Monday, February 17, 2025

UPDATED: High-end Russian forward commits for 2026; Rookie Honors for Yegorov; Poll Story; SNL

Terriers have received a commitment from Green Bay Gamblers forward Yegor Shilov. A 6’1” left-shot center from Tyumen, Russia, he joined Green Bay in November after beginning the season with the Long Island Gulls 16U AAA and has an 8-8-16 line in 23 games with the Gamblers.

Shilov had 33 goals and 15 assists in 31 games with the Gulls.

Green Bay had traded up in last Spring’s USHL Futures Draft in order to select Shilov fourth overall. At the time, Gamblers head coach and GM Mike Leone said of the young Russian, “Then, we got a kid that I've been on for two years, and we moved up to get him. I think he's one of the top three 08s in the world."

● The Hockey News Gamblers 2024 draft review  

NeutralZone observations at Green Bay vs. Madison last month:

Comments: Shilov scored the opening goal only a minute into the game tonight. First, forcing a turnover from a lazy defender, he was able to strip the puck and go in on a mini breakaway. He beat the goalie five hole really setting the tempo for the rest of the night. Off the rush tonight he was able to show that his hands are very good as well, as he’s able to stickhandle close to his body and make lateral movements to shake defenders. Shilov is hard to play against with how hard he works up and down the walls, he does not let a single [thing] derail his path. He does a good job at keeping his feet churning applying his work ethic shift in and shift out.

At last Spring’s World Selects Invitational, Shilov was first in goals (12), third in assists (13) and third in points (25).

Before coming to North America, Shilov played for Yekaterinburg’s U16 and U17 teams, captaining both squads. For the 16s he produced a 35-26-61 line in 20 games; for the 17s, his line was 31-45-76 in 30 games while earning numerous District Cup awards. Playing for Russia’s U16 team internationally, he had 14 points (7G,7A) in six games.

Follow his U17 season in Russia, The Daily Faceoff projected Shilov as a top prospect for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.

Shilov was dominant with Russia’s U-16 team this year, scoring seven goals and 14 points in six games. The Russians don’t always play top-quality competition given how few countries will play against them, but Shilov just seemed on it whenever the puck came to him. He scored more than a goal a game at the U-17 level and three points per game against his own age group. Not too shabby.

Elite Prospects' early ranking of 2026 Entry Draft prospects has Shilov at #12, while two other BU recruits, Caleb Malhotra and Luke Schairer are ranked #26 and #29 respectively.

● Elite Prospects Page  
● Video clips Tiktok, YouTube 

●The Hockey News Shilov Commits to Boston University

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After backstopping BU to its 32nd Beanpot championship and recording his first career shutout on Saturday against Providence, Mikhail "Big Mike" Yegorov is Hockey East's Rookie of the Week. His 43-save performance against BC, along with 26 of 27 saves in the opening game against Harvard, earned him the Eberly Award for best save percentage.

 
Photo credit Jim Pierce 

Despite yielding four goals in Friday's loss to the Friars, Yegorov posted a .947 save percentage in the three games. GoTerriers.com reported:

"Since he made his first start on Jan. 25, only five goaltenders who have played in five or more games have a better GAA than Yegorov, and only two such netminders have a higher save percentage than Yegorov."

Poll Story

Following their split with Providence and their Beanpot win, Terriers remain at #9 in the USCHO Division 1 Poll. BC, which split with New Hampshire, fell to #2. Maine moved  past Minnesota to #4. Providence remained at #8

In the USA Hockey/The Rink Live Division 1 Poll, BU moved up to #8, just ahead of the Friars.
 
John Buccigross' ranking has the Terriers at #7, while Everything College Hockey slots BU at #9.

In the latest Pairwise Rankings, BU sits at #7, just ahead of #8 Providence, #9 UConn and #11 Lowell. BC remains #1.

Saturday Night Leftovers

Saturday's players of the game were Yegorov and Quinn Hutson, whose slick goal in the third period gave him two milestones: his 50th goal and 100th point.


BU Hockey Stats' Review of the Men's and Women's games

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With four blocks each on Saturday, Gavin McCarthy (61) and Brehdan Engum (60) are Hockey East's top two shot blockers. 

BU Hockey Stats report that Saturday's shut out of Providence was BU's 20th in the all-time series, which is the most of any opponent.

The last time a BU freshman goalie shut out the Friars was in 2009 when Grant Rollheiser pitched a 3-0 blanking of Providence to clinch the Hockey East regular-season title for the Terriers.

