Mike Bussoli

The Terrier hockey team, hoping to break its four-game losing streak, heads to Colorado this weekend for a game at the University Denver on Friday (Nov. 24) and at Colorado College on Saturday (Nov. 25).

HOPE TO END FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK: The Terriers come into this weekend's series hoping to end a four-game losing streak. Their most recent setback was a 4-3 loss to Harvard on Tuesday nightB.U. did break out of a three-game goal-scoring drought by scoring three times against the Crimson. In the three previous games, the Terriers scored a total of four goals. In each of those three games, B.U. did not score a goal in the third period. Against, Harvard, they scored twice in the game's final 20 minutesAn interesting sidelight of the game was that all seven goals were scored on the power play, and seven different players scored the goalsThe Terriers are winless since they shut out Merrimack, 3-0, on November 4th. During the ensuing four games, B.U. has been outscored, 14-7. Junior Dan Cavanaugh is the team's leading scorer during this four-game losing streak with 2-2-4. Junior Mike Pandolfo is tied with Cavanaugh with a team-leading 2 goals, while he also has an assist for 3 points. Sophomore Freddy Meyer (0-3-3) also has 3 points in the last 4 gamesFreshman Sean Fields is 0-2-0 in the net with a 3.05 GAA and an .880 save percentage, while junior Jason Tapp is also 0-2-0. He has a 4.02 GAA and an .822 save percentageOne of the bright spots during this stretch is the Terriers' power play. They have converted on 6-of-21 chances for a 28.6 percent efficiency. However, they have given up 6 power play goals in 20 chances for a 30.0 percent efficiencyThe Terriers have outshot their opponents in the past 4 games, 111 to 95. But, B.U. has scored just 7 goals (0.63 shot percentage), while the opponents have scored 14 goals (.147 percentage).

LOOKING FOR FIRST ROAD WIN: The Terriers are 0-3-1 on the road this year. After tying Providence, 4-4, on October 28th, B.U. has lost on the road to Merrimack, 5-4, on November 3rd; to UMass/Lowell, 4-2, on November 10th, and to Northeastern, 4-1, on November 12thSenior Carl Corazzini leads the team in both goals with 3 and in points with 5 in the 4 road games. Junior Mike Pandolfo (2-2-4) and sophomore Mike Bussoli (1-3-4) are tied for second in scoringJunior Jason Tapp is 0-2-1 on the road with a 4.24 GAA and an .854 save percentage, while freshman Sean Fields has an 0-1-0 record with a 4.09 GAA and an .846 save percentageAs a team, the Terriers have been outscored 17-11 in the 4 road games. They have scored 11 goals on 116 shots (0.95 percentage) and allowed 17 goals on 115 shots (14.8 percent)They are 8-of-27 (29.6 percent) on the power play, while the opponents are 5-of-26 (19.2 percent).

EVEN STRENGTH ENIGMA: One of the biggest enigmas surrounding the Terriers this year has been their lack of scoring even strength goalsThrough the season's first 9 games, B.U. has scored 25 goals. Only 8 of them, though, have come when the team was at even strengthBy comparison, they have scored 15 power play goals, one shorthanded goal, and one empty netterThus, only 32 percent of the team's goals have come when it is at even strength.

CORAZZINI ENDS SCORING DROUGHT; CLOSEST TO 100: Senior Carl Corazzini scored the Terriers' final goal of the game on Tuesday night when he tallied on the power play at 17:51 of the third period. It marked his first goal in 4 games. His last previous game had come in the Terriers' 3-0 win over Merrimack on November 4thHe opened the season with 4 goals in the first 5 gamesHe comes into this weekend's series 51 goals and 39 assists for 90 points in 125 games. He is the closest Terrier to 100 career points on this year's roster. The next closest is senior Nick Gillis, who has 21 goals and 47 assists for 68 points in 118 games.

BUSS0LI NEARING PERSONAL BEST: Sophomore defenseman Mike Bussoli is just one point shy of tying his season total of a year ago. Through 9 games this year, Bussoli is tied for the team lead in assists with 5, while he is tied with sophomore defenseman John Cronin for 5th on the team in total points with 6. Each has 1-5-6Last year, Bussoli had 1-6-7 in 42 games.

EMERY BACK IN THE LINEUP: Senior defenseman Keith Emery returned to the Terrier lineup in Tuesday night's game against Harvard. Emery suffered a knee injury in the opening minutes of the Providence game on October 28th. The injury forced him to miss the next 5 games.

HEALTHIEST ALL SEASON: With Emery back in the lineup, the Terriers are the healthiest they have been all season. Sophomore defenseman Freddy Meyer missed the first 4 games as he was recovering from back surgery this past summer. Then, Emery sat out 4 games with his knee injury.

