2/15/93 Hockey East Overall
GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA || GP W-L-T GF-GA
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1 @Maine 18 17-0-1 35 124-42 || 32 30-0-2 212-72
2 @Boston University 19 14-4-1 29 97-60 || 29 21-6-2 144-87
3 UMass-Lowell 19 9-10-0 18 85-79 || 30 17-13-0 130-112
Providence 19 8-9-2 18 69-82 || 29 15-12-2 120-110
5 New Hampshire 19 8-10-1 17 83-85 || 29 13-14-2 121-118
6 Boston College 18 5-11-2 12 61-87 || 30 8-18-4 95-143
7 Northeastern 19 5-13-1 11 72-103 || 28 9-18-1 114-154
8 Merrimack 19 5-14-0 10 68-121 || 29 11-16-2 113-150
@-clinched home ice for quarterfinals.
RESULTS
02/08/93 Northeastern 4 vs Boston College 3 NC Beanpot Consolation
02/08/93 Harvard 4 vs Boston University 2 NC Beanpot Championship
02/12/93 UMass-Lowell 7 at Boston College 3 HE
02/12/93 Merrimack 2 at Boston University 6 HE
02/12/93 Providence 1 at New Hampshire 3 HE
02/12/93 Maine 7 at Northeastern 2 HE
02/13/93 Boston College 2 at UMass-Lowell 5 HE
02/13/93 Boston University 5 at Merrimack 4 HE
02/13/93 Maine 6 at Northeastern 2 HE
02/13/93 New Hampshire 1 at Providence 2 HE
UPCOMING
02/19/93 New Hampshire at Boston College HE
02/19/93 Boston University at Maine HE NESN
02/19/93 Northeastern at Merrimack HE
02/19/93 UMass-Lowell at Providence HE
02/20/93 Boston University at Maine HE
02/20/93 Providence at UMass-Lowell HE
02/20/93 Boston College at New Hampshire HE WMUR-TV9
02/20/93 Merrimack at Northeastern HE
RECAP
Maine remained unbeaten by sweeping Northeastern, 7-1 & 6-2. The Black
Bears are one game away from tying the NC$$ record for unbeaten streak
in a season. Maine sets new HE records for unbeaten streak and
consecutive wins each game; currently the streaks are: unbeaten, 18 games
(17-0-1) and winning, 16 games. Maine is also unbeaten in its last 50
games at home.
If the box score is right, NU actually outshot Maine 54-45 in the second
game of the series won by Maine 6-2, with Snow making 52 saves. NU goalie
Mike Veisor stopped 71 of 84 shots (.845) in the series, a respectable
performance for a goalie who hasn't gotten much help lately.
Maine can tie the 1984-85 RPI record of 33 games without a loss in one
season (32-0-1) with a tie or better at home against BU Friday night;
the game will be shown on NESN. Maine also hosts BU the next night in
a game that could set a new NC$$ record.
BU and UMass-Lowell also swept their weekend series, BU over Merrimack
on the strength of Jay Pandolfo's hat trick Friday and David Sacco's hat
trick Saturday. UML took two from BC. Elsewhere, Providence and UNH
split their series with each team winning at home. Friday night, the
weather forced two games to begin later than the standard starting time
of 7 pm Eastern: UML-BC started at 7:40, and PC-UNH began at 9:15. PC
and UNH then had to do battle the next afternoon at 2 pm in Providence
which probably contributed to the low-scoring game, won 2-1 by PC after
UNH had taken Friday's late-starter by a 3-1 score.
PLAYOFF PICTURE
Maine and BU have clinched home ice for the best-of-2 quarterfinal round.
Maine can clinch first with at least two points in next weekend's set with
BU. Neither team can finish lower than 2nd.
The picture involving the other six teams is a little cloudy. Here's how
each team's chances look in order of their current standings. It looks
like UNH, PC and UML will fight for 3rd-5th while BC, NU and Merrimack
will duel for 6th-8th. We should know more after this coming weekend.
3 UMASS-LOWELL
Games remaining: 5
Home: PC, UNH, MC
Away: PC, UNH
Outlook: Has easiest schedule of teams fighting for 3rd-5th. Needs 3
pts from PC to take season series, needs 3 pts from UNH to take
season series.
3 PROVIDENCE
Games remaining: 5
Home: UML, BC, BU
Away: UML, BC
Outlook: Slightly tougher schedule than UML because of game with BU.
Split season series with UNH, needs 3 pts from UML to take series.
3 wins in final 5 games should gain Friars home ice.
5 NEW HAMPSHIRE
Games remaining: 5
Home: BC, UML
Away: BC, UML, Maine
Outlook: Toughest schedule of 3rd-5th place teams because of game with
Maine. Split series with PC, needs 3 pts from UML to take series.
Probably needs help to gain home ice along with at least 3 wins in
last 5 games.
