Sunday, October 04, 2026

UPDATED Terriers' shutout gives Pandolfo his 100th career win; defkit's Terrier Takeaway

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#16/15 Terriers broke open a scoreless tie with four goals in the final period to complete a road sweep of the University of Alaska, as Head Coach Jay Pandolfo earned his 100th career win. 

Freshman Haoxi Wang scored the game-winner followed by an unassisted goal frrom junior Kamil Bednarik. Freshman Caleb Malhotra and sophomore Tynan Lawrence added empty-net goals while junior Mikhail Yegorov recorded his fourth career shutout, stopping all 16 Nanook shots.

"It's been a great weekend, coming out here and coming away with two wins," Pandolfo said. "The first period we were playing fast, great on our breakouts. We're just having trouble finding ways to score goals right now."

Case in point: BU dominated the first period and had three power plays, but failed to take a lead.   

Midway through the second, Jonathan Morello scored shorthanded, only to see it waved off after a review for having kicked the puck home.  [4:28 of highlights]

Yegorov made a strong stop on a 2-on-1 chance late in the period to stymie Alaska's best chance of the game up to that point.

Terriers finally broke through three minutes into the third period. Aiden Celebrini's shot hit a UA defender's skate. Brandon Svoboda recovered the puck and slid it to Wang at center point. The 6'6" blueliner toe-dragged past a diving defender and whipped a snap shot past Tyler Shea with Morello providing a screen. 

A UA major penalty for kneeing gave BU a five-minute power play. They put four shots on goal, but were not able to double the lead.

With 8:50 remaining in the period, BU added an insurance goal. Bednarik stripped a UA skater along the boards, lost the puck but recovered it and sped down the left side. His wrist shot from the left circle beat Shea through the five hole for an unassisted tally.

The Nanooks tested Yegorov right after BU's second goal, but Big Mike come up with some of his best saves to keep UA off the scoreboard.

After Alaska pulled Shea with three minutes remaining, Malhotra fired into the empty net with Captain Jack Harvey unselfishly passing to the rookie for his first Terrier goal. Bednarik had the second assist.

Lawrence closed out the scoring with another ENG from the d-zone after Jack Murtagh blocked a shot. 

For the game, the Terriers outshot their hosts, 29-16. Lawrence, Murtagh and Wang each had four shots.

Freshman Viktor Nörringer was a late addition to the lineup after Ryder Ritchie became ill in the afternoon. The Kungsbacka, Sweden, native played well in his debut, according to Pandolfo. [Nice offensive move by Norringer at 1:40 of the video highlights.]

The Terrier coach also praised the effective two-way effort by the Celebrini-Wang pairing. 

In addition to his two points, Bednarik had a strong night at the faceoff dot, winning eight of 13 draws. 

Terriers will play an exhibition game against Brown next Saturday before continuing their early-season travels with a series at Vermont.  

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● YouTube Video highlights 

● Post-game Pandolfo/Wang

● Boston Hockey Blog Pandolfo earns 100th coaching win in 4-0 shutout against Alaska Fairbanks

defkit's Terrier Takeaway 

A much better showing for most of the game last night for BU. The first period was their best of the weekend. When it was still scoreless after 2, I thought - that's unfortunate, they are playing better, and yet they may not win.
- I thought BU's breakout and play through the neutral zone was the big difference. Much better flow getting the puck down to the Alaska end of the ice.
- Norringer was a late replacement for Ritchie who was apparently sick and he looked good out there. He plays a physical game and showed some speed too. I could see him pressuring for a spot in the lineup.
- Congrats to Yegorov on a great weekend. One goal in two games.
- Team defense was also very good. There were several times where a shot would come in and the rebound would end up to Yegorov's right, and it seemed like it could result in an easy tap in goal, but BU was tying up their guys effectively. This is why having four centers that play an effective two-way game will help this team.
- Great to see Wang get rewarded for an impressive first two games. It seems the toe-drag move is one of his favorites - he did it at least three times over the two games.
- I hope Roukinakis is ok after that knee-on-knee hit. They never showed a replay. He did come back for a couple shifts, so that should be a good sign;  fingers crossed that he is completely fine. 

Looking ahead

2027 recruit Braidy Wassilyn extended his goal-scoring streak to six games as Saginaw edged Brampton in overtime, 3-2. The left wing from Campbellville, Ont., registered his seventh of the season to even the score at 1-1. Later he set up both the tying and winning goals, raising his point total to 13, which is third in the league. Braidy Knowling was strong in the Spirit net, stopping 24 of 26 shots to notch his second victory in three starts. The 2025 San Jose draft pick is expected to start for Team USA in the World Junior Championships in December.

Looking back

Macklin Celebrini set up San Jose's overtime game-winner as the Sharks edged the Kings, 5-4. The newly named San Jose captain recorded his fourth and fifth assists of the season. 

Lane Hutson collected three assists for Montreal but the Canadiens fell to Pittsburgh, 6-5, in overtime. 

Alex Vlasic assisted on a pair of goals for Chicago in a 4-3 loss to Buffalo. 

Tom Willander assisted on two Vancouver goals in the Canucks' 4-1 win over Calgary.

 Joel Farabee assisted on the Flames' lone tally.

 


 

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Saturday, October 03, 2026

Saturday's Line-up; Pandolfo post-game comments

No changes to the Terrier line-up for game two against the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks.

We now have brief comments from Coach Jay Pandolfo following Friday night's win. 

