Better hurry, there is less than two hours left to see history at Mariucci Arena.
No. 1-rated Boston College played the University of Alabama-Huntsville at 4 p.m. Saturday in the first game of the Mariucci Classic. And barring all the Eagles being stricken with the flu or them showing up a half-hour late for the game -- and the Chargers starting on time -- this should be a laugher.
UAH is probably the worst team in the country, BC is considered the best in the polls. So Eagles could Jerry York should get his 925th victory and become the all-time winningest college hockey coach. If it's closer than five goals, UAH will have a moral victory.
The Chargers are college hockey's version of the Washington Generals, the team that always loses to the Harlem Globetrotters. UAH has three wins, but two are against Division III Finlandia. Never hear of them? Me neither.
Last season the school told the team the program would be folded for this season -- and several key players left. Then it was resurrected and the team had to scramble to get games again. That is why it has only TWO homes games this season.
It is playing 20 other games against Division I foes on the road or at neutral sites. A big part of UAH's problem is that it is an independent and nobody wants a school not close to anybody in its conference.
BC is at the opposite end of the college hockey spectrum. York's Eagles have won three of the past five NCAA titles, including last season when they beat the maroon and gold 6-1 in the Frozen Fout semifinals in Tampa.
The Eagles are only 1-1-1 in their last three games -- a major slump for BC -- so that is why York is going for a milestone in a warm-up game to the Gophers vs. Air Force at 7 p.m. It is the mismatch of the season, no doubt.
