1/22/91 Hockey East Overall Non-league
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1 Boston College 13 10-3-0 20 66-51 || 24 18-6-0 115-78 | 8-3-0
2 Boston University 12 8-2-2 18 60-32 || 23 15-6-2 130-77 | 7-4-0
3 Maine 12 7-4-1 15 60-47 || 28 20-6-2 153-90 | 13-2-1
4 Providence 11 6-4-1 13 57-47 || 21 16-4-1 123-75 | 10-0-0
5 Merrimack 11 5-6-0 10 41-53 || 22 11-10-1 103-105 | 6-4-1
6 New Hampshire 12 4-7-1 9 43-52 || 24 15-8-1 109-91 | 11-1-0
7 Lowell 12 3-8-1 7 40-61 || 23 7-15-1 86-115 | 4-7-0
8 Northeastern 13 1-10-2 4 52-76 || 23 4-17-2 95-131 | 3-7-0
1/18/91 Boston University 2 at Boston College 5 HE
Merrimack 2 at Lowell 3 HE
Maine 8 at New Hampshire 4 HE
Providence 6 at Northeastern 4 HE
1/19/91 Dartmouth 1 at Lowell 7 NC
1/20/91 Maine 4 at Boston College 5 HE
1/22/91 Lowell at Boston University HE
Boston College at Dartmouth NC
Yale at New Hampshire NC
1/25/91 Lowell at Boston College HE
Boston University at Maine HE
Merrimack at Northeastern HE
New Hampshire at Providence HE NESN
1/26/91 Boston College at Lowell HE
Boston University at Maine HE
Providence at Merrimack HE
Northeastern at New Hampshire HE
1/29/91 Northeastern at Boston University HE
Boston College at Cornell NC
Lowell at Yale NC
at BOSTON COLLEGE 5, MAINE 4
This brilliant come-from-behind win by BC, coupled with its win over BU,
returned BC to the top spot in Hockey East and made the Eagles the
favorite to capture their third straight regular season crown, as
they will win any tiebreakers with either BU or Maine. The win was
BC coach Len Ceglarski's 650th and it came in his 1000th game, more
than any other college coach, at a sold-out Conte Forum.
Maine came out strong in the first period and it paid off when Martin
Mercier knocked in Keith Carney's rebound past Scott LaGrand at 12:36.
Steve Heinze nearly tied it when he got by Carney and tried to beat
Garth Snow with a backhander, but Snow got a piece of it and knocked it
just wide. The first period was very wide open and extremely fast-paced,
and the fans loved it.
Mike Dunham replaced Snow to start the second with Shawn Walsh's team
ahead, 1-0; Walsh had already decided to play both goalies because he
said that it was hard for a goalie to face BC's onslaught for a full 60
minutes. He was greeted by Marty McInnis at 53 seconds whose shot got
by Dunham while David Emma was on top of him - but Emma was clearly pushed
into the crease by defenseman Brian Straub. BC dominated the first part
of the period, outshooting Maine 9-0 at one point; Ted Crowley had a
shot from the point stopped by Dunham but the rebound ended up in the
crease and rolled towards the goal line before Dunham swept it away just
in time. At 15:36 on a 5-on-3, Scott Pellerin put Maine ahead, 2-1, from
in front on assists from Carney and Martin Robitaille, but 41 seconds later
Marc Beran stole the puck at center ice, walked in and beat Dunham through
the five-hole for a shorthanded goal to tie it up again.
Crowley blasted one from the point to put BC ahead for the first time at
4:12 of the third with assists going to Emma and McInnis, but that just
seemed to inspire the Black Bears, and Jim Montgomery put a 20-footer
through LaGrand's pads at 6:13 to make it 3-3. Mercier scored his second
of the game to regain the lead for Maine at 9:34 with a rebound of Randy
Olson's shot. At the ten-minute mark the teams switched sides. BC began
to come alive again; David Franzosa took a beautiful feed from Beran right
on front, but couldn't beat Dunham for the equalizer. That came at 14:07
when Joe Cleary scored from the top of the circle just inside the far post.
