1/14/91 Hockey East Overall Non-league
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1 Boston College 10 8-2-0 16 51-39 || 21 16-5-0 100-66 | 8-3-0
Boston University 10 7-1-2 16 50-23 || 21 14-5-2 120-68 | 7-4-0
3 Maine 9 5-3-1 11 42-33 || 25 18-5-2 135-76 | 13-2-1
4 Providence 9 4-4-1 9 45-38 || 19 14-4-1 111-66 | 10-0-0
New Hampshire 10 4-5-1 9 35-36 || 22 15-6-1 101-75 | 11-1-0
6 Merrimack 9 4-5-0 8 34-46 || 20 10-9-1 96-98 | 6-4-1
7 Lowell 10 2-7-1 5 32-53 || 20 5-14-1 71-106 | 3-7-0
8 Northeastern 11 1-8-2 4 44-65 || 21 4-15-2 87-120 | 3-7-0
1/11/91 Merrimack 6 at Alabama-Huntsville 4 NC
St Lawrence 0 at Boston College 5 NC
Clarkson 5 at Boston University 3 NC
Northeastern 6 at Maine 6 HE ot
1/12/91 Merrimack 6 at Alabama-Huntsville 3 NC
Clarkson 5 at Boston College 8 NC
St Lawrence 3 at Boston University 5 NC
RPI 4 at Lowell 3 NC
Northeastern 1 at Maine 3 HE
Providence 6 at New Hampshire 1 HE
1/15/91 New Hampshire at Boston University HE
Boston College at Maine HE NESN - 1/16 7 pm
Lowell at Providence HE
1/16/91 Northeastern at Merrimack HE
1/18/91 Boston University at Boston College HE NESN
Merrimack at Lowell HE
Maine at New Hampshire HE
Providence at Northeastern HE
1/19/91 Dartmouth at Lowell NC
1/20/91 Maine at Boston College HE NESN
1/22/91 Lowell at Boston University HE
Boston College at Dartmouth NC
Yale at New Hampshire NC
CLARKSON 5, at BOSTON UNIVERSITY 3
at BOSTON COLLEGE 8, CLARKSON 5
Both of these games were already summarized well by Ken & Mike from
Clarkson, so no need to detail them again. Just a few comments since
I caught the last half of the first game on tv (I was out and the VCR
refused to work, so I missed the first period and a half).
Cashman looked shaky in the BU net while Rogles played very well for
Clarkson under quite a bit of pressure. BU was playing very poorly
up until McEachern's first goal woke the team and crowd up early in the
third, but you can't spot a team four goals and hope to win. The real
difference seemed to be that the Knights did a fine job of taking
advantage of BU mistakes, like the 2-on-1 in the second period where
Lachance, the BU defender, gave the puckcarrier just enough room to
slide the puck over so Green could get the goal.
Clarkson's split should all but guarantee them an NCAA bid with their 6-2
nonleague mark, as long as they don't fall apart.
at BOSTON COLLEGE 5, ST LAWRENCE 0
at BOSTON UNIVERSITY 5, ST LAWRENCE 3
BC didn't have much trouble with the ECAC's formerly-top-ranked team,
outshooting them 31-27. The game was pretty even up until the second
period, when Eric Lacroix was awarded a major for hitting BC's Matt Glennon
from behind at 11:25, and the Eagles scored twice to go up, 3-0. Those PPGs
came from Jeff O'Neill and Marty McInnis. Marc Beran got the first goal of
the game in the first period when his shot went in off Mark Terwilliger's
skate, at 2:23. In the third, Glennon (now playing on the Emma-Heinze line)
and McInnis put the game further out of reach. Les Kuntar and Scott
LaGrand played net for the visiting and home teams, respectively.
No details on BU-SLU, unfortunately; didn't get to see the NESN replay last
night.
NORTHEASTERN 6, at MAINE 6 (ot)
at MAINE 3, NORTHEASTERN 1
I only have a box from the first game, so here are a few details from that
one. After a 1-1 opening period, the Huskies (now 4-15-2) exploded for four
goals in the second from Matt Saunders (2), Dino Grossi, and Rob Cowie to
go up 5-2 after two. But Patrice Tardif, Jim Montgomery, and Justin
Tomberlin (2nd of the game) tied it with three goals between 6:26 and 10:55
of the third period. Sebastian LaPlante put the underDogs up 6-5 at 12:16,
and then Martin Robitaille evened it at 6 just 45 seconds later. Tom Cole
stopped 28 shots for the Hounds while Garth Snow had 10 saves and Mike
Dunham had 32. (I wonder when the last time was that Maine allowed 48
shots in a game!)
MERRIMACK 6, at ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 4
MERRIMACK 6, at ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 3
These two teams tied 6-6 back in October at Merrimack, but the Warriors
weren't interested in coming back with anything less than a sweep on this
trip that usually gives them trouble. It was the last two nonleague games
of the season for Merrimack, who finished at 6-4-1 out of the league.
Although MC's nonleague schedule wasn't as difficult as some of the other
teams, with the situation the Warriors are in (not yet in the hunt for an
NCAA bid), it was a good selection of opponents for a program still
getting its feet wet in full-time Div I action.
In both games, the score was 3-3 entering the third period when Merrimack
continued its domination of the third this year for the two wins. In the
first game, Dan Gravelle and Rob Atkinson scored in the third to make it
5-3 before Logan Lampert cut the Warrior lead to 5-4 at 14:17. However,
Teal Fowler scored an insurance goal eight seconds after that to preserve
the lead and get the win. Jeff Massey (2) and Jim Gibson scored the first
three Merrimack goals, while Ken Thibodeau, Sean Kelly, and Bryan Moller
tallied for the Chargers. The Goose got his first start since November
and stopped 23 shots to run his record to 5-1. Bob Thompson had 34
saves for UA-H.
The second night, three unanswered third period goals from Howie "The
Hatchet" Rosenblatt and Agostino Casale (2) gave the Warriors the 6-3 win.
Rosenblatt had a hat trick as he also scored two goals in the second period.
UA-H's Todd Awender and MC's Alex Weinrich exchanged goals in the first
period before UA-H's Sean Kelley and Don Burke sandwiched goals around
Rosenblatt's two. Steve D'Amore had 29 saves in the Warrior net and
Brian Toffey had 34 for Huntsville.
The top six Hockey East teams now have a 55-14-2 record out of HE. But the
bottom two are a combined 6-14 (still, 61-28-2 isn't bad).
Sorry, nothing on the other two games. Maybe someone who was there (hint
hint) can post a quick recap (RPI over Lowell, PC over UNH).
UPCOMING
There's a lot of key league action coming up in the next week or so. BC
will play Maine twice (the last two times of the season), and BU will play
at BC Friday in a battle of the league leaders. UNH can improve its
chances for home ice when it takes on BU and Maine this week. Merrimack
can likewise go a long way towards nailing down sixth place if it can
beat Lowell and Northeastern, the two teams currently in 7th and 8th.
Providence also plays these two teams and can get UNH on the run with a
sweep of them, as both PC and UNH look to battle it out for 4th and 5th
again this year (possibly setting up another Armageddon-like battle similar
to last year?). Keep your eyes on Hockey East in the next seven to 10 days.
- mike
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