Terrier Hockey Team Opens Series vs. Merrimack
November 3, 2000 | Men's Ice Hockey
BOSTON UNIVERSITY at Merrimack College November 3, 2000 * 7 pm * Volpe Complex * North Andover, MA
TAPP TO START IN NET: Senior Jason Tapp (Kelowna, BC) will start in net tonight for the Terriers. He has played every minute of each of the Terriers' first four games this year. Prior to this season, only once in his collegiate career had he started as many as two straight games, and that came last year against Ferris State (12/27) and Minnesota-Duluth (12/27) in the Silverado Shootout....As a freshman, he appeared in just six games as he backed up Michel Larocque in net. Then, last year, he played in 15 games as he alternated in goal with Rick DiPietro through the first half of the season. In the second half of the year, DiPietro saw most of the action.
TAPP VS. THE WARRIORS: This will be Tapp's third career appearance against Merrimack, and he is 1-1-0 with an .864 save percentage and a 3.04 GAA. As a freshman, he lost to them 4-2 on January 10, 1999. He had 20 saves and played 58:23. Then, last year, he had 18 saves in a 4-2 win on November 6, 1999 at Walter Brown Arena.
TAPP VS. HOCKEY EAST: Tapp came into this season with a two-year record in league play is 5-2-1 with a 3.02 GAA and an .892 save percentage. Two years ago, he appeared in just three Hockey East games and was 0-1-0 with a 4.36 GAA and an .828 save percentage. His only decision was 4-2 loss to Merrimack on January 10, 1999...Last year, he appeared in seven league games and was 5-1-1 with a 2.81 GAA and a .902 save percentage...This year, he is 0-0-1 as he had 28 saves in last Saturday night's 4-4 overtime tie against Providence...Thus, coming into tonight's game, his overall record in Hockey East is 5-2-2 with a 3.12 GAA and an .890 save percentage.
EMERY OUT INDEFINITELY: Senior defenseman Keith Emery (Belmont, MA) suffered a sprained left knee in the opening minute of last Saturday night's 4-4 overtime tie against Providence.
MULLEN, PRIEM IN; GREELEY OUT: Other lineup changes tonight include freshman Mark Mullen (Dorchester) and sophomore Ryan Priem (Minnetonka, MN) in the lineup, while freshman Steve Greeley (Scituate) will not dress. Mullen, who played against Vermont but did not dress for the RPI or Providence games, will play right wing on the fourth line along with senior center Scott Perry (Dorchester) and freshman left wing Kenny Magowan (Kelowna, BC). Mullen takes Greeley's place on that line. Priem, who alternated between forward and defense last year, will take Emery's spot on defense. Priem played in the season opener against RPI, but did not dress against Vermont or Providence.
CHANGES ON DEFENSE: With Emery out of the lineup, the Terriers have made two changes in their defensive pairings for tonight. Junior Chris Dyment (Reading), who skated with senior Colin Sheen (Hopkinton, NH) the first three games, will skate with junior Pat Aufiero (Winchester), while Sheen will be paired with Priem. Sophomores Mike Bussoli (Calgary, ALTA) and John Cronin (Duxbury) will remain together tonight for the fourth straight game.
MEYER COULD BE BACK TOMORROW NIGHT: Sophomore defenseman Freddy Meyer (Sanbornville, NH) could play his first game of the season tomorrow night. Meyer has missed the Terriers' first three games this year as he is recovering from back surgery performed this past summer. Last season, Meyer joined the Terrier team in December from the U.S. National Program in Ann Arbor, MI. He played in the team's final 25 games, scored a goal and added 11 assists. He was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.
CORAZZINI NAMED TO HONOR ROLL: Senior captain Carl Corazzini (Framingham) was named to the Hockey East Honor Roll this week. He was honored for scoring a shorthanded goal and adding an assist on junior Jack Baker's (South Boston) power play goal in last Saturday night's 4-4 overtime tie at Providence.
COLLINS AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS: Sophomore wing Brian Collins (Shrewsbury) comes into this weekend's action tied for first in Hockey East in points per game with 2.00. In the first three games, he has 2-4--6. BC's Krys Kolanos, with 12 points in six games and Providence College's Devin Rask, with eight points in four games, also have 2.00 ppg entering this weekend...A year ago, Collins was the Terriers' top-scoring freshman with 13-11--24 in 42 games and was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team...However, he is ahead of last year's pace when he scored his sixth point in his eighth game.
BAKER ONLY OTHER POINT A GAMER: In addition to Collins, the other Terrier with a point a game this year is Jack Baker. He had an assist in the season opener against RPI, scored the game-winner in the 3-1 win over Vermont, and had a goal against Providence. In his three games, he has 2-1--3.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIKE: Terrier sophomore defenseman Mike Bussoli will turn 22 on Monday.
