UNH @ BU - November 21, 2009

Jack Parker Friday Postgame Transcripts

Transcriptions by Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff

Opening statement

I thought we played OK in the beginning. I thought we played pretty well in the second period. I thought we looked like we ran out of gas, like we were skating in sand. The difference in the speed of the game between UNH and BU in the third period was like night and day. That coupled with the fact that they do real well in their special teams –– they did a good job killing penalties, they did a great job in the power play. And they got two faceoff goals. Both exactly the same –– just win it straight back. One of them goes to the point. One of them goes to a shooter in the slot and we don’t get a neutral faceoff there. That play by our center, it looked like the referee threw it back to him. Nothing you can do about that for our goaltender. We should have had somebody in line to block the shot and we didn’t.

I was disappointed in how unthorough we were. I was disappointed in how slow we looked as the game progressed. We turned pucks over at blue lines. We had opportunities to make some plays and we fumbled them. We were forcing pucks, and then we were just hanging on too long sometimes. And I thought UNH out-battled us. As the game progressed, I thought they just out-battled us. All in all, not a good show.

Terriers downed by Wildcats, 4-2

By Jake Seiner/DFP Staff

DURHAM, N.H. –– It’s not often that the Boston University men’s hockey team and the University of New Hampshire meet with both teams seemingly struggling to keep their skates beneath them.

After Friday night’s game, it’s starting to look like one team has finally found its footing. Unfortunately for Terrier Nation, that team is not the Scarlet and White.

With a 4-2 win in front of the home crowd at Whittemore Center Arena, the Wildcats (4-6-2, 4-2-1 Hockey East) catapulted themselves into a tie for first in the conference with Boston College.

With the loss, the Terriers (3-7-0, 2-6-0), entrenched themselves one game deeper into Hockey East’s cellar, maintaining just a two-point lead over Providence College for last place, despite playing twice as many conference games as the Friars.

BU-UNH Postgame Notebook

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

The tortoise and the hare

DURHAM, N.H. –– Boston University men’s hockey coach Jack Parker has been quick to blame a lot of his team’s struggles this season on a lack of attitude and a lack of focus. After Friday night’s 4-2 loss at the University of New Hampshire, however, Parker didn’t pin the loss on any of those factors.

“I think we were ready to play tonight. We just looked slow,” Parker said. “I don’t know what that’s all about . . . I don’t think we looked slow because we weren’t physically or mentally ready to play, though.

“We looked like we ran out of gas, like we were skating in sand. The difference in the speed of the game between UNH and BU in the third period was like night and day.”

The only possible explanation Parker could come up with for his team’s sluggishness was a flu bug that has hit the Terriers over the last couple days.

“[Junior forward Nick] Bonino was sick all day. He looked it,” Parker said. “[Freshman forward Wade Megan] was sick for the last two days . . . Maybe the flu bug is attacking a few more guys. We’ve had a few guys who’ve had it, and a few guys just getting over it. So, that’s a problem.”

BU vs. UNH Live Blog

From the FreeP: BU and UNH seek consistency in weekend pair

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

In a typical season, a Boston University-University of New Hampshire men’s hockey matchup is a showcase of two national powerhouses. But this weekend’s home-and-home between the Terriers and Wildcats, which kicks off tonight at the Whittemore Center in Durham, is a meeting of two unranked clubs loitering below the .500 mark.

Neither team has been able to find any sort of consistency this season. BU (3-6-0, 2-5-0 Hockey East) started the season 2-2, but then proceeded to lose four straight before beating Merrimack College, 6-4, on Saturday night. UNH (3-6-2, 3-2-1) has more or less followed the same path, getting off to a 2-2-1 start, but then going 0-4-1 in its next five before picking up a 4-2 win at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on Saturday.

Read more at The Daily Free Press

Injury updates heading into UNH series

By Jake Seiner/DFP Staff

Connolly questionable with shoulder injury

As The Boston Hockey Blog reported yesterday, sophomore forward Chris Connolly is questionable with a separated shoulder heading into this weekend's home-and-home with UNH, according to a source close to the team.

Connolly, who was named a Hockey East Co-Player of the Week on Monday, skated briefly at the beginning of practice Wednesday, sporting one of BU's light-blue non-contact jerseys. Connolly left the ice about 15 minutes into the session, and watched the remainder of practice from the BU bench. He had an ice pack saran-wrapped to his left shoulder for part of that time.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

BREAKING NEWS - Connolly separates shoulder in practice

By Jake Seiner and Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

Sophomore forward Chris Connolly separated his shoulder in practice Monday and is currently in a sling, according to a source close to the team. The Duluth, Minn. native is questionable for this weekend's games against UNH.

Check back at The Boston Hockey Blog tomorrow for more updates.

From the FreeP: Bruins fall to Islanders

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

The Boston Bruins dropped their third straight game Monday night, falling 4-1 to the New York Islanders. Continuing a troubling trend of late, Boston came out of the gates slow and never really seemed to ratchet up the intensity as the game went on.

Read more at The Daily Free Press

Monday, November 16, 2009

Bruins vs. Islanders Live Blog

Be sure to check in later as Scott McLaughlin live blogs tonight's B's-Isles game.

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