Friday, January 17, 2025

UPDATED: Game Day:Terriers vs. UNH at the Whitt

            

Game day graphic featuring posed photo of Sascha Boumedienne. #11 BU at #18 UNH, Jan. 17, 7 p.m., Durham N.H. on NESN and ESPN+.

#11 Terriers continue their stretch of seven conference games in January with a home-and-home series against #19/18 New Hampshire. Tonight’s game is at the Whittemore Center with puck drop set for 7 p.m. NESN will air the game, which also will be live-streamed on ESPN+.

BU (11-7-1) has won five of its last six conference games—going back to Nov. 22—and sits in second place in Hockey East, one point behind Maine and three points ahead of BC and UConn. Once again, six critical conference points will be at stake. 

Several Terriers are coming off strong weekends against Vermont. Quinn Hutson, who scored three times and assisted twice, earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors and leads the team with 23 points. With goals in each of the last four games, Hutson owns the second longest goal-scoring streak in D1. 

Cole Eiserman with his hat trick is the nation’s top goal-scoring freshman with 12.  Co-captain Ryan Greene with a goal and three helpers in the first game and an assist the next night has 20 points. Jack Hughes, now centering for Hutson and Eiserman, added two goals and two assists.  

Gavin McCarthy skating with the puck 

                Photo credit Matt Woolverton

Coach Jay Pandolfo told the media, “I’d like to keep the same lines. This [past] weekend it was pretty consistent, so I’d like to go into this weekend with the same sort of consistency.” 

He added that he wanted to see the team do more of what “has made us successful as a team—transitioning well, creating second and third chances in the offensive zone. 

“[Puck retrieval] was so much better. Our sticks were better. We were reloading above the puck, creating second chances because of that. Our forecheck was better. 

There will be a change on the blueline due to an upper-body injury that will sideline Aiden Celebrini. Either Jack Page or Mick Frechette will draw in to his spot alongside Brehdan Engum

The WIldcats (10-6-3) were swept by UConn last weekend but went 6-0-1 in the previous seven games, mostly non-conference contests. They own a pair of wins over Northeastern and are currently #13 in the Pairwise Ranking.

“UNH is a really good team,” Pandolfo pointed out. “We know we’re going to get UNH’s best. We had a tough time against them last year up at UNH…They’re going to be hungry.”

Terriers have won 16 of the last 19 games--with two ties--against the Wildcats, although most of those wins came in some down campaigns for UNH, which has been much more competitive in recent seasons.

Last season, BU dropped a 6-4 decision at the Whitt in its second game. Later in the season, BU won twice at Agganis, both hard fought games.

Sophomore Ryan Conmy leads UNH in both goals with 10 and points with 20, while senior Liam Devlin, who scored twice against the Terriers a year ago, is second with 18 points (7G,11A). Junior Cy Leclerc, one the conference’s best at the face off dot, has 17 (5G,12A).

Seniors Alex Gagne and Colton Huard anchor the defense. Goalie Jared Whale, a transfer from Alaska Anchorage has a 2.21 GAA and a .905 save percentage. 

BU Hockey Stats' statistical comparison:
 

 

TONIGHT’S BU LINE-UP  

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● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men's Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+
Pandolfo Media Call
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● Boston Hockey Blog BU looks to keep rolling against New Hampshire
● BU Hockey Stats Week 15 Preview Wildcats Everywhere 

Hockey East Friday game day links

►NY Post: Cole Eiserman looks poised to be everything Islanders bet on with polarizing first-round pick  

His shot is among the best of any prospect drafted last summer, but at 6-foot, 200 pounds, the 18-year-old Eiserman could round out his game more.

“I think a lot of it is battles in front of the net,” he said. “Not letting defenders push you around, separating guys from pucks in the corners, getting a bump whenever you have a chance. That split, separation, really matters, especially when guys are so strong and fast now.”

Despite the production, Eiserman is still adjusting to the college level. With an August birthday, he’s one of the youngest prospects in his class, and likely has at least another year at BU — if not two — before signing his entry-level deal with the Islanders.

