The Best Day of the Offseason

It's day I look forward to at the conclusion of each season's last game game, be it in the National Championship game or the last game of the regular season. What day must I be talking about? Well it's not opening day quite yet, but it's the next best thing: schedule release day.

Photo from BU's 4-2 win over Boston College at Agganis
last year.
(Photo by Matt Dresens)

Today, BU put out their 2014 hockey schedule and it is now that we all get to start planing road trips for next year. Of course most people who read this blog already knew basically the entire schedule with a few dates and bits and pieces missing here and there.

Anyway, the official, no guessing when games will be played schedule is out. The card is highlighted by some big name schools such as Wisconsin and North Dakota (2x) coming to Agganis. Also, there is the return of Red Hot Hockey for the fourth time with Cornell at Madison Square Garden, along with the annul Beanpot Tournament. BU gets BC in the first round, there. The last of the marquee non-confrence games is a trip to Michigan, where BU will face Michigan and Michigan State on back to back night in late October. That is a trip that I will in fact be making and am already highly looking forward to.

Of course, there is alway the Hockey East games, too. This year BU (and the rest of Hockey East) will play each other twice instead of three times and also welcome Notre Dame into the mix. BU will have to travel out to South Bend for a pair of games late in the season.

As reported earlier, BU will face Maine in Frozen Fenway, a game that I will say in advance I will NOT be attending.

Complete schedule is below.



October

Sat 10/5 St. Francis Xavier (ex)

Fri 10/11 UMass

Sat 10/12 Holy Cross

Fri 10/18 Resselear

Sat 10/19 Wisconsin

Fri 10/25 @ Michigan

Sat 10/26 @ Michigan State

November

Fri 11/1 Providence

Sat 11/2 @ Providence

Fri 11/8 Boston College

Fri 11/15 @ Maine

Sun 11/17 Connecticut

Fri 11/22 North Dakota

Sat 11/23 North Dakota

Sat 11/30 Cornell (1)

December

Fri 12/6 @ Merrimack

Sat 12/7 Merrimack

Fri 12/13 Bentley

January

Sat 1/4 @ Harvard

Wed 1/4 Dartmouth

Sat 1/11 vs Maine (2)

Fri 1/17 @ Boston College

Sat 1/18 @Lowell

Fri 1/24 Vermont

Sat 1/25 Vermont

Fri 1/31 @ UMass

February

Mon 2/3 vs Boston College (3)

Fri 2/7 Lowell

Mon 2/10 Harvard/NU (3)

Fri 2/14 @ New Hampshire

Sat 2/15 New Hampshire

Fri 2/21 @ Notre Dame

Sat 2/22 @ Notre Dame

Fri 2/28 Northeastern

March

Sat 3/1 @ Northeastern

1. Red Hot Hockey, Madison Square Garden

2. Frozen Fenway, Fenway Park

3. Beanpot Tournament, TD Garden