Looking back

Looking ahead

RecScouting’s Gabe Foley’s top 200 prospects for the 2025 draft includes strong profiles for BU recruits Carter Amico, Charlie Trethewey, Sascha Boumedienne, Conrad Fondrk, Jack Murtagh and Simon (Haoxi) Wang. All except Wang are in Foley's top 50.

Women's Team 

Terriers' climb to #12 in the USCHO Poll.

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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Terriers blank Friars to split series; Women tie New Hampshire

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Behind goals from Jack Harvey, Sascha Boumedienne—his first—and Quinn Hutson, #9 Terriers rebounded to take a 3-0 win over #7 Providence to split the weekend series. 

Also rebounding was goalie Mikhail “Big Mike” Yegorov, who stopped all 30 shots he faced for his first career shutout, after being pulled 36 minutes into last night’s game. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native also picked up his first point.

"Clearly we weren’t at our best last night," Coach Jay Pandolfo acknowledged. "Tonight we responded from our goaltender on out…We played faster tonight. We hung onto more pucks in the offensive zone tonight. We attacked more tonight. When they had their chances, we had some big blocks and the goaltender was excellent."

BU, now 17-11-1 & 11-7-1, remain in third place in the Hockey East race, six points behind second place Maine and six points ahead of fourth place Lowell. In the Pairwise rankings, BU is #7, one slot below where they had entered the weekend.

The teams will meet one more time, at Agganis on Senior Night, March 6. 

Following an evenly played, but scoreless opening period, BU dominated the middle period, outshooting the Friars, 11-5. However, the Terrier didn’t get on the board until the 13:15 mark, scoring on the rush. From center ice, Cole Hutson pushed the puck ahead to Brandon Svoboda, whose centering pass to the goalmouth was deflected by a Friar defenseman, but Harvey knocked the puck out of the air and past Philip Svedeback. It was the sophomore’s ninth goal of the season.   

Just two minutes later, the Terriers doubled the lead, again on the rush. Matt Copponi raced up the right side leading a 3-on-2 rush, then dropped the puck to the trailer, Boumedienne. From the high slot, he lasered a shot over Svedeback’s shoulder on the blocker side. Yegorov had the second assist.

The Friars came out firing in the third period, out-shooting BU 16-2, but the Terriers produced the period’s only goal. Boudmedienne’s open-ice hit freed the puck for Harvey who quickly dished it to Quinn Hutson. The junior wing skated to the left circle and weaved through PC defenders to the slot before firing the puck home low to the glove side for his team-leading 17th goal.

The 3-0 deficit didn’t keep the visitors from attacking, forcing Yegorov to make six saves in the final three minutes to preserve the shutout.

Terriers supported their freshman netminder with 20 blocks, led by four apiece from Brehdan Engum, Gavin McCarthy and Aiden Celebrini.

With his goal, Quinn Hutson achieved a pair of milestones: it was his 50th career goal as well as his 100th career point. Before Hutson, the last Terrier to reach 50 goals was Bobo Carpenter (2015-19) with 56. Hutson's 36 points (17G,19A) matches last season’s total and puts him fourth in the conference in overall scoring.

Harvey, with a goal and an assist, continues a strong second half. His 24 points are tied with Cole Eiserman and Shane Lachance for fourth on the Terriers. Nineteen of those points have come in conference games, putting him sixth among Hockey East skaters.

Commenting on Boumedienne’s goal/assist/big hit performance, Pandolfo said, “He continues to grow as a player pretty much every game. He starts the year as a 17-year-old, just turned 18 about a month ago, I thought one of his best games was the Beanpot game versus BC. In that environment against really good players, I thought he was excellent.  

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Highlights/Post-game Pandolfo, Boumedienne, Q.Hutson
● Boston Hockey Blog BU Men's Hockey Takes Down Providence, 3-0.


Looking ahead
2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence scored twice and added an assist to lead Muskegon past the NTDP U17s. The rookie center from New Brunswick has an 18-20-38 line in 40 games, second on the Lumberjacks in scoring.

Women’s Team

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#13/12 Terriers played a 2-2 overtime tie with New Hampshire at Walter Brown Arena. The Wildcats grabbed the extra point, winning a 10-round shootout.

With the tie, Terriers remain in first place in Hockey East, five points ahead of next weekend’s opponent, UConn. BU needs just one point to clinch its first regular-season title since 2012-13.

Captain Tamara Giaquinto scored both BU goals in the first period, sandwiched between a UNH tally. Leading scorer Sydney Healy assisted on both goals.
UNH’s Alyson Hush tied the game in the second period on a power play.

