Thursday, March 06, 2025

BU hosts Providence on Senior Night; Women edge BC in 2OT to gain title game berth

2024-25 BU men's ice hockey seniors and graduate students posing together

 L-R: Billy Girard IV, Matt Copponi, Brehdan Engum, Jack Page, Jack Hughes, Tristan Amonte, Mathieu Caron. Photo credit Matt Woolverton

#10/9 Terriers host #6 Providence in the final regular-season game at Agganis Arena. The Senior Night contest begins at 7 p.m. and will be live-streamed on ESPN+.

At stake are three critical points as BU seeks to lock down the #3 seed in the upcoming Hockey East tournament. Either a win or an overtime win will clinch third place. In addition, after the teams split a home-and-home series last month, the victor tonight wins the head-to-head comparison in the Pairwise Rankings where BU (18-12-2) is #7 and the Friars (20-8-5) are #6.

Each team won on home ice last month with PC winning 6-3 on Friday, following by  3-0 BU shutout on Saturday. Tonight’s game will be the 200th in the series with the Terriers holding a 119-60-20 advantage.

 

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Providence is 5-2-1 in its last eight games with the loss to BU and one to Maine in overtime being the only blemishes. Its balanced attack features 14 skaters with at least 10 points, led by Logan Will (23), Tanner Adams (22), Hudson Malinoski (21), John Mustard (20), Gramham Gamache (18) and Nick Poisson and Will Elger each with 16. Junior Philip Svedebäck was in goal for both games last month.

The Terriers haven’t played since Feb. 25 when they took two points at then-No. 9 UConn thanks to a 2-2 tie and a shootout win.

Quinn Hutson, who has 13 points in the last 10 games, leads BU with 39 points, including new career marks in goals (18) and assists (21). He’s also the +/- leader with plus-17. Cole Hutson, who was named Hockey East Rookie of the Month for February follows him with 33 points (10g,23a). Co-captains Ryan Greene and Shane Lachance have 28 and 25 points respectively.

Coach Jay Pandolfo reported everyone is available for this game with the exception of senior Brehdan Engum who also sat out the UConn game.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+, TSN+
● Pandolfo Media Call
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● BU Hockey Stats Week 22 Preview: Home Stretch
● Boston Hockey Blog In double OT thriller, BU women’s hockey survives Boston College to advance to HE title game

 

On this week's episode of Inside BU Hockey, Allison DeWitt interviews assistant coach Megan Myers and junior Riley Walsh while Bernie Corbett chats with head coach Jay Pandolfo and senior Jack Page.
 
 
Looking back

Brady Tkachuk scored his 24th goal on a perfect deflection as the Senators edged the Blackhawks, 4-3. Alex Vlasic recorded his 22nd assist for Chicago. 

Buffalo's Jordan Greenway has been signed to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $4 million. He'll be under contract through the 2026-27 season. Earlier in the week, The Athletic (subscription) spoke with the 6'5" left wing about the possibility of being traded.

At 28 years old, Jordan Greenway no longer worries about the NHL trade deadline.

The Buffalo Sabres winger went through a deadline trade two seasons ago when the Wild traded him to the Sabres. He doesn’t pay attention to trade rumors, even those involving his name, and doesn’t use social media. Even in the final season of his contract before becoming an unrestricted free agent, Greenway isn’t sweating the March 7 trade deadline.  

Will it be OK with Greenway if he’s still on the roster after the deadline without a new contract?

“It’s got to be,” Greenway said. “I’ve got no choice.”

“People don’t like unexpected things,” Greenway said. “It’s uncomfortable. If you go through it, it minimizes how scary or nerve-wracking it can be. Grand scheme of things, you go to another team and you’ll be best friends with all of them five days after the trade deadline. And it’s gonna be as if nothing happened.”