More rankings 

The Athletic continues to post various rankings. Cory Pronman offers his list of the top 50 NHL players and prospects drafted after the first round. Terriers on the list are #3 Lane Hutson, #11 Cole Hutson and #31 Mikhail Yegorov.  

Looking ahead

2025 recruits Jack Murtagh and Charlie Trethewey played for Team White in Thursday's All-American Prospect Game. Team Blue won, 3-2, and while neither figured in the scoring they made their presence felt. In a between the periods video, TSN scout Craig Button featured the two future Terriers as among the top draft prospects in the game. He compared defenseman Trethewey's game to Washington Caps' John Carlson.

Looking back

Evan Rodrigues scored his ninth goal in Florida's 5-2 loss to Detroit. 

Lane Hutson assisted on the Canadians' game-winner in their 3-1 win over the Stars. It was his 33rd helper, With 36 points in 44 games, he leads all rookies in points and has points in the last six games. Jake Oettinger turned aside 21 of 23 shots for Dallas.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Goalie Yegorov comes aboard for second semester

   


During his weekly media call, Coach Jay Pandolfo revealed that 2025 recruit Mikhail Yegorov has enrolled at BU second semester. He declined to elaborate other than to say there were several reasons for the move, while adding he will discuss it further when the highly-regarded goalie officially joins the roster. Before that happens, Yegorov, reportedly an excellent student, must be cleared by the NCAA. 

The 6’6” netminder from St. Petersburg, who will be 19 in March, has spent the past season and a half in the USHL with Omaha. Last June, he was drafted in the second round by the New Jersey Devils, #49 overall, after having been the top-ranked draft-eligible North American goalie by NHL Central Scouting.  

From his pre-draft profile in TheHockeyWriters.com :

He appeared in 43 games, the most among rookie goalies and third among all netminders, finishing in the top 15 in save percentage (SV%) at .892, was one of 15 goaltenders to record a shutout, and played 2,117 minutes. His size helps, but he battles hard. He never gives up on a play, even with a terrible lineup in front of him. The Boston University commit is very athletic for his size and seems to stay focused no matter what is happening around him.

Yegorov faced 40 to 50 shots in most games. There is nothing flashy about his approach; he keeps his movements around the crease short and quickly sets his feet to give himself the best chance to track the puck. He seals the ice well when he drops into the butterfly and makes a lot of saves on quick-developing opportunities by simply filling space with his large frame. 

Mikhail Yegorov Omaha Lancers  

                              Photo credit USHL

Playing for the USHL’s weakest team, Yegorov has a 3.12 GAA, a .912 save percentage and a 3-12-1 record. He regularly sees upwards of 35-40 shots a game and recently stopped 66 of 69 shots in a 4-0 loss. A year ago with last-place Omaha, Yegorov was named second-team All-Rookie. 

One likely reason for making the move now is the unstable situation with the Omaha franchise, which has fired head coaches twice this season, along with a shortage of skilled players.          

Earlier this week, Yegorov joined the Locked On Devils podcast. He discusses his decision to play at BU at 25:19.

 

● YouTube: Yegorov on the mental aspects of goaltending

Instagram mashup of Yegorov saves (with a strange intro from an opposing coach)

Looking ahead

ICYMI-Check out the Central Scouting midterm grades of future Terriers in Wednesday's first blog post

2025 Chipotle All-American Game Set for Jan. 16 at USA ...

The Chipotle All-American Prospects Game will be played tomorrow at USA Arena in Plymouth, Michigan.  NHL Network will air the game at 7 p.m.

Both Jack Murtagh and Charlie Trethewey from the NTDP U18s will play for Team White. Conrad Fondrk was originally rostered for the game, but is not on the final rosters. Carter Amico is out with an injury.

NHL.com 2025 NHL Prospects Murtagh, Moore Highlight All American Game

Terriers rally past Harvard on extra-attacker and OT goals; Central Scouting Midterm Rankings

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With dramatic goals in the final minute of regulation and in overtime, the #14 Terriers brought new life to an old cliché—snatching victory from the jaws of defeat—as they edged Harvard, 2-1, in the opening round of the Women’s Beanpot at Matthews Arena. 

