(Box from BC game summary sheet)
Friday, January 31, 2003 at Kelley Rink, Chestnut Hill, MA
BC 9, UMA 0 HOCKEY EAST GAME
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UMASS-AMHERST (HE) 0 0 0 - 0 (14-12-1 overall, 8-10-0 HE)
BOSTON COLLEGE (HE) 5 2 2 - 9 (16-6-3 overall, 12-4-1 HE)
Shots on Goal Pen - Min Power Play
UMA 3- 7- 4 -- 14 9 - 18 0 - 3
BC 14-11- 8 -- 33 4 - 8 3 - 8
UMA- Michael Waidlich 9- x- x - 9 saves/5 goals (20:00)
Tim Warner x- 9- 6 - 15 saves/4 goals (40:00)
BC - Matti Kaltiainen 3- 7- 0 - 10 saves/0 goals (48:52)
Robbie Miller x- x- 4 - 4 saves/0 goals (11:08)
Referee - John Gravellese
Assistants - Tom Quinn, Tim Low
Attendance - 6108
1st Period
BC1 Justin Dziama 4 (Andrew Alberts, Anthony D'Arpino) 2:53 GWG
BC2 J.D. Forrest 3 (Dave Spina, Ryan Murphy) SHG 12:59
BC3 Ben Eaves 14 (Tony Voce) SHG 13:40
BC4 Tony Voce 12 (Ryan Shannon, Ben Eaves) PPG 16:06
BC5 Ben Eaves 15 (Tony Voce) 4x4 19:32
Penalties
UMA- Stephen Jacobs (roughing) 10:09
BC - Anthony D'Arpino (elbowing) 12:35
UMA- Peter Alden (interference) 15:01
UMA- Dustin Demianiuk (roughing) 19:21
BC - Stephen Gionta (roughing) 19:21
2nd Period
BC6 Chris Collins 7 (John Adams, Dave Spina) PPG 12:37
BC7 Tony Voce 13 (Ben Eaves, Andrew Alberts) PPG 16:47
Penalties
UMA- Greg Mauldin (hitting from behind) 8:37
UMA- bench penalty (too many men) served by Matt Walsh 8:37
UMA- Nick Kuiper (hitting from behind) 11:01
BC - Justin Dziama (roughing) 13:01
BC - Anthony D'Arpino (charging) 13:01
UMA- Dustin Demianiuk (boarding) 15:58
3rd Period
BC8 Stephen Gionta 1 (Ben Eaves, Tony Voce) 4:20
BC9 Stephen Gionta 2 (Ben Eaves) 7:42
Penalties
UMA- Marvin Degon (interference) 0:51
UMA- Stephen Jacobs (elbowing) 19:22
3 Stars - 1. BC - Ben Eaves (2G, 4A)
2. BC - Tony Voce (2G, 3A)
3. BC - Matti Kaltiainen (0G, 10 saves)
University of Massachusetts - Amherst:
F CHRIS CAPRARO, MIKE WARNER, TIM TURNER
Greg Mauldin, Matt Anderson, Steven Werner
Peter Alden, Tim Vitek, James Solon
Peter Trovato, Matt Walsh, Stephen Jacobs
D Thomas Pock, Marvin Degon
SEAN REGAN, NICK KUIPER
Dustin Demianiuk, Jeff Lang
G MICHAEL WAIDLICH, Tim Warner (Gabe Winer listed but missing due to flu)
Boston College
F TONY VOCE, BEN EAVES, STEPHEN GIONTA
Chris Collins, Ryan Shannon, Dave Spina
Ned Havern, Ty Hennes, Ryan Murphy
Anthony D'Arpino, A.J. Walker, Justin Dziama
D ANDREW ALBERTS, J.D. FORREST
John Adams, Peter Harrold
Brett Peterson, Bill Cass
G MATTI KALTIAINEN, Tim Kelleher, Robbie Miller
COMMENTS
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Boston College rode good luck and dominant special teams play to an easy 9-0
win over UMass Friday night. UMass was undermanned with illness (flu) and
did not play well in any case, and BC's top line of Voce, Eaves, and Gionta
accounted for 6 goals and 7 assists. Scoring came from all sorts of
situations, including 3 power play goals, 2 backbreaking shorthanded goals,
and a 4-on-4 tally. Matti Kaltiainen shared the shutout with sophomore
Robbie Miller, who saw his first official varsity action in the third
period.
