Upsets Abound: On To The NCAA’s!

Well needless to say whether you were scoreboard watching, or taking in any of the league tourneys, one thing held true across the entire country this weekend.  None of the regular season champions were able to capture their league tournament title as well.  I’d have to believe that’s a first, although I’m not certain.  However [...]

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And The End Becomes the Beginning

Yesterday’s playoff game at BU certainly won’t go down as memorable.  But I have no doubt that it will stick with all of us for a while.  Credit the opponent, BU looked solid.  But it takes two to tango and unfortunately we shot ourselves in the foot early and often.  The outcome was never in [...]

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A Senior’s Reflection: “Shift”

Last weekend marked the final home games of the 2011-12 season.  The remaining games will see us on the road.  This weekend we head north to Orono for a pair versus the Black Bears. We gathered last Saturday night with Friends, Parents and family to celebrate Senior Day and this years team.  Tradition plays a [...]

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Cat Rallies Come Up Short

Two third period Wildcat rallies fell by the wayside this weekend.  Both contests featured a similiar story line: early go ahead goal by the visiting Friars, followed by a tenacious pursuit to pull even by the Blue & White, a 3rd period rally to pull even and then an opportunistic response by Providence to secure [...]

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Banquet Thoughts

I begin as always, thanking those who have invested enormous time and energy into our program to benefit the players and coaches here today.  At the top of my list are the Gower brothers, Deb Cunningham and Todd Huxley, Matt Dauphinais, Nate and Phil and the weekly video updates.  Every one here understands the volunteer [...]

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Catscratch But No Blood

A tough weekend for the Blue and White.  Saturday we hosted a rejuvenated BU Terrier squad at the Whittemore Center.  After a late January funk, the Terriers are making a push to get back into contention both within Hockey East and nationally. After falling behind early in the first, we rallied to tie the game [...]

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Sundae Split; BU & UCONN Up Next

Last weekends ‘split’ with the Catamounts kept us in playoff contention with three weekends left in Hockey East regular season action.  After storming out to a 4-0 lead on Friday night and grinding out a 4-2 victory at the Whitt, the team travelled north to Burlington for Sunday’s rematch.  After taking an early 1-0 lead [...]

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Schedule 2012-2013 Update

As promised, I wanted to update our schedule for the benefit of those looking to travel or join us in Durham for some of our contests.  Although there remains a couple of tweaks to the final schedule because of some conflicts within our league, the non league slate is pretty much set in stone. We [...]

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A “CAT” Weekend: No Dogs Allowed

As we head into the final stretch of the season,  January comes to a close this weekend with a home and home series versus the Catamounts of UVM.  After a week of Terriers and Huskies, a pair of ‘Cats square off. February arrives next week.  Years ago when seasons began in mid October or later, [...]

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A Trip To The Wood Shed: NU 8 – Wildcats 0

Well, as a good friend used to remind me many many years ago, ‘hockey makes you humble’.  Yesterday we lived it for the second time this season. Give credit where credit is due.   Northeastern played like a national tournament team yesterday.  I could point to any number of reasons why this game got away [...]

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Schedule 2012-2013

I know that many parents, boosters and friends like to plan well in advance for travel to see big weekend events and contests.  As it stands currently, we are pretty much 98% set on next years schedule.  At this point the only hold up is finalizing a few date switches that have to be made [...]

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The Beat Goes On – Wildcats 4 – BU 2

There is something very unique about coaching women.  I can glance backwards over my ten years of working on this side of our sport and safely say that the experience has been many times more rewarding than I ever could have imagined when I began.  Women are more complicated than men.  In fact they are [...]

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A January State of Mine(d)

What is it about January that bothers me?  I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s something there and I’d like to get it out of my system.  In the early 1970′s I recall Bob Geldof who was the lead singer of an Irish rock band, the Boomtown Rats.  One of their biggest hits [...]

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We’re Back – Happy New Year!!

Perhaps I should add that “I’m back” since I opted to refrain from blogging over the break and spend the time enjoying family activities.  I’m sure that many parents and us ‘older’ folks felt like the two weeks flew by.  Why does life speed up as we age?  On the flip side I vaguely recall [...]

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