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There is no substance to reports that Oliver Wahlstrom is leaving Boston College. He is playing today against Bentley.
MilitantEagle {l Wrote}:4-2 loss to Bentley. Ouch.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:MilitantEagle {l Wrote}:4-2 loss to Bentley. Ouch.
It’s about time to move on I think for JY.
blueline {l Wrote}:Do we see the first out of conference win soon ?
Notre Dame and 2 games with ASU
I am still not sure where this team is at right now.
They have not looked good at all so far with the exception of a few games
Right-shot defenseman Ben Finkelstein has officially been added to the Boston College men's hockey roster for the second semester of the season. Finkelstein will be eligible to play his first game for the Eagles on Jan. 11 against Providence.
A native of South Burlington, Vermont, Finkelstein comes to BC after stints with St. Lawrence in the ECAC and the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks. He registered 23 points as a freshman at St. Lawrence during the 2016-17 season, which is tied for the third-best offensive season by a rookie defenseman in program history.
Finkelstein spent the second half of last season in Waterloo where he was named USHL Defenseman of the Year. He recorded 34 points to rank seventh among USHL defensemen, earning at least one point in 18 of his 23 appearances. He helped Waterloo capture its third Anderson Cup in team history as regular season champions.
Finkelstein will wear No. 6 for the Eagles and will join the roster as a second semester junior.
Dick Rosenthal {l Wrote}:It is time for Coach Champion to do the honorable thing and announce his retirement at the end of this season. This team is an embarrassment to watch. The fact that they have regressed from last year is an indication that the staff is simply not doing its job. We were told that this team was far more talented then last year’s team and that they were ready to return to national prominence. Laughable. This is a really bad hockey team. And worse then being short on talent—a charge that could be leveled at the team the previous two years—now they have no heart either.
BostonCollege1 {l Wrote}:There are currently three teams in college hockey whose players average less than 21 years old - Michigan, BU and BC. All having sub-standard years. All adding young players from the USNDP, too. Adding Finkelstein and losing Tortora and Samuelsson made BC's average age older.
BC players older than 21:
Ron Greco (F) 23 1995
Ian Milosz (G) 23 1995
Michael Kim (D) 23 1995
Michael Merulla (C/RW) 22 1996
Joey Dudek (C) 22 1996
Christopher Brown (C) 22 1996
Kim's the only high-level player in the bunch.
Having an older team doesn't mean quality, though. The 10 oldest teams:
Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville
Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)
Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage
Bemidji State Univ.
Army (U.S. Military Academy)
American International College
Canisius College
Sacred Heart Univ.
Northern Michigan Univ.
Robert Morris Univ.
Unless any of the above win an auto-bid, only Mankato is making the tournament. We're only three years removed from a Frozen Four, let's give Jerry a couple more years before panicking. We've got some very good recruits coming in the next two years. Lose the mostly under-achieving senior class, give less playing time to McInnis and Walker, keep Cotton, Wahlstrom and McBain, get McPhee and Grando going again, and they'll be fine. Maybe it's time to change up the assistants, too - Jerry needs an ass-kicker on staff. Lots of ifs, but it can be done.
Dick Rosenthal {l Wrote}:BostonCollege1 {l Wrote}:There are currently three teams in college hockey whose players average less than 21 years old - Michigan, BU and BC. All having sub-standard years. All adding young players from the USNDP, too. Adding Finkelstein and losing Tortora and Samuelsson made BC's average age older.
BC players older than 21:
Ron Greco (F) 23 1995
Ian Milosz (G) 23 1995
Michael Kim (D) 23 1995
Michael Merulla (C/RW) 22 1996
Joey Dudek (C) 22 1996
Christopher Brown (C) 22 1996
Kim's the only high-level player in the bunch.
Having an older team doesn't mean quality, though. The 10 oldest teams:
Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville
Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)
Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage
Bemidji State Univ.
Army (U.S. Military Academy)
American International College
Canisius College
Sacred Heart Univ.
Northern Michigan Univ.
Robert Morris Univ.
Unless any of the above win an auto-bid, only Mankato is making the tournament. We're only three years removed from a Frozen Four, let's give Jerry a couple more years before panicking. We've got some very good recruits coming in the next two years. Lose the mostly under-achieving senior class, give less playing time to McInnis and Walker, keep Cotton, Wahlstrom and McBain, get McPhee and Grando going again, and they'll be fine. Maybe it's time to change up the assistants, too - Jerry needs an ass-kicker on staff. Lots of ifs, but it can be done.
I get your point and if anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt it is Jerry, but here is the problem. Three years ago when he won the HE regular season title with a roster that was largely bereft of talent, I think it was one of his best coaching jobs—although it had to be noted that the fact that the roster was bereft of talent was entirely the fault of the York and the coaching staff and some unpardonable recruiting whiffs and misjudgments with respect to some of the kids he brought in. Last year I was a little troubled. We were assured that the talent had been upgraded a bit and yet they ended up in the exact same position in a Hockey East that has sucked. And then there is this year, again, we were told there was a bit more of an upgrade in talent and yet, it actually looks like the bottom is falling out and some of last year’s talent is regressing. And here is the thing, there is no excuse for BC to not make the tournament for more than three years. Lest anyone forget, when Jerry inherited the flaming pile of manure that Cedorchuk left behind, it took him four years to bring us to the Championship game (which we would have won if Jamie Fucking O’Leary was not bad at shooting a hockey puck). Anyone think this collection of garbage has any chance of doing anything next year? Me neither. Four or five years of blowing ass is what happens when your legendary coach is running out the clock and you hire Steve Cedorchuk out of a misguided sense of loyalty. Otherwise it should never happen. And spare me the arguments about the Big 10 and the hockey arms race. It is true for schools like Colorado College and the like. It is not true for BC and BU, which can match facilities and offer far better locations.
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