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Happy Wednesday!!!! It's a Wednesday that feels like a Friday for those of us getting set to head to Philadelphia. Let's get right to it:
The Great Santini: Freshman Defenseman Plays Key Role on Young BC Blueline | Conte Confidential
Boston College hockey features many flashy forwards who can leave the crowd awestruck. But for those who appreciate good, hard-hitting defense, it's hard to miss Steven Santini when he takes the ice. The punishing, 6-foot-2 defenseman has grown into a shutdown role on the blueline and has also contributed his fair share of highlight-reel hits.
Check out BC’s Steve Santini | Boston Herald
The X-factor for the Boston College hockey team this season has been the true grit supplied by a freshman defenseman, whose thumping shoulder checks draw comparisons to another popular skater who wore No.6 in these parts: former Bruins blueliner Ted Green.
A staff united: Union’s coaches all speak their mind, and it makes for success :: USCHO.com
This is about Union's brief but remarkable success under Bennett's watch, and how the assistant under Union's first truly successful Division I coach stepped up and delivered in a way that would make any big-time program envious.
Boston College standout freshman goalie Thatcher Demko is looking forward to heading to Philadelphia and taking on Union College in the NCAA Frozen Four national semifinal on Thursday at Wells Fargo Center.
2014 Frozen Four: Minnesota will win a national championship if..... - SB Nation College Hockey
There are options, however, a blue line and a goaltender that have shut down several high scoring offenses must do so again this weekend.
BC hockey looking to earn another NCAA title - Sports - The Boston Globe
The even years have been good to Boston College recently. The hockey team has parlayed victories in the NCAA Northeast Regional in Worcester to national championships in 2008, 2010, and 2012. They are hoping that this season ends the same way.
Analysis: Union can counter Boston College’s top line with depth :: USCHO.com
When the Boston College Eagles and the Union Dutchmen take the ice in Philadelphia on Thursday, experience will be one of the key factors. The Eagles boast Jerry York as a head coach, who in 20 seasons leading the team has been to 15 national tournaments with four championships. The Dutchmen are coached by Rick Bennett, who has taken his squad to the NCAA tournament during each of the three seasons he has been there.
Buckley: York’s Eagles read up | Boston Herald
Jerry York played his hockey at Boston College back when the Eagles were coached by Snooks Kelley, who was so from another time that he actually taught at the old Cambridge High & Latin School by day and would then drive out to Chestnut Hill for his night job behind the bench.
Times have changed, of course, and York, who will coach the Eagles in their Frozen Four showdown against Union College tomorrow in Philadelphia, doesn't need to teach high school social studies to make ends meet. But he's enough of an old-timer to hold tight to some coaching techniques that would have made Snooks proud.
Jim Christian Press Conference Transcript - Boston College Official Athletic Site
"This is an exciting day in Boston College basketball," said Brad Bates.
BC introduces basketball coach Jim Christian - Sports - The Boston Globe
"Not only the great tradition, not only the great athletic programs, not only the great support that we have from administration and everybody else," said Christian, 49, who played at Boston University and the University of Rhode Island in the mid 1980s. "The goal now is to get the community involved, to get the students back involved in everything we're doing. "There's one way to do it. It's called winning."
Jim Christian shoots to bring BC hoop back | Boston Herald
Jim Christian intends to rebuild the Boston College men's basketball team from within. That's the message Christian gave after being formally introduced as the program's 12th head coach during a press conference yesterday at the Yawkey Center.
Lacrosse's Mannelly Tabbed ACC Offensive Player of the Week - Boston College Official Athletic Site
Sophomore midfielder Sarah Mannelly has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference women's lacrosse offensive Player of the Week, as announced Tuesday by the conference.