Game Day: Terriers vs. NTDP U18s

Terriers play their final exhibition tune-up tonight, hosting the NTDP U18s for the third consecutive season.  Two years ago, BU defeated a U18 squad featuring Jordan Greenway and Charlie McAvoy, 6-5; last year, the visitors skated away with a 7-4 win. Tonight, four of the architects of that U18 win—freshmen Clayton Keller, Chad Krys, Kieffer Bellows and Jake Oettinger—will be in Scarlet.

With game time at Agganis Arena set for 7 p.m. ET, the contest is the first of 15 free, high-definition live-streams of BU home games. The TerrierTV live streams, via Campus Insiders, are available online worldwide.

BU’s top returning scorers are three sophomores: assistant captain Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (30 points), Greenway (26) and McAvoy (25).

The U18 line-up features three 2017 BU recruits: forwards Logan Cockerill and Brady Tkachuk, and defenseman David Farrance. (See “The Next Ones.”).  BU has seven NTDP alums on the roster: Olsson, Greenway, McAvoy, Bellows, Keller, Krys and Oettinger..

● GoTerriers.com preview, Live Stats, TerrierTV (free), Terrier Sports Radio Network, BU Game Day

● Media Day: Captains comments (video)

● Boston Hockey Blog Live In-Game Blog

● USA Hockey preview
● Inside Hockey East podcast 

TONIGHT'S BU LINE-UP

Harper-Forsbacka Karlsson-Carpenter

Bellows-Keller-Greenway

Olsson-Curry-Roberto

Kelley-McDermott-Chabot

McAvoy-Krys

Diffley-Fabbro

Somerby-McDermott

Switzer

Oettinger

LaCouvee

Prawdzik

 

Olsson, Somerby & Forsbacka Karlsson (photo by Maddie Malhotra)

►The Daily Free Press’s Annual Hockey Issue is out today.

● 12-Page Digital Edition

● Season preview

● Preview of U18 & Colgate games

● Greenway, McAvoy look to lead

● Somerby looks to guide young team to a title
● Injury Free: Nikolas Olsson
● Terriers At Last:Bellows, Keller & Fabbro 
● The Blueline: Better than Last TIme?

● 20 Questions: Brien Diffley & Brandon Hickey

Women's Team
● Season preview

● Assistants reflect on BU hockey memories

The Boston Globe traces McAvoy’s career from skating with his Dad at three years old in Long Beach, NY, though his freshman year at BU and first-round selection in the NHL Entry Draft by the Bruins.

● Boston Globe report

Looking back

Former BU netminder Matt O’Connor stopped all 19 shots he faced in 31 minutes in Ottawa’s 4-3 overtime win against Montreal, days before he was assigned to the Senator’s AHL affiliate in Binghamton.

● Ottawa Sun report