OT: General College Hockey Talk

[Chainshot]

Castagan has that Jeff Skinner smirk going, like someone you'd want to punch every shift.

 

[Fly Boy]

BC strikes first. Really impressive quick transition.
Hagens with the secondary.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Bentley has to keep this tight and hope to get a couple more power plays or a turnover. If they try to open this up it could get ugly.

 

[Chainshot]

The more he's aged, the more of a massive, unlikeable d-bag I find Ryan Leonard.

 

[Chainshot]

Bentley has to keep this tight and hope to get a couple more power plays or a turnover. If they try to open this up it could get ugly.

It was a 3-on-5 too where people just left their man - badly.

 

[misterchainsaw]

It was a 3-on-5 too where people just left their man - badly.

Yep, RD went for a bizarre sliding shot block when the LD had the puck carrier. His man scored.

 

[misterchainsaw]

BC's only 13-4-0 when leading after 1? That's....not great for a 1 seed. That's more than half their losses and a worse win percentage then when they're trailing after 1

 

[misterchainsaw]

Bentley gets their PP and ties it!

 

[Chainshot]

Bentley gets their PP and ties it!

They've been working their butts off. Love the idea of another underdog upset, it's my favorite part of the early tournament games.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Those are the kinds of chances you miss when an upset is brewing

 

[misterchainsaw]

Hasley is notorious for these net antics. AHA officials never even give a warning for that crap.

 

[Fly Boy]

The Bentley net has come off quite a few times this game at both ends.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

As a huge Falcons fan of 2+ hours, come on Bentley, pull this off!

Also, how awesome has this tourney been so far? 5 games in, all of them have been tied in the 3rd period, with only BU exploding to create a blowout. Two OT games (one 2OT), another GWG with 8 seconds left...so much better than the basketball tournament.

 

[misterchainsaw]

I have to be honest, I have no idea what the difference is between a 2 minute knee and a 5 minute knee. Like what video would make the officials change that from a 2 to a 5?

Also, in the regular season that's almost certainly a 5, at least in the AHA.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Oof. That one's gonna haunt Hasley all off-season.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Dammit.

BC finally got the loose puck down low.

Bentley just couldn't generate enough offensive chances to get lucky.

 

[old kummelweck]

Bentley bounced. Damn Jesuits.

 

[Chainshot]

Dammit.

BC finally got the loose puck down low.

Bentley just couldn't generate enough offensive chances to get lucky.

I was wondering if we were going to see another upset. Entertaining game from that standpoint at least.

 

[misterchainsaw]

No Atlantic Hockey team is going to make the tournament "year after year" unless the entire conference starts playing significantly better non-conference in the regular season. It's hard enough for a dominant regular season team to win the AHA championship, and Bentley wasn't even a dominant team in conference this year (and probably won't be going forward as 4 of their 5 point leaders are grad students), and really isn't the marquee draw when it comes to facilities and program history in the conference either.

Just a completely ignorant comment from Buccigross when it comes to the reality of the AHA.

EDIT: I mean geez it's not even like this is an outlier of a performance from an AHA team in the tournament - as much as I didn't totally expect it from Bentley since I think they're probably in the lower tier of teams the league has sent to the tournament. These games are almost always close and competitive.

 

[truthbluth]

That Hagens goal was something. The speed his skates and stick got around that net was freakish.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Ugh. UConn and Quinnipiac. Rooting for the meteor in this one. I guess go Providence and Maine in the other two.

 

[old kummelweck]

never mind - there he is.

 

[truthbluth]

UConn out Quinnipiaced-Quinnipiac

 

[Fly Boy]

I think a BC v. BU championship would be fun. I'd be scared of Denver though, but this tournament is wide open.

 

[Chainshot]

Penn St. makes it 4-1 over Maine.