Junior Sydney Healey notched the tying goal with 55 ticks left in the third period and grad student Lindsay Bochna called game at 3:43 of overtime. Terriers will meet   Northeastern, who defeated BC in the semifinal, in next Tuesday’s championship game at TD Garden. 

Through two scoreless periods, BU dominated time of possession and out-shot the Crimson, 21-5, but had failed to finish. A pair of power plays produced six shots but no goals. 

A turnover early in the third period led to Harvard taking the lead on Angelica Megdanis’ first goal of the season. 

Terriers poured more than a dozen shots on Harvard’s Ainsley Tuffy to no avail. With a minute remaining and Callie Shanahan pulled for an extra attacker. BU won an offensive zone draw and the puck went back to Julia Shaunessy at the left point. She quickly passed to the slot where Riley Walsh redirected the puck to Healey outside the right post for a quick finish for her team-leading ninth goal.

In overtime, BU rang a pair of shots off iron. Just 20 seconds in, Luisa Welcke skated in on Tuffy, but hit the post. Two minutes later, Shaunessy nearly ended things with a wrist shot off the left post. Then, at 3:43, Bochna did end the game. Recovering the puck in the neutral zone, the transfer from Providence sped around a Harvard defender and, from the bottom of the left circle, wired a shot past Tuffy, high to the glove side. It was her fifth goal of the season and second game-winner.

Overall, BU had a 41-10 shot advantage with another 20 shots blocked by the Crimson. BU also dominated at the face off dot, winning 30 of 48 draws. 

Shaunessy assisted on both Terrier goals. Earlier in the day, she was the subject of a Boston Globe feature story about how she leaned on lessons from her father, Scott Shaunessy, about the Beanpot.

Even as a first-grader, Shaunessy knew what a big deal it was to play at TD Garden. She was raised on tales of Beanpot glory that came from Garden ice. The tournament was something she revered growing up — and still does — because of the stories told by her father, Scott, who played four years at Boston University and won two Beanpots in the 1980s. 

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Post-game Coach Tara Watchorn/Bochna
● Boston Hockey Blog Sydney Healey, Lindsay Bochna come through as BU women’s hockey advances to Beanpot Final in dramatic fashion                              
Boston Hockey Blog How BU women’s hockey pulled off a last-second comeback in the Beanpot semifinals 
 

Looking ahead

NHL Central Scouting posted its Midterm Rankings for the 2025 draft with seven current and future Terriers on the North American skaters list—three in the top 32 and six in the top 43:

#18 freshman Sascha Boumedienne; #23 Haoxi (Simon) Wang; #25 Jack Murtagh, #37 Charlie Trethewey; #38 Carter Amico; #43 Conrad Fondrk; and #212 freshman Alexander Zetterberg. Among the recruits, all are 2025 except for Wang who arrives in 2026.
CleanSheetHockey refined Central Scouting’s list to include only skaters currently playing for or committed to NCAA D1 schools. Of the top 13 names on that list, six are Terriers.

 Looking back

The Athletic look at the top Calder Trophy candidates at the NHL's half-way mark has Macklin Celebrini and Lane Hutson tied for the top spot. 

The Athletic's Cory Pronman posted his Ranking of the top NHL players and prospects under 23 and BU is well represented. Celebrini is #1 overall. Lane Hutson #39, Tom Willander #68, Cole Hutson #95, Cole Eiserman #102 and Mikhail Yegorov #139. Yegorov is one of only six goalies on Pronman's ranking.

Hutson recorded three assists in Montreal's 5-3 win over Utah and now has 35 points (3G,32A), tops for all rookies. Clayton Keller picked up his 28th and 29th assists for UHC.  

Besides both being Terrier standouts, the Hutson-Keller friendship goes back a long way.

Celebrini assisted on a pair of goals as the Sharks doubled up Detroit, 6-3. He has a 13-18-31 scoring line.

