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Boston College has some young players ready to step up

Boston College Young guns

##	Player	POS	YR	GP	G	A	PTS
12	Alex Tuch (MIN)	F	FR	35	14	14	28
14	Adam Gilmour (MIN)	F	SO	36	9	17	26
19	Ryan Fitzgerald (BOS)	F	SO	36	16	8	24
24	Zach Sanford (WSH)	F	FR	36	7	16	23
4	Teddy Doherty	D	JR	36	6	17	23
7	Noah Hanifin	D	FR	35	5	18	23
5	Michael Matheson (FLA)	D	JR	36	2	21	23
26	Austin Cangelosi	F	SO	35	6	14	20
11	Chris Calnan (CHI)	F	SO	35	11	5	16
3	Ian McCoshen (FLA)	D	SO	33	6	10	16

            Boston College has a young team. Their top 4 scorers are 2 freshman and 2 sophomores. To take it even further we have to go to the 10 top point getters to find our first senior.

            This has affected the leadership of the Boston College Eagles for the 2015 season. In the second month of the season Boston College had 6 loses and 3 wins and 1 tie. This was a time when the younger players started getting the experience and the younger players started to lead.

            January they had 6 wins 1 loss and 1 tie and they were starting to find their grove. The games have gotten a lot harder as the season progressed for the young Eagles. Over their last 10, starting in February, they have lost 4, tied one and won 5. The loses were to Northeastern in the Bean Pot, 2-3 OT loss to Vermont at home, a 1-3 loss at Notre Dame (They did beat the Irish the night before) and last night 1-3 loss again to Vermont.

            Boston College young guns are in a big contest with Vermont. Vermont are fighting for their lives. If the Catamounts lose their season is over. They will not advance to the NCAA like the Eagles. The Catamounts are playing with an edge and you can see it with the extra hitting, the follow through and the in your face attitude they have.

            Boston College cannot lose their focus and continue to skate just like York preaches. The Eagle’s will have to trust their sophomore goalie Thatcher Demko.        Boston College has the talent, as you can see the NHL clubs have drafted 7 out of the 10 players listed above. Noah Hanafin should be a top 3 pick in the next NHL draft. 

The 2 teams play tonight at Conte Forum which gives a little edge to the Eagles. They young players are starting to find themselves and as the season wears on they could be a dangerous team. 

Hockey East quarter finals.

Boston University, Providence, Boston College and UMass-Lowell

There are 8 teams left. The quarter finals start later this week. The teams pictured above will have home ice for a best of 3 series. 

Ok first round is in the books. Now the big boys enter the tournament. 

League Champion BU will face the Warriors from North Andover. The Warriors had the big upset this year beating Northeastern in 3 games. Bu will be a lot harder.

Providence the # 2 seed will have to play the red hot UHN 6-1 in the last 7 games. I think Providence would have wanted anyone but UNH.

Boston College had a slow start with all the young players...however they have grown as the season progressed. BC would have taken anyone but Notre Dame. Boston college will play the Catamounts in Chestnut Hill.

UMass Lowell won Hockey East in 2013 as a 5th seed...then won again last year as a 5th seed. This year they are a 4th seed and glad they didnt have a taxing round 1 series. They are rested and will welcome Notre Dame to Tsongas Arena. 

Hockey East Tournament

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

	Opening Round[1] March 6-8							Quarterfinals March 13–15							Semifinals March 20					Championship March 21
								1	Boston University
	5	Notre Dame	3	5
	12	UMass	4*****	3
								2	Providence
	6	Northeastern	2	1	–
	11	Merrimack	3*	2**	–
								3	Boston College
	7	Vermont	4	2
	10	Maine	2	4
								4	UMass Lowell
	8	New Hampshire	5	2	–
	9	Connecticut	2	0	–

     The hockey East Tournament is underway. The top 4 teams have a bye for the first round and they will need it. Boston College, Boston University and Providence all should make the NCAA tournament. The bubble teams are UMass Lowell  and Vermont. these 2 teams have to reach the HE Final and they might get a shot at the NCAA at large. All the other teams will have to win the tournament to get selected for the NCAA. So as of today only 3 Hockey East Teams will participate in the tournament that will be played in the Boston Garden.

Since ND and Vermont lost a games so far in the opening round,.....this further throws them down the Pair Wise ranking. Vermont sits at 20th and is a long shot. Even if they beat Maine and advance to the Final of Hockey East this will give them 4 more wins. They will still be an at Large invite and would need other to lose above them.

   Lowell is waiting for it's HE match up, yet to be determined. They have won Hockey East 2 year running and will be hard to knock off. They will be playing at home. They also have to advance to get off the bubble. They are on the right side of the bubble at 14th but could be bounced if another team wins their championship (like the weak Big 10's Michigan beating Minnesota in the final) and the weak 10 placed Minnesota and Michigan in the tournament. ugggg

    Notre Dame has to win the Hockey East to get in. Enough of the NCAA. lets see about the Hockey East tournament.

Northeastern is the highest team bounced so far. The huskies lost to Merrimack. Northeastern recently played in the Bean Pot Final against BU and lost heart breaking game. Then they split a pair against HE regular season champion BU. Northeastern will be grabbing the gold clubs early and will be wondering what could have been if they won the Bean Pot.

UConn got bounced by UHN. This was UConn first season in Hockey East and they placed a respectable 9th in a very competitive league. This was a big success for the Huskies on ice.


Notre Dame is tied 1 to 1 against UMass. I do not believe either team will advance in the next round. First both teams played the longest game ever played in game 1. Second if UMass winns they get BU at Agannis. This is #12 against #1. Notre Dame has to travel from Indiana and play a well rested UMass-Lowell team. Lowell has won HE 2 years running and want to continue this trend. Lowell also knows they are on the bubble and need to win to have a chance to enter the NCAA. Lowell will come out with guns blazing.

The 2 Northern States of Vermont and UMaine are locked in a bragging rights battle. UVM will have the advantage at home. Whoever loses knows the season will be over. This should be a great one.