Sunday, June 24, 2012

Reason #5

Well, there's officially less than four months until the start of the BU Hockey season. Which only means one thing...let's start getting pumped now.

If you read the USCHO Forums (and god help you if you do) you may have noticed that BU "fans" are getting a little lax in the enthusiasm department lately. Yeah, we had a pretty rough season. But seriously, when all is said and done that was a more successful season than people anticipated.

Anyways, to get us all amped up for the season, I figured I'd give my top five reasons why BU fans should be more excited than ever to throw on that Scarlet and White jersey.



Reason #5: The Guys That Are Coming Back

Yeah, we have lost a few good men in the past season. Of course, we not only lost our number one goaltender but our number two, not only our Captain but the biggest Terrier on and off the ice I've seen (if you haven't read what Kevin Gilroy said about the Dog Pound, stop reading this and read this now). Beyond those that graduated, we also lost a lot of offensive talent (whether for better or worse). Then to top it all off, we took the biggest blow ever on the face of the earth in the history of the universe when Adam Clendening decided to sign with Chicago (I'm not biased).

But that doesn't even match up to the guys that we've got coming back.

These are the guys that had to deal with all the adversity hard core. They not only had to see their best friends leave, they had to stay around and take the blunt of the punishment from jackasses who wanted to classify the whole team as, well, we all know what.

We have already seen what they did with that fire. After the Notre Dame game, the team really turned it around. They stopped playing selfishly and started working as one. Even in February after the second hit to the lineup, the team was still playing at a high level. And obviously they made it all the way to Minnesota. Most people (even the haters) said that the biggest reason for not advancing beyond that was because of the offensive holes in the lineup, not the emotional ones.

Now with the hero from Canton at the helm, there is absolutely no reason for us to not take Hockey East this year. We're going to fill up the holes that we lost with the new freshmen (trust me, that's a blog post for another day). The emotional bonds that the team forged last year definitely haven't been broken. Without a doubt these guys have to be out for blood. They had the world on their shoulders for a whole season, and now they have more of a reason to come out fighting.

The senior class is going to be the most passionate leaders this team has seen in a while (perhaps 2009?) They watched their best friend dragged through the mud and then have his name cleared. They are the oldest class of Terriers not to see a National Championship. God damnit they haven't even won a Beanpot. This is their year. From Wade Megan, his goal scoring, and his C to Ben Rosen, his grinding, and his selflessness - this is it.

After all, we all know there's nothing like a college hockey team full of guys who have something to prove who have the ability to do just so.


111 days until October 13th.