Notable Notes

A Few Quick Points Going Into a Big Weekend

• Despite the stumble last weekend against PC, the Terriers are 10-4 in 2010.  They have battled all the way back from the depths of an atrocious first half to put themselves in position to play a postseason series at home, essentially on equal footing with the likes of UNH and BC.  However, the work is not done yet, as BU leads the ninth place Catamounts by a paper-thin margin of just 3 points.

• BU is 13-7-4 all-time at Gutterson Field House.  Can I make a motion to name that arena after somebody really, really fat?  Who is a famous fat person from Vermont?  "The Gut" just clearly needs to be nicknamed the Vermont equivalent of "The Rex Ryan," whatever that may be.

• Brayden Irwin has 12 goals and 16 assists to lead the Catamounts in offense.  Their second best scorer no longer plays for them.  As we discussed at length here, Justin Milo was dismissed from the team thanks to an apparent lack of focus.  Milo happens to be a prospect in the New York Yankees baseball system.  I wouldn't be focused on much either if I were bound for pinstripes.

• Rob Madore will most likely be the Catamount between the pipes this weekend.  He's put together a decent season, with a 2.74 GAA and a .906 save percentage en route to a 9-9-6 record.  

• These two teams have got together a grand total of 59 times, with 12 of those meetings going to overtime.  BU has never dropped an OT decision to Vermont, going 7-0-5 in games that can't be settled in regulation against the Cats.  In their one meeting so far this season, the two teams tied.

• BU is now a full two games removed from Corey Trivino's season ending leg injury.  They spent the weekend against Providence shuffling their lines around to find the right combinations, and hopefully they have.  Whether or not there is natural chemistry on these lines, the Terriers need to dig deep and make some magic.  These guys don't need to take each other out to dinner, they just need to get along well enough to create some offense.