Game Day: Terriers visit Maine; Women host NU

Terriers are back on the road headed to Maine for a two-game series with the 4-2-0 Black Bears. Puck drop tonight at Alfond Arena is set for 7:30 for the contest that will be live-streamed on CBS All-Access.

Maine is coming off a 2-1 victory at Vermont in which Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup scored both goals. The previous weekend, the Black Bears split a series with #8 Quinnipiac. Offensive leaders are Eduards Trelmaks (6G,3A), Tim Doherty (3G,6A) and Mitchell Fossier (8A). Goalie Jeremy Swayman, a Bruins draft pick, has a 2.20 GAA and a .940 save percentage.

Last season the team split a pair of games at Agganis Arena. In the final regular-season game, BU was blanked by Maine, 6-0, in Orono.

Gearing up for a pair with the Black Bears. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/k4aINgNTaI

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 31, 2019

BU’s offense is paced by Patrick Harper with nine points (4G,5A). Patrick Curry (6G,1A) and David Farrance (3G,4A) each have seven points. Curry’s six goals are tied for the NCAA D1 lead.  Sam Tucker produced his fourth career shutout—and first as a Terrier—in the 3-0 blanking of New Hampshire. He stopped 57 of 60 shots in two games last weekend.

Coach Albie O’Connell told the Daily Free Press that Harper, who left the UNH game after one period, and defenseman Cam Crotty, who missed the game entirely, were “day-to-day.” 

TONIGHT’S BU LINE-UP 
Mastrosimone-Zegras-Curry
Quercia-Wise-Phillips
Armstrong-Kotkonsalo-Brink
Witkowski-Boguslavsky-Chabot
Farrance-Crotty
Fensore-Vlasic
Driscoll-McCarthy
Blixt
Tucker

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Terrier Sports Radio Network, @TerrierHockey 
● Live Stream CBS All-Access; International 
● Boston Hockey Blog Live In-Game Blog, Terrier Hockey Talk Episode 6 
● GoBlackBears.com Live Stats 
● Daily Free Press preview 
● USCHO O’Connnell: “We really like the way the team is playing”  
● WTBU Sports preview
● CHN Tale of the Tape 
● USCHO Hockey East Picks
● HockeyEastOnline Weekend preview

►GoTerriers.com Terrier Insider: Terriers Survive Tricks, Earn Treats in Season’s Opening Weeks

► Episode 4 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett's interviews with Coach O'Connell, sophomore Matt Quercia and Maine play-by-play broadcaster Jon Shields. Quercia, who has been playing on the 2nd and 3rd lines for BU and is a top penalty killer, scored two goals in the season opener at Union.

► Guests for this week's Hockey on Campus (SiriusXM Ch. 91, Saturday 8 a.m. ET, Sunday, 7 a.m. ET) include ESPN analyst Chris Peters and NTDP U17 coach John Wrobolewski. 

Women’s Team 
#9 Terriers return to Walter Brown Arena to host #4 Northeastern tonight, beginning an important home-and-home series with their cross-town rivals. Puck drop for BU’s second home game of the season is set for 7 p.m. with a free live stream available. Please note:

The Case Center Main Entrance on Babcock Street is still undergoing enhancements. To enter Friday's game, please go up the outside stairs on Babcock Street by the dorms, then take a left at City Convenience to approach the entrance to Case Gym – "The Roof".  

The 5-1-0 Huskies dropped their first game last Friday, 1-0 to Providence. The NU offense is led by Alina Mueller, who tops Hockey East in both points (15) and assists (11), and Chloe Aurard with five goals and nine points. Goalie Aerin Frankel has a 1.19 GAA and a .948 save percentage. 

Sammy Davis (4G,4A) and Kaleigh Donnelly (3G,5A) are BU’s top point producers with eight a piece, followed by Abby Cook and Nara Elia who each have seven. Behind stellar goaltending from Corinne Schroeder and Kate Stuart, BU had allowed just four goals in the past four games—all wins—and has yielded more than two goals just once in seven games.

● Go Terriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats

● CollegeSportsLive.com Live Stream (free)