The 5-foot-7, 162-pound Whitney (10 goals, 14 assists), who assisted on Bill Arnold’s game-winner in the Beanpot final, noted that BC coach Jerry York wasted no time in turning the page and looking ahead.
“We had Tuesday off, but coach York started talking about Merrimack and the rest of the season on Wednesday,’’ said Whitney.
“Coach York said Merrimack doesn’t get invited to the [Beanpot] and could care less that we won the Beanpot,’’ said Kreider. “They play a tough, defensive style.’’
The 6-3, 225-pound Kreider (19 goals, 16 assists this season), who registered a goal and an assist against BU, is a semifinalist for the Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best US-born college hockey player in New England.
Maine’s Will O’Neill, son of Salem State hockey coach Bill O’Neill, and Colin Blackwell, a Harvard freshman from St. John’s Prep/North Andover, are also semifinalists.
Ranked third nationally, the Eagles (19-10-1), entered this weekend a point behind the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Hockey East.
“We have six Hockey East games left and every one is huge,’’ Kreider said after a practice Wednesday.
Ken Perrone retiring from Salem State
Legendary Salem State University baseball coach Ken Perrone will retire at the end of the upcoming season. Associate head coach Mike Ward will follow the 76-year-old Perrone, who has a 643-385-4 record and 23 postseason appearances in 29 seasons at Salem State.
“Salem State was one of the joys of my life. I spent 30 years and loved going to work there every day,’’ said Perrone.
Prior to his run at Salem State, he was a very successful high school baseball and football coach in both Maine and Massachusetts.
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