Parker Rightfully Rips His Boys

Calls His Team "Pathetic" Following Ugly Loss


Jack Parker had some choice words for the media following his team's ugly 7-3 thumping by UVM at The Gut on Friday night.

“We weren’t ready to play. … In general, they outplayed us for every puck. They played a much better game in every zone. They wanted this game a hell of a lot more than we wanted it.  We both needed it badly. They got it, because they wanted it. We might’ve needed it, but we didn’t want it that bad. I was very disappointed in my team. … I don’t think I could come up with one guy on my team tonight that played well.”

Spot on by Jackie.  The Terriers had no fight, no energy, and no will to win.  They played without any speed or desire, and UVM made them pay for it all night long.

To a man, the team looked like they wanted to be somewhere else, and refused to show even an ounce of desperation on a night when the Hockey East playoff picture just became even more muddled than it was.

Perhaps the Ice Dogs aren't aware of this, but they're inches from being on the outside looking into the Hockey East playoffs.  Forget home ice, these guys may not even have a shot at playing beyond next weekend.

As for the play of his goalie, Parker said  "I thought it was pathetic how we played in front of him. They were on the doorstep by themselves. Kieran made some great saves. I think he’d like to have the wraparound back, but other than that, he didn’t get much support from his teammates.”

That's where me and Jackie depart from one another.  I thought Millan looked as slow and careless as the rest of his teammates.  Sure they didn't play well in front of him, but his effort in net looked lazy and uninspired.