Saturday, October 10, 2026

Game Day: Exhibition Contest with Brown; Women claim shootout win in Durham

 

Game day graphic featuring posed photo of Max Lacroix. BU vs. Brown, Oct. 10, 7 PM, Agganis Arena at Boston, MA on ESPN+ 

#14/13 Terriers are back home for their first exhibition game of the campaign and they take on another BU—Brown University. Puck drop at Agganis Arena is at 7:00 p.m. ET with ESPN+ providing the livestream.

The teams last met five seasons ago with the Terriers taking a 5-1 road victory. 

Coach Jay Pandolfo revealed that the full roster will dress for the game and that senior Max Lacroix will be in goal, as Mikhail Yegorov gets the night off. Forward Jay Feldberg and defenseman Adam Barone are expected to see their first action.

Pandolfo noted on his Thursday media call that he hopes the team receives opportunities to work on the power play, which was largely ineffective during the Alaska series.

In those two games, BU received strong efforts from centers Tynan Lawrence and Caleb Malhotra and from winger Jack Murtagh. The defensive duo of Aiden Celebrini and Simon Wang was particularly effective. In game two, Wang opened the scoring while Celebrini led the team with five blocks. A dialed-in Yegorov yielded just one goal, that coming during a power play. 

Men's ice hockey players huddle before a faceoff 

                         Photo by Dan Koerner 

Lawrence, who scored the overtime-game winner in the opener, has recorded a point in each of his last four games and in six of his last seven appearances. 

The Bruins are coming off a disappointing 2025-26 season that saw them post a 5-24-2 record and finish last in the ECAC. Their new head coach, Tom Upton, is familiar with the Terriers, having served as a UMass assistant the past four seasons.

College Hockey Insider’s pre-season rankings has them at #58, tied with Stonehill and noted "Ivan Zadvernyuk, Brown’s top forward last season, transferred to Cornell. Defenseman Matthew Desiderio is headed to Dartmouth, Alex Pineau transferred to Northeastern, and goaltender Tyler Shea is headed to Alaska."

Shea proved a tough nut to crack for BU last weekend, holding the Terriers to one goal in regulation in game one and keeping them off the sheet until the third period in game two.

Juniors Ben Poitras (10-8-18), Brian Nicholas (5-8-13) and Charlie Gollob (4-8-12) are the top returning scorers. The attack will be bolstered by Northeastern transfer Griffin Erdman and freshmen Matteo Danis and Cullen Emery.

Senior Ethan Mistry anchors a young defense corps where freshman Marco Senerchia is expected to play a key role. Junior goalie Eli Pulver has transferred in from Wisconsin where he was the primary back-up in the Badgers run to the national championship game.

CHECK BACK FOR TONIGHT'S TERRIER LINEUP 

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter

● Pandolfo Media Call 

● Live Stream ESPN+

● Brown Hockey Blog Season Preview

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

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The Boston Hockey Blog’s print edition of The Hockey Issue now is available to view online. Feature stories look at Captain Jack Harvey, Malhotra, Wang, Carter Amico, Mari Pietersen, the BU-hosted Women’s Ice Breaker, the PWHL coming to Agganis Arena and more.

Looking ahead

2027 recruit Jamie Glance fired a pair of goals and earned first-star honors as St. John's doubled up Rouyn-Noranda, 6-3.  With nine points (3G,6A) in seven games, the New Hampshire native leads the Sea Dogs in scoring.

2027 recruit Rian Chudzinski redirected a shot for his fifth goal to pull Moncton even with Drummondville, but the Wildcats were edged, 4-3, on a late tally. The 6'1" right wing has 10 points in seven games to lead Moncton.

2027 recruit Alessandro Di Iorio scored his fourth goal and assisted on another in Sarnia's 4-0 win against Oshawa. The Columbus draft pick, who earned second star honors, has 10 points in eight games.

Looking back

Cole Eiserman scored his first goal of the season in the Hamilton Hammerheads' home opener, a 5-4 shootout loss to Toronto. 

Quinn Hutson scored his third goal in Bakersfield's 2-1 loss to Calgary. 

 

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Terriers rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the third period to tie New Hampshire and went onto a a shootout win at the Whittemore Center in Durham. Freshman Quinn Taylor and sophomore Avery Supryka connected in a four-minute span after the Wildcats had taken a 2-0 lead. In the shootout, Freshman Mylie Ellis, senior Greta Henderson and sophomore Anezka Čabelová all converted shootout attempts for a 3-2 win.

UNH took an early lead, scoring twice in the first five minutes, but the Terriers responded quickly. First, sophomore Ella Pukala scored on a power play. Just half a minute later, freshman Julia Curran's unassisted goal knotted the score at two apiece. 

Along with her goal, Pukala won a sizzling 17 of 20 draws. 

Terriers continue their road trip on Saturday against Holy Cross in aTurnpike Trophy game. Game Day links are in the recap below. Puck drop is at 5 p.m.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score 

● Coach Tara Watchorn post-game 

● Boston Hockey Blog INSTANT TAKEAWAYS: BU earns first shootout win of the season after thrilling comeback against New Hampshire

 

 

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Friday, October 09, 2026

Pandolfo Media Call; Big Night for Jack; Women face Wildcats & Crusaders

Some highlights of Thursday's Media Call with Coach Jay Pandolfo: 

Re Mikhail Yegorov: "I thought his performance was excellent for his first weekend. We were pretty good in front of him, too. We didn’t give up a ton (of shots). The biggest thing for him is the mindset. He worked on being focus everyday in practice, being focused for every opportunity to play."