6 BOSTON COLLEGE
Games remaining: 6
Home: UNH, PC, NU
Away: UNH, PC, Maine
Outlook: Easiest schedule of 6th-8th place teams. Outside shot at 5th
but probably needs to sweep UNH (trails series 0-1-1). Sweep of UNH
& PC (series even 1-1-0) could get Eagles home ice. Leads NU in series
1-0-1, holds tiebreaker over Merrimack 2-1-0.
7 NORTHEASTERN
Games remaining: 5
Home: MC, BU
Away: MC, BU, BC
Outlook: Tougher schedule than BC due to games with BU. Trails BC in
season series 0-1-1, leads Merrimack in series 2-0-0. One point vs
Merrimack all but clinches 7th, could finish 6th but probably not higher.
8 MERRIMACK
Games remaining: 5
Home: NU, Maine, Maine
Away: NU, UML
Outlook: Toughest schedule of teams fighting for 6th-8th. Trails NU
in series 0-2-0, loses tiebreaker with BC 1-2-0. Could finish 7th
with sweep of NU and win over UML unless NU sweeps BU and beats BC.
Needs lots of help to finish 6th but still possible.
NEXT WEEKEND
Maine hosts BU for two games, and the other three series are home-and-homes:
NU-Merrimack, UML-PC, BC-UNH. All four series have playoff implications
with the home-and-homes being of prime importance; any sweeps could do
wonders for the winning team's chances.
LAST WEEK'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (from HE release 2/8/93)
HE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jim Gibson, Jr LW, Merrimack: Gibson tallied one goal and two assists
in a down-to-the-wire 5-4 loss to BC and added a goal in a 4-3 OT win
over UNH.
Honor Roll: Michael Spalla, BC; Derek Herlofsky, BU; Jim Montgomery,
Maine; Erik Peterson, PC.
HE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Mike Latendresse, So C, Maine: Latendresse takes rookie honors for the
second consecutive week, notching four goals and one assist for five
points in two wins over UMass-Lowell. He earned his second collegiate
hat trick in the 7-4 win, including the game-winner, and tipped in a
SHG to open Maine's scoring in the 4-2 win.
Honor Roll: Greg Callahan, BC; Brendan Concannon, UMass-Lowell; Bob Bell,
PC.
KARIYA WATCH
Paul Kariya scored against Northeastern with 3:40 left to keep his scoring
streak alive, now at 26 games since he came up with 2-2--4 in the second
NU game to give him 3-2--5 on the weekend. He now has 21-51--72 in 26
games overall, 14-37--51 in 18 HE games. He broke Ken Hodge's record of
49 HE points by a freshman as well as Hodge's record of 36 HE assists by
a freshman; both were set in 34 game league seasons.
MORE WEEKEND BOXES
Fri Feb 12 at Matthews Arena, Boston, MA
Maine (29-0-2, 16-0-1 HE 1st) 2 1 4 - 7
Northeastern (9-17-1, 5-12-1 HE 7th) 0 0 1 - 1
FIRST: M, Peter Ferraro (Dan Murphy, Chris Ferraro) 5:32; M, Jim Montgomery
(Matt Martin, Dave MacIsaac) 10:00.
SECOND: M, Justin Tomberlin (P. Ferraro) 6:01.
THIRD: M, Chuck Texeira (Brad Purdie) 3:17; M, Patrice Tardif (Martin,
Chris Imes) 8:10; NU, Darryl MacNair (Jordan Shields) 9:57; M, Mike
Latendresse (Tardif, Martin) 16:13; M, Paul Lariya (Montgomery) 16:20.
SAVES: M, Mike Dunham 31. NU, Mike Veisor 32.
Sat Feb 13 at Matthews Arena, Boston, MA
Maine (30-0-2, 17-0-1 HE 1st) 4 1 1 - 6
Northeastern (9-18-1, 5-13-1 HE 7th) 1 0 1 - 2
FIRST: M, Paul Kariya (Cal Ingraham, Jim Montgomery) 1:14; M, Ingraham
(Montgomery, Kariya) 3:38; M, Kariya (Jason Weinrich) 4:10; NU, Sebastien
Laplante (Mike Taylor) 6:37; M, Patrice Tardif (Brad Purdie, Lee
Saunders) 17:39.
SECOND: M, Montgomery (Ingraham) 7:00.
THIRD: NU, Tom O'Connor (J.F. Aube, Adam Hayes) 5:45; M, Peter Ferraro
(Kariya, Dave MacIsaac) 12:20.
SAVES: M, Garth Snow 52. NU, Mike Veisor 39.
Sat Feb 13 at Schneider Arena, Providence, RI
New Hampshire (13-14-2, 8-10-1 HE 5th) 1 0 0 - 1
Providence (15-12-2, 8-9-2 HE t4th) 1 0 1 - 2
FIRST: NH, Kevin Thomson (Scott Malone, Eric Flinton) 9:45; PC, Craig
Darby (Bob Cowan, Brian Ridolfi) 10:43.
SECOND: No scoring.
THIRD: PC, George Breen (Chad Quenneville, Justin Gould) 10:50.
SAVES: NH, Brett Abel 36. PC, Brad Mullahy 25.
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Color Voice of the Merrimack Warriors
(Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the poster.) *HMN*
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