Women's Team 

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Lindsay Bochna's goal at 7:12 of the second overtime sent BU to a 3-2 win over BC in the Hockey East semifinal and gave the Terriers their first championship game berth since 2016. BU will meet Northeastern in the title game after NU defeated defending champion UConn, 3-1, in a battle of the Huskies.

The championship game is set for Saturday at Noon at the Toscano Family Ice Center on the UConn campus.

It took 87 minutes to produce a winner with no shortage of grade A scoring chances (see the highlights).

Terriers erased a pair of BC one-goal leads to send the game to overtime. The Eagles took a 1-0 lead on a BU turnover midway through the opening period. They nearly doubled the lead on Julia Pellerin's breakaway but Callie Shanahan came up with one of the biggest of her 38 saves.

BU connected early in the second. Clara Yuhn took a centering pass in the slot from Christina Vote and beat the Eagles' Grace Campbell. It was her 10th of the season.

BC broke the tie late in the period on Katie Pyne's tally. 

Five minutes into the third period, BU scored on the rush. Taking a pass from Luisa Welcke, Lilli Welcke put the puck on the stick of Riley Walsh at the goalmouth for a tap-in. Walsh's ninth goal pulled BU even at two apiece.

Despite 12 shots on goal in the third period, BU was unable to score a go ahead goal and the game went to overtime. The first extra period produced no winner and early in the second extra-period both Walsh and Lilli Welcke hit iron off the rush. 

Seven minutes into the second overtime, Yuhn sent Vote into the BC zone. Skating past the right circle, she cut hard to the net. BC's Campbell defended Vote's shot but the rebound sat just outside of the goal line and Walsh poked it home for her ninth goal and fourth game-winner.

BU took the season series with the Eagles with wins in three of the four meetings.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Highlights

● Post-game Coach Tara Watchorn/Bochna 

● Boston Hockey Blog In double OT thriller, BU women’s hockey survives Boston College to advance to HE title game

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Tuesday, March 04, 2025

UPDATED Rookie of the Month honors for Hutson; Pandolfo media call; Women host BC in H.E. semifinal

 

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Freshman defenseman Cole Hutson was named Hockey East Rookie of the Month after putting up a 5-6-11 scoring line in February with points in seven of eight games. That included his game-winner in the Beanpot Championship game against BC and his highlight-reel goal against UConn that earned the #1 spot on ESPN's top plays. 

Beginning with the Dec. 11 win over UMass, in which had two goals and two assists, Hutson has generated eight goals and 15 assists in the last 16 games. Currently, he is tied for second among all NCAA rookies with 33 points. Within Hockey East, Hutson leads all defensemen in goals (10), assists (23) and points (33). 

● GoTerriers.com Hutson Named Hockey East Rookie of the Month 

Pandolfo Media Call

At his midweek media call, Coach Jay Pandolfo reported that Mathieu Caron, Brandon Svoboda and Alex Zetterberg, who were out for the UConn game, are available for Thursday's game against Providence. Defenseman Brehdan Engum remains out with an injury.

Commenting on the team's improved defensive zone coverage this semester, he explained, "It’s still a work in progress. It’s definitely been better in the second half. When we’re determined to defend in a certain way—that’s with all five guys—that’s when we’re at our best. You’re always looking to improve in every area. We’re trying to defend harder, trying to limit time we spend in our own end."

Reiterating the need to play direct and get pucks behind the Providence defense, Pandolfo spoke about the home-and-home series with the Friars last month:

"On Friday night we let some of their offensive guys have too much time and space. We were much better Saturday night at home against them. We stayed patient the second night. The first night we didn’t and it didn’t help us. The second night…we played the game as it came to us rather than trying to force things."

He also expressed confidence in the Terriers' special teams--so important at this stage of the season--noting that the power play has been strong all season and that the penalty kill is much improved since first semester.


►The New Jersey Devils have acquired the draft rights to Shane Lachance following a three-way deal with Boston and Edmonton. He was the Oilers' sixth round pick in the 2021 draft. Shane's father, former BU standout and NHLer Scott Lachance, is New Jersey's Head of U.S. Scouting. Shane, who has 10 goals and 15 assists in 32 games, is the first sophomore captain in program history.