Jake Oettinger stopped 27 shots in the Stars' 4-1 win over Toronto. Oettinger notched his 22nd win.

 

 

Monday, January 13, 2025

UPDATED: P-O-W honors for Quinn Hutson; Inside BU Hockey; Poll Story; SNL; Women's Beanpot Game Day

 Hockey East Player of the Week graphic featuring a photo of Quinn Hutson playing hockey  

Junior assistant captain Quinn Hutson’s 3-goal, 2-assist performance in the sweep of Vermont has brought him Hockey East Player of the Week honors. After scoring twice in Friday’s 6-1 win, the oldest of the Hutson brothers had a goal and two helper Saturday as BU’s second line—Hutson-Jack Hughes-Cole Eiserman—exploded for five goals and five assists.

Hutson has been on a serious “heater” beginning with the 4-2 win over UMass (G,A) on Dec. 11. Since then: 2G,A vs. Yale, 2G in first UVM game and G,2A in the second.

With a 10-13-23 scoring line, Hutson is tied for sixth in the conference in both goals and points. He's on pace to surpass his career bests in goals (18) and points (36), achieved last season.

● GoTerriers.com Hutson Named Hockey East Player of the Week 

A trio of Terriers were named to Hockey East's top performers of the week:

Cole Eiserman, BU (Fr., F; Newburyport, Mass.) Posted a career-high four points thanks to his first collegiate hat trick on Saturday against Vermont. Eiserman notched the eventual game-winner and finished the weekend as a plus-three.  

Cole Hutson, BU (Fr., D; North Barrington, Ill.) Totaled three assists on the weekend, was a plus-four and led BU with four blocked shots in a sweep of Vermont. Two of Hutson’s assists came in Saturday’s win, which ex tended his point streak to three games (2g, 5a).  

Mathieu Caron, BU (Sr., G; Abbotsford, B.C.) Made 53 saves and helped BU go 6-for-6 on the penalty kill in this past weekend’s sweep of Vermont. On Friday, he made 27 saves, including two breakaway stops, in a 6-1 triumph.
 

Scroll down for Women's Beanpot Game Day links

Poll Story


The Terriers’ sweep of Vermont propelled them up four slots in the USCHO Men’s Hockey Poll, from #15 to #11. They’re one of seven Hockey East teams in the top 20: #2 BC, #5 Maine, #6 Providence, #9 UMass Lowell, #11 BU, #17 UConn and #19 New Hampshire. All three top-ranked teams failed to sweep their series. Michigan State tied Penn State and lost in a shootout; BC split with Merrimack and Minnesota split with Ohio State.
● USCHO.com How the top 20 D1 teams fared

 

BU also landed at #11--up two spots--in the USA Hockey/The Rink Inside Division 1 Poll. The same seven Hockey East schools are in the top 20, but here Providence is #4, Maine is tied for #6 and UNH is #18. 

BU moves up to #9 in John Buccigross’ ranking, while Everything College Hockey has BU at #14. In the Pairwise Rankings, the Terriers began the weekend at #13 and finished at #8.
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►The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler’s ranking of Edmonton Oiler prospects has Shane Lachance at #6 and Matt Copponi at #13.

Lachance: "He’s a physically daunting player with a good feel around the net, a willingness to go plant himself there, and a knack for getting his stick on tips, redirects and rebounds. He’s showing more comfort on the puck and confidence on the attack as he tries to diversify his game beyond the stereotypical wall/net-front guy. Lachance works hard, he supports play well, he plays off skill guys effectively, he’s good along the wall on the cycle, and there are some who believe he might become a classic big-man role player at the next level."

Copponi: “He’s a competitive, hardworking, lead-by-example player who has shown up in big moments and been consistently impactful at ages 19-21 in college. I like the way he gets after it, he has gotten stronger, he reads and reacts quickly out there and he plays off his linemates well. He has some talent and he’s just a gamer."

