●Terrier Hockey Talk Dishing It With Domenick Fensore
With both the men's and women's teams' season starting, remember that all Terrier home games and all Hockey East home games and all games played at Hockey East rinks this season will air on subscription service ESPN+. Games can be watched online or streamed on television.
Today, Hockey East announced that international audiences will be able to view all men’s and women’s home games throughout the season through its international portal via Stretch Internet at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games.
Looking ahead
With the USHL regular season kicking off tonight, FloHockey.TV writer Jordan Alpine has previewed the teams in both the Eastern and Western Conferences, noting players to watch on each team. Last season, Jeremy Wilmer led the USHL in points (98) and assists (73) while Quinn Hutson (73 points) and Ryan Greene (51 points) led their teams in scoring.
The Eastern Conference preview calls out three future Terriers: 2023 or 2024 recruit Mack Celebrini with the Chicago Steel and 2023 recruits Shane Lachance of the Youngstown Phantoms and Jack Musa of the Madison Capitols.
Macklin Celebrini (BU, 2024 Draft eligible): Arguably the top player in the 2024 NHL Draft class, the 16-year-old joins Chicago after putting up 117 points in 52 games at Shattuck St. Mary’s. Steel fans were spoiled last season getting to watch Adam Fantilli and Jackson Blake on a nightly basis. However, they might be in for an even bigger treat with Celebrini.
Shane Lachance (BU commit, Edmonton Oilers 2021 6th round pick - 186th overall). The Youngstown captain scored 11 goals in 55 games last season and had seven power-play goals, which ranked second on the team. The 6-foot-5 winger brings experience and leadership, which will be key on a young Youngstown roster.
Jack Musa (BU commit): On a team that lost a lot of its scoring punch, Musa does bring back 19 goals, which was tied for fourth on the Madison roster last season. Musa played in 57 regular-season games last year, finishing with a line of 19-16-35. He added another seven goals in 14 playoff games - including a pair of game-winners - which led Madison in the postseason.
Musa, a Florida native, whose brother Joe plays for Dartmouth, will find several familiar faces when he arrives on Commonwealth Avenue next September. In 2019-20, the left-shot forward skated for the North Jersey Avalanche 16U AAA along with current freshmen Lane Hutson and Devin Kaplan. Also on that Avs squad was goalie Anton Castro, a 2023 recruit now playing for Fargo.
The other Terrier recruits rostered in the USHL: Jack Harvey (Chicago), Doug Grimes (Lincoln) Gavin McCarthy and Owen Keefe (Muskegon), Michael LaStarza (Sioux Falls), Nick Roukounakis (Tri-City) and Brandon Svoboda (Youngstown).
● USHL Western Conference preview
Looking back
Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said the No. 2 center job will come down to Alex Newhook or Evan Rodrigues. Newhook won the Stanley Cup with the Avs last season, while newly-signed UFA Rodrigues had a career year with Pittsburgh.
Women's Team
Brian Durocher's 18th season as head coach begins as the Terriers will play an exhibition game on Friday, hosting Université de Moncton at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. Admission is free.The game will air on ESPN+.
Former Terrier standout and four-year assistant to Durocher, Tara Watchorn is leading the newly-minted D1 women's program at Stonehill College as head coach. The Skyhawks play in the New England Women's Hockey Association and will begin their first D1 season against Connecticut in a home-and-home series Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
A four-year defenseman at BU, Watchorn helped the Terriers win its first two Hockey East championships in 2010 and 2012, scoring the title-winning goal in 2012. BU reached the Frozen Four in 2011.
In an 11-year career with Team Canada, she won an Olympic gold medal in 2014, along with Terrier teammate Marie-Philip Poulin, and silver medals in three IIHF World Championships.
Watchorn also played professionally for the Boston Blades in the CWHL. In 2015, she was the league's Defenseman of the Year and led the Blades to the Clarkson Cup title.
● NEHJ How Tara Watchorn is building the Stonehill women's hockey team (subscription)
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