● NJDevils Devils acquire Lachance

 

 

 Poll Story

Following their bye week, BU remained in the #10 slot in the USCHO Division 1 Poll. BC and Maine held steady at #1 and #5 respectively while Providence improved to #6 and UConn moved up to #8.

Terriers fell from #8 to #9 in the USA Hockey/The Rink Live Division 1 Poll. They remain at #8 in John Buccigross' ranking.

BU stays at #7 in the Pairwise Rankings, one spot behind Thursday's opponent, Providence.  The Terriers and Friars split two games in February, so this game will decide who takes the head-to-head. 

Looking back

Lane Hutson assisted on a pair of goals in Montreal's 4-3 win over Buffalo, giving him 44 helpers on the season, along with four goals. He remains the rookie scoring leader with 48 points. Hutson had a pair of assists in his two games last Spring. 

Hutson also is the 3d-fastest USA-born rookie defenseman in NHL history to hit the mark, following Brian Leetch (51) & Phil Housley (60).

Brady Tkachuk's power-play goal in the final minutes of regulation brought the Senators even with the Capitals, but Washington won in a shootout, 5-4. It was the Ottawa captain's 23rd tally.  

Charlie Coyle scored his 15th goal for the Bruins, but Nashville doubled up Boston, 6-3.

Macklin Celebrini scored his 19th goal as the Sharks roughed up the Sabres, 6-2. Celebrini is tied for the rookie goal-scoring lead and is tied for second in rookie point-scoring.

● Utah Hockey Club YouTube video

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Jack Murtagh scored his 16th goal and added an assist in the NTDP U18s’ 6-5 win over Wisconsin in their final collegiate series game. Murtagh has 39 points in 38 points.

2026 recruit Jay Feldberg scored his 19th goal and added two assists as the Jr. Canadians routed N orth York,12-0. With five goals in his last seven games, the right-shot center has a 19-19-38 scoring line in 49 games. 

Women's Team

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#13 Terriers, seeking their first Hockey East tournament title in a decade, take on #14/15 BC in the conference semifinal Wednesday night at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is at 6 p.m. for the contest that will be live-streamed by ESPN+.

This contest will be the 75th meeting between the teams with BC holding a 39-27-8 edge. 


BU and BC last met on January 31, with the Terriers edging the Eagles at WBA, 3-2, with Riley Walsh providing the game-winner--as she did in Saturday's quarterfinal win in overtime against Vermont.

Junior Sydney Healy paces BU in both goals (14) and points (22), while Lindsay Bochna and Christina Vote each have 18 points and Walsh has 16. Anchoring the defense are grad students Tamara Giaquinto and Julia Shaunessy who each have 17 points. Senior Callie Shanahan (16-8-3) brings a 1.83 GAA and a .922 save percentage into the game. 

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Women’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+
● Hockey East Semifinal Press Kit

● BU Hockey Stats Preview

►Coach Tara Watchorn is one of three finalists for Hockey East Coach of the Year.
 

● GoTerriers.com Kelly, Walsh receive Hockey East Weekly Awards

 

 

 

 

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Sunday, March 02, 2025

UPDATED: Women advance with OT win to reach semifinal; Prospect evaluations; Macklin vs. Lane

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Junior Riley Walsh's goal four minutes into overtime gave the #14/13 Terriers a 4-3 win against Vermont and punched BU's ticket to the Hockey East semifinals. Terriers will host Green Line rival Boston College at Walter Brown Arena on Wednesday.

BU erased three Catamount one-goal leads on tallies by Maeve Kelly, Lilli Welcke and Sydney Healy.

Terriers dominated possession time throughout the contest and outshot Vermont 48-16. But it was the visitors who scored first when Oona Havana connected off a faceoff with wrister from the left circle six minutes into the period.

