Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Plunging in the Polls; BHB analyzes "What's Wrong with BU Hockey?"

 Graphic table titled Men’s College Hockey I Poll Week B Nov 17 listing top 20 teams with their records previous rankings and conference logos at bottom including 1 Michigan State 11-4-0 previous 1 2 Michigan 12-4-0 previous 1 3 Denver 10-3-1 previous 1 4 Minnesota Duluth 9-3-1 previous 1 5 Penn State 9-1-0 previous 1 6 North Dakota 8-3-0 previous 1 7 Western Michigan 7-2-1 previous 1 8 Wisconsin 7-1-0 previous 1 9 Quinnipiac 6-2-0 previous 3 10 UConn 6-4-2 previous 3 11 Northeastern 10-4-3 previous 1 12 Boston University 9-3-0 previous 7 13 Dartmouth 6-4-0 previous 4 14 Minnesota State 6-4-0 previous 4 15 Providence 6-4-2 previous 1 16 Cornell 5-2-1 previous 1 17 Boston College 4-2-0 previous 2 18 UMass 4-5-0 previous 5 19 Bentley 5-3-2 previous 7 20 Union 8-2-1 previous RV with conference logos AHA BIG ECAC CHA NCHC  

As expected, Saturday’s disheartening loss to Quinnipiac sent the Terriers tumbling in both national polls. BU slipped five slots to #18 in the USCHO Division 1 Poll and seven slots to #19 in the USA Hockey Poll.

Terriers are absent from John Buccigross’s top 16 ranking.

 

The News Site of Boston University Hockey 

The Boston Hockey Blog’s Sam Robb O’Hagen analyzes “What’s wrong with BU Men’s Hockey?” He notes there are plenty of facets of the game failing to deliver, “But the sober reality is that through 12 games, BU’s star forwards are getting outplayed by top competition.”

 

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Statistics don't always tell the story in hockey, but they did on Saturday night as BU Hockey Stats' advanced statistics demonstrate.

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 Looking ahead

2026 recruit Braidy Wassilynn scored his eighth goal in London’s 3-2 shootout win over Sault St. Marie. He has six goals in his last seven games.

A McKeen’s Hockey’s profile of leading 2026 NHL draft prospects in the OHL features 2026 recruit Caleb Malhotra, who has an 8-17-25 line in 21 games. 

Caleb Malhotra has bolstered Brantford’s forward depth for a push towards earning a bid to the Memorial Cup, and he has impressed. Caleb, the son of Manny Maholtra, decided to leave the BCHL and join the Bulldogs this past summer, before playing next year with the Boston University Terriers in the NCAA.

After scoring around half a point per game with Chilliwack last year, Malhotra upped his production to 1.38 points per game through the first 13 games, centering the largely successful Dennis-Malhotra-O’Donnell line. Malhotra has found success in many aspects of his game early on in the season, including his compete level, two-way consistency, and playmaking. Caleb seems destined to be a middle-6 center in the NHL, seemingly everywhere at times, causing chaos on defense. With the puck, Caleb regularly finds creative plays from within his arsenal to open lanes and drive to the center of the ice. But perhaps the most impressive part of Caleb’s play in the OHL has been his unwillingness to lose. He never backs down and will fight toe-to-toe with anyone to win every encounter. Even after losing the puck, Malhotra ensures he gives his all to make the opponent’s life miserable; he simply refuses to lose any interaction on the ice cleanly.

After watching Caleb, it’s evident there’s an absence of a true weakness in his game. His hockey smarts, while still developing, are stronger than most other OHL centers in his class and have allowed him to create chances using his stickhandling, footspeed, and passing. More with videos

►►NeutralZone's NHL Prospect Evaluations rates 2026 recruit Egor Shilov the #1 2009 prospect in the QMJHL and the #4 prospect among all QMJHL players. 

Both Shilov and Malhotra are rostered for the two-game CHL-USA Prospects Challenge set for Nov. 25 in Calgary and Nov. 26 in Lethbridge. NHL Network will carry both games at 8 p.m. ET.

 

Looking back 

Lane Hutson's extra-attacker goal drew Montreal even with Columbus at 3-3, but the Blue Jackets came away with a 4-3 shootout win. Hutson's goal was his second of the season. He also added his 14th assist. Charlie Coyle recorded his 10th assist for Columbus. 

Evan Rodrigues scored his fifth goal and AJ Greer potted his fourth as Florida outscored Vancouver, 8-5. Tom Willander recorded his third assist for the Canucks.

Shane Lachance's NHL debut at Washington's Capital One Arena wasn't his first visit to that venue. Back in 2009, he joined his grandfather, Jack Parker, and the Terriers on the ice following BU's 4-3 overtime "DC Miracle" win in the national championship game. 

 

owen gund hockey play by play broadcaster 

Owen Gund, a former play-by-play announcer for WTBU Sports who also produced Bernie Corbett's Inside BU Hockey and away game broadcasts, is now the voice of University of Vermont hockey. For the past two seasons he was Media Director for the ECHL South Carolina Stingrays, where David Warsofsky was assistant coach. Warsofsky now is the Stingrays head coach and director of Hockey Operations.

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