine's 7-1 win over Air
Force Friday. He has given up just one goal in each of his last two
starts after allowing 7 against Lake Superior. Ironically, both
goalies were selected by New Jersey in the NHL draft (Dunham - 1990/
3rd round, Heinke - 1989/5th round).
GOALTENDING LEADERS
HOCKEY EAST OVERALL
Name, class, school W-L-T GP Min Svs Pct GA GAA W-L-T Pct GAA
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Scott LaGrand, so, BC 1-0-0 1 60 21 .913 2 2.00 1-0-0 .913 2.00
Brad Mullahy, so, Prov 1-0-0 1 60 27 .931 2 2.00 3-0-0 .889 2.67
Mike Heinke, fr, Prov 0-0-1 1 65 23 .885 3 2.77 2-0-1 .911 2.88
Scott Cashman, so, BU 0-1-0 1 60 25 .893 3 3.00 1-1-0 .914 5.00
Dwayne Roloson, fr, UL 0-1-0 1 59 32 .914 3 3.02 0-1-0 .914 3.02
Yannick Gosselin, so, Merr 1-0-0 1 60 27 .871 4 4.00 2-0-0 .879 3.50
Garth Snow, jr, Maine 0-0-0 0 0 0 .000 0 0.00 3-0-0 .867 1.97
Pat Morrison, sr, UNH 0-0-0 0 0 0 .000 0 0.00 3-0-0 .902 2.67
Mike Dunham, fr, Maine 0-0-0 0 0 0 .000 0 0.00 2-1-0 .886 3.11
SCORING LEADERS
HOCKEY EAST OVERALL
Name, class, pos, school GP G A Pts Pen/Min GP G A Pts Pen/Min
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Sebastien LaPlante, so, lw, NU 2 2 3 5 1/2 4 3 4 7 2/4
Dan Gravelle, so, c, Merr 1 3 1 4 0/0 4 6 7 13 1/2
Lyle Wildgoose, sr, lw, PC 2 2 2 4 1/2 6 7 2 9 7/14
Mike Taylor, fr, c, NU 2 2 2 4 1/2 5 2 4 6 2/4
Scott Wenham, so, d, UL 2 1 3 4 0/0 6 1 5 6 3/6
Rob Gaudreau, jr, rw, PC 2 3 0 3 1/2 6 6 6 12 2/4
Shawn McEachern, jr, lw, BU 2 2 1 3 0/0 4 3 3 6 2/4
Dave Pensa, so, lw, UL 2 2 1 3 3/7 (?) 6 4 2 6 7/15
Rob Cowie, sr, d, NU 2 2 1 3 1/2 5 2 3 5 3/6
David Sacco, so, c, BU 2 1 2 3 0/0 4 3 5 8 2/4
Howie Rosenblatt, sr, rw, Merr 1 1 2 3 2/4 4 6 4 10 7/14
David Emma, sr, c, BC 1 1 2 3 1/2 2 1 2 3 1/2
Dave Stevens, so, c, UL 2 0 3 3 0/0 6 1 5 6 4/8
Jim Montgomery, so, rw, Maine 0 0 0 0 0/0 6 3 10 13 2/4
Jean-Yves Roy, jr, rw, Maine 0 0 0 0 0/0 6 5 7 12 2/4
HUSKIES OFF TO ROUGH START, MCKENNEY SHAKES UP GOALTENDING
The early story around Hockey East is the sudden collapse of the
Northeastern Huskies. The veteran defense that was supposed to anchor
NU's chances in 90-91 has yet to show up. The Huskies have surrendered
an incredible 34 goals in their last four games, a GAA of nearly 8.50
(one game was tied in overtime). The joke was that NU had at least
improved over last week, when St Lawrence & Clarkson each scored 9
goals - this week they allowed "only" 8 each to Lowell and Merrimack,
supposedly the two worst teams in the league. Junior goalie Tom Cole,
who played nearly all of last weekend's series after sub Scott Hopkins
was injured, allowed six goals in the first half of Friday's game with
Lowell as the Chiefs opened up a 6-4 lead. Cole was relieved by
rookie Seth Rudolph, not even on the Huskies' varsity roster, and the
change seemed to fire up the Hounds. After Dave Pensa put Lowell up
7-4 early in the third, the Huskies roared back to score four of the next
five goals, including the last two from Keith Cyr at 13:12 and Will
Averill at 15:38, Averill's goal knotting it up at 8 and forcing the OT.
The injury report has the following Huskies on the sidelines: sophomore
D Bob Kellogg (mononucleosis, out for season); senior C Jay Schiavo
(broken ankle, out six weeks); and sophomore G Scott Hopkins (cervical
cord concussion, out until at least Thanksgiving).
