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Everything you need to know when Irish hockey welcomes Boston College Friday

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November 24, 2023

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Everything you need to know when Irish hockey welcomes Boston College Friday

John Fineran
| Tribune Correspondent

No. 1T/2 Boston College Eagles (9-2-1) vs. No. 18/18 Notre Dame (7-4-2)

When/Where: Friday, 4 p.m. at Lefty Smith Rink (4,852) in Compton Family Ice Arena, South Bend, Ind.

Radio: WZOC-FM (94.3) and UND.com. TV/Streaming: Peacock. Tickets: Available.

Coaches: Boston College, Greg Brown (23-18-7 in second season). … Notre Dame, Jeff Jackson (399-250-73 in 19^th season).

Rivalry: Boston College leads 23-22-2 in series which began with 7-3 Eagles victory Dec. 20, 1969 at McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. … In games played in South Bend, Boston College leads 10-8-1. … Notre Dame has won last two games: 8-2 on Jan. 19, 2022 at Compton and 5-2 on Nov. 25, 2022 at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill.

Last weekend: Notre Dame’s second Close encounter at Minnesota ends in 4-1 hockey loss

Rankings: Boston College is tied for No. 1 (with North Dakota) in USA Hockey/The Rink Live coaches’ poll and No. 2 in USCHO.com media poll. … Notre Dame is No. 18 in both polls.

Recaps: Boston College swept Hockey East home-and-home series with Connecticut. … On Friday in Chestnut Hill, Andre Gasseau scored two goals and later Cutter Gauthier scored game-tying goal at 6:16 of third period and game-winner at 4:28.6 in overtime as the Eagles won 5-4. … Saturday at Storrs, Conn., Jacob Fowler made 31 saves for his first collegiate shutout and the Eagles got goals from Will Smith, Gauthier and Oskar Jellvik in 3-0 victory over Huskies. … Notre Dame split Big Ten series in Minnesota. … On Friday, graduate goaltender Ryan Bischel made 32 saves, 16 in the second period, and the Irish got goals from Grant Silianoff, Patrick Moynihan, Drew Bavaro and Landon Slaggert in 4-2 victory. … Saturday, Bischel stopped 29 shots and freshman Carter Slaggert scored first collegiate goal, but Minnesota prevailed 4-1 despite being outshot by Irish 38-33.

Scouting Eagles: After opening with seven victories in first eight games, Eagles stumbled with 4-2 loss and 2-2 tie in Hockey East series at Maine Nov. 10-11. … Eagles have five players scoring in double figures through 12 games: freshman left wing Gabe Perreault (2-15-17), freshman center Will Smith (6-10-16), sophomore center Gauthier (11-4-15), freshman right wing Ryan Leonard (5-7-12) and sophomore left wing Jellvik (6-5-11). … Senior captain Eamon Powell (0-5-5) anchors defense in front of freshman goalie Jacob Fowler (2.14 goals-against average, .926 saves percentage).

NCAA statistics: Scoring offense, 3.67 goals per game (6^th); scoring defense, 2.25 goals per game (8^th); scoring margin, 1.42 goals per game (5^th); power-play percentage, 0.255 (12 of 47) (9^th); penalty-kill percentage, 0.915 (43 of 47) (4^th); faceoff win percentage, 0.480 (368-399) (48^th); penalty minutes per game, 8.92 (46^th).

Scouting Fighting Irish: Notre Dame had 5-0-2 unbeaten string snapped in loss Saturday at Minnesota.… Next Irish victory will be 400^th behind Notre Dame bench for Jackson. … Senior captain/left wing Landon Slaggert leads Irish in scoring with nine goals, four assists and 13 points. … Graduate-transfer (from Harvard) defenseman Ryan Siedem (1-9-10) is next followed by senior defenseman Drew Bavaro (4-5-9) and freshman center Danny Nelson (2-7-9). … Nelson is fifth in nation in faceoffs won with 153. … Graduate goaltender Ryan Bischel’s three shutouts tie him for nation’s lead with St. Cloud State’s Dominic Basse. … Bischel also is third in saves percentage (.936) and 11^th in goals-against average (2.08).