Callie Shanahan turned aside 25 shots.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Highlights

 

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

UPDATED: Saturday Game Day; Friars stymie Terriers; Women edge New Hampshire



 

 

 Devin Kaplan playing hockey

Call it a Beanpot hangover or just being outworked and outhustled. Either way, the step forward taken at TD Garden Monday was followed by a step backward at Schneider Arena as #9/8 BU was doubled up by #7 Providence Friday Night.

Terriers missed an opportunity to gain ground on the two team they’re trailing in the Hockey East standings. BC dropped a 3-2 decision to UMass, while Maine tied New Hampshire 1-1. 

“I liked the first five or six minutes of the game,” Coach Jay Pandolfo said, “and then we got away from it. They ended up getting that goal, Connelly scored that goal, and seemed like we just got away from playing a more direct game.”

The loss did not feature the slow start that has plagued BU in recent games. They were moving the puck well and limiting good scoring chances over the first six or seven minutes. Then, Trevor Connolly raced past Kamil Bednarik and Brehdan Engum before whipping a wrist shot past Mikhail Yegorov on the blocker side. 

At that point, the Friars switched from passive defense to an aggressive forecheck which quickly threw the Terriers off their game. Then at 11:30 after some sustained pressure in the BU zone, Chase Yoder stripped Ryan Greene behind the Terrier cage and his wrap-around shot went through Yegorov’s five-hole before he could get his goal stick down.

A early second period power play provided a chance for the Terriers to cut into the Providence lead—which they did, needing just nine seconds. Tom Willander set up Greene’s one-time blast from the left circle. It was his 12th tally of the season. Quinn Hutson had the second assist. 

But just 20 seconds later, Providence answered. Yegorov made an initial save but as he attempted to cover the puck, it was tapped into the crease where a lunging Hudson Malinowski slid the puck home for a 3-1 lead.

Late in the period Alex Bales made it 4-1 when his sharp angle shot from the left board beat Yegorov. At that point, Pandolfo replaced the freshman with senior Mathieu Caron. 

He later explained, “Yegorov was off his game. That happens. He was just a little bit off, and I thought it was a good time to get him out and get Caron in there.”

Seven minutes into the third period John Mustard’s blast from the top of the right circle made it 5-1.

A mini-comeback for BU began with another power-play goal. This time it took just eight seconds to convert as Devin Kaplan re-routed Quinn Hutson’s centering pass. Kaplan’s eighth goal cut the deficit to 5-2. Willander recorded his second assist.

Two minutes later with BU on the penalty-kill, Kaplan took a pass from Gavin McCarthy, skated into the Friars’ zone, deked a defender and beat Philip Svedeback high to the glove side. The junior wing’s ninth goal pulled BU within two with 4:27 remaining. 

They’d get no closer. With Caron pulled for an extra attacker, Taige Harding fired a shot through traffic into the empty net. 

Both teams finished with 33 shots, but quality chances decidedly favored Providence.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Coach Pandolfo post-game

● Boston Hockey Blog Recap and Takeaways

Looking ahead
2025 recruit Conrad Fondrk, who returned to the NTDP U18 line-up after missing a month with an injury, scored a pair of goals, his 8th and 9th, as Team USA defeated Bowling Green, 6-4. Jack Murtagh’s 15th goal proved to be the game-winner. Charlie Trethewey recorded his 10th assist.

Neutral Zone offers this evaluation of 2026 recruit Luke Schairer. A 6’2", 186 lb., defenseman, he has 23 points (3G,20A) with the NTDP U17s. He also made two starts with the U18s.

Comments: This lanky right shot defenseman has great size and length. He was physically imposing, especially in front of his net and along the walls where he won the majority of his puck battles. He is mobile for a big defenseman and supremely confident with the puck. His combination of size, mobility, and offensive skills gave him the opportunity to play in all key offensive situations for the US team this week. His heavy shot gets through and he picked his spots well to join the rush and create chances as a secondary option. Schairer played the first unit powerplay with poise and showed offensive awareness in his game managing the blue line. He held pucks and let the play develop in transition and found his teammates moving with pace in transition. He projects as a confident, offensive-minded defenseman with a high ceiling. He seemed a bit over confident at times and this led to a handful of instances where he over-handled, even when he was last man back. A few turnovers turned into quality scoring chances going the wrong way. If he can clean up this area of his game he has the package to develop into a quality two way defender in the future. Reducing turnovers and improving his defensive awareness will be crucial for his development.


Women’s Team
#13/12 Terriers defeated New Hampshire, 2-1, at the Whittemore Center. They maintain their hold on first place in Hockey East and extended their margin over UConn to six points, after the Huskies lost to Providence.

