BOSTON UNIVERSITY GENERAL BEANPOT HOCKEY NOTES (These notes pertain just to this year's Terrier hockey team. There is a separate set of notes regarding the Terriers' record against BC in the Beanpot.)
UNDEFEATED IN THE MILLENNIUM: With their 5-3 win over UMass/Lowell last Friday night, the Terriers remained undefeated in this millennium. Dating back to the January 8th tie against BC, B.U. has posted a 7-0-4 record in 2000. This includes a 4-0-2 record at home, a 3-0-2 on the road.Statistically, Chris Heron and Tommi Degerman are leading the Terriers during the millennium, as each has 13 points. Heron leads the team with 8 goals in the 11 games, while Degerman shares the team lead in assists with 8 to go along with his 5 goals. Pat Aufiero also has 8 assists.The only other player in double figures during the past 11 games is Jack Baker, who has 5-611 .Rick DiPietro has compiled a 6-0-3 record this millennium with a .923 save percentage and a 2.05 GAA. Jason Tapp is 1-0-1 with a .935 save percentage and an 1.92 GAA.B.U. has outscored its opponents in the 10 games, 39-23.
DEGERMAN, HERON REACH 100-POINT MARK: Two of the highlights of Friday night's win over the River Hawks included Tommi Degerman and Chris Heron reaching the 100-point mark for their careers. Degerman, who had a goal and two assists in the win, brought his career total to 44 goals and 58 assists for 102 points in 109 games. In the meantime, Heron, who had two goals and an assist on Friday, now has 45 goals and 55 assists for 100 points in 139 games.
CORAZZINI SET GOAL-SCORING HIGH: Junior Carl Corazzini scored his team leading 16th goal of the season on Friday night. The goal total also marks a personal single-season high. His best previous total was 15 in 37 games last year. He also has a personal-best 13 assists this year to give him 29 points in 30 games. A year ago, he had 15-924.He has been on an offensive tear lately with at least one point in 12 of the Terriers' last 15 games. During this stretch, he has 12 goals and 5 assists for 17 points.He got off to a slow start this year with 0-33 in the team's first 5 games. Since then, he has 16-1026 in 25 games. During this 25-game stretch, he has at least one point in 20 games.He scored his second collegiate hat trick in the 4-3 loss to Ferris State, while he had a two-goal game in the Terriers' 5-4 win over Maine on January 15th.
DiPIETRO BACK IN NET TONIGHT: After watching Friday night's game from the bench, Rick DiPietro returns to action in the Terrier net tonight.It was only the second time in the Terriers' last 11 games that he did not play. Since the January 8th game against BC, DiPietro has missed just the Yale and UMass/Lowell games. In each case, Jason Tapp has been the goalie of record. Against Yale, he had 22 saves in a 1-1 overtime tie, while, on Friday night, he had a career-high 36 saves en route to the 5-3 win.
DiPIETRO UNDEFEATED IN 2000: DiPietro has had 9 starts since January 8th and has a 6-0-3 record. Here are his game-by-game stats for each of the 9 games.
Date Opponent Gls Svs Sv% MP GAA W-L-T
1/8 BC 4 36 .900 65 3.69 0-0-1
1/9 BC 1 19 .950 60 1.00 1-0-1
1/15 Maine 4 25 .862 60 4.00 2-0-1
1/16 Maine 3 27 .900 65 2.77 2-0-2
1/21 Lowell 0 29 1.000 60 0.00 3-0-2
1/28 UNH 3 26 .897 65 2.77 3-0-3
1/29 UNH 2 21 .913 60 2.00 4-0-3
2/4 UMA 2 21 .913 60 2.00 5-0-3
2/7 Harvard 0 21 1.000 60 0.00 6-0-3
Totals 19 227 .923 125 2.05 6-0-3
OTHERS WHO ARE HOT IN THE MILLENNIUM: The following Terriers have helped spearhead the attack in the past 11 games.
GP Goals Assists Points
Chris Heron 11 8 5 13
Tommi Degerman 11 5 8 13
Jack Baker 11 5 6 11
Carl Corazzini 11 6 3 9
Chris Dyment 11 1 7 8
Pat Aufiero 11 0 8 8
John Sabo 11 3 3 6
Dan Cavanaugh 11 2 4 6
Brian Collins 11 4 1 5
Nick Gillis 11 2 3 5
Freddy Meyer 11 1 4 5
Mike Pandolfo 11 0 5 5
TERRIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS: The Terriers were ranked third in all the major polls last week, their highest ranking of the season. While this week's polls were not released as of the time these notes were prepared, the Terriers could find themselves ranked second this week. The reason is that New Hampshire, which was ranked second last week, lost both their games over the weekend. On Friday night, the Wildcats bowed to Northeastern, 6-2, while they lost to Providence, 4-3, on Saturday night. Last week, in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll, the Terriers finished with 194 points, just 15 points shy of New Hampshire.The U.S. College Hockey Online poll ad the Terriers with 316 points, 26 points behind UNH.Finally, the WMPL poll had B.U. with 121 points, just 6 shy of UNH.In all three polls, Wisconsin was number one.
