8:00 p.m. – Hockey East This Week
3:00 p.m. – Dog Pound Sports Sound
1:00 p.m. – Football: Huskies vs. Holy Cross Crusaders
from Parsons Field (Brookline, Mass.)
with Keith Lavon & Andy Towne
Huskies Tailgate begins at 12:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – Hockey: Huskies vs. St. Thomas Tommies
Exhibition game from Matthews Arena
with Ben Horner & Annie Hogan
Rocky Hager and Alex Dulski after the 56-7 loss.
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According to this release from UND, Northeastern is effectively ranked 21st in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine pre-season poll. Here’s the rundown:
2009-10 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Preseason Poll
School, Pts, 1st place votes
1. Miami, 457, 4
2. Denver, 455, 13
3. Boston University, 438, 12
4. Michigan, 384
5. Notre Dame, 370, 5
6. Minnesota, 270
7. Cornell, 254
8. North Dakota, 227
9. Princeton, 223
10. UMass-Lowell, 175
11. Yale, 149
12. Boston College, 117
13. St. Cloud State, 106
14. Wisconsin, 80
15. Vermont, 73
Others Receiving Votes: New Hampshire 71, Minnesota Duluth 64, Ohio State 60, Air Force 43, Northern Michigan 31, Colorado College 8, Northeastern 8, Bemidji State 6, Harvard 3, Mercyhurst 3, Niagara 3, St. Lawrence 2.
>>> There was a football game at Villanova on Saturday. It was on TV. Northeastern lost. Again. [Google News]
>>> The CCHA, the first college hockey conference to institute a shootout system to determine the outcome of regular-season games, is tweaking the format. [College Hockey News / USCHO]
>>> Eugene Spates is apparently thriving with the Luxembourg team BC Mess. He and fellow American Brandon Jennings start the regular season on October 11th. [Huskies on the Move]
WRBB Sports’ weekly column appears Mondays in the Huntington News. Ben Horner is a staff announcer for WRBB Sports. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author.
Last Saturday was, like the last three Saturdays, not a good day to be a fan of Northeastern football. The Huskies fell to 0-4 with a crushing 56-7 defeat against the Villanova Wildcats.
The problems with the program have been discussed time and time again and it does not seem like a quick turnaround is possible, let alone likely. Last season was not a very good one as the team finished 2-10. The season before that was not a successful one either, as the final mark stood at 3-8. In fact, since football joined the Colonial Athletic Association in 2007 they have had a record of 5-18, with a 3-13 mark in conference. If we look back even further this program only has two winning seasons since 1998, not exactly something to write home about.
Keith Lavon, Patrick McHugh, Ben Horner, former Husky Joe Piccuirro, and the Huntington News’ Nathan Vaughan break down the Huskies’ 56-7 loss.
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Segment 1 – Northeastern volleyball coach Ken Nichols is in the studio to talk about his team’s recent success and the year ahead.
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Segment 2 – We talk about the football team’s loss to Youngstown State last week and this week’s game against Villanova.
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Segment 3 – Huntington News beat reporter Pat McHugh calls in to talk about the football team.
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Segment 4 -The panel discusses the hockey team and continues the discussion from Hockey East This Week.
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Segment 5 – We continue to talk about NU hockey.
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Grab your radio/computer/mobile thingamajig, sit outside on campus on this beautiful fall day, and listen to the best sports talk you’ve ever heard. We hope.
Volleyball Coach Ken Nichols (pictured at right) is on the program today at 3 p.m., the first of a series of interviews with Northeastern coaches this fall.Tune in today at 3 p.m. live on WRBB and wrbbsports.com!
To sum-up the first show of the year: A lot of yelling, UMass still confuses us, and who is the top team in Hockey East? (Hint: Keith is the only one who thinks it’s UML)
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