Friday, December 19, 2025

Quinn Hutson's return to Boston, Macklin Magic & Milestone; Another record for Lane

Most of the current Terriers are on break or finishing first semester exams, but the alums are busy on the ice, producing goals and assists as well as milestones. Let's take a page out of the NHL tradition of awarding stars of the night.

First ⭐️ goes to Quinn Hutson who, in his fourth NHL game and in his return to TD Garden, scored his first NHL goal which was the game-winner in Edmonton's 3-1 win over the Bruins. 

SportsNet.ca post-game interview:

“Yeah, it was pretty cool,” said Hutson, who played collegiately at Boston University. “I’ve had some cool goals in this rink, but that was definitely the coolest, so it’s great. ... I was part of the forecheck, it bounced out and I just went to the net. I thought he got a stick on it, and I watched it barely go in, but it was nice to see it go.”

As Terrier, Hutson, who led BU last season with 50 points, scored three goals and added three assists in 11 Garden appearances. His last goal there came in BU's 7-1 win in last season's Beanpot opener. His last game-winner at the Garden was in 2023 Hockey East semifinal against Providence. 

BU Hockey Stats also reports that Hutson is the 6th Terrier to score his first NHL goal at Boston/TD Garden and first to do so as a visitor since Colin Wilson (NSH) on October 21st, 2009. 

Second ⭐️ goes to Macklin Celebrini who pulled another magic move out of his bag of tricks to help victimize Jake Oettinger in San Jose's 5-3 loss to Dallas. It was his first of two assists, but Oettinger, who stopped 34 shots, came away with his 15th win.  Celebrini now has 53 points, which is third in the NHL behind Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid.  

Earlier in the week, Celebrini reached a milestone by putting up four points (2G,2A) in a 6-3 win against Calgary that featured a highlight-reel move for his 17th goal. Later in the game, he scored his 18th. The four points put him over the 50 mark.

 

Third ⭐️goes to Lane Hutson who assisted on three goals--including the game-winner--in Montreal's 4-1 win against Chicago. He has 31 points (5G,26A) in 33 games and has set a Canadiens' record for most assists in a calendar year with 62. It’s also a record for defensemen in 2025. Matt Grzelcyk assisted on the Blackhawks' goal.

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Honorable Mention goes to Brady Tkachuk who scored his third and fourth goals in Ottawa's 4-0 blanking of the Penguins. The Senators' captain, who has missed much of the season with an injury, has 13 points.  

Utah captain Clayton Keller also gets honorable mention for his 11th goal and 19th assist in the Mammoth's 4-1 win against Detroit. 

►On Tuesday night, five skaters from the 2023-24 Terriers were in NHL line-ups. Quinn Hutson making his first start since a call-up from the AHL, joined Lane Hutson, Macklin Celebrini, Ryan Greene and Tom Willander.

 

World Junior Championships

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Terriers Kamil Bednarik, Cole Eiserman and Cole Hutson, along with 2027 recruit Brady Knowling are in their fifth day of practice at the U.S. Junior National Team preliminary camp in Duluth. Team USA will face off with Germany in an exhibition game on Monday at 4:00 p.m. ET. USAHockeyTV.will stream the action.

● USA Hockey World Juniors Insider--Day 4 

Sascha Boumedienne, who is on Sweden's WJC, roster was not in the lineup for Thursday's exhibition game against Canada. The sophomore defenseman missed last Saturday's game against Northeastern with an undisclosed injury.  

● Boston Globe IIHF World Junior Championship: Meet the local players skating for Team USA

►The 97th Spengler Cup tournament in Davos, Switzerland, begins on Dec. 26 with games being streamed on the Spengler Cup's YouTube channel. Terrier captain Gavin McCarthy is rostered for Team USA.  Details and schedules

Looking ahead

College Puck NXT's series of Division 1 teams' recruit pipelines has dialed up BU's current roster of recruits. Click here to see the graphic larger.

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BU's pipeline includes five 5-⭐️ prospects--Tynan Lawrence, Caleb Malhotra, Braidy Wassilyn, James Scantlebury and Carter Meyer--and a pair of 4.5s in Luke Schairer and Jamie Glance. 

►2026 recruit, Egor Shilov's third-period goal was the game-winner for Victoriaville as the Tigres edged Sherbrooke, 6-5. The 6’1’ center, who also assisted on Victoriaville’s first two tallies, earned the game’s first star. Shilov, with a 15-25-40 scoring line in 31 games, is second among QMJHL rookies and ninth overall. He is a projected first-round draft pick and is moving up the rankings.

 


 


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