Category: college hockey (Page 14 of 19)

At That Rate, I’m Surprised They Didn’t Give the Arena Away

25 January, 2009 / Kat

The Whittamore Center at the University of New Hampshire (photo by yours truly)

The Whittemore Center at the University of New Hampshire (photo by yours truly)

Before I get to the body of this post, I would like to take the opportunity to let you know that this is a Unitel Power Post, sponsored by Jewelry Creations of Dover and with special thanks to Margarita’s. We’d also like to thank our local fishery for providing our first goal fish, and take this opportunity to give away a 10 percent off coupon to the Tea Times Inn in Conway to everyone sitting in sections 120, 121, and 122. And students, if you’re sitting in section 112, row H, seat 10, you have just won a piece of pizza from Wildcat Pizza. Wildcat Pizza, where wildcats eat.

Oh, the University of New Hampshire. I’ve been attending hockey games at the “Whit” (UNH’s Whittemore Center) for just about four years, and they always make for an amusing evening. Saturday evening’s BU-UNH tilt, however, had to be the most amusing of them all.

And Your Leading Goal Scorer for the Terriers As Of Tonight Is…

24 January, 2009 / Kat

Bad cell phone photo, but it'll do.

A-Number-Twenty-One, on your left.

BU decimated the University of New Hampshire Wildcats tonight, 5-0. This is not always a good thing, for the two teams meet again Saturday evening, and when UNH gets angry, they get…angry. Like, I may be assaulted by a smelly, slimy, dead trout when I walk into the Whittamore Center Saturday evening with my BU hockey jersey on. At least my cat will want to cuddle with me afterward.

Have I mentioned that I love this hockey team? Holy heck – they’re fast, they’re great penalty killers and they try so hard most of the time. This team is amazing. There’s nothing else you can say. In the mobs of people exiting the arena after the games, you just hear people in awe talking about what they’ve just watched. Tonight I heard about six people as I left the arena use the word dominance. That might be what this is. I prefer the word fun. This is fun.

I’ll report back from New Hampshire. Check the Twitter feed to your right for in game updates Saturday night.

Awww…How Fast They Grow Up

23 January, 2009 / Kat

Lawrence, Higgins and Yip celebrate their first Beanpot in 2006. (Courtsey Jamd.com)

Awwww….

I couldn’t wait for next week’s Beanpot preview to share this photo of Jason Lawrence, Chris Higgins and Brandon Yip with the 2006 Beanpot. The three of them, now seniors for the Terriers, owned that Beanpot. Most notably, Higgins had a goal so remarkable that it made ESPN’s Sportscenter that evening.

But I’ll talk about that more next week. I am about to head off to the BU-UNH game at Agganis, but I just had to share that photo.

We may have lagged in our regular programming as of late, but it’s because I’ve been blogging fast and furious over at Examiner Boston about the “Biggest Hit of the Year” in pro lacrosse – Boston Blazers’ Mitch Belisile’s hit on New York Titan Jarret Park last Saturday night. Thanks to my readers from the Examiner for making me one of the top Examiners this week!

Goalies, Goalies Everywhere.

15 December, 2008 / Kat

This weekend, I posted a nice little piece at the HLOG (Hockey’s Ladies of Greatness) titled, Dear Hockey East; Thanks for the goalies. Love, The NHL. It covers the NHL callups of Maine’s Ben Bishop, Boston College’s Cory Schneider and Everyone’s Favorite Goalie, Boston University’s John Curry. In it, I actually give Schneider props (please don’t take away my Terrier Fan card!)

There are times where I write a piece and think, “Hmmm, maybe I should have kept with that Sports Information and Communication major I had early on in college.” This HLOG piece is one of those times. I hope you all enjoy it.

The Everyone’s Favorite Goalie Watch: Thanks, That Was Fun.

13 December, 2008 / Kat

The Penguin asks, "Where is Everyone's Favorite Goalie? He won us games!" (by Flickr user Alicia Rae)

All of us Everyone’s Favorite Goalie fans knew that this day would come. Pittsburgh Penguins star goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would eventually recover from his “lower body” injury, and want his job back. And because of this, John Curry would get sent back down to Michael Scott’s favorite hockey team, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins.

Curry didn’t leave without earning his second NHL win, stopping 24 of 26 shots in a 9-2 Penguins win against the Islanders. Pittsburgh-ians like him. For example, according to my Twitter friend @erinkpgh, a “Spicy Curry” sign seen in the crowd at the Mellon Arena. Several game accounts mentioned a few really spectacular saves that he made, and while he got lost in the shuffle after two of his teammates scored hat tricks, many in the Penguins blogosphere have expressed their hope to see him back permanently next year, after Sabourin leaves in free agency.

Pittsburgh, all BU fans would like to thank you for taking such good care of our beloved Curry. We are happy knowing he is in good hands, that he’s appreciated, and that you’ve caught on to making amusing signs using his last name.

And BU fans, here’s a fun fact to taunt your favorite Boston College Eagles fan with: Curry leaves the NHL with more wins than Cory Schneider. Take that.