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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