By now, the pace was nothing short of frantic. Finally, the game-winner
came at 17:03 when Bill Guerin fired the puck off the backboards (it may
have been deflected there by Dunham), and it wound up in the crease where
Beran pushed it in. With about a minute left, Maine called timeout and
Walsh went out onto the ice in front of his team's bench to give them
instructions. Dunham was pulled and Maine had several good chances with
the extra attacker, the best coming when Carney appeared to hit the post
with just one second left, but the Eagles held on for the win.
Scott LaGrand stopped 16 shots for the win; the sophomore is now 18-0 at
Conte Forum. BC is 23-0 there over two years (regular season, since both
Minnesota and Merrimack won playoff games there last year).
at BOSTON COLLEGE 5, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2
Friday night, the Terriers never really got on track. Tony Amonte stole the
puck and went in alone at 7:10 to put BU ahead, but three goals within 2:39
silenced the BU fans. Guerin's shot from the right circle at 12:06 went
in off Cashman's pads, Emma scored from in front at 13:08, and Franzosa
tallied at 14:45. The HEM line was reassembled for this game, and it came
up big with three goals and six assists. It clicked again at 8:16 of the
second when McInnis beat Cashman from Emma and Heinze. Phil von Stefenelli
got that one back for BU at 12:41 to make it 4-2, but Heinze put it away in
the third. Cashman had 22 saves while BC's LaGrand had 30.
at LOWELL 3, MERRIMACK 2
Well, I made my debut as radio color man for this one, and it was
unfortunate that Merrimack only played the last four minutes of the game.
But credit goes to Lowell goalie Mark Richards, the game's #1 star with 32
saves, and to the Lowell defense which did a fine job of bottling up the
speedy Merrimack forwards. Richards left few rebounds, and the ones he did
leave, Merrimack couldn't put in the net.
Dave Gatti's first goal of the game put Lowell ahead, 1-0, at 7:08 when
he camped out at the left post and tapped a pass in past Steve D'Amore.
Tim Smallwood fired a 30-footer past D'Amore, who was screened by Don
Parsons, on the power play at 10:35. Merrimack got on the board with just
16 seconds left in the period as Bryan Miller blasted a shot from the right
point past Richards, Cooper Naylor assisting. The game should have been
tied at 2, but Jeff Massey couldn't get the handle on a puck in front
with Richards down and out. Massey had a wide open net if he could only
have just flipped it in.
In the second, Mike Doneghey replaced D'Amore in net for the Warriors.
D'Amore had played well and can't be faulted for either goal, but Ron
Anderson was hoping to shake up the team with the sudden change. But it
didn't work. It was more of the same as the Chiefs continued to frustrate
Merrimack while generating few good chances of their own. The only goal
came at 7:15, Gatti's second power play goal, during a 5x3 to make the
score 3-1, and that's how the period ended.
It took until 3:43 remained in the game for Merrimack to light the lamp
again and cut the lead to 3-2. Dan Gravelle won a draw to the right of
Richards, and the puck came over to linemate Rob Atkinson who one-timed
it off the far post and in past Richards, who never saw it. That made
the teams pick up the intensity level and the remainder of the game was
exciting, with Merrimack pulling Doneghey but being unable to score.
Lowell moved within two points of 6th-place UNH with the win.
PROVIDENCE 6, at NORTHEASTERN 4
Northeastern blew a 3-1 lead enroute to losing its 10th Hockey East game.
The Huskies got first period goals from Paul Flanagan, Sebastien LaPlante,
and Rob Cowie while Rob Gaudreau got the lone PC goal. But Gaudreau
scored again at 4:57 of the second, followed by Lyle Wildgoose less than
three minutes later, to knot the score at 3 after two. Gaudreau got his
third of the game early in the third, but Cowie tied it at 4 at 9:42.
Larry Rooney's game-winner came at 12:16 and Wildgoose got the
empty-netter with 29 seconds left. Brad Mullahy had 19 saves in the
Friar net, and Tom Cole stopped 26 for the Huskies. Again, NU played a
tough game against a good opponent, but their defense cost them. 15 times
they have surrendered 5 or more goals in a game, out of 23 games, and
the Huntington Hounds are 0-13-2 in those 15 games.
Thanks to Chris for his story on Maine-UNH; I saw no details on Lowell's
win over Dartmouth.
- mike
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