Monday, October 24, 2011

From the Freep: Party like it's 1099: Crusaders win, shock Terriers

By Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff

When a team has an entire week to prepare for one game, it would seem that the team should come out well-prepared and ready to play.

That was not the case on Saturday night, when the No. 7/8 Boston University men’s hockey team fell to College of the Holy Cross 5-4 at Agganis Arena.

The Terriers (2-2, 1-1 Hockey East) were a mess from puck-drop on, and BU head coach Jack Parker was scrambling to find any players on his team that had a good night.

“I thought that [sophomore forward] Matt Nieto had a good night,” Parker said. “I thought that [freshman forward Evan] Rodrigues played really well. I thought that was his best game. I thought [senior forward] Corey Trivino played well again tonight.

“Other than that, we didn’t have a forward that played well or played hard enough or played smart enough. And we’d be hard-pressed to find a defenseman that gave us what they were supposed to give us. I guess you could say that I thought that [sophomore defenseman Patrick] MacGregor gave us a pretty good night.”

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