BU responded quickly when Kelly's low shot from the right circle, abetted by Luisa Welcke's screen, beat goalie Sydney Correa for a 1-1 tie. 

That lasted just 53 seconds as Rose-Marie Brochu took a feed from behind the the BU net and beat Callie Shanahan with a one-timer.

In the final minute of the period, Walsh took a pass at the top of the right circle and fired a shot that Lilli Welcke rerouted home to knot the score at two apiece.

The second period was scoreless with BU killing off the game's first power play and Shanahan defending nine UVM shots. 

Vermont took the lead on its second man-advantage at 4:37 of the third when Maddy Skelton poked a rebound into a wide-open net.  

Then midway through the period, BU pulled even for a third time when Kelly's waist-high shot from center point was deflected down and past Correa on the glove side by Healy. It was goal #14 for BU's leading scorer. 

BU had a late power play chance to take the lead but failed to convert.

On the game-winning sequence in overtime, Alex Law won an O-zone draw and Maggie Hanzel threw the puck toward the net. A UVM defender stopped with her skates, but fanned on a clearing attempt. Riley quickly controlled the puck fired it over Correa's glove as her teammates poured onto the ice.    

With the win, BU improves to 22-11-2.    

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Highlights
● Post-game Coach Tara Watchorn and Walsh
● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● BU Hockey Stats  Walsh Wins It

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Looking ahead
2026 recruit Yegor Shilov scored his 10th goal and then added his 11th assist in Green Bay’s 4-3 win against Youngstown.

2026 recruit Caleb Malhotra scored his fifth goal in Chilliwack’s 8-3 win against Okotoks.

2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence is one of three USHL rookies with 40 points (20-21-41) and the only one who is 16 years old.  He was Puck Preps #1 Prospect for the 2024 QMJHL draft.

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►Elite Prospects report on 2025 recruit Charlie Trethewey.

Charlie Trethewey, RD, USNTDP (2025 Draft)

Following a rocky start to the season with regular turnovers off retrievals and, at times, erratic decision-making, Charlie Trethewey has gained his footing and settled into a calmer more straightforward approach.    

While it has been the simplification of his game that has improved Trethewey’s performances and gained his coaches’ trust, as Dir. of North American Scouting Mitchell Brown noted in this January 3rd scouting report, “Trethewey has a ton of potential, that much is clear. He's an explosive skater with physicality, handling ability, and a neverending motor. Defensively, he locks down off-puck threats, makes high-speed stops off the rush, and beats opponents down along the walls.”

This trend in Trethewey’s development has come at an important time for the USNTDP U18s, coinciding with a clear uptick in USHL form since December, going 7-1-1. He’s taken on bigger responsibilities with Carter Amico’s season-ending injury and has found consistency in the challenge.

The American defenceman may need a handful of years to develop into a reliable NHLer, but with continued steadiness and growing composure in his on-puck game, Trethewey’s high-end tools could flourish.


 

Looking back
Charlie Coyle’s 14th goal was the game winner in the Bruins' 3-2 win over the Penguins.

Evan Rodrigues scored his 14th goal and added an assist in Florida’s 3-0 win against Calgary. AJ Greer also recorded an assist for the Panthers.   

Brady Tkachuk scored his 22nd goal as the Senators defeated the Sharks, 5-3. Macklin Celebrini assisted on a pair of goals for San Jose.  

Lane Hutson collected his 41st and 42nd assists in Montreal’s 4-2 win against Buffalo. He remains the rookie points leader with 46, two ahead of Celebrini.

►TSN's Craig Button analyzes the two top Calder Trophy candidates and suggests both will be candidates for their countries' Olympic Teams in 2026.

 

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Saturday, March 01, 2025

UPDATED: Terriers host Vermont in Hockey East Quaterfinals; Palm Springs tournament next season; Keller's 5-point night

 

#14/13 Terriers begin their quest for their first Hockey East tournament title since 2015 with a quarterfinal contest against Vermont at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is at 4 p.m. with a live stream on ESPN+.

