Game Day: Terriers host Providence--UPDATED

Terriers begin a home-and-home series with #11 Providence on First Responders Night at Agganis Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. for the contest that will be live-streamed on CBS All-Access.    

Prior to the game, Boston Police will take on Boston Fire in a club hockey contest at 4:30 p.m. and fans with tickets to the BU game will have access to it. 

The 4-3-1 Friars, who are coming off a tie with Colgate and a one-goal loss to BC, are led by the top two scorers in Division 1: sophomores Jack Dugan (18 points) and Tyce Thompson (14).

The game will likely feature a pair of goalies were Ivy League rivals a year ago, but now are graduate transfers in Hockey East.  BU’s Sam Tucker, formerly with Yale, has a 2.42 GAA and a.901 save percentage, while ex-Harvard netminder Michael Lackey, now at PC, brings a 1.96 GAA and a .936 save percentage.

Seniors Patrick Curry and Patrick Harper are BU’s point leaders with nine apiece. Curry is the top goal scorer with seven. Harper missed last weeks’ series at Maine with a lower-body injury. David Farrance (photo) has eight points and Matt Quercia has seven. 

TONIGHT’S BU LINE-UP 

Curry-Zegras-Harper

Quercia-Wise-Brink

Armstrong-Phillips-Mastrosimone

Witkowski-Boguslavsky-Chabot

Farrance-McCarthy

Kotkansalo-Vlasic

Fensore-Driscoll

Blixt

Tucker

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network, @TerrierHockey 
● CBS All-Access Live Stream 
● Boston Hockey Blog Live In-Game Blog , View from the Press Box 
● Daily Free Press preview 
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape 
● HockeyEastOnline.com weekend preview 
● USCHO Hockey East picks 

Episode 5 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with Coach Albie O’Connell, junior defenseman Kasper Kotkansalo and Providence’s 25-year play-by-play announcer, Mike Logan. Espoo, Finland, native Kotkansalo, a Detroit draft pick, has shown his versatility this season, filling in at forward with several Terriers sidelined by injuries.

►The Friends Lounge in Agganis Arena is open following every home game with complimentary coffee and cookies available.

►On Saturday, BU is hosting a pre-game gathering in Providence for alumni, parents, friends and season ticket holders. Venue is Ladder 133 Sports Bar & Grill at 133 Douglas Avenue. The event, which includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres, begins at 5 p.m.

► Boston Hockey Blog Terrier Hockey Talk—Nov. 6  

Looking ahead 

2020 recruit Dylan Peterson scored the game’s only goal in the NTDP U18’s 1-0 win against the Czech Republic at the Five Nations tournament in Sweden. Drew Commesso stopped all 19 shots he faced to pick up his second shutout of the season.
● USA Hockey recap and box score 

2021 recruit Jeremy Wilmer assisted on a pair of goals and Tyler Boucher contributed a helper in the NTDP U17s’ 8-4 win in the quarterfinals of the World U17 Challenge in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
● USA Hockey recap and box score 

Looking back 
Following Nick Bonino’s recent hat trick, NBC Sports examines his strong start to the season with eight goals and 12 points in 15 games.
● NBCSports.com Predators’ investment in Bonino is paying off 

Also off to hot start is Bonino’s teammate on the Terriers’ 2009 national champions, defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who has 10 points in 13 games.
● TheHockeyNews.com Landing with the Lightning has helped Kevin Shattenkirk rediscover his game 

Women’s Team

“There’s a chance” we see Jesse Compher against Providence on Saturday, according to head coach Brian Durocher #GoBU https://t.co/AgwWvZ1r77

— Patrick Donnelly (@PatDonn12) November 7, 2019

Compher, last season’s leading scorer with 61 points (17G,44A), has yet to play this year due to a lower-body injury.

● Boston Hockey Blog This Week in Women’s Hockey