Game Day: BU hosts UMass

#2 Terriers return home for their second meeting of the season against Massachusetts. The teams opened the regular season in Amherst with BU authoring a convincing 8-1 win.  Puck drop tonight is 7:30 p.m. at Agganis Arena where the first 3,000 attendees will receive a Terrier scarf. An autograph session will follow the game.

The Minutemen have been playing their best hockey in recent weeks with a 4-3-1 record in their last eight games. Sophomore Frank Vatrano leads the team in goals (13) and points (22), while freshman Dennis Kravchanko is second in scoring (21 points) and tops in assists (13). Freshman d-man Brandon Montour, who recently became eligible, has ten points in ten games.

For BU, the top line of Jack Eichel, Danny O’Regan and Evan Rodrigues continues to produce. Rodrigues is on an eight-game point scoring streak (4G, 11A), Eichel is first in scoring in Hockey East—and second in the nation—with 36 points. O’Regan is tied for the conference lead in goals with 16.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Game Tracker, TerrierTV webcast, Terrier

Sports Radio Network webcast

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview

● Hockey East Online weekend preview

● USCHO Hockey East Pick and Predictions

● SBNation Hockey East Weekend Preview

● UMass Daily Collegian preview

● UMass Athletics preview

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

Tonight's BU Line-up:
Rodrigues-Eichel-O'Regan
Oksanen-Baillargeon-Hohmann
Olsson-Lane-Roberto
Phelps-Moran-Piccinich
Grzelcyk-MacLeod
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-Diffley 
O'Connor 

► Tampa Bay’s Director of Player Development talked with NHL Radio (7:40 of audio) about Lightning draft picks including Terrier blueliner John MacLeod.

 Looking back

Former Terrier captain and All-American Kevin Shattenkirk celebrated his 26th birthday by scoring the shoot-out game-winner (4:40 of video) in the Blues’ 5-4 win against Nashville. Shattenkirk also contributed an assist as did Colin Wilson for the Predators. The shootout goal came against a former Hockey East opponent, UMass Lowell product Carter Hutton.

● Recap and highlights

Former BU MVP Alex Chiasson scored his 8^th goal of the season in Ottawa’s 6-3 loss to the Dallas Stars (his previous team).

● Recap and video