Quick Hitters

Posted by Mike Giardi April 12, 2008 at 8:17 pm

If Notre Dame continues to carry the physical play to Boston College, the Eagles will skate away from a third straight title game without the hardware. Its imperative for the Fightin’ Irish to slow BC’s speedy, skilled forwards. Give them space, and they’ll kill you. Not a lot of space for the favorites in that first period.

No sooner do I type this, than Nathan Gerbe nets the ice-breaker for BC. His 34th…and the Eagles lead 1-0. Gerbe leads the entire country in goals scored, and would have been a heck of a selection for the Hobey Baker. He’ll take a team title first anyway.

Gutsy move by Bruins coach Claude Julien to scratch Phil Kessel. The kid has a ton of skill, but sometimes not enough courage. That won’t do in the playoffs, and Julien put him - and everyone else - on notice. No Dennis Wideman tonight either. Wideman wasn’t very good in Game One. Then again, no one else was either. Still, a much better opening period tonight, although somewhat negated by that late goal by Roman Hamrlik, assisted by Smolinski. The ex-Bruin killing them in this series so far.

David Ortiz is currently 3-for-42. Wow! That’s stunning for a hitter who’s as gifted as Big Papi is. And today against the Yankees, Ortiz showing no signs of coming out of it. He hit into a double play in the first, and it was just feeble. Thoose are two words I never thought I’d use in a sentence: “Ortiz” and “feeble.”