Congratulations to the Merrimack players and everyone involved in their program on the big upset of BU yesterday!! As Mike has already mentioned this sets up a _huge_ game at Walter Brown tomorrow afternoon between BU and UML, a game that could decide first place in Hockey East. With a little luck the Merrimack Valley teams might just post a winning record against BU! Thank you, Mr. Thibeault!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! (Not too obvious I'm a Lowell fan, huh?) (Although Mike pointed out that it was a solid team victory and not just a one-man show, 50 saves _is_ 50 saves!) The Tully Forum crowd seemed more into what was going on up the road at Merrimack than they were with the 12-3 game at hand. The anti-Merrimack "Division 2!! Division 2!!" chants directed at the Warriors a week ago turned into a loud "Merr-i-mack!! Mer-i-mack!!" everytime the BU-MC score was announced. And as the game wore down the crowd sent the team off, taking one from the old Celtic crowd's "Beat LA!! Beat LA!!", with a "Beat BU!! Beat BU!!" chant. One non-game highlight: Since it was the last regular season game, it was senior night and each senior was introduced (including the team manager) and his parents were recognized as well. As is tradition on this night (at least in the 8 or 9 years I've been going to games) both the Canadian and American anthems were played. The performer? Lowell forward Christian Sbrocca! He did a stellar job IMO, singing in both French and English. As some of you may know Christian plays and sings in an alternative-rock band that plays in the UML hangouts. Perhaps he and DU's Sinuhe Wallinheimo could hook up to start an all-college hockey band!! Coach Crowder also surprised some of us faithful by dressing a third goaltender last night. Not anything about the new kid (he's not listed in the media guide or any type of roster I've seen) I had to grab the team manager for some info as he passed by. Turns out to a be a local kid, freshman Chris Burnham from Worcester, MA. A walkon, practice squad goalie, apparently Bruce wanted to reward the kid for his dedication and hard work. It was even better that he actually got in the game and the goal he let in wasn't really his fault. It was pretty cute watching him in warmup though. He didn't seem to know what to do. He just seemd to keep following backup goalie Craig Lindsay around. He looked so nervous and a couple of times found himself standing in way of players going through their drills. - Steve HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.