THREE UNDEFEATED MONTHS THIS SEASON: The Terriers are currently in the midst of their third undefeated month of the season. Below is how the Terriers have fared each month thus far.
October (3-3-0) November (6-0-2)
For Against For Against
Goals 22 21 33 18
Shots 189 129 221 230
PPGs 4/38 7/36 14/49 5/59
PP% 10.5 19.4 28.6 8.57
December (2-3-0) January (4-0-4)
For Against For Against
Goals 16 20 27 15
Shots 93 143 209 223
PPGs 1/23 5/22 8/37 6/41
PPG% 0.04 22.7 21.6 14.6
February (3-0-0)
For Against
Goals 12 5
Shots 90 85
PPGs 6/24 0/16
PPG% .250 .000
HAVE SURPASSED LAST YEAR'S TOTAL: With the Terriers' 4-2 win over New Hampshire on January 29th, they have surpassed last year's entire season win total. A year ago, in 37 games, B.U. had 14 wins, while this year, they have 16 wins through 28 games.
THREE SHUTOUTS FOR TERRIERS THIS SEASON: The Terriers have blanked three opponents this year4-0 over Denver on November 26th, 5-0 over UMass/Lowell on January 21st, and 4-0 over Harvard in the Beanpot opener last Monday night. The last time B.U. has had three or more shutouts in a season was 1997-98 when they blanked RPI, 6-0; Maine, 6-0; Clarkson, 4-0; and Providence, 1-0.
TERRIERS ON THE ROAD: The Terriers are 8-6-3 on the road this year. They are 4-1-3 vs. Hockey East teams on the road and 4-5-0 against non-conference foes.The statistical leaders are senior Tommi Degerman and junior Carl Corazzini. Degerman leads the team in both assists (12) and points (20), while Corazzini leads the way in goals (10) and is second in points (18). Other Terriers in double figures are junior sophomore defenseman Chris Dyment, 5-1116; senior left wing Chris Heron, 8-715; sophomore left wing Jack Baker, 6-814; and sophomore center Dan Cavanaugh, 2-1012.In the net, DiPietro has a 7-2-3 record along with a 2.29 GAA and a .917 save percentage, while sophomore Jason Tapp (Kelowna, BC) has a 1-4-0 record with a 4.67 GAA and an .803 save percentage.As a team, the Terriers have outscored their hosts, 62-53, and converted on 19-of-98 power-play chances (19.4 percent). By contrast, the 17 opponents have converted on 13-of-88 man-advantage situations for a 14.8 percent efficiency.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES: At this point last season, the Terriers were 11-16-3 overall and 6-11-3 in Hockey East action. They went on to finish with a 14-20-3 overall record and an 8-13-3 mark in the league. The problem was not on offense as the team had scored 95 goals through its first 30 games of the year. There was a concern on defense, though, as the 30 opponents had scored 108 goals. This season, the team has scored 15 more goals, 110, than a year ago at this time, while the defense has allowed 26 less goals, 82.
NOT THE SHOTS THAT COUNT: The Terriers have outshot their opponents in 14-of-30 games this year, and they are 9-4-1 in those games. The four times they have outshot their opponent and lost was vs. RPI on October 15th, Vermont on October 23rd, Ferris State on December 27th, and Minnesota-Duluth on December 28th. B.U. outshot the Engineers, 33-21, but lost, 3-2, while they had a marked advantage vs. the Catamounts, 44-20, but lost, 7-4. Finally, against Ferris State, the Terriers held a 34-26 edge but lost 4-3, and against UMD, B.U. held a slight advantage, 37-36, but lost, 8-5.By contrast, the Terriers have been outshot 14 times and are 7-2-5 in those games. Twice, this year, the Terriers and their opponents have had equal number of shots, and the Terriers are 2-0-0.
SOPHOMORES MAKING THEIR MARKS: This year's sophomore class is already on its way to enjoying more success than it did last year. Below is a comparison.