MERRIMACK LEADS LEAGUE IN SCORING, YANNICK GOSSELIN EMERGES AS TOP GOALIE
With Rudolph holding Lowell to only two goals in nearly thirty minutes
of play, Coach Don McKenney opted to send Cole to the JV team and start
the rookie Saturday night against Merrimack. The Warriors came in having
won 7 of the last ten meetings between the two teams. For the fifth
straight game, Merrimack's high-octane offense was rolling, rolling,
rolling, and the visitors overcame a 2-0 first period deficit to crush
Rudolph and NU, 8-4. The Warriors have now lit the lamp 27 times in
four games, a Hockey East-leading 6.75 goals/game. Last year, it took
them 10 games to score their 27th goal.
But, the biggest news for the Warriors is that after an entire season + 4
games of 90-91, a new goaltending leader has apparently emerged for
Ron Anderson. After Mike Doneghey and Steve D'Amore struggled in pre-
season and the first two games of this year, junior Yannick Gosselin
stepped in to end the Paul Westhead style of hockey the Warriors were
playing and stabilize the netminding position. The "Goose" has allowed
only 7 goals in his last two games, a remarkable accomplishment for a
team that felt shell-shocked after giving up over 6 per game last season.
Although the team has improved somewhat in their own end, Goose has
stopped what should be stopped and then some, something Merrimack
sorely needed a goalie to do. In fact, the four goals he allowed
to Northeastern were all power play goals.
The Huskies dominated play early on and took advantage of Merrimack
penalties as Mike Taylor and Sebastien LaPlante scored power play
goals to make it 2-0 by the 11:21 mark. But Dan Gravelle, Hockey
East's overall scoring leader, scored his first of three with 2:17
left to cut the lead to one by the break. Merrimack stormed out for
the second period and scored four goals to roar in front, 5-2, as
Rob Atkinson, Matt Crowley, and Gravelle (two to complete his trick)
all beat Rudolph. After Dino Grossi tried to get NU back in it early
in the third (5-3), Agostino Casale and Howie Rosenblatt put the game
out of reach with PPG's. Defenseman Rob Cowie got one back during
a long string of Merrimack penalties, but fourth-liner John Barron
scored the last goal at 17:46 for the 8-4 final.
If the Warriors can get by their first-period blues, they may pull
quite a few surprises this year. Opponents have outscored them 10-5
in the first, but Merrimack owns the last two periods by 11-4 and
11-8 margins.
ELSEWHERE: PROVIDENCE HOLDS DOWN FIRST, UNH REMAINS UNBEATEN
The Friars fought back to tie BU Friday and then came from behind
to win at Lowell, 4-2. I saw BU-PC on NESN and truth be told, the
Terriers are not a dominating team right now, at least. The
Commonwealth Line had some bright moments, but more often than not,
PC's defense was able to contain them. John Bradley played a
spectacular game in the BU net with Cashman serving an "academic
suspension" (no elaboration was forthcoming from Jack Parker), and
I hope folks haven't awarded the job to Cashman already, because
Bradley will have something to say about that. Look out for the
Friars - they are playing excellent two-way hockey right now and
their freshman class, the best I have seen so far, is playing like
a group of seasoned veterans. All this without Mike Boback, too.
New Hampshire is off to its best start in 64 years at 5-0 after
sweeping Huntsville, 6-3 and 8-2. Maine, also playing nonleague
tilts, is 5-1 after sweeping Air Force. The Black Bears will
not open league play until December 1st when they visit Lowell.
They will have opened the season with 10 straight non-Hockey East
games. Congratulations to Coach Shawn Walsh who got his 150th
collegiate victory with Saturday's win.
Lowell is not off to a bad start despite the 1-4-1 mark. They
came within minutes of being 2-0 in HE and have had no trouble
scoring. While Mark Richards has had troubles in net, freshman
Dwayne Roloson (Simcoe, Ontario) finally got the call after serving
an NCAA-imposed five-game penalty (I'm not sure what for). He
played well in losing to Providence, 4-2. Roloson allowed three
goals as the fourth came with the net empty. He made 32 saves,
including 17 of 18 in the third period.
Finally, BU and BC opened up at Conte Forum in front of 7,000 fans,
and BC squeezed out a 3-2 win. The Commonwealth Line was shut out
as Dave Tomlinson scored both Terrier goals, but BC's HEM Line
was in on all three Eagle goals off of Cashman. The fans opened
the season strong - BC fans shouted "Silber, Silber" at the Terrier
fans (John Silber, BU president, lost the Massachusetts gubernatorial
election last week to Republican Bill Weld). BU fans answered back
with "Beanpot, Beanpot"; BC fans responded with "Curfew, Curfew",
and so on. No dead gophers, but it's still a sign of life.
- mike
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