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Vermont celebrates a goal on its way to capturing the 2016 Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland (photo: William Cherry\/Presseye).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After all of the Thanksgiving turkey is devoured, Hockey East fans can put out their leftovers early on Friday to once again watch what has become one of the best events on the college hockey calendar: the Friendship Four.<\/p>\n

The tournament (TV: Fri. NESN, 10 a.m., 2 p.m.; Sat. NESN, 10 a.m., 2 p.m.), played at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will once again pit two Hockey East and two ECAC Hockey opponents against once another with the champion taking home the Belpot Trophy.<\/p>\n

This is the final year where the four participants are guaranteed to come from Hockey East and the ECAC. Next year, three Atlantic Hockey teams will travel overseas along with one ECAC club.<\/p>\n

For this year\u2019s edition, it will be a maiden voyage to Northern Ireland for one Hockey East club, New Hampshire, and a return trip for the other, Northeastern. The Huskies participated in the inaugural event in 2015, finishing third after losing to eventual champion, UMass Lowell, in the semifinals and beating Brown in the third-place game.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats will be wide-eyed, said coach Mike Souza, particularly given that many of his players have never been to Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked the kids how many had been to Europe, and I was surprised at how many had not,\u201d said Souza. \u201cIt was definitely more than half the players.\u201d<\/p>\n

His team faced Michigan last Saturday and Souza had a chance to talk with Michigan assistant Kris Mayotte, who himself was part of a Friendship Four when he coached at Providence.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had nothing but incredible things to say about the Friendship Four and the experience,\u201d Souza said of his conversation with Mayotte. \u201cThere\u2019s obviously two huge games on the line, but there\u2019s an educational component to going over there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what he is most looking forward to on the trip, Souza \u2013 ever the coach \u2013 said it was the hockey and hopefully winning games. But he\u2019s more than aware that the eight-day trip will mean a lot to his players.<\/p>\n

\u201c[UNH assistant] Jeff Giuliano and I were lucky enough to play over there in Europe,\u201d said Souza. \u201cSo we know it will be a really neat experience — something you don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll ever have the chance to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

One team that is returning yet again is Northeastern. Along with Lowell, Brown and Colgate, that quartet was helped launch the tournament in 2015. Heading to Northern Ireland back then, it wasn\u2019t the best of times for Madigan and his club. They left Boston with a 1-10-2 record having been swept the weekend prior by Providence.<\/p>\n

But Northeastern used the trip to help bring the club together. Though they lost to Lowell in the semifinal round, the Huskies had a late lead before the River Hawks scored an extra attacker goal and won the game in overtime.<\/p>\n

A 7-1 victory over Colgate the next day started what would be an impressive remainder of the season for Northeastern. From that point, Northeastern went 20-2-2, the final win in that run coming as a bit of revenge, a 3-2 victory over Lowell in the Hockey East title game.<\/p>\n

So while Northeastern left Northern Ireland without the Belpot Trophy, they came back with something equally \u2013 if not more \u2013 valuable: a focused, more bonded team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt [that 2015 trip] helped our team,\u201d said Madigan. \u201cI talked about it when we came out of there, our team started to come together. We made some changes to our systems that we executed just before going over to Northern Ireland, then we executed well in Belfast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience of that helped us coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s club enters with a significantly better record \u2013 8-4-2 \u2013 but Madigan hopes that the voyage can still bear fruitful for his team. And maybe this time yield the Belpot Trophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelfast is a great bonding experience,\u201d Madigan said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got nine freshmen and two grad transfers, and we\u2019ve certainly melded together over the last eight-to-ten weeks. But this is an opportunity where we\u2019re away from home, it\u2019s just us, there\u2019s no distractions. Guys get to see each other in a different light and spend more time with each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people in Northern Ireland and Belfast are so hospitable and so nice. They\u2019re such generous people that we look forward to interacting with them while we\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farrance relishing opportunity as top blueliner, major offensive contributor<\/h4>\n

One of the best stories of the first half of the season for Hockey East is the emergence of Boston University\u2019s David Farrance as one of the best two-way defensemen in the nation.<\/p>\n