Through 27 games Last Year
Pat Aufiero 2-15--17 (28 gp) 3-4--7 (22 gp)
Jack Baker 8-15--23 (29 gp) 6-7--13 (31 gp)
Dan Cavanaugh 6-20--26 (28 gp) 6-8--14 (36 gp)
Chris Dyment 9-15--24 (30 gp) 1-5--6 (25 gp)
Mike Pandolfo 8-9--17 (30 gp) 13-4--17 (34 gp)
OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMEN: The Terriers' nine defensemen this year have combined to score 18 goals and add 54 assists for 72 points in 30 games or an average of 2.40 ppg. Last year, in 37 games, the seven defensemen had 10 goals and 52 assists for 62 points, or an average of 1.7 ppg. The leading goal scorer among the defensemen this year is Chris Dyment, who is fifth on the team with 9. John Cronin, who missed eight games with a broken left thumb, remains second among the defensemen in goals scored with three. Last year, Pat Aufiero and Juha Vuori led the defensemen with 3 goals each. Aufiero, who missed the first half of last season with a broken wrist, played in 22 games, while Vuori, who alternated between forward and defense a year ago, played 29 games on the blue line. This year, in 28 games, Aufiero has 2-15-17, while Vuori, who has played in 14-of-30 games, has 0-3--3.
SHEEN REMAINS SIDELINED: Junior defenseman Colin Sheen (Hopkinton, NH) remains sidelined by a broken left wrist he sustained in the second period of the New Hampshire game on November 19th. Surgery was performed three days later. It is not certain how much longer he will be sidelined.
TEAM BY CLASS: The Terriers' 25-player roster includes
Seniors (5): Forwards (4): Tommi Degerman, Bobby Hanson, Chris Heron, Greg
Quebec
Defense (1): Juha Vuori
Juniors (5): Forwards (3): Carl Corazzini, Nick Gillis, Scott Perry
Defense (2): Keith Emery, Colin Sheen
Sophomores (7): Forwards (4): Jack Baker, Dan Cavanaugh, Mike DiMella, Mike
Pandolfo
Defense (2): Pat Aufiero, Chris Dyment
Goalie (1): Jason Tapp
Freshmen (8): Forwards (3): Brian Collins, Ryan Priem, John Sabo
Defense (3): Mike Bussoli, John Cronin, Freddy Meyer
Goalie (2): Ricky DiPietro, Andy Warren
TEAM LEADERS: Senior left wing Tommi Degerman is the team captain, while senior center Chris Heron and junior right wing Carl Corazzini are the assistant captains. Corazzini is the first underclassman to serve in one of the captain's roles since Chris Drury was an assistant captain as a junior during the 1996-97 season. The following year, in 1997-98, en route to being voted the Hobey Baker winner as college hockey's premier player, Drury was the team's co-captain along with Chris Kelleher.
EFFECTIVE KILLING PENALTIES: All season, the Terriers have done an outstanding job killing penalties. In fact, in 15 of the 30 games to date, the Terriers have not allowed a power-play goal. What's more, in the last 20 games, 12 of the opponents have been 0-for-the-game. The group includes New Hampshire (0-for-8), Denver (0-for-7), Colorado College (0-for-4), UMass (0-for-4) on December 3rd, Ferris State (0-for-3), BC (0-for-6) on January 9th, UMass-Lowell (0-for-4) on January 21st, and Yale (0-for-2) on January 23rd, New Hampshire (0-for3) on January 28th, and UMass/Amherst (0-for-7) on February 4th, Harvard (0-for-5) in the Beanpot opener last Monday night, and UMass/Lowell (0-for-4) last Friday night.The most power play goals allowed by the Terriers this year is 3 by Maine (3-for-8) on January 15th and Minnesota-Duluth (3-for-7) on December 28th.In the last 8 games, opponents are just 2-for-37 (.05 percent) on the power play.
AN IMPROVIING POWER PLAY: In the last 7 games, the Terriers have shown a marked improvement on their power play as they are 12-of-42 (28.6 percent). They were a season-best 4-of-7 vs. UMass/Lowell, 1-for-4 vs. Yale, 0-for-3 vs. New Hampshire in the first game of the home-and-home series and then 1-of-4 in the second game. They followed that with 2-for-8 vs. UMass/Amherst, 2-for-7 vs. Harvard in the Beanpot opener, and 2-for-9 vs. UMass/Lowell on Friday night.Prior to this last seven-game stretch, B.U. had gone through a nine-game span during which it was 3-for-42 (.07 percent) on the power play
FRESHMEN MAKING MARK ON OFFENSE: Six of the seven freshmen skaters have scored at least one goal this year. The most recent freshman to join the goal-scoring fold is Freddy Meyer, who notched his first collegiate goal in the 3-2 win over UMass/Amherst on February 4th. In addition, it proved to be the game-winner.The top goal scorer among the freshmen is Brian Collins, who is fourth on the team with 10. The only freshman without a goal is Ryan Priem, who has played in 17-of-30 games. As a group, the freshmen have accounted for 20 of the team's 110 goals or 18.2 percent of the offense.
