BC at Harvard (Sucks) - Tuesday, 11/16

[Larry72]

Great example of why the games are played on the ice and not by computer.  Harvard had a good night.  BC did not.  If it were the playoffs, the result might have been different.  

[Brian]

Did you notice that all three of SUCKS goals came on the power play and all three times it was the same line on the ice!


http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20041116&vis=bc&home=hu&gender=m

[jtwcornell91]

So we were tracking this for a while: when was the last time Harvard beat a nationally-ranked team?  At some point they hadn't done it since the 2002 ECAC Championship Game.

[JohnnieAg\'99]

[Q]Brian Wrote:
 Did you notice that all three of SUCKS goals came on the power play and all three times it was the same line on the ice![/q]
Cavanagh, Bernakevitch, Pelle, Lederman (at D), and Welch.  
Pelle would have looked good in RED. :-(

[gtsully]

I sat behind Killer (and little killer) at the game last night, and I pretty much agree with everything he and A-19 said.  I was in the will call line and missed the first few minutes of the game (and the BC goal), so the whole time I was there, BC looked pretty sloppy except for two stretches in the 3rd period.  They came out skating hard and threw a few hits in the first minute of the period, but that didn't last long, and when they pulled the goalie for the 5 on 4 (and eventually 6 on 4) late in the game, but they didn't shoot enough when they had decent looks.

The Harvard "fans" did get into it a little after Hyphen stopped the penalty shot, but that was only the two student sections and the band at the far end of the rink.  The rest was parents and alums, from what I could tell, and they were politely clapping the whole time, if that.

I saw a good amount of fans in BC gear, but they didn't make much noise either, probably because their team came out and laid a huge egg.

From my seat, I couldn't see the corner to the left of the BC bench (in the Harvard student end), so I missed some of the penalties, but I thought it was a typical Hansen game.  A few ticky-tack calls, mostly called against Harvard's opponent, but he made most of the obvious ones.  I still heckled him more than anyone else.

Oh, and one minor point - isn't the appropriate cheer for BC "Notre Dame rejects"?  That threw me off...

[Brian]

According to USCHO it sound as though BC lost there cool too! :-O

http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20042005/m/11/16/bc-hu.php

[Pete Godenschwager]

[Q]isn't the appropriate cheer for BC "Notre Dame rejects"? That threw me off...[/Q]

Definitely for football.  I guess for hockey it depends if you're aiming it  towards students/fans or players.  I doubt the players much wanted to play for ND, but the fans probably wanted to get in there.

[Pace]

A fair point, but lets not forget how Cornell played last weekend. If we bring the kinda game we showed at Lansing to Florida, we might not stand a chance even against a sloppy BC.

[gtsully]

[Q]Pete Godenschwager Wrote:

 [Q2]isn't the appropriate cheer for BC "Notre Dame rejects"? That threw me off...[/Q]
Definitely for football.  I guess for hockey it depends if you're aiming it  towards students/fans or players.  I doubt the players much wanted to play for ND, but the fans probably wanted to get in there.
[/q]

Hmm... I know the "Notre Dame Rejects" chant was thrown around at the regionals in Providence two years ago.  The "BC Rejects" was used at Lynah against BU that same year.  Rivalry implications aside, the theme seemed to be that as far as quality of school, Notre Dame > BC > BU.  Whatever.

[calgARI '07]

And Pelle, the guy I dubbed "the next Ryan Vesce" because he is 5'8, from Long Island and played for Applecore, now has 3 goals and 3 assists in 6 games.

[ben03]

[Q]Brian Wrote:

 According to USCHO it sound as though BC lost there cool too!  

"... As he collapsed to cover the puck, Pelle raced in to slap it home, prompting vehement protest from the Eagles' Chris Collins, who was subsequently slapped with a 10-minute misconduct."

[/q]

Glad to see the boys from my high school are still doing well ... ::rolleyes::

[JohnnieAg\'99]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
 And Pelle, the guy I dubbed "the next Ryan Vesce" because he is 5'8, from Long Island and played for Applecore, now has 3 goals and 3 assists in 6 games.[/q]
He chose Sucks over the Red, Clarkson, UVM, & Yale.  

[Steve M]

They beat UMass in December last year while the Minutemen were still in the Top 15.  This is the first time since '02 they beat a team that will stay ranked through the season.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:

 So we were tracking this for a while: when was the last time Harvard beat a nationally-ranked team?  At some point they hadn't done it since the 2002 ECAC Championship Game.[/q]

Answering my own question: Dec 13, 2003 vs UMass.

http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20032004/m/12/13/uma-hu.php