By Tim Healey/DFP Staff

Four games into the young 2011-12 season, there’s one clear trend about the No. 7/8 Boston University men’s hockey team: It is consistently inconsistent.

There are the bad Terriers (2-2, 1-1 Hockey East) that got roughed up by lowly Providence College one night, and the good Terriers that scored five goals against No. 3 University of Denver the next.

There is the team that comes into games quick, ready and fired up, and the team that looks like it is waiting for the win to come without effort. There is the version that plays selfless, defense-first hockey, and the version that tries to make pretty plays too often.

And when goaltender Matt Ginn pumped his fist and his College of the Holy Cross teammates mobbed each other as the final buzzer went off Saturday night, it was clear which BU team showed up in the 5-4 loss.

Especially to BU coach Jack Parker.

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