Last season, Boston College rolled out a stacked group of defensemen - a group that was expected to largely carry the team and be the driver of their success. To some extent, they did. While BC's overall team defense was middling (2.39 GA/gm, good for 23rd in the nation), it picked up steam considerably down the stretch, ranking #13 from January 1 onward and firmly in the top 10 for most of January and February before the wheels started to come off the wagon.
While BC got pretty good offensive production from the blue line, it wasn't exactly to the level we'd hoped for, which can largely be chalked up to a simple lack of production from the team all around.