TERRIERS IN HOCKEY EAST STATISTICS: The following Terriers are listed among the Hockey East leaders. These statistics are through games of February 13th. Dan Cavanaugh: 15th in scoring in all games (6-2026) and tied for10th in scoring in league games only (3-1619).
Brian Collins: Tied for 18th in scoring in league games only (6-612)
Carl Corazzini: Tied for 13th in scoring in all games (16-1329) and tied for 12th in league games only (10-717).
Tommi Degerman: Tied for 5th in scoring in all games (14-1933) and tied for 3rd in league games only (11-1122).
Rick DiPietro: In all games4th in saves (489), 3rd in save percentage (.917), tied for 2nd in shutouts (2), 3rd in GAA (2.28).In league games only4th in GAA (2.51), 5th in saves (369), and 5th in save percentage (.911)
Chris Dyment: Tied for 17th in scoring in all games (9-1524) and tied for 18th in league games only (4-812)
Chris Heron: Tied for 8th in scoring in all games (14-1731) and tied for 6th in scoring in league games only (10-1121).
TEAM STATISTICS IN HOCKEY EAST: Below is how the team ranks in key statistics both in overall games and in league games only.
Overall Games League Games
Goals Per Game: Second, 3.67 Second, 3.72
Goals Allowed Per Game: Third, 2.73 Second, 2.67
Power Play: Third, 33-of-171, .193 Third, 19-of-100, .190
Penalty Killing: Fourth, 141-of-164, .860 Fourth, 91-of-104, .875
79th YEAR OF COMPETITION: This is the 79th year of intercollegiate play for the Terrier hockey team. Including this year's 18-6-6 start, the Terriers have compiled a record of 1162-658-88 for a .632 winning percentage.
DECADE OF THE TERRIERS: Since the 1989-90 season, B.U. teams have amassed an impressive 285-109-33 mark for a .706 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 decade.
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 16-6-6 .679
A MILESTONE FOR PARKER: Terrier head coach Jack Parker, who marked the 600th win of his illustrious coaching career in the Terriers' 5-1 win over Colorado College on November 27th, is in his 27th season as the head coach at his alma mater. He comes into tonight's game with a lifetime record of 609-291-57 for a .666 winning percentage.Jeff Sauer, whose top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers won two games last week, also has 609 career wins, tying him with Parker for fourth place on the all-time win list. Below are the coaches in terms of wins. Mason and Peters are still coaching, while Ceglarski has retired.
Coach School Years Wins
Ron Mason Lake State, Bowling Green, Mich. St. 66-SA 857
Bob Peters North Dakota Bemidji State 64-SA 738
Len Ceglarski Clarkson, Boston College 58-92 674
Jack Parker Boston University 73-SA 607
Jeff Sauer, CC, Wisconsin, 71-SA, 607
MOST WINS AT SAME DIVISION 1 PROGRAM: While Parker is tied for fourth place in total wins, he is first in Division 1 in victories at the same institution. Mason has 568 victories at Michigan State. Peters has 696 victories at Bemidji. However, they have been Division 2 prior to this season. This is their first year with a full Division 1 schedule, and they are 10-15-1. Bemidji is one of the seven teams in the newly-formed College Hockey America (CHA) league. The other members are Wayne State of Detroit, Niagara, Air Force, Army, Findlay of Ohio, and Alabama-Huntsville.Sauer has 443 wins at Wisconsin.
DAYS OF THE WEEK: Below is how the Terriers have fared on the different days of the week this year.
Friday: 7-2-2
Saturday: 7-2-2
Sunday: 2-0-2
Monday: 1-1-0
Tuesday 1-1-0
RECORD BY MONTH: Below is how the Terriers have fared during the months of October, November, and December this year.
October 3-3-0
November 6-0-2
December 2-3-0
January 4-0-4
February 3-0-0
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS:
When scoring first: 13-3-3
When ahead after first period: 10-2-4
When trailing after first period: 4-3-1
When tied after first period: 4-1-1
When ahead after second period: 13-0-3
When trailing after second period: 3-2-2
When tied after second period: 2-4-1
Record in overtime games: 1-0-6