SNL (Saturday Night Leftovers)  

Prior to Cole Eiserman’s, the last freshman to record a hat trick for the Terriers was Chris Higgins on March 24th, 2006 in a 9-2 win against Nebraska-Omaha in the NCAA Regionals.  H/T to BU Hockey Stats

Eiserman, the national freshman leader in goals (12), is second among rookies in points in Hockey East and third nationally. His .67 gpg is best among D1 freshmen. Cole Hutson (4-13-17) is fourth in Hockey East and sixth nationally.

Jack Hughes’ three-point game Saturday was his second as a Terrier. He had two goals and an assist in a win vs. UNH last season. Coach Jay Pandolfo called it one of his best games for BU. Following the game, Hughes told the media:  

“We can’t be satisfied with two wins in a row. I think we have done it all year — we’ve had a big win here or there, and then the next weekend didn’t follow it up. We’ll enjoy it, but we got to get back to work and fix a couple things to keep trying to get better, because we’re not where we want to be right now. We hope we’ll get there by April.”
BU Hockey Stats’ Week 14 recap with advanced stats.   

            

The last BU hat trick against Vermont was by Quinn Hutson in last year’s regular-season finale at Agganis Arena. Quinn has six goals in BU's last three games against UVM. 

Let's take one more look at the "ridiculous" backhand goal from Jack Harvey, which not only was the SportsCenter #2 on the Top 10 but also became an Instagram sensation. Gotta be the front-runner for Hockey East's Goals of the Week.

WJC Leftovers  

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Jack Murtagh scored a goal and assisted on two others in the NTDP U18s’ 6-3 win over Tri-City. Despite missing nine games due to injury, the 6’1” left-shot is second on the U18s with 28 points (12G,16A) in 27 games. Fellow recruit Charlie Trethewey scored his fifth goal. The right-shot defenseman has a 5-8-13 line. 

Murtagh,Trethewey and Conrad Fondrk will play in the Chipotle All-American Prospects Game this Thursday in Plymouth, Mich. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. with live coverage on NHL Network.

2026 recruit Rian Chudzinski scored a goal and assisted on three others in Dexter Southfield’s 5-0 win against Brunswick. Chudzinski, a right-shot center from Needham, has a team-best 17 points (5G,12A) in 12 games. Coach Dan Donato’s squad swept two from previous #1 Brunswick and moved into the top spot on the NEHJ Prep rankings.

Looking Back
● Hockey Psychology: Lane Hutson is better than you think (Instagram Video) 
 

Drew Commesso stopped 25 shots to record his second shutout of the season as Rockford blanked Milwaukee, 5-0

Women's Team  

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#14/13 Terriers will face off against Harvard in the opening round of the 46th Women's Beanpot at Matthews Arena. Puck drop is at 4:30 p.m. with several live stream options. See below. 

BU last won the Beanpot in 2019. Last season, the Terriers reached the finals but lost to Northeastern in overtime.

GoTerriers.com preview, Live Stats, BU Women's Hockey Twitter

● Live Stream: ESPN+, TSN+, NESN+

Coach Tara Watchorn media call 

Boston Hockey Blog Women's Hockey Set for Beanpot Semifinal Against Harvard


 

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Eiserman hat trick powers BU sweep; Women’s winning streak ends

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#15/13 Terriers continued to flex their offensive muscle, piling up seven goals to complete the series sweep of Vermont with a 7-4 victory at Agganis Arena before a crowd of 5,597. BU’s second line racked up five goals and five assists, led by Cole Eiserman’s hat trick and an assist. Quinn Hutson and Jack Hughes each had a goal and two assists. Jack Harvey and Ryan Greene also scored.

The win improves BU to 11-7-1 overall and 7-3-1 in Hockey East. They remain in second place, a point behind Maine.  Terriers also have climbed to #8 in the Pairwise rankings--up five slots since Friday morning

In an evenly played opening period, BU nearly took the lead when Harvey was sent in alone, but fired the puck over the UVM cage. Terriers would score a pair of power-play goals later in the game, but two first-period man-advantages failed to produce a grade A opportunity.