BU received goals from Christina Vote in the opening period and Maggie Hanzel in the second period. The Wildcats cut the lead in half on a third-period power play.

Callie Shanahan stopped 21 shots to earn the win.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Post Game Coach Tara Watchorn /Hanzell
● Boston Hockey Blog recap

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday, February 14, 2025

UPDATED Game Day Terriers visit Providence; Women travel to UNH; Tkachuk Brothers & Eichel shine at 4 Nations

           

Game day graphic featuring posed photo of Brehdan Engum. #9 BU at #7 Providence, Feb. 14, 7 PM, Providence, RI on ESPN+

#9 Terriers must put aside the euphoria of Monday’s Beanpot win as they begin a home-and-home series with #7 Providence tonight at Schneider Arena with six critical conference points at stake. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. for the contest that will be live-streamed by ESPN+.

In the Hockey East race, BU is currently third with 32 points, eight ahead of the seventh place Friars. But thanks to an 8-1-0 non-conference record, Providence is #7 in Pairwise, just behind the #6 Terriers. While Providence finished the fall semester with an impressive 14-3-2 record, 2025 has proved more challenging as the Friars are 2-4-3 in the last nine.  However two of the losses were to top-ranked BC and another to Maine. 

“They’re a real solid defensive team, really good in the neutral zone,” Coach Jay Pandolfo said in his weekly media call. “They clog it up. You’ve got to be willing to put pucks in and forecheck and win your pucks that way.  It’s always a tough challenge against Providence. They work. They play physical. It’s tough to get inside around their net.  Watching them, they have some more skill in their group this year."

That added skill for the Friars includes leading scorer with 20 points Logan Will, a grad transfer from Colorado College and a pair of talented freshmen forwards. John Mustard has 17 points (6G,11A), while Trevor Connolly, a first-round pick by Vegas, has 11 points in just 15 games. He played in the World Juniors with three Terriers and is expected to return to the Friars’ lineup after sitting out with an injury. Three sophomores supplement the offense: Hudson Malinowski (18), Graham Gamche (17) and Tanner Adams (17 and a team-high 10 goals).

Junior Philip Svedeback (2.34, .916) has made 20 starts, while Zach Borgiel (2.13, .931), a grad transfer from Merrimack, has made nine starts.

Terriers are 7-0-1 against Providence over the past three seasons with a 3-0-1 record at Schneider. 

BU’s offense currently is third nationally (3.81 gpg) and first in Hockey East (3.7). The power play ranks #6 nationally at 26.9%.

Top scorer Quinn Hutson (33 points) has 12-8-20 in his last dozen games. Cole Hutson has also been on a heater in those 12 games with a 6-12-18 line.  Co-captains Ryan Greene and Shane Lachance have 26 and 24 points respectively, while Cole Eiserman is tied with Quinn Hutson with a team-high16 goals. 

Five games into his NCAA career, Mikhail Yegorov has put up impressive numbers—a 1.41 GAA and a .951 save percentage—while displaying focus and calm under pressure.

Pandolfo explained that in practice this week “Big Mike” has “moved past what we’ve just accomplished and that’s the right mindset to have. What’s the next challenge? That’s the way he’s wired. I expect him to go out and compete as he does every other game."

He reported that Aiden Celebrini has been skating with the team this week and is available to play, although a final decision had not yet been made.                 UPDATE: Celebrini returns as the 7th defenseman

Pandolfo also pointed out that the presence of Lane Hutson and Macklin Celebrini in the locker room and in the stands with The Dog Pound is indicative of the team-first culture of BU hockey. 

"This is a special place. It was special for me...it goes a long way that you see two high-profile players in the NHL as rookies want to come back and be part of it. It was awesome…I don’t know if there were two more happier guys than those two.”

TONIGHT’S BU LINE-UP
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● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+
● Coach Pandolfo Media Call 

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● Boston Hockey Blog Men’s hockey needs to prove consistency in Providence series 
● BU Hockey Stats Week 19 Preview Entering the Home Stretch
 

Even more Beanpot leftovers 

►BHB’s new episode of Terrier Hockey Talk examines the Terriers’ 32nd Beanpot title and more.

►In case you missed it Monday night, just prior to beginning of the championship game, a banner reading “BC Sucks” was unfurled in the BC student section. It was the handiwork of BU’s Dog Pound. Boston Hockey Blog reveals how the hockey prank of the year was planned and executed.
● Boston Hockey Blog How BU’s Dog Pound went undercover to of a Beanpot prank for the ages  

Along with Lane Hutson and Macklin Celebrini, several other recent Terriers  returned to Boston for the Beanpot final: Case McCarthy (AHL Hartford), Dylan Peterson (AHL Springfield) and Cade Webber and Sam Stevens, both with AHL Toronto.