In January, the teams split a pair of one-goal games in Burlington and one month ago, the Terriers took a 4-1 decision from the Catamounts at Walter Brown. 

Special teams have been instrumental in the Terriers success this season (21-11-2, 18-7-2 HE). BU is first in the league and 13th in the NCAA in power play goals with 19 and they lead Hockey East and are second in the NCAA in penalty killing percentage (0.908). In addition, BU is tied for the most shorthanded goals in Hockey East with four.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Women’s Hockey Twitter

● Live Stream ESPN+
● Tara Watchorn Media Call 

● Boston Hockey Blog BU women’s hockey thinks it found its ‘playoff game.

● BU Hockey Stats preview: Catamount Clash

►On this week's edition of Inside BU Hockey, Allison DeWitt interviews head coach Tara Watchorn and junior Sydney Healey.

Captain Tamara Giaquinto was named a first-team Hockey All-Star and Sydney Healy gained third-team honors in an announcement from Hockey East.

Grad student Giaquinto, selected as the Hockey East Army ROTC defender of the year earlier in the week, set career highs in goals (8) and points (17) while blocking 47 shots.  Junior forward Healy led the Terriers with 21 points on 13 goals and eight assists.

● GoTerriers.com report
● HockeyEastOnline report

►BU Today: Callie Shanahan is playing the best hockey of her life
 

Men's Team

A post on Twitter by a Minnesota State fan reports that BU will participate in a tournament around New Year's next season in Palm Springs along with Lowell, St. Cloud and the Mavericks. Terriers also are set for a series with Michigan State. Along with the Beanpot, that accounts for six of the 10 non-conference games on the 2025-26 schedule. 

Terriers have previously played in California twice: 1986-97-two games in San Diego with U.S. International, which briefly had a D1 program; and 1994-95 in Inglewood at the Great Western Freezeout tournament. 

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Conrad Fondrk's scored twice for the third time in four games to lead the NTDP U18s to a 6-2 win over Madison. The White Bear Lake, Minn., native has a 13-14-27 scoring line in 39 games.

2025 recruit Jack Pridham's 23rd goal brought Kitchener even with Sarnia in the third period and then he assisted on the overtime winner in the Rangers' 4-3 win. The 6'2" right wing has 46 points in 41 games.

2025 recruit Callum Hughes scored his eighth goal and added his eighth assist in Erie’s 5-4 win against Niagara.

2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence scored his 20th goal--unassisted--in Muskegon's 3-1 win against Cedar Rapids. A 5-star rated center, Lawrence has 12 goals and seven assists in his last 14 games and 41 points in 43 games overall.

2025 recruit Jonathan Morello scored his seventh goal on a power play and assisted on three other tallies in Dubuque's 8-3 win over Chicago.  The 6'2" center, a 2024 Bruins draft pick, has 22 points for the Fighting Saints.

Looking back 

Jake Oettinger stopped 29 shots in the Stars' 6-2 win over the Kings.

Clayton Keller tallied a career-high five points (one goal, four assists) and the Utah Hockey Club defeated the Minnesota Wild 6-1 on Thursday. His performance earned NHLPA Player of the Week honors. Keller is ninth in the league with 69 points and eighth in assists with 47.  

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

UPDATED: Terriers tie UConn, grab extra point in shootout; Pridham pulls a Skoog; Gianquito named Defender of the Year

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#10 Terriers rallied to tie UConn in the third period on Cole Hutson's highlight-reel goal and then gained the extra point by winning the shootout, 2-0, at Toscano Ice Forum in Storrs.

Quinn Hutson and Cole Eiserman connected on their shootout attempts while Mikhail Yegorov defended both shots he faced. The freshman goalie also made a game-saving stop during the three-on-three overtime.

