Friday, February 13, 2026

Game Day: Terriers visit UNH; Celebrini and Tkachuck notch Olympic goals

    

Game day graphic featuring action photo of Mick Frechette. BU at New Hampshire, February 13, 7 PM at Whittemore Center on ESPN+

Terriers begin a home-and-home series with New Hampshire, starting with a road game at the Whittemore Center in Durham. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. for the contest that will be live-streamed on ESPN.

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With five regular-season games left on the schedule, the Terriers will be seeking to 1) reignite the struggling offense and power play and 2) improve their position in the Hockey East race.

Commenting on the short turnaround following Monday's Beanpot loss, Coach Jay Pandolfo said: 

"It was a very tough loss. I know our guys took it very hard. We have to move forward. You can't just sit here and dwell on it. The vibe has been pretty good. We had a really good practice yesterday (Wednesday). Our guys are excited to get going again." 

Pandolfo indicated that there will be all new forward line combinations for Friday's games. 

Following a five-game winning streak in late November and December that included a win against Dartmouth and a sweep of Maine, the Wildcats are 1-7-1 in their last nine games.  Last week they lost to Providence, 6-1. The previous weekend, UNH lost and tied with Merrimack.

Senior Morgan Winters is the Wildcats' top points scorer (19) and goal scorer (9). Junior Nick Ring has 12 points (6G,12A) and senior face off whiz Cy LeClerc has 11 (4G,7A).  Junior Brendan Fitzgerald leads a young defense corps that features two sophomores and three freshmen. 

Senior goalie Kyle Chauvette brings a 2.68 GAA and an .897 save percentage over 24 starts.

  

                Graphic courtesy of BU Hockey Stats 

CHECK BACK FOR TONIGHT’S BU LINEUP

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

● Live stream ESPN+

● Pandolfo Media Call

● BU Hockey Stats Preview: Into the Home Stretch

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● Boston Hockey Blog With at-large race over, what can BU gain from UNH series? 

On the 17th episode of Inside BU Hockey, Bernie Corbett chats with men's ice hockey head coach Jay Pandolfo while Kat Cornetta checks in with women's ice hockey head coach Tara Watchon Tara Watchorn. Bernie also interviews 1980 Olympic hero Jack O'Callahan. 

                         

►►On Episode 140 of Terrier Hockey Talk, the Boston Hockey Blog crew examines: Where did BU Men’s Hockey go wrong?

Winter Olympics

Day 2 of Men's Hockey proved to be BU-tiful for both Team USA and Team. In Canada's 5-0 shutout of Czechia, Macklin Celebrini scored the first--and ultimately winning--goal on a deft redirection.    

● ESPN Celebrini leads Canada's rout in Olympic men's hockey opener

Brady Tkachuk's first-period rip gave Team USA an early lead and they went on to a 5-1 win against Latvia. Jack Eichel, who centered the top line with the Tkachuk brothers, assisted on a pair of power-play goals. 

● NHLcom Nelson scores twice, United States pulls away from Latvia in Olympic opener

Celebrini and Tkachuk were the second and third Terriers to register their teams' first goal. Kayla Tutino notched Italy's first goal of the tournament. Tutino and Nadia Mattivi will face the undefeated U.S. Women's Team today at 3:10 p.m. ET on USA Network.

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Looking ahead

2026 or 2027 recruit Braidy Wassilyn scored his 16th goal in London's 4-2 loss to Guelph.

 

 

 

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Eagles claim Beanpot and game #300

 

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This will be short and anything but sweet. 

After the Terriers played a strong opening 20 minutes, BC imposed its will the rest of the way, scoring twice in the middle period and three times in the third. They ended a decade-long Beanpot title drought with their first title since 2016.

Head coach Jay Pandolfo summed up the disappointing loss and addressed the disappointing season:

"I cannot get this group to play the same way, period-to-period, shift-to-shift. It's been that way all year. It's really nothing new tonight.

"It's the whole group right now. It's a team issue, more than just one individual. It's something we're trying to and the message isn't getting through." 

Brandon Svoboda gave BU its only lead just two minutes into the game, cleaning up the rebound of an Aiden Celebrini shot from 40 feet out. Nick Roukounakis initiated the play barreling into the offensive zone along the right boards.  

That held up until late in the period when a Cole Hutson penalty put BC on the man-advantage. Andre Gasseau connected for what was to be the first of three power-play goals.

Early in the second period, Sacha Boisvert made a power move to the net, only to be foiled by BC goalie Louka Cloutier. BU had no answer for BC's aggressive forecheck and cycling in the Terrier defensive zone. The Eagles poured 16 shots on goal. Mikhail Yegorov, who stopped 32 shots, held the fort for nearly 15 minutes with several sparkling saves including this gem on a Brady Berard breakaway.

BC took the lead when Will Vote redirected a shot from the left point. Two minutes later the Eagles converted a second power play opportunity. Lukas Gustafsson fired a shot from center point past Yegorov who was screened by 6'7" Dean Letourneau. 

Five minutes into the third period, Gasseau's second power-play goal stretched the lead to 4-1. BU reduced that margin by a goal when Cole Eiserman ripped a one-timer from the top of the right circle for his 12th tally. Assists went to Boisvert and Tynan Lawrence. 

BC answered quickly as Letourneau got behind the Terrier defense and jammed a backhander past Yegorov. Vote's empty-net goal closed out the scoring.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Highlights  

● Pandolfo post-game

● Photo Gallery 

● Boston Hockey Blog 

    --BU falls to BC, 6-2, in Beanpot final 

    --‘It’s really disheartening:’ BU crashes to Earth in Beanpot loss to BC        

    -- Opinion: Let’s face it. BU lost the Beanpot because it just isn’t very good

Lane Hutson repeated last year's visit to the student section. He joined Shane Lachance and Devin Kaplan in the locker room to read the starting lineup. 

Winter Olympics  

●  BU Today BU Athletes Heading to Winter Olympics

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