Looking ahead
The Athletic’s latest ranking of the top 64 for the 2025 draft includes: #29 Jack Murtagh, #38 Sascha Boumedienne, #39 Haoxi Simon Wang, #42 Charlie Trethewey, #52 Conrad Fondrk and HM Carter Amico.
 

Looking back
In Team USA’s first game at the 4 Nations Faceoff, Brady Tkachuk and his brother Matthew each scored twice in a 6-1 win. During the second period, Coach Mike Sullivan put the Tkachuk Brothers together with Jack Eichel, who assisted on the second goals for both brothers.

● NHL.com recap

Women’s Team

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#13/12 Terriers begin their penultimate regular-season series tonight as they visit New Hampshire in a 6 p.m. start at the Whittemore Center. ESPN+ will provide the live stream.

BU goes into the home-and-home series in first place in Hockey East, just one point ahead of UConn, whom they’ll face next weekend. 

The sixth-place Wildcats shut out the Terriers, 2-0, last month in the game between Beanpot contests.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU Women’s Hockey Twitter
● Live stream ESPN+
● Coach Tara Watchorn Media Call
● Boston Hockey Blog preview

 

 

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The Beanpot comes home; Defkit's Terrier Takeaway; Monday Night Leftovers

 

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A Beanpot Championship—especially when the win is a takedown of an arch-rival and the NCAA’s top-ranked team—more than warrants a second blogpost. 

We start with Defkit’s Terrier Takeaway:

- What a great victory for a team that has struggled with consistency but has shown that when they are on, they can compete with any team in the country. While it was tremendously gratifying to win the Beanpot, to do it by upsetting your #1 ranked rival team makes it so much sweeter.

- I thought the big change from the first period to the second was a team-wide commitment to playing a smart defensive game. Where previously the Eagles' star players seemed to have plenty of room to operate, they now had someone on them lifting their sticks to limit second chances. Tremendous backchecking helped prevent odd-man rushes. There were still shots that Yegorov had to stop, but very few threatening rebound opportunities.

- Part of that improvement was also a commitment to blocking shots. So many replays showed a Terrier getting a leg in front of a potential scoring opportunity.  
- Yegorov once again was tremendous. He is just so poised. In two games against BC, he has twice given up an early goal (neither of them his fault) and shut them down the rest of the way. That speaks volumes about his ability to keep a clear head and rebound from adversity, which should be a huge help down the stretch. 
- All three goal-scorers (other than Gavin's ENG) and the emerging-star netminder are all freshmen - the future is bright! Getting three past Fowler is not easy, so kudos to the skill level of those guys for picking corners and finding the five-hole. 
- It was very cool to have Lane and Macklin not just in the locker room reading the starting line-up, but waving the flag in the student section. Yes, they both have brothers on the team, so it wasn't a surprise they were in attendance. But they showed they have a passion for the program, which is just so great to see. Pandolfo mentioned that Case McCarthy and Dylan Peterson were also at the game.

 
Monday Night Leftovers

With Monday's title game win, BU's  all-time Beanpot record is 96-48 (.666). Along with a 13-10 record against BC in championship games, the Terriers are 31-17 (.646) in all tournament games with the Eagles. BU has claimed the silver trophy in 15 of the last 31 tournaments. 

The Terriers and Eagles have now met 298 times and BU leads the series, 141-136-21 (.508).

Almost déjà vu?
1997 Beanpot: BU 7 Harvard 1, BU 4 BC 2
2025 Beanpot: BU 7 Harvard 1, BU 4 BC 1

● Boston Hockey Blog With Beanpot win over Boston College, BU men’s hockey proved it can go all the way

 

Another look at Cole Eiserman's third-period goal. 

Another look at Cole Hutson's game-winner in the second period.

Prior to Monday, the last defenseman to win the Beanpot MVP was Matt Grzelcyk, who scored the overtime goal to beat Northeastern. 

Mikhail Yegorov joins Kieran Millan (2009) and Rick DiPietro (2000) as freshman goalies who backstopped BU to the Beanpot Championship. 

● Boston Globe BU men’s hockey had a stellar 2024, but ‘we didn’t really raise any trophies.’ That made their Beanpot win even sweeter

“We didn’t really raise any trophies last year, so I think it’d give our group a lot of confidence moving forward,” said Pandolfo. “If you win this tournament, it can really jump-start a lot of confidence going into the stretch and into the playoffs.”