ALTERNATING GOALIES: In the last 4 games, Terrier head coach Jack Parker has alternated his goalies-junior Jason Tapp and freshman Sean Fields. Beginning with the UMass/Lowell game on November 10th, Fields started vs. UMass/Lowell and New Hampshire on November 17th. Tapp earned the nod vs. Northeastern on November 12th and vs. Harvard on November 21stIf that format holds true to form on this weekend's trip, Fields will start Friday night vs. Denver, and Tapp will be in goal on Saturday night vs. Colorado CollegeFields was the last goalie to start back-to-back games when he played vs. Merrimack on November 4th and vs. UMass/Lowell on November 10th.

AUSPICIOUS DEBUT FOR FIELDS: The freshman goalie made his collegiate debut vs. Merrimack on November 4th. He had 25 saves in the 3-0 win over the Warriors thus becoming the first Terrier goalie in 11 years to post a shutout in his debutFor his effort, he was named the Hockey East Co-Rookie of the Week. Since then, he had 22 saves in a 4-2 loss to UMass/Lowell on November 10th and then had 19 saves in a 2-1 setback against New Hampshire last Friday night (November 17th)He comes into this weekend with a 1-2-0 record along with a 2.02 GAA and a .920 save percentage.

ABOUT TAPP: The junior goalie's best performance this year came in a 3-1 win over Vermont on October 21st. En route to the victory, he had 28 savesHis season high in saves is 31, which came in the 4-4 overtime tie vs. Providence on October 28thHis career high in saves is 42 which came in a 3-1 win over Northeastern last February 25th.

TAPP BLANKED DENVER: Last season, the Terrier goalie posted his lone collegiate shutout vs. the Pioneers. He had 21 saves in the 4-0 win on November 26th at Brown Arena. He had 9 saves in the first period, one in the second, and 11 in the third.

TAPP VS. THE WCHA: He comes into this weekend with a 1-1-0 record vs. the WCHA along with a 3.51 GAA and an .875 save percentageIn addition to the 4-0 win he had over Denver, he lost to Minnesota-Duluth in the Silverado Shootout last December 28th. He allowed 7 goals in an 8-5 loss-the 8th goal was into an empty net. He played 59:30 and had 28 saves.

THE LAST 11 YEARS: Since the 1989-90 season, B.U. teams have amassed an impressive 294-119-35 mark for a .695 winning percentage. They have played in the NCAA Tournament in 9 of the 10 years and advanced to the Finals in seven of those years. They won the Division 1 championship game in 1995, while they played in the title game in 1991, 1994, and 1997. Below is how the Terriers have done during the past 11 years.

SERIES NOTES VS. DENVER: This weekend's game marks the 24th time since the 1959-60 season that the Terriers and Pioneers will be meeting, and the Terriers hold a slight edge, 11-10 with 2 tiesFour of the previous 23 games were played in the NCAA Tournament, and B.U. is 2-2 in those games. The Terriers' first win came in a 4-2 semifinal victory on March 18, 1971 at Syracuse's War Memorial Auditorium. Then, in the title game, B.U. skated to a 4-2 win over Minnesota to capture the NCAA Division 1 title. It was the Terriers' first of four national collegiate hockey titles. The others came in 1972, 1978, and 1995. B.U.'s other NCAA victory over Denver came on March 22, 1997 when they defeated the Pioneers, 4-3, in overtime at Worcester's Centrum Centre. Chris Drury scored the game-winning goal with 7:40 to play in the overtime. Denver's NCAA Tournament wins came in 1960, 6-4; and in 1966, 4-3This is B.U.'s first trip to play Denver since the 1989-90 season. Playing two games at the DU Arena, B.U. lost, 5-2 and 4-2 on December 29th and 30thThe Terriers were 2-8-0 in 10 meetings at the DU ArenaThe Terriers have won their last 4 meetings against the Pioneers. The stretch began with a weekend sweep of Denver on November 16-17, 1990. Playing both games at Brown Arena, B.U. rolled to 12-0 and 9-2 wins. The next victory came in the 1997 NCAA matchup in Worcester. The streak reached 4 games with last year's 4-0 victory at B.U.

RECAPPING LAST YEAR'S GAME VS PIONEERS: Below is a recap of last year's game between the Terriers and Denver.

Nov. 26, 1999 TERRIERS, 4 Denver, 0 3,622 attendance

Denver	 0 0 0 - 0
TERRIERS 2 1 1 - 4

First Period: B.U.-Cavanaugh (Heron, Dyment), 7:00 B.U.-Dyment (Degerman, Cavanaugh), ppg, 19:52

Second Period: B.U.-Hanson (Gillis, Dyment), 3:11

Third Period: B.U.-Pandolfo (Collins, Gillis), ppg, 7:36

Power Play: B.U., 2-for-8; D, 0-for-7

Penalties: B.U., 14-for-39; D, 15-for-30

Shots: B.U., 13-8-8-29; D, 9-1-11-21

Saves: Tapp (B.U.), 9-1-11-21; Wagner (D), 11-7-7-25

PARKER VS. DENVER, GWOZDECKY: Terrier head coach Jack Parker is 10-6-2 vs. the Pioneers, while he is 3-0-0 vs. Denver Coach George Gwozdecky.