At 15:15 Massimo Lombardi drove past Cole Hutson for an attempt that Matthieu Caron saved, lunging to his right. The rebound went the other way, just eluding Tom Willander before Will Zapernick buried it into the half-open cage.

BU matched that tally when Quinn Hutson freed a puck from Catamount defender along the right board and slid it to Eiserman. The freshman sniper closed to the bottom of the right circle and beat goalie Axel Mangbo just inside the far post. It was his 10th of the season. Cole Hutson had the second assist.

As they did Friday night, the Terriers scored in the opening minutes of the middle period. Hughes stripped a UVM defender along the boards and sent the puck to Eiserman, who quickly found Quinn Hutson alone at the goalmouth for a quick finish. It was the junior’s 10th goal of the season and his sixth in the last three games against UVM.

Dogged puck retrieval and quick passing produced the third BU goal six minutes into the period. Hughes recovered the puck behind the UVM goal line and sent it to Quinn Hutson in the slot. He froze the goalie, then passed to Eiserman below the right circle for a quick snap shot into the open side.

Just as it seemed BU would break the game open, the visitors pulled within one. A poor clearing attempt led to a shot through traffic that hit Caron and fell to an unmarked Lombardi who slid puck home. 3-2 BU after two. 

Lombardi’s penalty early in the third sent BU to the power play and this time they converted quickly on the rush. Willander dropped a pass to Harvey skating through the neutral zone. He sent the puck to Hughes who sped through two defenders before beating Mangbo with a backhander close in. It was his second of the season and second of the series.  

Terriers went back on the man-advantage—this time a 4-on-3— minutes later and needed just five seconds to convert. Shane Lachance won the draw back to Gavin McCarthy who took a stride, then passed to Eiserman at the top of the circle for a one-timed bullet that found the net low to the glove side. Eiserman’s third goal of the game gives him a national-best rookie total of 12 and stretched the lead to 5-2. 

Forty-four seconds later, Harvey got in on the goal-scoring. Controlling the puck in the right circle, he dangled through the slot, then shot back against the grain to beat Mangbo on the glove side. With his second tally of the series, he has five for the season. Cole Hutson and McCarthy assisted.

The 6-2 deficit didn’t slow down the Catamounts who kept working while perhaps the Terriers took their foot off the gas. UVM scored twice in two-and-half minutes—the first by one-time BU recruit Michael Lastarza—cutting the margin in half. 

They would get no closer, even with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker. Kamil Bednarik got the puck out of the BU zone to Greene who found the empty net for his eighth goal. Brehdan Engum had the second assist. 

Final shots were BU 34 and Vermont 30. It was a better night for BU at the face off dot, winning 36 of 64. Hughes won 11 of 15 and Brandon Svoboda 9 of 12.
BU has now defeated the Catamounts nine times in a row and averaged six goals in the last six meetings. 

Special teams played a major role in the series sweep with BU converting on four of nine power plays, while killing off all six penalties. 

Fourth Liner's Terrier Takeaway  

A lot of good and a few struggles for the Terriers tonight against the Catamounts:

- A weekend sweep, three more huge Hockey East points, and a bump up in the pairwise rankings for the Terriers.  Just what the doctor ordered.

- Although by no means a perfect game, the Terriers had good jump and effort for most of the game tonight against a Vermont team that played hard, physical and fast. The team’s confidence seems to be growing.

- The story of the game was a four-point performance and hat trick by Cole Eiserman.  He was a going concern all night, drawing at least one penalty and creating a number of quality chances.  His NHL-caliber shot and skill was on full display.  Hands down, the best game of the year so far for Cole.

- It was also great to see Cole Hutson, Quinn Hutson, Jack Hughes, Jack Harvey and Ryan Greene find the scoresheet.  The offensive momentum this group found Friday night clearly continued tonight.    

- In terms of areas for improvement, BU had five minor penalties (at least two of which were in the offensive zone), gave up a number of odd man rushes (especially early in the game) and needs to continue work on tightening up its team defense and defensive coverage.  And giving up two goals in the second half of the third period will likely be a point of emphasis this week for the coaching staff.  