NCAA statistics: Scoring offense, 2.77 goals per game (38^th); scoring defense, 2.31 goals per game (11^th); scoring margin, 0.46 goals per game (23^rd); power-play percentage, 0.196 (9 of 46) (28^th); penalty-kill percentage, 0.884 (38 of 43) (7^th); faceoff win percentage, 0.529 (424-378) (14^th); penalty minutes per game, 8.69 (49^th).

B1G standings: 1. Michigan State 5-0-1, 16 points (10-3-1 overall); 2T. Wisconsin 4-2-0, 12 points (9-3-0 overall); 2T. Notre Dame 3-1-2, 12 points (7-4-2 overall); 4. Michigan 2-4-2, 9 points (6-6-2 overall); 5. Penn State 1-2-3, 8 points (6-4-3 overall); 6. Minnesota 2-3-1, 7 points (6-4-2 overall); 7. Ohio State 0-5-1, 2 points (3-5-3 overall). Conference series: Michigan State at Minnesota (Friday and Sunday). Non-conference series: Boston College at Notre Dame (Friday), Lindenwood at Penn State (Friday-Saturday), Princeton at Ohio State (Friday-Saturday), Michigan at St. Cloud State (Friday-Saturday), Alaska-Anchorage at Wisconsin (Friday-Saturday).

Quoting Jeff Jackson: (Boston College) “They are a lot different team than what we saw last Thanksgiving because they have that full line of freshmen (Perreault, Smith and Leonard) that came in from the national program who are all first-round (NHL) draft picks. Cutter Gauthier (sophomore center who was fifth pick of 2022 NHL Draft) may be a Hobey Baker finalist. And they are not weak on the back end (defensemen Powell, Charlie Leddy, Aram Minnetian and Drew Fortescue are NHL draft picks) and have one of the best freshmen goalies in the country (Fowler, 2023 third-round pick of Montreal). They are close to being the whole package.”

(Last weekend at Minnesota) “All in all, I thought we played well on Friday and maybe even better on Saturday. Their goaltender (Justen Close) played extremely well on Saturday. I think we’re doing some better things offensively. It’s one thing about getting chances; it’s another about finishing those chances. We need to get to (scoring) three goals a game.”

Next: Irish return to Big Ten competition when Michigan visits Compton Family Ice Arena on Friday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m.

– John Fineran, Tribune Correspondent

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Sticker shock: Boston drops $500K on EV Mustangs for city employees as homeowners face 10.5% tax hike

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Sticker shock: Boston drops 0K on EV Mustangs for city employees as homeowners face 10.5% tax hike

Boston homeowners bracing for a 10.5% tax increase may be shocked to learn some of their hard-earned tax dollars were spent this year on swanky new Ford Mustang Mach-E’s for city employees — at about $50K a pop.

Originally Published: December 20, 2024 at 4:52 AM EST

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East Boston man faces 12 animal cruelty charges, witnesses reported alleged abuse of dog

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December 19, 2024

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East Boston man faces 12 animal cruelty charges, witnesses reported alleged abuse of dog

BOSTON – An East Boston man accused of abusing his dog appeared in court on a dozen animal cruelty charges on Thursday.

Armani Doshi, 27, is accused of abusing his one-year-old German Shepherd Savannah, who was rescued Thursday morning after she was found in a closet, allegedly without food or water.

“We’ve got multiple witnesses, he drags this dog choking it by the neck and everything and this has been going on a long time,” said Lt. Borgal of the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

Videos of alleged abuse

Investigators say Doshi would lift the dog by her collar to the point where she couldn’t walk. Multiple witnesses in his East Boston apartment complex took videos of the alleged abuse.

“The defendant is observed pushing the dog’s head and body to the ground in a rough and cruel manner, and he’s also in that video laying on top of dog so that dog cannot get up,” said prosecutor Amelia Singh.

Savannah dog rescued — Savannah, a 1-year-old German Shepherd, was rescued by the ARL.

Animal Rescue League of Boston

Doshi pleaded not guilty but had several outbursts during his arraignment Thursday. He told the judge he wants to represent himself and tried to argue to get out of jail.