Through 14 games, Farrance has already notched 10 goals and nine assists and is a plus-5. In comparison, Farrance scored just seven goals in 68 games in his freshman and sophomore years combined.<\/p>\n

Farrance\u2019s 10-9-19 stat line is slightly ahead of last year\u2019s Hobey Baker winner, Cale Makar, who possessed a 6-12-18 scoring line through 14 games en route, to a 16-goal, 49-point, 41-game season.<\/p>\n

He is the key component to Boston University\u2019s power play, having scored eight of his 10 goals with the man advantage. The eight power play goals is double that (four) of the rest of the team combined.<\/p>\n

Farrance\u2019s coach Albie O\u2019Connell has known since the first day of camp that this could be a breakthrough year for the junior blueliner, a 2017 third-round pick of the Nashville Predators.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all started in the summer; he\u2019s in the best shape he\u2019s ever been in,\u201d said O\u2019Connell. \u201cHe had a really good summer, took care of his body, so he\u2019s able to play more minutes from the offensive side and the defensive side of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other thing he is doing more is using his shot. He\u2019s always had that as a weapon, but he\u2019s always deferred and tried to pass the puck.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connell notes that with the graduation and early departure of other bluelines, it\u2019s given Farrance the opportunity to earn more ice time and become the quarterback of BU\u2019s top power play unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s become the guy,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cHe\u2019s always sat behind guys like [Dante] Fabbro and Chad Krys and some other guys we\u2019ve had over the last two years. It\u2019s kind of his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had some growing pains his first year. He was playing a little bit of forward, a little bit of D. He was in the lineup and out of the lineup. He was learning how to play at our level. Last year, he had some good stretches of hockey he played for us. It wasn\u2019t as consistent as it is now, but that\u2019s in part due to confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

All of that said, O\u2019Connell feels his name does and will stand alongside some very talented BU defensemen over recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s as good from an offensive [defenseman] standpoint since I\u2019ve been at BU,\u201d said O\u2019Connell. \u201cWe hold him in the highest regard with [Charlie] McAvoy, [Matt] Grzelyck, [Dante] Fabbro. Guys who were All-Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s always had the talent and we\u2019ve believed in him. It\u2019s just the maturity to get to where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

UMass and its luxury between the pipes<\/h4>\n

Many coaches approach goaltending differently. Every coach would like to have two solid goaltenders that they can count on night-in-and-night-out. Most, though, do seem to like to be able to label their goaltenders as a No. 1 and a No. 2.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of last season, that hasn\u2019t been the exact case for Massachusetts and coach Greg Carvel. Certainly, he has two very talented goaltenders in Matt Murray and Filip Lindberg. But Carvel has been careful never to place any labels on this duo.<\/p>\n

The time split isn\u2019t always equal and Carvel admits most times be goes with his instinct.<\/p>\n

But as he has learned this season more than once \u2013 most recently last Saturday against Merrimack \u2013 when that gut instinct isn\u2019t right, another must take over: the ability to change goaltenders mid-game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think as a staff, we\u2019ve had these kids for a couple of years where we know when they\u2019re on and when they\u2019re off,\u201d said Carvel.<\/p>\n

The first occurrence came at Boston University on November 15. Murray started the game and allowed three goals on 10 shots. Carvel switched to Lindberg, who stopped 11 of the 12 BU shots he faced, the team got energized and fell just short in a comeback, dropping a 4-3 decision.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, Lindberg got the start and gave up two goals. Carvel saw something he didn\u2019t like and was quick to make the change. This time it paid off as Murray shut the door and the Minutemen rallied for a 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t really happy with either goal [that Lindberg allowed] and there were a couple of other signs,\u201d said Carvel. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t afford to get down 3-0 in that building. It was a knee jerk reaction, but we decided to go with that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

It certainly is a luxury to be able to change goaltenders midgame, but it also speaks to the mental stability of both netminders. Neither goaltender seems bothered ed by being pulled and both have proven when they come in off the bench, they can still perform at a top level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that when we put the other kid in whose on the bench, they\u2019re usually pretty hungry,\u201d Carvel said. \u201cWe find that \u2026 even though they\u2019re coming in cold, they play pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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