- Onward to a home and home series against UNH, with six more Hockey East points and Pairwise implications on the line.  

  

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
Highlights and post-game Pandolfo/Eiserman/Hughes  

● Boston Hockey Blog Men's Hockey completes first weekend sweep behind Eiserman's hat trick

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Jack Pridham scored his 12th and 13th goals in Kitchener's 4-1 win against Barrie. The 6'2" right wing has 25 points in 21 games since joining the Rangers.

2025 recruit Jack Murtagh assisted on a pair of goals in the NTDP U18s 7-5 win over TriCity. The 6'1" left wing has an 11-15-26 scoring line in 25 games.

2025 recruit Jonathan Morello assisted on a pair of goals--including the overtime game-winner in Dubuque's 4-3 win over Sioux City.

Looking back

Jake Oettinger turned aside 30 of 31 shots in the Stars' 2-1 shootout win over Montreal. Lane Hutson assisted on the Canadians' goal, his 29th helper.

Evan Rodrigues scored his eighth goal in Florida's 4-3 overtime loss to Boston. Charlie McAvoy collected his 15th assist for the Bruins.

Jack Eichel notched his 43rd assist, but the Golden Knights fell to the Rangers, 2-1.

Dylan Peterson scored his ninth goal in AHL Springfield's 6-4 win over Providence.

Women's Team

The #13 Terriers saw their -game conference winning streak end as they were edged by Vermont, 3-2.

BU held a 2-1 lead after one period on goals by Sydney Healey and Maggie Hanzel. The Catamounts tied the score in the middle period and scored the game-winner early in the third.

GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Coach Tara Watchorn post-game 

Boston Hockey Blog At Vermont, BU women’s hockey finally falters as a long forgotten problem returns

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Game Day: BU vs, Vermont, Part 2

 

  

Today's BU lineup


● Live Stream ESPN+


Friday Night Leftovers

The win was the Terriers' eighth straight over Vermont dating back to Jan. 22, 2022 at Agganis.  BU has averaged 5.13 goals per game during that stretch. 

With his four-point night, Ryan Greene is tied for second among Terrier skaters with 19 points. His 12 goals are tied with Shane Lachance for the team lead.

Quinn Hutson (11-9-20) recorded his third multi-goal game of the season, equaling last year's total.

Terriers flex offensive muscle and fly past UVM; Women edge Catamounts

 

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Assessing the Terriers’ first half struggles in some games, Coach Jay Pandolfo lamented on Thursday’s media call that “We haven’t possessed the puck in the offensive zone as much as we need to. We haven’t created second and third opportunities for ourselves like we need to.”

BU certainly got the message in a 6-1 win over Vermont at Agganis Arena. All night, the Terriers had long possessions in the Catamounts’ end, creating those second and third chances through aggressive fore-checking and puck retrieval.

Terriers have scored five goals or more in six games this season and stand at #3 in D1 team scoring at 3.7 GPG.

Juniors Ryan Greene (G, 3A) and Quinn Hutson (2G) and sophomore Jack Harvey (G,2A) led the way on offense as BU scored three in the first period and was never headed. Mathieu Caron was sharp and confident in goal stopping everything he saw (27 of 28) including a pair of UVM breakaways.

After the game, Greene told the media, “We played probably our most consistent game of the year I would think, just played the right way, and we need to play that brand of hockey more often.”

Pandolfo was pleased with "a really solid effort from our team, from Chewy on out." 

He explained, "I thought the D played well overall and we utilized all our forwards and I thought they did a good job.I thought we had good energy. We made some mistakes and when we did, I thought Caron was excellent tonight."

Terriers opened the scoring at 7:05 when Greene’s centering pass attempt from behind the UVM goal line glanced off goalie Axel Mangbo’s pad and trickled into the net. The co-captain’s seventh goal was assisted by Harvey and Matt Copponi. 

BU almost immediately went on a power play, but it was Vermont that created the best scoring chance. Joel Maatti grabbed a loose puck at center ice, motored in on the BU cage and was stoned by Caron. 

