Nearly a month following its 4-1 win over Quinnipiac, the
#11 Terriers are back on the ice, taking the short ride to Harvard’s
Bright-Landry Hockey Center for a 7 p.m. match-up with #4/5 Harvard. The game
airs live on NESNplus and also is available on the Ivy Digital Network
(subscription).
Last season, the teams played a pair of overtime games,
with Harvard winning, 3-2, at Agganis Arena and BU taking a 4-3 win in the
Beanpot semifinal on assistant captain Danny O’Regan’s goal.
The Crimson have an 8-1-3 record and are coming off wins
against Ferris State and Minnesota in the Marriucci Classic last weekend.
Senior Jimmy Vesey, a Hobey Baker Award finalist last season, leads Harvard
with 20 points, while his linemates, senior Kyle Criscuolo and junior Alex
Kerfoot, each have 15. Sophomore goalie Merrick Madsen owns the nation’s second
best GAA (1.32) and save percentage
(.956).
Three Terriers who suffered first-semester injuries—captain
Matt Grzelcyk (photo), senior Ahti Oksanen and sophomore Nikolas Olsson—have skated in
practice but their availability will be decided later today. The four players
returning from the World Junior Championships—sophomores Brandon Hickey and Brandon
Fortunato, and freshmen Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Charlie McAvoy—are
expected to be in the BU line-up. Sean Maguire, who earned Hockey East
Defensive Player of the Week honors for his 36-save effort against Quinnipiac,
will start in goal for BU.
Everyone is back from injury and all four WJC guys are in the lineup… Happy New Year, Terrier Nation! #GoBU pic.twitter.com/BKzlzq2nix
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 7, 2016
● GoTerriers.com preview,
Game
Notes, LiveStats,
Terrier
Sports Radio Network Webcast, @BUGameDay
● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog
● Daily Free Press preview
● College Hockey News Tale
of the Tape; Team
of the Week—Harvard
● Harvard Game
Notes● Havard Crimson preview
● Hockey East weekend preview
► BU is ranked #11 in the
current USCHO weekly poll. Harvard is #5.
Throwback Thursday—This date in
Terrier Hockey
On January 7, 1978 Boston University defeated Princeton, 4-3, at Baker Rink in Princeton. It was the Terriers 10th straight win to start the season, tying the team record, which had been set during the 1964-65 season. John Melanson scored two goals for BU, while Mark Fidler and Tony Meagher each scored one. In net Brian Durocher (current Women's Team head coach) made 31 saves against the Tigers for the win.
Looking ahead
2018 recruit Jake Wise scored his
eighth goal of the season for Central Catholic in its 3-2 win against Arlington
Catholic. The North Andover native leads
the #6-ranked Raiders with 15 points in eight games.
● ESPN Boston profile
Shattuck St. Marys Bantams, with 2019 Terrier recruits Robert Mastrosimone and Braden Doyle, is the top-ranked Tier 1 '01 squad as the undefeated Sabres begin the Silversticks Tournament. Mastrosimone, a center, has 74 points while defenseman Doyle has 30.
U14 AAA Rankings to start 2016: 1)
Shattuck St. Mary's (0 L's). 2) Little Caesars. 3) Chicago
Mission. #RoadToNattys
pic.twitter.com/PK6Swq7Mdr
—
Matt Grainda (@graindaiv) January
7, 2016
Looking back
USCHO’s Tim Costello sat down
with retiring
Bowdoin coach—and former Terrier co-captain (1975-76) Terry Meagher—about
his 33 seasons behind the Polar Bears’ bench and the program’s future. Earlier this season, Meagher’s Bowdoin team
played rival Colby in a game marked by the endowment of the White Mules' coaching
position for former Terrier head coach Jack Kelley. Meagher, whose brothers Rick and Tony, also
starred for BU, remarked:
“To be a part of the Kelley/Parker coaching tree is something I treasure as part of a very special fraternity involved with a great game and great traditions.”
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