The Terriers got the signature win that eluded them, upsetting No. 1 BC, 4-1, to capture the program’s 32nd Beanpot title. And it wasn’t just this year’s roster that celebrated when the game was over. 

While some NHL players might have taken advantage of the break in the schedule brought on by the 4 Nations Face-Off to head to a warmer climate, Celebrini and Lane Hutson made the rounds at the Garden on Monday night, first appearing in BU’s dressing room to rev up their former teammates by announcing the starting lineup.

Looking ahead

2026 recruit Rian Chudzinski is the leading scorer (17-22-39 in 19 games) for Dexter-Southfield, ranked #1 among New England prep schools. 

 ● USA News Blackhawks prospect Jack Pridham has taken off since taking advantage of rule change

Looking back

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Terriers rally to claim their 32nd Beanpot Championship

 2025 Beanpot Group Photo 

                  Photo credit Matt Woolverton

As Frankie Valli sang some 50 years ago, “Oh, What a Night!”

#9 Terriers, after nearly being run out of TD Garden by BC in the opening period, roared back with four unanswered goals to defeat the top-ranked Eagles, 4-1, and claim their 32nd Beanpot Tournament championship.

    CHECK BACK TUESDAY FOR DEFKIT’S TERRIER TAKEAWAY

BU goal scorers were Brandon Svoboda, Cole Hutson, Cole Eiserman and Gavin McCarthy. Hutson, whose tally was the game-winner, earned tournament MVP honors. With four points last Monday against Harvard (2G,2A), he finished the tournament as the leading scorer with five points. Just a month ago, he became the first defenseman to lead the World Junior Championship in scoring as the U.S. repeated as gold-medal champs. Svoboda and Eiserman were on that squad as well.

Mikhail “Big Mike” Yegorov delivered once again on the big stage, stopping 43 shots, including 15 in the first period to keep the Terriers in the game. Combined with his semifinal performance, the St. Petersburg, Russia, native saved 69 of 71 shots for a gaudy .971 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA. He received the Eberly Award as the tournament's top netminder.

With the win, BU is now 13-10 in tournament championship games against its arch-rival. Terriers now lead the overall series between the teams, which began in 1918, 140-136-21. The victory also moved BU up to #6 in the Pairwise rankings.

“That’s the joy you have in coaching, watching these guys hoist the trophy,” Coach Jay Pandolfo told NESN following the awards ceremony. “The way we started the game, I didn’t know it would end this way. We had a tough start. Our guys are resilient. They responded. We’ve done it all year. Obviously they (BC) showed up in the first period. We settled down, we made it a game and found a way to win."

Macklin Celebrini and Lane Hutson reading the starting lineup. 

                  Photo credit Matt Woolverton

Prior to the game, the two leading Calder Trophy candidates showed up in the locker-room to read the lineup to the Terriers. It should have had the team pumped and ready to go toe-to-toe with BC, but no.

Instead, the Eagles’ speed and transition game was clicking on all cylinders from the opening whistles and they had long puck possessions in the Terrier end throughout the opening period.  An early BU power play was completely stifled by the aggressive BC penalty-killers. At one point, the shots stood at 9-1.

Six minutes in, Yegorov made an initial save after BC controlled an offensive-zone draw, but the Eagles controlled the rebound and found an unmarked Gabe Perreault outside the right post to give BC a 1-0 lead.  

Terriers finally made some offensive inroad in the latter half of the period, finishing with nine shots to BC’s 16, with the Eagles forcing Yegorov to make some bigtime saves to keep the deficit at one.

During the intermission, Pandolfo had a succinct message for his team. “It looked like we were playing scared in the first period. So, I just told them to relax and just go out and play hockey. We’re better than what we showed in the first period.”

It worked. BU began playing the direct, simple game that Pandolfo constantly preaches. Shane Lachance nearly jammed one home at the four-minute mark. 

At 5:43 the Terriers tied the score on Svoboda’s fifth goal. When the Eagles turned the puck over at center ice, Nick Roukounakis pushed it ahead to Svoboda. The freshman center skated through the right circle and whipped a shot home on the short side, over the shoulder of Jacob Fowler. Svoboda and the BC netminder had been teammates on USHL Clark Cup champ Youngstown two seasons ago. 

Just over a minute later, BU took the lead. After Cole Hutson’s entry and shot attempt were defended, Kamil Bednarik kept the puck alive and Hutson slid it to Tom Willander at the right point. The sophomore defenseman took two quick steps, then rifled a pass back to Hutson in the left circle for a hard wrister that beat Fowler to the blocker side. It was Hutson’s eighth goal of the season.

