Recap: BU vs SFX

There was some good, some bad, and some just plane crazy in the first game of the year. The good side is first. In Saturday's exhibition game between the X-men of St. Francis Xavier and the Terriers of Boston University the good side (from a boston point of view) was the Terriers had 53 shot on net. Including the first goal (photo to the right) by Nick Boinno (13). He scored of a rebound in front of the X-men net. Corey Trivino also picked up a goal at 15:50 of the second period. Corey's goal was set up with a "texted book" past from freshman Alex Chiasson. Kieran Millan play half the game leaving in the second period with 7 saves and a shut out.

“I was really happy with our overall effort in terms of poise with the puck, We only had three days of practice, and I think we did a number of things pretty well.”-Jack Parker

The bad
Things were going well up in till 9:10 of the second Period. This is when Adam Kraus (bu's third string goalie) let in one of the worst goals I have ever seen. The by X-men forward Nick Pageau's shot was to the stick side of Kraus. The Bu goalie less than interested in stopping the puck. It when right passed his right leg pad. Parker also noted that he was very upset that the Terriers were not scoring on the many chances that they given.

I was disappointed in one major thing. As the game progressed and we were having our way with them with shots, it seemed as if we felt ‘Well, we’ll get the next goal.’ But we never really went after it to make sure we got the next goal; we thought that it would come easy.”-Jack Parker

The Crazy
The X-man goalie Joseph Perricone (photo to the left) had to make 51 save in the 2-2 tie to just keep the game tied!

“I was hugging my goalie, no question, when we came into the room, we came into this knowing what we were up against in the defending national champs, but I liked how our guys competed from start to finish and found a way to tie the game at the end.” -Brad Peddle X-men head coach

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