Friday, February 26, 2016

Game Day: Terriers take on Notre Dame in South Bend; Women begin playoffs



In the final weekend of the Hockey East regular season, #9 BU visits #10 Notre Dame for a pair of games that will determine whether the Terriers can earn a bye for the first round of playoffs. Puck drop tonight at the Compton Family Ice Arena is at 7:30 p.m. for the contest that will air live on NBC Sports Network.

Currently tied with Lowell in fourth place, BU can finish as high as third place—with a sweep of the Irish—or as low as fifth.  The Irish, are coming off two losses to Providence, one in overtime, and still have an outside chance to finish first in the conference.


Notre Dame’s attack is led by Jake Evans (32 points), Anders Bjork (31) and Thomas DiPauli (29). Cal Petersen is one of the top Division 1 goalies with a 2.12 goals against average. Notre Dame stats

Danny O’Regan, who earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors with four goals last weekend, paces the Terriers with 36 points and is tied with fellow seniors Ahti Oksanen and Matt Lane with 14 goals each. BU stats

Tonight's BU line-up 

Greenway-JFK-O'Regan
Oksanen-Lane-Cloonan
Andrén-Carpenter-Baillargeon
Phelps-Moran-Kelley
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-Diffley
Maguire

► DiPauli was a teammate of Terrier blueliners Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Fortunato during the recent World Junior Championships, helping Team USA win a bronze medal.

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog
● Daily Free Press preview
● WTBU Sports game preview and podcast
● Notre Dame Game Notes
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape  
● USCHO: Hockey East Picks and Predictions
● HockeyEastOnline weekend preview
● SB Nation preview

Looking back
Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius
Former BU captain Garrett Noonan was recalled by Nashville’s AHL affiliate, Milwaukee, from the Cincinnati Cylcones. Noonan is the Cyclones top scoring defenseman with 31 points and was named ECHL Player of the Week a week ago.

Women’s Team

The four-time defending  Hockey East champion Terriers begin defense of their title in a quarterfinal round best-of-three series against Vermont. Tonight's game at Walter Brown Arena begins at 7 p.m. and can be seen on TerrierTV.
● Daily Free Press preview

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