Photo credit: Michelle Jay, Daily Free Press
Terriers will
take on Maine today in the final game of the 2014 Citi Frozen Fenway. Puck drop
is 3 p.m. with the game being aired live on NESN. In 2010, BU played in the
inaugural Frozen Fenway game, defeating BC, 3-2 (video).
BU will be
seeking to end a five-game skid against the 10-7-2 Black Bears, who soundly defeated
the Terriers, 7-0, in the teams’ first meeting of the season. Maine is led by sophomore
Devin Shore with 23 points (9G, 14A) and goalie Martin Ouellette (1.88)
BU will look
to continue its power play success, now at 23.1 percent, seventh best in
Division 1. Defenseman Ahti Oksanen leads BU in scoring with 14 points, followed by Robbie Baillargeon (13), Garrett Noonan (13) and Danny O'Regan (12).
The injury
bug continues to dog the Terriers who will be without Matt Grzelcyk “for a
while” due to a shoulder injury suffered in practice this week. Evan Rodrigues and Jake Moscatel, who missed
Wednesday’s game with Dartmouth due to injuries, are uncertain for today’s
game.
The game will
be the 37th outdoor contest in program history for BU, including an
outdoor game in Orono in 1924, won by Maine.
● Video: Friday
Practice,
Press Conference
● Photo gallery
● Boston
Hockey Blog preview
● College
Hockey News talked
with David Quinn about the Terriers struggles since the Cornell game at
MSG.
● College Hockey
News report
on Grzelcyk
● Grzelcyk’s
World Junior Tournament performance critiqued
by US oF Hockey.
Hockey East
Online picks
and predictions.
►Episode 12
of Inside
BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with Coach David Quinn,
sophomore blueliner Ahti Oksanen and former BU defense Eric Gryba, now on the
Ottawa Nationals.
Looking ahead
While BU and
Maine are skating in the Red Sox home, two future Terriers, 2014 recruits,
centerman Jack Eichel and right-shot defenseman Johnathan MacLeod will be
performing a few miles away at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough,
Mass, as the NTDP U18s take on the N.J, Hitmen in a 2:20 p.m. start. Eichel earned
kudos for his strong play as an underager in the recent World Junior
Championships. A rugged defender, MacLeod has a goal and three assists.
● Boston.com report
As Shattuck
St. Mary’s Prep prepares for a weekend series against Culver Academy, 2016
recruit Clayton Keller (photo) is second on the high-scoring squad in points with an
18-25-43 lines in 32 games, following . His teammate, 2014 recruit Chase Phelps
is two points behind Keller with 17-24-41. Both players were all over the score
sheets in the recent World
Sport School Challenge in Calgary, won by Shattuck. In the five games, Keller
had 13 points (5g, 8a), including 2 goals and 3 assists in the championship
game, while Phelps contributed five goals and two assists.
2014 recruit
J.J.Piccinich scored his team-leading 17th goal for Youngtown, but
the Phantoms dropped their fifth one-goal game in their last 10 games, 4-3
to Muskegon.
2015 recruit
Jordan Greenway assisted on the NTDP U17s’ only goal in a 5-1
loss to Indiana.
Looking back
With off-season
knee surgery and a broken foot behind him, David Van der Gulik was recalled
by the Avalanche following a hat trick for AHL Lake Erie. He has 13 points (2G, 11A) in 48 NHL starts.
Justin
Courtnall’s 4th goal of the season was the game-winner
in AHL Hamilton’s 2-1 victory
over Rochester.
Women's Team
#8 Terriers will look to rebound from Wednesday's loss to Boston College as they travel to Maine. Game time is 3 p.m. BU took two earlier games with the Black Bears by 5-1 and 4-2 scores, both a Walter Brown Arena. Sophomore Sarah Lefort and senior captain Louise Warren lead the Terriers with 27 and 24 points respectively.
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