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Burn the Boats: Road Trip Anyone? A look toward next year’s schedule

Burn the Boats: Road Trip Anyone? A look toward next year’s schedule

Matt Dresens April 26, 2018
Outside of the normal Hockey East opponents and the Beanpot Tournament, the Boston University men's hockey team will have a unique out-of-conference schedule in 2019 with two potential “road” trips that have already been circled on my calendar.
Burn the Boats: Despite the rain, Marathon Monday is still Boston’s day

Burn the Boats: Despite the rain, Marathon Monday is still Boston’s day

Matt Dresens April 17, 2018
The marathon and the baseball game remain two highlights for the city, obviously, but there really is something for everyone on Marathon Monday. There is a certain electricity around the city no matter where you are or what you're doing. It truly is Boston’s day.
Burn the Boats: Last team in, last team standing, still not Cinderella

Burn the Boats: Last team in, last team standing, still not Cinderella

Matt Dresens April 8, 2018
The University of Minnesota Duluth joins Yale University (2013) and Providence College (2015) at the ball, holding the title of Last Team in last team standing, but let’s not call this a Cinderella story.
Burn the Boats: Great Western freeze out

Burn the Boats: Great Western freeze out

Matt Dresens April 2, 2018
It's been a week since the Boston University men’s hockey team met the swift ax of elimination from the NCAA Tournament, but college hockey isn’t over.
Burn the Boats: Great expectations eventually met for BU men’s hockey

Burn the Boats: Great expectations eventually met for BU men’s hockey

Matt Dresens March 27, 2018
BU’s unexpected late run to the Hockey East championship and NCAA Tournament injected some much-needed enthusiasm into the program.
Burn the Boats: The good, the meh, the ugly — BU’s long history of tournament play in Worcester

Burn the Boats: The good, the meh, the ugly — BU’s long history of tournament play in Worcester

Matt Dresens March 21, 2018
It was determined Sunday afternoon at the NCAA hockey bracket selection show that the No. 13 Boston University men’s hockey team will be back in Worcester for the NCAA Northeast Regional for the first time since 2006.
Burn the Boats: Non-conference struggles sinking the East

Burn the Boats: Non-conference struggles sinking the East

Matt Dresens February 20, 2018
Entering the final weekend of Hockey East competition, Boston College is sitting pretty with a two-point advantage over second place Providence College, but inside Hockey East is about the only place BC is comfortable. It’s also why the league only has two teams inside the top 16 of the PairWise ranking.
Burn the Boats: Huskies finally get their beans

Burn the Boats: Huskies finally get their beans

Matt Dresens February 14, 2018

Congratulations Northeastern. You did it. You won the Beanpot, a tournament that is held every year between the same four schools, and it took you 30 years to win one. Do you know how much has...

Burn the Boats: Why BU must win the Beanpot

Burn the Boats: Why BU must win the Beanpot

Matt Dresens February 7, 2018

With all due respect to Northeastern University in next Monday’s Beanpot championship game, the Boston University men’s hockey team must win the game. But why might you ask? Well, for the simple...

Burn the Boats: Go West, Young Man with college hockey expansion

Burn the Boats: Go West, Young Man with college hockey expansion

Matt Dresens February 1, 2018

It’s happening at a snail’s pace right now, but the groundwork is being laid for a potential explosion that will send shockwaves through the college hockey landscape and will dwarf what took place...

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