With the win, BU is within two points of second place Maine in the Hockey East standings, although the Black Bears have two games in hand. Terriers can assure themselves of a third-place finish with a win or a tie in either of its final two games. BU is off next weekend, then finishes the regular season with games at home against Providence and on the road at Vermont. 

A slashing penalty to Quinn Hutson gave the Huskies an early power play and they converted right off the ensuing draw. Ryan Tattle pulled the puck back to Joey Muldowney for a quick shot that Yegorov fought off, but Jake Richard got to the rebound first and popped it into the cage. 

After failing to score on two power plays, the Terriers drew even at 12:20 on a sequence that began with Quinn Hutson taking a hit to get the puck to Ryan Greene in the right corner. The junior co-captain circled to center point and then wired a pass to Sascha Boumedienne who had driven to the left post for the finish past Tyler Muszelik, It was the freshman's second goal in two games.    

Four minutes into the third period, UConn regained the lead. After BU put on some pressure on the rush, the Huskies took the puck the other way. From the bottom of the left circle, Kai Janviriya passed to Ethan Gardula at the top of crease and he elevated the puck over Yegorov's shoulder, restoring the home team's one-goal lead.   

Matching penalties to Gavin McCarthy and Tattle had the teams skating four-on-four and that's when the Cole Hutson Show took center stage. Devin Kaplan handed the puck off to Hutson at center ice. He skated into the offensive zone, put the puck between his own skates, worked past two defenders by passing to himself and then closed on Muszelik, beating him to the stick side. The freshman blueliner's goal was his 10th. Tom Willander had the second assist.

Both teams had chances to break the tie in the final minutes and Yegorov had to make a left-pad save with two minutes remaining to keep BU even.

During overtime, BU had two grade A chances. The first came when Eiserman's forecheck enabled Cole Hutson to break in alone, but this time Muszelik made the stop. Then, Jack Hughes sped into the offensive zone, but his wrister from between the dots was defended.

With just over a minute left, Yegorov came up huge again, reaching back to pull Tattle's attempt off the goal line.

In the shootout Quinn Hutson converted his attempt while Richard's was stopped by Yegorov. Cole Eiserman followed with a goal and Yegorov turned aside Ethan Whitcomb's shot for a 2-0 win.

Five of Cole Hutson's 10 goals have been scored in February and eight since the early December loss at UMass, when he took responsibility for the team's uneven performance.  With 33 points, he's second among all freshmen in scoring and first among rookie defensemen by a wide margin.

● Go Terriers.com recap and box score

● Post-game Coach Jay Pandolfo

● Boston Hockey Blog Behind Cole Hutson's magic, BU battles to shootout win at UConn

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Jack Pridham continues to wield a hot stick for Kitchener, scoring twice (his 21st and 22nd) in a 6-1 win against Guelph.  With five goals and two assists in the last five games, he has 44 points. Pridham's second tally was a Wilmer Skoog lacrosse goal.

Looking back

Lane Hutson scored his fourth goal in Montreal's 4-0 win against Carolina. He remains the rookie points leader with 43 points.  

Clayton Keller scored his 21st goal as Utah edged the Blackhawks, 2-1. 

Women's Team

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

UPDATED: Game Day: Terriers visit UConn; Poll Story; Pridham notches 20th goal

Game day graphic featuring posed photo of Matt Copponi. #8 BU at #9 UConn, Feb. 25, 7 PM in Storrs, CT on ESPN+ and TSN+ 

 #10/8 Terriers begin their final three conference games with a road trip to #9 Connecticut with critical Hockey East points at stake. Puck drop at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs is set for 7 p.m. with ESPN+ providing the live stream.

The teams met at Agganis Arena back in October with BU earning a hard-fought 4-2 win behind a pair of Cole Eiserman goals. Currently, UConn is tied for fourth place with Providence, eight points behind the third-place Terriers, but with a game in hand.

