{"id":97829,"date":"2011-03-14T08:34:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T13:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hockey-east-blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2011-03-14T08:34:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T13:34:48","slug":"weekend-recap-hockey-east-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/03\/14\/weekend-recap-hockey-east-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Recap: Hockey East Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Hockey East quarterfinals are in the books and our field is set for the 27th Hockey East Championship at the TD Garden. Three of the top four seeds advanced, the lone exception being Northeastern’s three-game win over No. 3 Boston University.<\/p>\n
I wrote a blog about NU winning the opening game of the series on Thursday and a number of people commented that they didn’t see that win as an upset given how well the Huskies were playing heading into the series and the struggles that BU had down the stretch. I do agree with this and wasn’t overly surprised that the Huskies were able to rebound from Friday’s loss with a game three victory last night.<\/p>\n
Outside of NU-BU. there wasn’t a ton of first round drama in the quarterfinals. Merrimack and Maine, which most considered the best series, had a great atmosphere, but in the end the Warriors crushed the Black Bears in game two.<\/p>\n
Boston College and New Hampshire both had tight second games in their respective series. In the end, though, the better team prevailed.<\/p>\n
Now, we’ll have an excellent final four this weekend upcoming with Northeastern and BC playing in Friday’s early game and UNH and Merrimack playing in the nightcap. We’ll have more previewing these games as the week goes on.<\/p>\n
While those four teams will continue practicing and playing, two clubs that maybe shouldn’t put their equipment on moth balls for the offseason are BU and Maine.<\/p>\n