The first period started slowly and did not give signs of the way this game
would go. BC got a fortunate lead early when Justin Dziama collected a
rebound in front and slipped one past frosh goalie Mike Waidlich on the far
side. (Actually, a BC fan told me after the game that he thought it was
actually sent into the net by a UMass defenseman trying to clear the puck,
but none of the news reports stated this.) In any case, shots on goal were
hard to come by but BC did have the edge in play. Tony Voce missed over the
net from point-blank range and UMass was able to kill a subsequent penalty
with good work by Waidlich. When BC took its first penalty the roof started
to fall on the Minutemen. Early in the penalty kill, Andrew Alberts sent
the puck around the boards to Ryan Murphy. The UMA defenseman was slow to
pinch down so Murphy had time to slip a pass out of the zone to a breaking
Dave Spina. He skated down the left side on a 2-on-1 break with J.D.
Forrest. He held the puck until in the left circle, looking like he was
going to take the shot himself, when he finally pushed a pass across the
slot. Forrest was a bit handcuffed but was able to get the stick on it and
one-time it into the open right side of the goal for the 2-0 lead. Less
than
a minute later BC was able to spring the puck loose in a scramble along the
UMass bench and Ben Eaves was off on another 2-on-1 shorthanded break. He
went to the right circle and feathered a pass back to the high slot for a
trailing Tony Voce. Voce quickly returned the pass to Eaves and he hit the
open side from a low angle to make it 3-0 and completely deflate the
Minutemen. BC was all over them from that point forward, as the legs and
will of UMass were spent. Voce fanned on a point-blank setup from Eaves on
a subsequent power play, but collected a loose puck in the slot after Eaves
and Shannon worked a give-and-go in front and roofed it for a 4-0 lead.
UMass only had 1 shot on goal at this point but did pick it up a bit,
getting
2 quick shots and forcing Kaltiainen to save a sharp Steve Werner bid from
the right side. BC then picked up the pressure again, with Cass and Spina
coming close and Peter Harrold pounding a slap shot off Waidlich's glove and
over his shoulder, only to see the defense clear it away. A late matching
penalty for a tangle in the slot opened the ice with a 4-on-4 situation.
UMass's Marvin Degon tried to hold the puck in the corner of his own zone
but Voce poked and prodded and pushed and eventually stole the puck clean,
then sped toward the net below the goal line. As he neared the crease he
slipped a darting pass to Eaves, parked on the doorstep, and Eaves 1-timed
it through the 5-hole to lock the game away. There was no way UMass was
going to come back from this deficit; they just didn't have the legs or the
spirit. BC was tuning up for the Beanpot and handing out some revenge for
a loss to the Minutemen in their previous meeting, and it showed.
Tim Warner replaced Waidlich in net for UMass to start the second (though
the deficit was NOT the goalie's fault.) UMA did their best to play hard,
getting early shots from Thomas Pock, Tim Turner, and Greg Mauldin, but
Kaltiainen was up to the task. BC had some chances, too, and had the
pressure on around the 8 minute mark when UMass was called for a delayed
penalty and also a too many men on ice penalty (after the stoppage you
could see the 6 skaters that had been out for half a shift -- this was not
a case of the puck hitting a player at the bench as he replaced someone.)
BC had a full 2-minute 5-on-3 and controlled play for almost the whole time.