TWO VS. NINE: In the pre-season poll of the nine Hockey East coaches, the Terriers were picked to finish second, while the Warriors were ninth. A year ago, B.U., which was picked to finish fifth in the pre-season poll, posted a 15-3-6 record as it won its sixth regular-season title in the past seven years.
1. Boston College (3) 72 2. BOSTON UNIVERSITY (2) 69 3. Maine (3) 68 4. New Hampshire (1) 60 5. Northeastern 38 6. Providence 37 7. UMass/Amherst 26 8. UMass/Lowell 20 9. Merrimack 15
TERRIERS IN THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL POLLS: The Terriers have slipped one spot in one poll and remained the same in the other poll as a result of their tie against Providence last Saturday. In the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine rankings, the Terriers remained in 11th place for the second straight week. They finished with 97 points, 29 better than 12th place University of Nebraska-Omaha and 14 points behind St. Cloud, which is 10th this week...In the U.S. College Hockey Online poll, the Terriers, who were ninth last week, slipped a spot to 10th. They finished with 192 points, 73 points behind ninth-place Maine and 17 points better than 11th place St. Cloud...In both cases, Michigan is number one but by the slimmest of margins. In the USA Today poll, they are one point better than Wisconsin, while there are just three points separating them in the USCHOL poll...You want to know how tough a league Hockey East is? There are four top-10 teams in this week's USHOL poll--New Hampshire, third; BC, fourth; Maine, ninth; and the Terriers, 10th. In the USA Today, BC is third, UNH is fourth, Maine is ninth, and the Terriers are 11th.
SERIES NOTES: The Terriers and Warriors have met 58 times, and B.U. has won 48 of the games, while Merrimack had seven victories, and there were three ties...B.U's record at the Volpe Complex is 19-3-2...Last year, B.U. was 1-0-1 here...The Warriors' last victory over the Terriers here was on Januay 10, 1999 when they skated to a 4-2 victory...The first six meetings between these two teams were held at Boston Arena. The first on-campus game was played at Brown Arena on January 4, 1972, and the Terriers skated off with a 13-1 win.
RECAPPING LAST YEAR'S GAMES: Below is a recap of last year's three games between the Terriers and Warriors.
11/5 TERRIERS, 5; at Merrimack, 2 2192 4-3-0; 2-0-0
TERRIERS 2 3 0 -- 5
Merrimack 0 1 1 -- 2
First Period: B.U.--Dyment (Heron, Cavanaugh), 10:12;
B.U.--Baker (Corazzini, Sabo), ppg, 14:22
Second Period: MC--Aquino (G. Classen, Parillo), 0:23;
B.U.--Heron (Degerman, Bussoli), 0:57;
B.U.--Degerman (Vuori, Cavanaugh), ppg, 9:49;
B.U.--Corazzini (unassisted), shg, 12:26
Third Period: MC--Clevenger (Kiley, Cohen), ppg, 16:13
Power Play: B.U., 2-of-4; MC, 1-of-6
Penalties: B.U., 14-for-28; MC, 12-for-24
Shots; B.U., 12-10-9--31; MC, 9-11-11--31
Saves: DiPietro (B.U.), 9-10-10--29;
Welby (MC), 10-5-x--15; Wolfe (MC), x-2-9--11
11/6 at TERRIERS, 4; Merrimack, 2 3492 5-3-0; 3-0-0
Merrimack 0 0 2 -- 2
TERRIERS 1 2 1 -- 4
First Period: B.U.--Collins (Sabo, Corazzini), ppg. 19:18
Second Period: B.U.--Pandolfo (Cavanaugh, Hanson), 4:29;
B.U.--Aufiero (Perry, Pandolfo), 9:10
Third Period: B.U.--Heron (Perry, Aufiero), 1:51;
MC--Cohen (Smith), 14:50;
MC--Aquino (Halecki, G. Classen), 17:44
Power Play: B.U., 1-for-6; MC, 0-for-9
Penalties: B.U., 23-for-78; MC, 16-for-56
Shots: B.U., 8-18-11--37; MC, 3-6-11--20
Saves: Tapp (B.U.), 3-6-9--18;
C. Classen (MC), 7-16-5--28; Wolfe (MC), x-x-5--5
3/3 at TERRIERS, 3; at Merrimack, 3 (OT, tie) 2523 22-7-7; 15-2-6
TERRIERS 1 1 1 0 -- 3
Merrimack 2 1 0 0 -- 3
First Period: MC--Parillo (Moon), 4:34;
B.U.--Pandolfo (Aufiero, Meyer), ppg, 15:32;
MC--Aquino (G. Classen, Rodrigues), 19:01
Second Period: MC--Aquino (G. Classen, White), ppg, 3:52;
B.U.--Cavanaugh (Heron, Degerman), ppg, 19:52
Third Period: B.U.--Cavanaugh (Degerman, Heron), 16:57
Power Play: B.U., 2-for-7; MC, 1-for-5
Penalties: B.U., 5-for-10; MC, 7-for-14
Shots: B.U., 10-7-15-3--35; MC, 10-11-8-5--34
Saves: DiPietro (B.U.), 8-10-8-5--31;
C. Classen (MC), 9-6-14-3--32 THE LAST 11 YEARS: Since the 1989-90 season, B.U. teams have amassed an impressive 293-114-35 mark for a .702 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.
