Hockey East Overall Non-league
GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA || GP W-L-T GF-GA W-L-T
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1 Boston College 4 4-0-0 8 24-17 || 9 7-2-0 42-32 | 3-2-0
2 Merrimack 4 3-1-0 6 22-21 || 10 6-3-1 59-50 | 3-2-1
3 Providence 4 2-1-1 5 25-17 || 10 8-1-1 62-35 | 6-0-0
4 Boston University 3 1-1-1 3 13-11 || 9 6-2-1 60-31 | 5-1-0
Lowell 4 1-2-1 3 18-22 || 9 3-5-1 42-49 | 2-3-0
Northeastern 7 1-5-1 3 30-42 || 11 1-9-1 42-72 | 0-4-0
7 Maine 0 0-0-0 0 0-0 || 10 8-1-1 50-23 | 8-1-1
New Hampshire 2 0-2-0 0 3-5 || 10 7-3-0 47-29 | 7-1-0
11/27/90 Princeton 6 at Army 3 EC
Northeastern 5 at Boston University 8 HE
Colgate 4 at Cornell 4 EC ot
Harvard 8 at Dartmouth 1 EC
Boston College 8 at Providence 7 HE ot
Clarkson 5 at St Lawrence 6 EC ot
These are all the scores from last night's Division I games. Note
that two undefeated teams got knocked off (Clarkson & Providence)
and one came close (Cornell). Cornell & Minnesota are the only
remaining undefeated teams.
at BOSTON UNIVERSITY 8, NORTHEASTERN 5
This was the first game I saw last night. Northeastern gave BU a real
battle all the way, and BU didn't ice it until late in the game. It was
2-2 after one and 5-5 after the second. BU was guilty of some really
stupid penalties in the second which enabled NU to pump in a few
power play goals and go ahead 5-4 before Koskimaki tied it with
just seconds left in the period. G Tom Cole (34 saves) played well
for the Huskies but was the victim of some bad (or no) defense in the
third, along with McEachern and Amonte working some magic. McEachern
ended up with a trick, scoring two of the Terriers' three third period
goals. NU's Sebastien LaPlante continues to impress, notching a trick
of his own by the time the game was half over.
BU coach Jack Parker flew off the handle when Keith Tkachuk got a
DQ for an obvious butt-ending major, which Scott Leavitt wasted
no time in calling. It was similar to the stunt he pulled in
last year's NCAA quarterfinal series at Michigan State. I don't
know what he could have been complaining about, since the
infraction was obvious on the replay. Color man Bob Norton
believed Parker should have been ejected for his vociferous
abuse of Leavitt, and I have to agree. But only after a long
time did Leavitt make a call - a delay of game penalty. You
just can't allow that stuff to take place. Hit him where
it counts if he won't stop and toss him.
At any rate, this was probably the most exciting game I have seen
yet this year from start to finish. Northeastern was missing
several very key players - the whole first line of Matt Saunders,
Jay Schiavo, and Brian Sullivan, and D Bob Kellogg, but they
played like the NU of a few years ago until the third period.
They're 1-9-1, but they sure didn't look like it last night.
Meanwhile, BU is still not of #1 caliber, but they are doing
what it takes to win games, even after digging their own holes.
COLGATE 4, at CORNELL 4
This was another hard fought game. I was half asleep while
watching (it was on until 2 in the morning on delay!), but
I could tell it was a game worth being at. I have to admit that
although I don't like complaining about the officiating, I was
really astounded at the number of things they let go in this
game. Either that or they would make the wrong call. For example,
late in the game with the score 4-4, there was a battle behind
the net which ended up with Colgate's Bob Haddock and a Cornell
guy going off with roughing minors and misconducts. Too bad
they didn't get the guy who instigated the whole thing - Cornell's
Kent Manderville, who cross-checked a Colgate player in the head!
This led Haddock to put a headlock on Manderville, upsetting the
Lynah Rink crowd extremely.
So, I would estimate that I saw about thirty blatant penalties
that should have been called throughout the game but weren't. I
don't know, maybe John Gallipeau is the keep-the-whistle-in-your-
pocket type of referee. But on every one of these, I felt sure
that it would be called in Hockey East. Hits after the whistle,
guys ramming other guys heads into the boards (Derraugh in OT),
guys being dumped miles behind the play - probably half of those
thirty were obvious interference calls. At least it was relatively
even for both teams (in number of incidents and in penalties called).
I just got the feeling that he was selecting times to give out
power plays (i.e. like giving Colgate one right after Cornell would
tie it up), and I never get that feeling in HE games. I'm not
saying he was doing this, just that this was the feeling I got.
Colgate's first goal looked like it should have been called back.
One Red Raider (sorry for not remembering names, but I was tired)
crashed the net and ended up in it, then Gardner came along
and flipped the puck by D'Alessio for a 1-0 lead. I kept waiting
and waiting for Gallipeau to disallow the goal, but no. The
tv guys seemed to suggest that he didn't call it back because the
Colgate player may have been pushed. This is possible and maybe
I'll look at the replay later to check it out.
I'm sure Bill and some of the Cornell folks will post better accounts
of the game than I can, so I'll leave it to their expertise and stop
boring you. I will be interested to see what they say since I
finally got to see another game at Lynah, even if on tv. (I was there
once, in 1985-86 with RPI - a 3-0 win for the Engineers.)
BOSTON COLLEGE 8, at PROVIDENCE 7 (OT)
The Eagles handed the Friars their first loss when Steve Heinze
scored his second of the game 4:17 into OT. Basically, this was
a game in which the defense did rest, and often. I was shocked
to see that PC roared out to a 5-2 lead after one (scores being
given on NESN). It was 1-1 with nine minutes left in the period,
then PC's Gaudreau, Madigan, and Aube (2) scored by the 16:30 mark
to make it 5-1. So, Len Ceglarski yanked starter Sandy Galuppo
and brought in Scott LaGrand to start the second. But the Eagles came
back to tie it only 4:39 into the period as Jack Callahan and Bill
Guerin (2) scored. That gave Guerin a trick as he had scored BC's first
goal. Brian Ridolfi put the Friars back in front, then Heinze and Sean
Farley tallied in the final three minutes to put BC up, 7-6 after two.
Remarkably, only one goal was scored in the third. The Friars'
Larry Rooney almost earned hero of the day when his long shot
beat LaGrand with only 33 seconds left. But that merely set the
stage for Heinze's heroics in OT. Incidentally, Heinze had been
dropped to the second line, temporarily breaking up the HEM line.
Some scores from Division II-III:
at Babson 5, UMass-Boston 4
Cortland St 6, Oswego St 4
at Fitchburg St 3, Connecticut College 1
at Framingham St 8, Stonehill 0
Iona 6, Western New England College 4
Middlebury 4, Hamilton 4 (ot)
at Salem St 7, New England College 4
Tufts 5, at Wesleyan 3
- mike
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