The Terriers are right back where they were a
year ago, heading into the Hockey East finals and needing two wins to punch
their ticket to the NCAA tournament. A year ago, BU edged BC in overtime in the
semifinal and blanked Providence in the title game. Tonight, they’ll take on
#6/8 Northeastern in a 4 p.m. start at TD Garden. The game will air on NESNplus. The other semifinal matches #1 seed UMass against BC.
In three previous meetings this season, the
teams have each won once with one tie. In a November weekend series, BU rallied
from two goals down to tie the Huskies, 5-5, and then took a 4-1 decision the
next night. Last month in the Beanpot opener, Northeastern won in overtime, 2-1.
The Huskies, who have won nine of their last 10
games, are led by a pair of Hockey East first team all-stars, goalie Cayden
Primeau (2.05, .935) and defenseman Jeremy Davies, who leads the team with 34
points. Forwards Liam Pecararo and Brandon Hawkins each have 28 and Tyler
Madden has 27.
BU Coach Albie O’Connell, the first to lead a
team to the Hockey East semifinals in his first year as a head coach in 22
years, knows his team must get off to a fast start. He told USCHO, ““We have to worry
about what’s in front of us, not worry about the [NCAA] tournament. We need to
find our game quick [against Northeastern] and find a way to win.”
● GoTerriers.com preview,
Game
Notes, Terrier Sports Radio Network,
BU GameDay
● HockeyEastOnline Live Stats,
Championship
Weekend preview
● Boston Hockey Blog Live In-Game Blog
● Daily Free Press preview
Freshman Joel Farabee has been named Hockey
East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year, the third BU winner in five seasons and tenth overall. A first-round draft pick of
the Philadelphia Flyers, Farabee led all rookies in conference scoring with 24
points (7G, 17A) and is the Terriers top scorer with 17 goals and 19 assists. His
four-goal performance in the quarterfinal series against Lowell earned the
Cicero, NY native his third Hockey East Rookie of the Week award. Recent BU winners of the top rookie award include Clayton Keller (2016-17), Jack
Eichel (2014-15), Charlie Coyle (2010-11) and Kieran Millan (2008-09).
● HockeyEastOnline report,
rookie
finalists video
And the winner is... #GoBU pic.twitter.com/Acp3lF8fyE— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) March 21, 2019
Episode 20 of Inside
BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s conversation with Head Coach Albie O’Connell
as BU continues to seek to defend its Hockey East Championship, as the
tournament moves to the semifinal round.
Looking back
Hockey East has announced its 35th
Anniversary Team of 70 players as voted by fans, coaches, officials and the
media. Terriers among the top vote-getters were Chris Drury, Jack Eichel and
Charlie McAvoy. Other BU selections were: forwards Tony Amonte, John Cullen, Mike
Grier, Shawn McEachern, Jay Pandolfo and David Sacco; defensemen Matt Gilroy,
Matt Grzelcyk, Tom Poti and Kevin Shattenkirk; and goalie John Curry.
● HockeyEastOnline report
Looking ahead
The four-day NTDP Evaluation Camp for the
2019-20 U17s opened Thursday at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The
52-man camp roster includes three 2021 Terrier recruits: forwards Tyler Boucher and
Jeremy Wilmer and defenseman Roman Schmidt.
● USA Hockey roster, schedule, details
Women’s Team
Sophomore forward Jesse Compher has added
CCM/ACHA Second Team All-American to her post-season honors. Compher led BU in
scoring with 61 points including a program-record 44 assists, finishing third
nationally in points and second in assists. She also was a unanimous Hockey East
First Team All-Star and a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award.
● GoTerriers.com report
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