If you're watching the FloHockey.tv livestream, you can mute the sound and listen to Bernie Corbett and Mark Linehan at this link. Last night that audio synched perfectly with the live stream.  

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UPDATED: Lawrence delivers BU in overtime; defkit's Terrier Takeaways

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Tynan Lawrence scored at 1:18 of overtime to make the Terriers a 2-1 winner in the season opener at the University of Alaska's Carlson Center. The sophomore center's shot from the right circle, along with a first-period wrap-around tally by Jack Murtagh and a sharp, 25-save effort by Mikhail Yegorov, gave BU its seventh consecutive opening-game win. 

After killing an early Nanook power play, the Terriers opened the scoring at the four-minute mark. Lawrence forced a turnover along the left boards in the offensive zone and pushed the puck ahead to Murtagh. The sophomore wing carried it past a defender, behind the net and then jammed the puck past goalie Tyler Shea. 

The lead lasted just two and a half minutes. A turnover just inside the BU blueline led to a a breakaway that Yegorov stymied, but on the ensuing power play, UA scored on Linden Burrett's slapper past a screened Yegorov. Shots for the period were 13-8 BU.

In the second period, both the Terriers and Nanooks had long periods of offensive zone time, but couldn't produce a goal.

BU had a 15-9 shot edge in a scoreless third period with its best scoring chance coming on Caleb Malholtra's set up for Jack Harvey that Shea turned aside.

In the extra period, Alaska won a defensive zone draw but Lawrence recovered the puck, skated to the high slot and fired a shot that was defended. Harvey pounced on the rebound. His shot hit Shea and was briefly free in the blue paint before being swept away. Harvey recovered the puck and quickly found Lawrence for the game-winner.  Carter Amico, who dished out big hits all night, had the second assist. 

The rematch tonight is again an 11:07 start. Game Day links are in the GoTerriers recap.  

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Video highlights

● Boston Hockey Blog Instant Takeaways

defkit's Terrier Takeaways

-There were certainly some frustrating moments, but give credit to the AKF goalie who made more than 40 saves.
- I was most surprised by how good Wang looked. Most of the chatter was that he was a project and he would need some time to adapt. He looked very comfortable out there, and JP had him out there to start OT. He was showing off his skating on that shift until the matching penalties that like everything else, we didn't get to see a replay of.
- I was also very impressed (and surprised) with Celebrini. He looked very good and I take back my comment earlier that he should be on the third pairing on a good team.
- Villeneuve on the other hand - I think he is going to need some time to adjust. He looked nervous, often mishandling the puck. And certainly not showing any Hutston-like moves. But it's one game, I'm not going to be too harsh.
- Amico certainly looked improved and played a physical game with some big hits.
- Lawrence looked good as expected. Somewhere I predicted he was going to have 45 points this season, and I feel good about that prediction.
- I also thought Malhotra looked solid for his first NCAA game.I could see him taking around 10 games to adjust and then just starting to dominate.
- Strong game by Yegorov. Allowed few rebounds. Stopped everything he saw. 
- Too many penalties.The power play, which used five forwards at times, could struggle for a bit.

Advanced Stats from BU Hockey Stats

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On Thursday, the Terriers spent some time with young Alaskan Huskies at Trail Breaker Kennels.

The Daily Faceoff’s Top 20 NHL Affiliated Prospects in the NCAA this season include #6 Malhotra, #9 Lawrence, #12 Yegorov and #19 Xavier Villeneuve.

Looking ahead

2027 recruit Jamie Glance scored his first QMJHL goal and then scored the game-winner in the shootout as St. John’s edged Cape Breton, 4-3. Fellow recruit Liam Lefebrve scored a goal and assisted on another in a 1:12 span of the second period for Cape Breton.

2027 recruit James Scantlebury scored his sixth goal, racing past a defender to convert a goalmouth pass from fellow recruit Carter Meyer as Quebec edged Blainville-Boisbriand, 4-3.

2027 recruit Braidy Wassilyn scored his fifth and sixth goals for Saginaw, but the Spirit dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to Kitchener. The 6’0” left wing has scored in all five games and is second in OHL scoring with ten points. Brady Knowling stopped 27 shots for Saginaw.

2027 recruit Alessandro Di Iorio scored his third goal in Sarnia’s 4-3 overtime loss to Sault St. Marie.

Looking back

Cole Hutson scored a goal and was +2 in 17 minutes of ice time in Washington’s 5-2 win against Carolina.

Former Terrier captain and All-American Freddy Meyer has been named director of player development for the Neponset Valley RiverRats beginning with the 2027-28 season. Meyer, the father of 2027 recruits Carter Meyer and Freddy Meyer V, currently is head coach at The Rivers School and also has coached in the Boston Junior Eagles organization. He played 281 NHL games with the Flyers, Islanders, Coyotes and Thrashers. 

 

Women’s Team

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Terriers stayed with #1-ranked Wisconsin for two periods and were tied, 1-1, but the Badgers dominated the final period, putting up three tallies for a 4-1 win and a series sweep.

Freshman Lo Lachapelle scored from the crease in the waning seconds of the first period to put the Terriers in front. Assists went to sophomore Tessa Demain and freshman Eden Bergman.  

Wisconsin tied the scored on a second-period power play and went ahead for good midway through the third period.

Sophomore Sydney Fogu stopped 37 shots in her first career start.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Post game Coach Tara Watchorn

● Boston Hockey Blog Takeaways


 

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