The Huskies had an up and down fall semester putting up an 8-8-1 overall record and 4-6-1 in Hockey East. Since then, UConn is playing its best hockey, producing a 9-2-2 mark with 5-2-1 in the conference including two wins and a tie with #5/4 Maine. They’ve been powered by one of Hockey East’s top lines.

Sophomore forward Joey Muldowney, having a breakout season, is sixth in Hockey East with 33 points and second in goals with 19. Grad student Hudson Schandor, who centers the line, has an 8-23-31 line, while winger Jake Richard, who scored the overtime game-winner against Maine last Friday, has added 10 goals and 18 assists.

Grad student John Spetz, with 155 NCAA games under his belt, anchors a defense that also features freshmen Trey Scott and one-time BU recruit Kai Janviriya.
Most recently, the netminding duties have been split between junior Tyler Muszelik, a transfer from New Hampshire, and freshman Callum Tung. If the rotation continues, it should be Muszelik in goal tonight.

Terriers (18-12-1, 12-8-1) will be looking to break the win-one-lose-one pattern that has produced a 4-3-0 record in February. 

Quinn Hutson, BU's top scorer with 38 points, is riding a four-game point streak (2g, 3a) and has notched a point in seven of his last eight games, totaling 12 points (6g, 6a) in that stretch.

Cole Hutson, with a goal and assist in the 3-1 win against Northeastern, has 32 points (9a,23a). He joins his brother Lane Hutson and Alexandre Legault as the only freshmen defensemen in program history to record at least 30 points.


 TONIGHT’S BU LINEUP



● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● Boston Hockey Blog game preview

● BU Hockey Stats Week 21 Preview: Midweek Mayhem
 

SNL: Saturday Night Leftovers 

►BU Hockey Stats: Husky heartbreak, Hutson heroics

Advanced analytics from Saturday's win.

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Cole Hutson was the sole Terrier named to Hockey East's weekly top performers list after his game-winner on Saturday.
 

Polls & Bracketology
Following its split of the home-and-home series with Northeastern, BU moved down one slot to #10 in the USCHO Division 1 Poll. Tuesday’s opponent, Connecticut jumped from #11 to #9 after its 3-2 overtimes win over #5 Maine. BC regained the #1 spot after sweeping Vermont. Providence moved up from #8 to #7.

In the USA Hockey/The Rink Inside D1 Poll, the Terriers remain at #8. Other Hockey East schools in the top 20 include: BC #1, Maine #5, Providence #7, UConn #9, UMass #14 and Lowell #15.

John Buccigross’ ranking has the Terriers at #8, while Everything College Hockey ranks BU at #11.

BU remains at #7 in the Pairwise rankings. As a result, the Terriers would be a #2 seed in the NCAA Regionals. CHN’s Mike McMahon’s latest bracketology has BU in the Toledo, Ohio, regional along with #1 Michigan State, #3 Ohio State and #4 Minnesota State.

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Jack Pridham scored his 20th goal and then set the overtime game-winning tally as Kitchener edged London, 5-4. He has 42 points in 39 games since joining the Rangers in November.

2026 recruit Yegor Shilov scored his ninth goal—unassisted—in Green Bay’s 6-3 win over Chicago. The 6’1” center has 17 points in 24 games since joining the Gamblers in late November. He began the season with LI Gulls 16U AAA, producing a 33-15-48 scoring line in 31 games.

2026 recruit Rian Chudzinski scored a hat trick in Dexter Southfield’s 10-2 win over Kent’s Hill. The 6’1” right-shot center has a 22-23-45 line in 24 games for Dan Donato’s second-ranked team and is ninth in points among New England Prep School skaters.

Looking back
Macklin Celebrini scored his 18th goal for San Jose, but the Sharks dropped a 3-2 decision to Calgary. With 41 points, he trails Lane Hutson in the rookie scoring race by one point. 

Jake Oettinger stopped 34 of 37 shots as the Stars edged the Islanders, 4-3, to gain his 27th win in 41 starts. His GAA sits at 2.37.

