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The following players were honored for their play last week:

Co-Hockey East Players of the Week were Brian Gibbons and Nick Schaus:

Defensive Player of the Week: Mike Spillane

Rookie of the Week: Chris Rawlings

First – the UML chanting sounds way too much like the UNH chanting which sounds way too much like USA chanting which, in my opinion, is only appropriate at international games. Actually screw the “in my opinion” – it is a fact. If you chant USA at an NHL game, you are a complete moron as no team is made up 100% of US citizens and most likely has atleast one Canadian on it (since the morons normally break out the chant when playing one of the Canadian-based teams).

Third own goal at a game I’ve shot in less than a week (didn’t say “seen” since I only saw the first one) – Endicott on BC’s behalf, Vermont on BC’s behalf and today Lowell on UNH’s behalf. The own goal was credited to Austin Block of UNH – his first collegiate goal. I don’t think I’d like that if I were a player – though it’d be much worse if it were an NHL goal since any level under that quits being questioned once you move up, but “do you remember your first NHL goal?” never stops being asked and it seems live having to answer “well, I didn’t actually score it” would get old fast. One positive about the UNH goal – no assists were awarded. In both of the other games, assists were awarded on the own goal. WTF??? Recording assists on an own goal is worse than scoring an own goal – the first is straight up stupidity, while the second is accidental.

Jim Steinman wrote (and Meatloaf sang) that Two out of Three Ain’t Bad.  Personally, I’m greedy and I wanted three wins on Saturday, but will just have to deal.

Day started out tough with the BC women losing to the Vermont Catamounts 5-1 after defeating them the night before. Hopefully no one there was attending their first women’s hockey game as it was not a good one. It’s all BC fan Grant Salzano’s fault – for some reason he felt it necessary to blather on and on about Vermont not having scored a goal in Hockey East play. As soon as he paused to catch his breath – Vermont put in their first goal and they didn’t stop, scoring 6 – one on BC’s behalf.

The next game to start before the women’s game was over was the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Louisiana State University. To punish me for choosing two hockey games over watching SEC (the only conference that matters) football on tv, the score went back and forth a few times, but Alabama, of course, won the game with a final score of 24-15. Roll Tide!

The Boston College men took on Northeastern University for the second half of the Conte Forum doubleheader resulting in the same score 5-1 just in BC’s favor this time thanks in large part to Brian Gibbons’ play at both ends of the ice. Unfortunately, Northeastern lost another player, Randy Guzior, to injury during the first period, after losing several Friday night in their win over BU. Hopefully it isn’t as bad as they think.

Nice article on Jhonas Enroth from the Olean Times Herald – http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2009/11/06/sports/doc4af489357114d479046354.txt

Tim Kunes seems to have been set loose in Trenton. From the Devils’ website: “… Despite the power play struggles, the Devils generated the even-strength goal in overtime as Tim Kunes skated the puck behind the Jackals goal and found Prough in front for the game winning score. …” (italics mine)

Both Brock Bradford (Lake Erie Monsters) and Andrew Orpik (Las Vegas Wranglers) scored goals tonight.

Tim Filangieri was traded to the Chicago Wolves in early October – don’t know who his D partner is, but just being on the same team as Chris Chelios must be cool.

Brett Motherwell signed with the Cincinnati Cyclones earlier this week where he rejoins Brian O’Hanley on D.

Stayed home tonight in small part due to superstition which SHOULD have made me edit anything other than the Miami @ UNH game where UNH came back from being down 3. STUPID STUPID STUPID ME. It is all my fault – no blame should go to the Eagles, no credit to UNH :-p.

Anyway, for the mini-galleries – Tommy Cross scored his first collegiate goal, Carl Sneep scored two goals after scoring one a couple games ago and Brian Dumoulin made the final score of the night keeping it tied.