BU killed a BC power-play midway through the period and the back-and-forth action continued. With two minutes left in the period, a Copponi block sent Bednarik breaking in alone, but he was stoned at the goalmouth by Fowler.

Four penalties were called in the final minute of the period including a pair of coincidentals. The result was that the third period would begin 4-on-4 followed by a short Terrier power play.

After two periods, shot totals favored BC by just two, 32-30. Meanwhile, the Terriers had blocked 20 Eagle shots.

Macklin Celebrini and Lane Hutson joined the Dog Pound to pump up the Terriers.

As the third period began, BC controlled the play during the four-on-four and killed the abbreviated power play.

The shots kept coming for both sides with Yegorov and Fowler coming up with big saves. Then with six minutes left in regulation Eiserman intercepted an Eagle cross ice pass just inside the BC blueline. He settled the bouncing puck, raced toward the net and backhanded a shot under Fowler’s right pad for his 16th goal and a two-goal BU lead.

Terriers limited BC’s opportunities the rest of the way and Gavin McCarthy sealed the win with an empty-net goal--from behind the BU goal line-- after Fowler was pulled for an extra skater.   (video)

Both teams would finish with 44 shots. BU won 40 out of 64 draws, after being on the shot end of faceoffs in the opening period. Bednarik won 14 of 20, while Svoboda took six of nine. Terriers blocked 26 Eagle shots with Brehdan Engum accounting for seven.

Yegorov’s .971 save percentage is the third-highest mark in tournament history behind former Terriers John Curry (.985, 2007) and Rick DiPietro (.981, 2000).

Cole Hutson leads all Hockey East defensemen in goals (8) and points (26). He’s second in points by a defenseman nationally.

Pandolfo joins Jack Parker, David Quinn and Albie O'Connell as Terriers who have won the Beanpot as head coach and as a player.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Post-game Pandolfo/Yegorov/C. Hutson
● Highlights & Award Ceremony
● Photo gallery
● Boston Hockey Blog BU wins 32nd Beanpot title with 4-1 win over BC.   (Updated article)
● College Hockey News BU Recaptures Beanpot Behind 43 Saves from Freshman Yegorov

● FloHockey.tv Mikhail Yegorov Took Unexpected Route To Become BU's Beanpot Hero


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Monday, February 10, 2025

UPDATED: Beanpot Game Day: Terriers vs. Eagle for the title; Bring Back the 'Pot video; Women dump Friars; HE honors for Pietersen

 

Quinn Hutson posed photo is on the Men's Beanpot championship graphic that features MBTA map in background. BU vs. BC, Feb. 10, 7:30 PM at TD Garden.

#8 Terriers will look to shake off a disappointing and distressing loss to Merrimack and pursue their first Beanpot championship since 2022 as they face #1 BC in 72nd tournament title game at TD Garden. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. with NESN broadcasting the game and live-streams provided by ESPN+ and TSN3/5. NHL Network also will carry the game as well as a pre-game show at 7:00 p.m.

BU and BC will meet for the 23rd time in the championship game, with the Terriers holding a 12-10 edge. The last seven title game meetings (4-3 BC) have been decided by one goal with four of them going to overtime.  

Since being swept by the Eagles last month (6-2, 2-0), BU had impressive wins against New Hampshire and Harvard, scoring seven goals in both games, before the offense failed to produce against the Warriors.  

Meanwhile, BC, who is on a nine-game winning streak, dispatched Lowell (4-0), Northeastern (8-2) and New Hampshire (4-2). Their only loss in 2025 was, ironically, to Merrimack (5-2). 

The Boston Hockey Blog was at Sunday’s practice where all team members were on ice. BHB reported that Gavin McCarthy will be in the line-up while Aiden Celebrini is doubtful, and that Mikhail Yegorov will be in goal.  They shared these comments.

TONIGHT’S BU LINEUP

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● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+

● Greene/Hughes/Pandolfo interviews 

● Boston Hockey Blog Battle of Comm. Ave. takes to TD Garden in men’s Beanpot final

● USCHO.com This Week in Hockey East BU & BC to clash in Beanpot final for 23rd time
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape 

● BU Hockey Stats Beanpot preview 

Polls/Rankings

►BU slips one spot to #9 in both the USCHO Weekly Poll and the USA Hockey/The Rink Live Poll.  Terriers also stand a #9 in Pairwise.

► BHB’s Brendan Nordstrom spoke with goalie Mikhail Yegorov for BU Today and presents Five Facts about the newest Terrier.