Year Record .Pct NCAA Tournament 1989-90 25-17-2 .591 Lost to Colgate in semis, 3-2 1990-91 28-11-2 .707 Lost to No. Mich. in title game, 8-7 (3 OTs) 1991-92 22-9-4 .686 Lost to Mich. St. in Regional, 4-2 1992-93 29-9-2 .750 Lost to Lake State in semis, 6-1 1993-94 34-7-0 .829 Lost to Lake State in title games, 9-1 1994-95 31-6-3 .813 Won NCAA title vs. Maine, 6-2 1995-96 30-7-3 .788 Lost to Michigan in semis, 4-0 1996-97 26-9-6 .707 Lost to North Dakota in title game, 6-4 1997-98 28-8-2 .763 Lost to UNH in East Region, 4-3 (OT) 1998-99 14-20-3 .418 Did not qualify 1999-2000 25-10-7 .679 Lost to St. Lawrence in East Region, 3-2 (4 OTs) 2000-01 1-1-1 .500
PARKER CLOSING IN ON 1000: Jack Parker, who is in his 28th year as the Terriers' head coach, is just 28 games shy of coaching his 1000th game at his alma mater. Tonight's Merrimack game is number 973 in his illustrious career, and he will bring a 617-296-59 mark into the game (.665 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. Sauer, whose Badgers are playing at Minnesota this weekend, has 624 wins. Below is a list of the winningest college hockey coaches. Mason, Peters, and Sauer are still coaching, while Ceglarski has retired.
Coach School Years Wins Ron Mason Lake State, Bowling Green, Mich. State 66-SA 868 Bob Peters North Dakota Bemidji State 64-SA 742 Len Ceglarski Clarkson, Boston College 58-92 674 Jeff Sauer CC, Wisconsin 71-SA 624 Jack Parker Boston University 73-SA 617
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 579 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-Huntsville...Sauer has 458 wins at Wisconsin.
PARKER VS. MERRIMACK, HOCKEY EAST: The veteran coach has an all-time record of 41-6-3 (.850 winning percentage) against the Warriors...Including last week's 4-4 overtime tie against Providence, his overall record vs. Hockey East teams is 345-158-41 (.672) against Hockey East teams.
PARKER VS. CERINO: Parker is 3-1-2 vs. Merrimack coach Chris Cerino... The most wins he has against any coach is former BC coach Len Ceglarski. Over the years, Parker had a 31-28-5 record against Ceglarski-coached teams. His next greatest success came against former Merrimack coach Ron Anderson, as he had 29 wins vs. the Warriors. Former Northeastern coach Fernie Flaman (28), Maine coach Shawn Walsh (26, including two by forfeit), and Northeastern coach Bruce Crowder (25) round out the top five.
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
DAYS OF THE WEEK: Below is how the Terriers have fared on the different days of the week this year. The first record is overall, while the second is in Hockey East play
Friday: 0-0-0 0-0-0 Saturday: 1-1-1 0-0-1 Sunday: 0-0-0 0-0-0 Monday: 0-0-0 0-0-0 Tuesday: 0-0-0 0-0-0
RECORD BY MONTH: Below is how the Terriers have fared during each month. The first record is overall, while the second is in Hockey East play.
October 1-1-1 0-0-1 November: 0-0-0 0-0-0 December 0-0-0 0-0-0 January 0-0-0 0-0-0 February 0-0-0 0-0-0 March 0-0-0 0-0-0 April 0-0-0 0-0-0
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
When scoring first: 1-0-0 When ahead after the first period: 1-0-0 When trailing after the first period: 0-1-1 When tied after the first period: 0-0-0 When ahead after the second period: 1-0-0 When trailing after the second period: 0-1-0 When tied after the second period: 0-0-1 Record in overtime games: 0-0-1
