Behind goals from Jack Harvey, Sascha Boumedienne—his first—and Quinn Hutson, #9 Terriers rebounded to take a 3-0 win over #7 Providence to split the weekend series.
Also rebounding was goalie Mikhail “Big Mike” Yegorov, who stopped all 30 shots he faced for his first career shutout, after being pulled 36 minutes into last night’s game. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native also picked up his first point.
"Clearly we weren’t at our best last night," Coach Jay Pandolfo acknowledged. "Tonight we responded from our goaltender on out…We played faster tonight. We hung onto more pucks in the offensive zone tonight. We attacked more tonight. When they had their chances, we had some big blocks and the goaltender was excellent."
BU, now 17-11-1 & 11-7-1, remain in third place in the Hockey East race, six points behind second place Maine and six points ahead of fourth place Lowell. In the Pairwise rankings, BU is #7, one slot below where they had entered the weekend.
The teams will meet one more time, at Agganis on Senior Night, March 6.
Following an evenly played, but scoreless opening period, BU dominated the middle period, outshooting the Friars, 11-5. However, the Terrier didn’t get on the board until the 13:15 mark, scoring on the rush. From center ice, Cole Hutson pushed the puck ahead to Brandon Svoboda, whose centering pass to the goalmouth was deflected by a Friar defenseman, but Harvey knocked the puck out of the air and past Philip Svedeback. It was the sophomore’s ninth goal of the season.
tw-align-centerWe've got goals to post!
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 16, 2025
First, Boda and Harvs connected to give us a 1-0 lead!
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Just two minutes later, the Terriers doubled the lead, again on the rush. Matt Copponi raced up the right side leading a 3-on-2 rush, then dropped the puck to the trailer, Boumedienne. From the high slot, he lasered a shot over Svedeback’s shoulder on the blocker side. Yegorov had the second assist.
tw-align-centerHere's a look at Sascha's first collegiate goal, with Yegs picking up his first NCAA point with an assist!
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 16, 2025
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The Friars came out firing in the third period, out-shooting BU 16-2, but the Terriers produced the period’s only goal. Boudmedienne’s open-ice hit freed the puck for Harvey who quickly dished it to Quinn Hutson. The junior wing skated to the left circle and weaved through PC defenders to the slot before firing the puck home low to the glove side for his team-leading 17th goal.
tw-align-centerFor the 50th time (if admin did his job correctly the last three years) we're posting a Quinn Hutson goal! pic.twitter.com/ZuQVKlRik6
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 16, 2025
The 3-0 deficit didn’t keep the visitors from attacking, forcing Yegorov to make six saves in the final three minutes to preserve the shutout.
Terriers supported their freshman netminder with 20 blocks, led by four apiece from Brehdan Engum, Gavin McCarthy and Aiden Celebrini.
With his goal, Quinn Hutson achieved a pair of milestones: it was his 50th career goal as well as his 100th career point. Before Hutson, the last Terrier to reach 50 goals was Bobo Carpenter (2015-19) with 56. Hutson's 36 points (17G,19A) matches last season’s total and puts him fourth in the conference in overall scoring.
tw-align-centerFirst collegiate shutout for Mikhail Yegorov.#BUvsPC pic.twitter.com/egaqWF8WQR
— Boston Hockey Blog (@BOShockeyblog) February 16, 2025
Harvey, with a goal and an assist, continues a strong second half. His 24 points are tied with Cole Eiserman and Shane Lachance for fourth on the Terriers. Nineteen of those points have come in conference games, putting him sixth among Hockey East skaters.
Commenting on Boumedienne’s goal/assist/big hit performance, Pandolfo said, “He continues to grow as a player pretty much every game. He starts the year as a 17-year-old, just turned 18 about a month ago, I thought one of his best games was the Beanpot game versus BC. In that environment against really good players, I thought he was excellent.
tw-align-centerJay Pandolfo said the officials were going to issue a minor penalty on Providence for keeping its players on the ice for warmups too long.
— Boston Hockey Blog (@BOShockeyblog) February 16, 2025
Pandolfo said he declined the penalty.
“I’ve been through it on the other side. We didn’t want to start the game that way.” pic.twitter.com/6faet9vUkJ
● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Highlights/Post-game Pandolfo, Boumedienne, Q.Hutson
● Boston Hockey Blog BU Men's Hockey Takes Down Providence, 3-0.
Looking ahead
2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence scored twice and added an assist to lead Muskegon past the NTDP U17s. The rookie center from New Brunswick has an 18-20-38 line in 40 games, second on the Lumberjacks in scoring.
Women’s Team
#13/12 Terriers played a 2-2 overtime tie with New Hampshire at Walter Brown Arena. The Wildcats grabbed the extra point, winning a 10-round shootout.
With the tie, Terriers remain in first place in Hockey East, five points ahead of next weekend’s opponent, UConn. BU needs just one point to clinch its first regular-season title since 2012-13.
Captain Tamara Giaquinto scored both BU goals in the first period, sandwiched between a UNH tally. Leading scorer Sydney Healy assisted on both goals.
UNH’s Alyson Hush tied the game in the second period on a power play.
Callie Shanahan turned aside 25 shots.
● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Highlights
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