Providence - MIH - 1/21/12

BU vs. Providence Men's Ice Hockey, 1/21/12 - Schneider Arena, Providence, RI


Bottom Line: BU beats Providence 8-0

The Memories: Goals from six different Terriers, seven Terriers recorded multi-point nights, along with a PP that seems unimaginable after last year's / Kieran Millan earns his 8th career shut out / PC Hockey has absolutely zero fans aside from that one real life Friar and the two 10 year olds in our section


Truth be told I have absolutely no idea why I am writing this at all. I have nothing to complain about BU wise. But considering I went to the game I might as well talk about it.

Here's a break down of what the day looked like -
BU fan cars show up an hour before the game: BU fans 25 - PC fans 0
BU commuter rail group shows up 45 minutes before the game: BU fans 40 - PC fans 0
BU alumni, friends, and generally older crowd shows up 30 minutes before the game: BU fans 50 - PC fans 0
BU fans collectively stare at the clock in the dark since Schneider can't pay for electricity. They keep staring until 15 minutes before the game. 10 minutes before the game. 5 minutes before the game. Game time. And for anyone keeping score, it's still BU fans 50 PC fans 0.

Literally Schneider Arena is the saddest looking place on the face of the earth, people or not. The entire place is black and silver. And here's the thing. I know there was a basketball game that night, but you're telling me that of all the kids that go to PC, there aren't ANY hockey fans? I know kids here then when given the choice between hockey and basketball, they'd pick basketball hands down even if it isn't the school's token sport. There's none of that at PC? That's absolutely pathetic.

Things that aren't pathetic - the two 10 year old kids that sat in our section and chirped at us all night. Congratulations, young ones. You made more noise than the rest of the other PC fans combined last night. One thing, though. Kids' gonna tell us we have no swag? Last time I looked in the mirror I'm pretty sure the Dog Pound didn't look like Cason Hohmann.

Here's where I thank Garrett Noonan and Bay State Road Sports for making that joke possible.

Okay okay, so for real though. When there's no opposing fans, it's so easy to shut up and just watch the game. But the Dog Pound didn't. Aside from the usuals (like telling Beaudry and Gates over...and over...and over...and over again that they suck), we pulled out some fun ones. Of course, the sieve/back-up sieve made a reappearance. But we also got the anti-semite cheer in as well as you're a racist. Even chanted about BU football and what not. All in all, we were loud, sure as hell creative, and we kept it going. Through 3-0. 6-0. 8-0.

Also, since I knocked the Dog Pound for this last night I'm going to take the time to praise it for singing the Matt Nieto song perfectly last night. Sure, the Sahir one could use some work, but whatever, it's not as easy as Glory, Glory Matt Nieto.

As short and as unnecessary as this blog post is, I'm going to stop here. Because if I kept talking I'd probably start insulting the guy in front of us who told us to stop swearing since his kids were there. And then proceeded to leave his children unattended for 20 minutes while trying to tell any and all security guards about us. Or about the Friar who told us that of all our chants (all. of. them.) the Beaudry you suck one was the worst, and that we should show some class. Or about the kid at the end of the game that asked us if we got paid to be there. Oh, I'm sorry, is that what they do at PC? No, kid. We were not paid to be there. Making the Parker thank you and the Justin Courtnall salute at the end of the game that much better.

All in all, for those who are awful at predictions and can't keep up, Schneider Arena is now our house. You're welcome.