Alberts hit a post and had 2 other hard slap shots from the point, one
that led to a rebound goal that was disallowed because it came after a
whistle to attend to a fallen defender (who had blocked one of the earlier
rockets from Alberts' stick.) BC passed the puck around but did not get
a good shot and UMass killed the penalties, only to take another penalty
30 seconds later. On this delayed call BC had a 2-on-1 and set up Dave
Spina right in front but he fanned on the setup. (Spina had a tough night,
falling for no reason several times and managing to miss all his good
scoring chances.) Again the Eagles' power play unit controlled the puck,
and John Adams took a shot from the right point that was blocked. Chris
Collins collected the rebound in close and flipped a high shot over the
goalie's glove to make it 6-0. 30 seconds later BC returned the earlier
favor and took 2 penalties of their own, giving UMass 2 full minutes of
5-on-3. Their best scoring chance of the night came when Chris Capraro
received the puck on a cross-slot feed and had a gaping open right side of
the net. However, for some inexplicable reason he chose to pass it back
to a player in the crowded slot and the shot never was taken. UMass was
unable to score on their remaining shots on the 2-man-advantage. BC got
another power play and was fortunate to knock Turner down on a shorthanded
drive to the net, then came back the other way and set up an Alberts bomb
from the outside right wing. Eaves tipped the shot and it was saved but
Voce collected the rebound in front, shifted the puck quickly to the
backhand, and lifted it for the 7-0 lead after 2.
The third period opened with a glittering save by Warner as he flipped
sideways to block a shot from Steve Gionta right in front of the goal. BC
then played its 3rd and 4th liners on a power play, given them a rare chance
on the man-advantage. UMass killed that but couldn't stop the BC number one
line from getting back on the board. Eaves fed it from the right side to
Voce in the slot, and his low shot was deflected by Gionta with his back to
the goal. The deflected puck skittered along the ice and just inside the
right post to give the freshman his first collegiate goal, celebrated
lustily by the crowd and his teammates. Play was almost all in the UMass
end at this point, and 3 minutes later Gionta got his second of the night.
He and Eaves exchanged the puck behind the goal line, Eaves worked his way
free of his checker and then dropped the puck back to Gionta. Steve came
around to the front and flipped a high shot that deflected off a player and
by the goalie. With 11:08 left in the game Coach York substituted Robbie
Miller in goal. Miller had only seen action in practices and exhibition
games until Friday; this was his first "real" varsity action and the student
section went nuts. Every time he made a save (none of them too difficult)
there was a big cheer behind him. BC rested the top players from that point
forward, there was little action either way, and the only excitement that
remained was seeing Mike Warner go down hurt when he was hammered by his
own teammate's slap shot. He got up and iced it down on the bench, and
seemed to be okay.
There was no way to anticipate this result given the way UMass had played on
their previous visit to Conte Forum in early January. Having the flu bug
hit the team (especially missing top goalie Gabe Winer) didn't help, but I'm
not sure it would have mattered in this game. BC wanted the puck more and
was ready to play, and UMass could not counter. If they hadn't given up
the early shorthanded goals it might have been closer, but those 2 scores
just totally deflated the Minutemen. It was very, very obvious that they
did not have the energy or the spirit on the bench, and it was clear that
there would be no comeback on this night.
Boston College hasn't had too many blowouts this year, though they have won
most of their games, and this was a pleasant surprise. They used it as a
tuneup for Monday's Beanpot matchup with Northeastern, and got all the lines
involved in the play. The special teams and top line were dominant in the
game, and Eaves and Voce continue their hot streak of late. BC has now won
6 of 7 and hope to continue their strong play with the traditional Beanpot
challenge, followed by a difficult trip to Maine next Friday. UMass was
unable to recover from Friday's game, dropping a tough one at Providence on
Saturday night. That drops them within a game of .500, and they have lost 6
of their last 7. With several tough games upcoming, including a pair with
Maine later in the month, they are in danger of dropping out of the race
for home playoff ice.
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