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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