Just as that man-advantage was ending, Greene plucked the puck from a defender’s skates in front of the Vermont goal. He glided to the left circle and dished to Quinn Hutson, who toe-dragged into the slot and whipped the puck past Mangbo high to the stick side. It was the eighth of the season for Hutson who has scored in three straight games—four if you count the U18 exhibition.

Terriers were back on the power play in the final minutes of the period and with 10 seconds left on the advantage, Hutson scored again, taking Tom Willander’s pass in the right circle and wiring a shot home, this time high to the glove side. Greene had the second assist. The oldest of the Hutson brothers now has five goals in that three-game streak. 3-0 BU after one with the goals coming on just eight shots.

If any of the BU tallies was an ESPN Top 10 candidate, it was Harvey’s just 26 seconds into the middle period. This one came on the rush with Copponi head-manning the puck to Greene skating into the zone. He backhanded a pass to Harvey in the left circle and, with his back to the cage, the Minnesota native whipped a backhander into the far top corner for his fourth goal and a 4-0 lead.  

Meanwhile, Caron was keeping his cage clean and stopping a second UVM breakaway, this one by Colin Kessler.

BU continued to pepper the Vermont net with 15 second-period shots. Goal #5 came at 15:32 following an offensive zone draw won by Kamil Bednarik. Shane Lachance tipped the puck to Devin Kaplan at the top of the circle for a one-timer that flew past Mangbo on the stick side. It was the fourth of the season for #21 on his 21st birthday. 

Terriers returned to the man-advantage in the opening minute of the third and connected for their second power-play goal. Cole Hutson danced across the top of the left circle, then found Jack Hughes at the right post for a redirect past Connor McKenzie, who had relieved Mangbo. It was the first goal in a regular-season game for Hughes who had scored in both exhibition games. Harvey had the secondary helper.

The visitors stymied hopes for a shutout at 7:49 when Jax Wismer fired a shot from the left circle past a screened Caron.

With the win BU improves to 10-7-1 overall and 6-3-1 in Hockey East, and now is alone in second place in the conference following BC’s loss to Merrimack and Lowell’s loss to UConn. Terriers trail Maine by one point. 

BU also moved up to #11 in the Pairwise Rankings. Following Merrimack's 5-2 win against BC, all 11 Hockey East teams are within the top 29 in Pairwise.

BU's last 6-1 win prior to last night was last year's regular-season finale, also against the Catamounts. Same goalie. Quinn Hutson had a hat trick and Harvey scored, too.

The teams conclude the series on Saturday with puck drop set for 5 p.m. ET.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
Highlights and post-game Pandolfo/Greene/Hutson
● Boston Hockey Blog BU opens new year with a 6-1 win over Vermont

Looking ahead

2025 recruit Mikhail Yegorov stopped 30 of 31 shots in Omaha's 2-1 shootout loss to Waterloo. 

2025 recruit Conrad Fondrk scored his seventh goal, unassisted, in the NTDP U18s' 4-2 win over Tri-City. Charlie Trethewey recorded his eighth assist.

Looking back

Lane Hutson recorded his 28th assist on the overtime game-winner as Montreal edged Washington, 3-2. Hutson has 20 assists in the past 20 games.

 

Women's Team 

Women's Ice Hockey Celebrates Win at Vermont

#13 Terriers began a weekend series in Vermont, defeating the Catamounts, 2-1, for their fourth straight conference win. 

Junior Lilli Welcke got BU off to a fast start, scoring her third goal just a minute into the contest. Twin sister Luisa Welcke provided the eventual game-winner, a short-hander for her fourth of the season.

Callie Shanahan stopped 21 shots, yielding UVM’s only goal late in the third period.
With the win, BU retakes first place in Hockey East, jumping over idle BC. Terriers have a two-point edge on the Eagles with two games in hand.

Saturday's series finale begins at 6 p.m. with ESPN+ providing the live stream.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Post game Coach Tara Watchorn/Shanahan

Boston Hockey Blog BU defeats Vermont 2-1 in a gritty, physical game


 
 

 

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