"Max Lacroix will play in the exhibition. Max needs to get some game action. He deserves to get this game."

"We planned to take another day off but our guys wanted to skate. We focused on some of the  things we did well and some of the things didn’t do well, like the power play. Today was a special teams day, working on the penalty kill and the power play."

Re Simon Wang: "He’s very mobile for a guy that size. You can see the way he moves across the blueline. Obviously that goal was a pretty high-end play. He’s very good at joining the rush. I liked his overall game."

Re Wang-Aiden Celebrini pair: "They bring pucks out well together. Through the neutral zone, through transition, they support each other well. Aiden was excellent."

Re the team's 19 blocked shots: "The commitment I saw from the group, our willingness to help a teammate out after a mistake was really good. Everyone was doing it (blocking shots). Happy that our guys have that mindset."

Re Tynan Lawrence: “He’s still the youngest player on our team, just turned 18 in August. He was probably our best forward over the weekend against Alaska and the stats back it up. He has his confidence. He knows what the expectations are and how he can have success at this level. Number one thing is his motor. He never stops moving. Makes plays all over the ice."

 The Daily Free Press Hockey issue is out Friday morning. We'll post more links to the feature stories today as they are posted:  

● “I just focus on where I am right now”: How Caleb Malhotra navigates life in the spotlight. 

► BU Hockey Stats previews the men's and women's game: Back East. While the stat chart for BU and Brown uses last season's final numbers, it provides an opportunity to understand hockey analytics. And BU Hockey Stats provides a primer--Diving into the Stats Sheet. 

 

Looking ahead

The Daily Faceoff’s Early Top 40 for the 2027 Entry Draft has #3 Carter Meyer, #28 Jamie Glance and #35 James Scantlebury. DFO’s Steven Ellis suggests Meyer could be the first center taken.

Scantlebury, has received an invitation from NHL Central Scouting to the QMJHL Prospects Game on Oct. 28.  2028 recruit goalie Andrei Nikolayev, who plays for Victoriaville, also was selected for the Prospects Game. Those two join previously announced Meyer and Glance on the roster.

Note: If you signed up with FloHockey.TV for the month, you’ll be able to watch this prospects game, too.

Looking back  

        Oettinger has his second straight shutout in the Stars' victory over the Sabres – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 

Jake Oettinger stopped 26 shots to record his second consecutive shutout—and 18th of his career—as Dallas defeated Buffalo, 4-0. Three games into the season, his GAA is 0.67.

Jack Eichel scored unassisted—making it look so easy—and added three assists in the Golden Knights’ 6-2 win against the Kraken on Tuesday.  

On Thursday, Eichel scored the third-period tying goal on a penalty shot and added an assist as Vegas rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 in a shootout.  He's tied with Connor McDavid for the points lead with 12.

Clayton Keller scored a power play goal in Utah's 5-3 win over the Devils. The Mammoth's captain has seven points in four games.  

Sean Maguire, a Powell River, BC., native, was at BU from 2012-2016. However, he missed his entire junior season--2014-15 when the Terriers reached the NCAA title game--due to a concussion suffered off the ice. He returned the following season and posted a career-best 2.41 GAA and a .920 save percentage. 

A Penguins draft pick, he spent two seasons in the minor leagues, primarily with ECHL Wheeling and AHL Wilkes Barre/Scranton. After retiring, Maguire was a goalie coach for the BCHL Powell River Kings, whom he had played for in juniors, then at St. Anselm's before moving on to New Hampshire.  

THFB SIDEBAR UPDATES

Two additions to the sidebar. In the LINKS section, Yegorov Stat Dashboard—Big Mike’s own advanced analytics site. Details: “Save Percentage is a Lie.”

In the VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS section (last item), the NCAA posted a video of all 15 goals scored in the 1991 National Championship game where Northern Michigan defeated BU 8-7 triple overtime. Not for the faint of heart.

If you’re wondering where former Terriers not in the NHL are playing now, click on “Where are these Terriers now?” in the LINKS section. Active players only. You’ll see that Tristan Amonte and Vinny Purpur are teammates on the Savannah Ghost Pirates while Case McCarthy is in Norway with the Stavenger Oilers.

Women's Team

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Terriers are back East after a respectable showing in their series at #1 Wisconsin, but they remain on the road. BU begins conference play Friday at New Hampshire before heading to Worcester for a Saturday match-up with Holy Cross.

The Wildcats are 2-2-0 after last weekend's sweep of LIU, whose pre-season exhibition with BU was cancelled due to the Nor'easter. 

Lo Lachappelle had the Terriers lone goal in the Wisconsin series that saw Mari Pietersen and Sydney Fogu split the goaltending duties.  

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

● Live Stream ESPN+ 

● Boston Hockey Blog NOTEBOOK: BU embark on a Hockey East road trip, facing UNH and Holy Cross

● Boston Hockey Blog “Go be Mari”: Pietersen enters her senior season ready to embrace the moment 

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