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> > Paralyzed teammate on Terriers' minds
> >
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> >
> > By Steve Page
> >
> > Jack Parker isn't concerned about trying to hang onto the No. 1 ranking in
> > Division I.
> >
> > The Boston University coach says the Terriers are just trying to keep their
> > heads up and do whatever they can for Travis Roy.
> >
> > Roy, a freshman forward, was paralyzed when he broke his neck less than two
> > minutes into BU's Oct. 14 season opener against North Dakota. Roy struck the
> > boards with the top of his head, shattering the fourth vertebra in his neck.
> >
>> He can breathe on his own, but doctors for the 20-year-old say the prospects
>> for recovering mobility in his arms and legs are poor.
>>
>> "Even though it's symbolic, we've tried to keep him around the team as best we
>> can," Parker said before Wednesday's practice for the Terriers, 2-0 after
>> beating North Dakota and Vermont.
>>
>> Parker said Roy's practice jersey hangs on the glass at the rink during
>> workouts. When the Terriers play, his jersey hangs behind the team bench.
>>
>> "We're just trying to let him know when he sees a game on TV, that we're trying
>> to keep him with us and in our thoughts as best we can," Parker said of Roy.
>>
>> The Terriers are not alone. A Boston radio station is holding a 12-hour,
>> fund-raising radiothon, and Vermont donated its proceeds from last week's game
>> against BU to the fund.
>>
>> Parker says playing is the best thing for his team right now.
>>
>> "We've all been in a daze, really," he said. "When we have games, at least they
>> can forget about the tragedy for a while.
>>
>> "I think the team has really rallied around it. They've tried to focus on doing
>> a good job day to day. We should be grateful we have each day."
>>
>> Parker said he had one message for his players when they elected to dedicate
>> their season to Roy.
>>
>> "I just told them, `Let's make sure it's a nice team to be around.' "
>>
>> NO NO. 2 FOR RUUTU: Just when it appeared Michigan Tech's Jarkko Ruutu was
>> going to become the test case for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's
>> experimental fighting rule, league officials intervened.
>>
>> The WCHA fighting rule is much stricter than that of the NCAA, inasmuch as a
>> player loses three additional games for his second fighting disqualification. A
>> third fight ends his season.
>>
>> Ruutu, a freshman right wing from Finland, was disqualified from last Friday's
>> game at Minnesota-Duluth.
>>
>> When MTU officials complained, league officials reviewed the incident, and
>> according to Tech spokesman Steve Fischer, changed the wording from "fighting"
>> to "entering an existing altercation and persisting when officials told him to
>> cease."
>>
>> The DQ remains on his record, but the fighting part has been dropped, meaning
>> he still has two strikes remaining.
>>
>> Said Fischer: "It was not right to disqualify him for fighting when no punches
>> were thrown. They (WCHA officials) made the most right they could out of the
>> wrong that had been done."
>>
>> Colorado College travels to Tech on Nov. 10-11.
>>
>> IT'S UNANIMOUS: Boston University and Colorado College are unanimous choices as
>> the top two teams in the country. The Gazette Telegraph's composite poll
>> combines the four national polls, and they all agreed the Terriers are No. 1
>> and the Tigers are No. 2. Maine, which was tied for second with CC a week ago,
>> slipped to fifth after its 6-3 loss to Michigan last Thursday.
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