After winning the first Beanpot game with a season-high 26 saves and only one goal allowed, Yegorov now gets a Boston College rematch on the biggest stage of his career: the Beanpot Championship.
“I hope that I’m gonna get [the chance for a BC rematch], and I’ve heard that it’s gonna be an awesome environment, a sold-out Beanpot,” he says. “All I can do is look forward to it, because it’s gonna be really fun. We will try our best, and we’ll see how things fall.” 

  

Beanpot Parties 

The BU Alumni Association is hosting a series of events for alumni, friends, and fans to come together, celebrate, and cheer on the Terriers. Click here for details and reservations for the Beanpot Pre-game party at Causeway Boston and on Beanpot Watch parties at 14 locations throughout the nation.

A little Beanpot History
The last time the Terriers and Eagles met in the championship game, 2016, BC won, 1-0 in overtime, on a goal by Alex Tuch, older brother of Luke Tuch. 

BU’s last championship game win over the Eagles, in 2007, also came in overtime, 2-1, with Brian McGuirk scoring off a faceoff. With 37 saves, John Curry was both tournament MVP and Eberly Award winner as top goalie. He would go on to repeat as an All-American.

 

BU had also defeated BC in the 2006 Beanpot championship game, 3-2.  

Will an Amonte Family Beanpot tradition continue? Ty Amonte scored a double-overtime goal to win the 2018 semifinal game against Harvard.

  

Ty and Tristan Amonte’s dad, Tony Amonte, was the 1991 Beanpot MVP. In the title game, after taking a bone-jarring check and being down on the ice for several minutes, he got back up to score a remarkable second-period hat trick within a span of 5:24 to lead the Terriers past Boston College for the championship.

  

Back in 1970, BU trailed the Eagles, 4-2, going into the third period when Wayne Gowing scored a hat trick to give the Terriers a 5-4 win. That began a run of four straight Beanpot titles for BU.

In 1997, BU dispatched Harvard, 7-1, just as they did last Monday, and faced BC in the championship game. Terriers scored four in the third period to win 4-2 with captain Billy Pierce scoring the game-winner and earning MVP honors. (see the Beanpot video above, 30-second mark.)

 
Looking ahead

2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence scored his 16th goal and added two assists  in Muskegon's 6-5 win against Tri-City. With 36 points, Lawrence is among the top rookie scorers in the USHL.

Jack Pridham scored his 17th goal and assisted on another in Kitchener's 9-1 rout of Niagara. He has 35 points in 33 games since moving to the OHL in mid November, leads the Rangers in points per game (1.06) and is second in power-play goals with seven.     

2025 recruit Jack Murtagh had the primary assist on Team USA’s overtime goal in a 2-1 win over Czechia in the final game of the Five Nations tournament.  He finished the tournament with a 2-5-7 scoring line, tied for the US team lead and the tournament lead. Earlier in the week he scored this unassisted breakaway goal against Finland.

 

Looking back

Clayton Keller scored his 19th and 20th goals but Utah fell to Carolina, 7-3.

 Jack Eichel recorded his 49th and 50th assists as Vegas edged the Bruins, 4-3.

 Lane Hutson explains how skating with his laces untied helped him with foot speed and edge work. (Instagram video).


Women’s Team

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#14 Terriers, facing a 1-0 deficit going into the third period, scored four times to race past Providence, 4-1, at Agganis Arena. BU’s leading scorer Sydney Healey led the way with his 12th and 13th goals while sophomore Mari Pietersen stopped 35 of 36 shots.

With their win, the Terriers (20-9-1, 17-5-1) have clinched a bye in the opening round of the Hockey East playoffs.  BU, who also remains atop the Hockey East standings, became the first conference team to reach 20 wins this season. Terriers last hit the 20-win mark in 2019-20.

After a scoreless opening period, the Friars took a 1-0 lead midway through the second.

Healey brought BU even at 7:48 of the third period, scoring from the goalmouth with assists to Christina Vote and Lindsay Bochna.   

Just 90 seconds later, Carey Maeve, a transfer from Stonehill, scored the eventual-game winner converting a goalmouth pass from Alex Law. Kaileigh Quigg also assisted.

Law then stretched the lead to 3-1 with an unassisted short-handed goal on a breakaway.

Healey’s empty-net goal closed out the scoring. 

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Highlights
● Post-game Coach Watchorn/Carey
● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● GoTerriers.com Pietersen named Hockey East Defender of the Week 

►Terriers move up to #13 in the USCHO Weekly poll.

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