Women's Team 

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Sunday, February 23, 2025

UPDATED Terriers rebound for 3-1 win; Women swept by UConn

 

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#9/8 Terriers earned a hard-fought 3-1 win over Northeastern in what might be BU’s final game at Matthews Arena. Mikahil Yegorov’s sparkling 28-save effort was backed by goals from Tristan Amonte, Cole Hutson and Shane Lachance.

Formerly known as Boston Arena, it was BU’s home rink from the program’s first season, 1917-18 through 1969-70. Saturday’s win gave the Terriers an overall 346-176-19 mark at the rink on Boston’s St. Botolph’s Street.

The win keeps BU in third place in Hockey East, four points behind second place Maine and eight points ahead of UConn and Providence, BU’s next two opponents who each have a game in hand against the Terriers.

“The first adjustment was competing and having effort for 60 minutes,” said head coach Jay Pandolfo who was pleased with his team's performance. “This time of year, on the road, you got to play in tight games. You got to find ways to win them. And tonight, we did that. We weren’t perfect by any means, but we were more competitive, and that’s what we wanted to see.”

BU got on the board at 12:30 on the first when a Northeastern defender lost control of the puck. Matt Copponi pushed it ahead to Jack Hughes in the left circle for a centering pass to Amonte, whose second attempt at the right post slipped past Cameron Whitehead.

Yegorov came up big in the final minute of the opening period, foiling a tip-in attempt by Griffin Erdman.

The Huskies tied the score six minutes into the third period when Joaquim Lemay weaved his way into the slot and whipped a shot past Yegorov’s stick side.

BU needed just two minutes to regain the lead. Kamil Bednarik got the puck to Quinn Hutson for a shot from the left faceoff dot that was blocked. Cole Hutson got to the loose puck and immediately fired it on goal and, thanks to Lachance’s screen, Whitehead never saw the puck until it went past him on the blocker side. 

A questionable at best hooking call on Brandon Svoboda gave the Huskies a chance to draw even again, but four stops by Yegorov kept BU on top. Northeastern peppered him with 13 shots in the final period.

A penalty to Dylan Hryckowian with 1:49 left put BU on a power play and after Whitehead was pulled for an extra skater, Lachance found the empty net to put an exclamation on the win. 

A post-game dust-up resulted in a game disqualification for NU’s Christophe Tellier and a game misconduct for Huskies coach Jerry Keefe.

With his goal and assist, Cole Hutson has 32 points and joins his brother Lane Hutson as the only two BU freshman defensemen to exceed 30 points. (H/T to BU Hockey Stats).

Terriers are back in action Tuesday with a game at UConn.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Post-game Pandolfo
● Boston Hockey Blog Terriers once again bounce back on Saturday with 3-1 win

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Conrad Fondrk scored a pair of goals in the NTDP U18s’ 4-3 shootout win against Dubuque.  The Minnesota native has a 13-13-26 line in 39 games. 2025 recruit Jonathan Morello had a helper for the Fighting Saints.  

2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence scored his 19th goal in Muskegon's 5-4 loss to Youngstown. One of the youngest players in the USHL, Lawrence leads the Lumberjacks in goals and is second in points with 40. 

Looking back 

Trevor Zegras scored his 7th goal in the Ducks’ 3-2 win against Boston.

Lane Hutson's assist on the game-winner in Montreal's 5-2 win over the Senators was his 39th. His 42 points leads all rookies in scoring, two points ahead of Macklin Celebrini.

Women's Team

#12 Terriers dropped a second straight game to UConn, 3-1, and finished second in Hockey East.

The Huskies grabbed the lead early in the opening period before Luisa Welcke's goal late in the second tied the score. UConn's Ava Rinker scored her second of the game at 5:33 of the third for the game-winner.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Highlights

● Post-game Coach Tara Watchorn, Maggie Hanzel

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

 

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