Hughes disagrees.

"I only had to make first saves," Hughes said in defense of his D. But he had to make 34 of them.

"I should have had Sacco's shot...it went off my glove," Hughes said, ignoring the difficulty of touching a slapshot taken from 10 feet away. "McEachern took a great shot," added Hughes, understating again.

Hughes looks at the job he did against B.U. with some disgust, although Assistant Coach Lane MacDonald--and everyone else--was repetitive in his positive comments about Hughes' performance.

"You make the saves when you are called upon to make them. I should have stopped the first two," Hughes said.

Road roommate and fellow goalie Allain Roy rightly rejected Hughes' self-deprecating comments. "If we're not going to score, we won't win any games. Chuckie played well."