SERIES NOTES VS. COLORADO COLLEGE: This weekend's game marks the 16th time since the 1949-5 season that the Terriers and Tigers will be meeting, and the Terriers hold the edge, 8-5 with 2 tiesTwo of the previous games were in the NCAA Tournament, and each team won a game. B.U. made its first NCAA Tournament appearance ever vs. Colorado College and the result was a disastrous 13-4 loss at the Broadmoor on March 18, 1950. The Terriers returned the favor on March 17, 1951 with a 7-4 win also at the BroadmoorThe Terriers are 2-3-1 vs. Colorado College in Colorado SpringsB.U. is 4-0-2 in its last 6 games vs. the Tigers. The record includes a 1-0-1 record in Colorado SpringsThe Tigers' last win over the Terriers came on December 1, 1984 when they skated to a 7-1 win at the Broadmoor. That victory wrapped up a series sweep over the Terriers, as CC won, 4-1, the night beforeThat also marked the Terriers' last trip out here to play the Tigers.

RECAPPING LAST YEAR'S GAME VS TIGERS: Below is a recap of last year's game between the Terriers and Colorado College.

Nov. 27, 1999 at TERRIERS; 5; Colorado College, 1 Attendance: 3,683

	
Colorado College  0 1 0	- 1
TERRIERS	  2 2 1	- 5

First Period: B.U.-Dyment (unassisted), ppg, 14:34 B.U.-Degerman (Heron, DiPietro), 15:02

Second Period: B.U.-Corazzini (Baker), 4:43 CC-T. Petersen (Clarke), 17:01 B.U.-Gillis (Pandolfo, Collins), 18:43

Third Period: B.U.-Dyment (Vuori, Pandolfo), ppg, 16:31

Power Play: B.U., 2-for-7; CC, 0-for-4

Penalties: B.U., 7-for-22; CC, 9-for-18

Shots: B.U., 17-10-12-39; CC, 15-12-8-35

Saves: DiPietro (B.U.), 15-11-8-34; Sager (CC), 15-8-11-34

PARKER'S 300th, 600th WINS WERE VS. COLORADO COLLEGE: Last year's Colorado College game marked a milestone for Coach Parker, as it was the 600th win of his career. Coincidentally, his 300th career victory also came against the Tigers. That win came on November 28, 1987 when the Terriers skated to a 6-1 win at Brown Arena.

PARKER VS. COLORADO COLLEGE, COACH OWENS: The Terrier coach comes into this weekend with a record of 5-2-2 vs. the TigersHis record vs. CC coach Scott Owens is 1-0-0, as their only previous meeting was last year at Brown Arena.

PARKER VS. THE WCHA: The veteran coach has an all-time record of 55-50-8 (52.2 percent winning percentage) vs. the WCHA.

PARKER CLOSING IN ON 1000: Jack Parker, who is in his 28th year as the Terriers' head coach, enters this weekend just 22 games shy of coaching his 1000th game at his alma mater. The Denver game on Friday night is game number 979, while the CC game will be number 980. He comes into this weekend's series with an all-time record of 618-301-59 for a .663 winning percentage. ). He is currently in fifth place on the all-time win list, just seven shy of Wisconsin's Jeff Sauer entering this weekend's action. Below is a list of the winningest college hockey coaches. Mason, Peters, and Sauer are still coaching, while Ceglarski has retired.

MOST WINS AT SAME DIVISION 1 PROGRAM: While Parker is fifth in total wins, he is first in Division 1 in victories at the same institution. Mason has 583 victories at Michigan State. Peters has 698 victories at Bemidji. However, they were Division 2 prior to last season. Then, last year, they formed the College Hockey America (CHA) league along with Wayne State of Detroit, Niagara, Air Force, Army, Findlay of Ohio, and Alabama-HuntsvilleSauer has 459 wins at Wisconsin.

TEAM BY CLASS: The Terriers' 26-player roster includes: Seniors (5): Forwards (3): Carl Corazzini, Nick Gillis, Scott Perry Defense (2): Keith Emery, Colin Sheen Goalie (0) Juniors (57: Forwards (4): Jack Baker, Dan Cavanaugh, Mike DiMella, Mike Pandolfo Defense (2): Pat Aufiero, Pat Dyment Goalie (1): Jason Tapp Sophomores (7): Forwards (3): Brian Collins, Ryan Priem, John Sabo Defense (3): Mike Bussoli, John Cronin, Freddy Meyer Goalie (1): Andy Warren Freshmen (7): Forwards (5): Steve Greeley, Gregg Johnson, Kenny Magowan, Mark Mullen, Frantisek Skladany Defense (1): Kevin Bjelajac Goalie (1): Sean Fields