“I’m going to lose my car your honor,” Doshi told the judge. “They’re going to repo my car if I don’t make my car payments.”

“I live by myself your honor. If you can put me on a GPS, I’ll accept that,” Doshi continued, before the judge told him she was not negotiating with him.

Suspect will be held for 60 days

The judge worries he’s a danger to the public, especially to his neighbors, who reported him. Judge Debra Delvecchio ordered Doshi held on $100 bail and revoked his bail for 60 days on a pending Chelsea District Court case in which he threatened a judge.

Investigators say they’re relieved Savannah is safe. “Plenty of knowledge of what these laws are and I don’t know why this would continue like this,” Lt. Borgal said. “We were very concerned about the dog, and we were glad we were able to seize it today.”

Doshi will return to court on January 16 for a pre-trial hearing.

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Kristina Rex is a reporter for WBZ-TV News.

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Coastal storm could bring snow to Boston on Friday. Here’s how much. – The Boston Globe

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December 19, 2024

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Coastal storm could bring snow to Boston on Friday. Here’s how much. – The Boston Globe

It may actually begin to look a lot like Christmas, at least for a moment to kick off the weekend before the busy holiday week.

We’ve mentioned an offshore system developing Friday a few times this week, but a separate system to our west will dive just south of New England as the coastal storm develops. Why does this matter? Well, that incoming storm may tug or influence the coastal low, forcing the system to drift closer to the Southern New England coast. This could bring some rain and accumulating snow for Boston and other parts of coastal New England Friday into Saturday morning.

A coastal storm will strengthen Friday night, bringing some coastal rain and snow across Southern New England.Boston Globe

There’s still uncertainty as to how much the two storms will interact and that will determine the final storm track. But should the coastal low push west enough to clip the coast, we should only see relatively weak impacts and perhaps just some festive light snow showers as you’re out in the city Friday evening or shopping Saturday morning.

It’s looking like some light rain and snow showers will begin working into Southern New England and the Boston area mid-afternoon on Friday and bring light to steady precipitation throughout the evening. Like a similar storm last week, wet weather will enter the picture from the south and be supported by additional moisture blowing onshore from the east. At some point Friday night, the wind direction will shift to the northeast as the core of the storm passes offshore, making this storm technically a nor’easter.

Light to steady snow may likely fall Friday night into Saturday after starting off with rain in Boston.Boston Globe

Just like a similar system last week, the storm will strengthen as it passes and therefore race out of the region. By Saturday morning, between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., this storm will be near Nova Scotia and clouds will be thinning for a dry weekend.

Temperatures will be in the mid-30s from Worcester to Boston Friday afternoon with Southeastern Mass. and the Cape closer to 40 degrees. With some added warmth blowing on shore, that’ll make it even trickier to set the rain-snow line and those areas could start off with rain.

I’d say that I-495 and east to Boston, south to the Cape, will start with cold rain before quickly switching to light snow showers as the temperatures drop heading into Friday evening. Western New England won’t see much action with this storm outside of a few flurries at times.

A switch to snow from the Boston area to south coastal areas should happen fairly quickly and really only the outer Cape will stick to rain.

All in all, it’s looking like light accumulations from a coating to 2 inches, with the higher totals happening around the I-95 and I-495 belts. There could be a heavier pocket of snow that pushes an isolated 3 inches in a couple of spots.

A quick-moving coastal system will bring snow showers to Eastern Massachusetts and south coastal areas Friday night into Saturday.Boston Globe

Outside of Southern New England, Downeast Maine will be clipped by the outer edge of this storm, where Bangor to Millinocket might snag about 4 to 6 inches.

This storm will strengthen as the evening progresses and wind gusts will reach anywhere from 20 to 30 miles per hour for folks along the coast. The blustery conditions will likely stay in place Saturday after the storm passes.

Wind gusts Friday night and early Saturday morning can reach between 20 and 30 miles per hour.Boston Globe

The main question is: If it does snow more than an inch in Boston, will it be enough to stick around to count as a white Christmas come Wednesday morning? We’ll keep you posted.

Ken Mahan can be reached at ken.mahan@globe.com. Follow him on Instagram @kenmahantheweatherman.

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