Game Day: Terriers vs. Huskies for all the Beans

Tonight at TD Garden, the Terriers and #12 Northeastern meet tonight for the 240^th time in series history. At stake is the 68th Beanpot title. BU will be looking for its 31^st championship and first since 2015; the Huskies will seek a three-peat. Puck drop is set for 7:30 for the contest that will air on NESN, NHL Network and TSN5.

BU edged BC in double overtime, 5-4, while Northeastern topped Harvard, 3-1, to reach tonight’s final.

The teams met at Agganis Arena in December with BU earning a 6-3 victory and will conclude the regular season with a home-and-home series in March. Northeastern’s offense is led by junior Tyler Madden whose 35 points are fifth best in Division 1. Junior Zach Solow has 27 points, followed by Ryan Shea (25) and Aidan McDonough (21). Graduate transfer Craig Pantano has been in goal for all 15 NU wins.

Tonight's BU lineup:

Armstrong Zegras Harper

Cockerill Wise Curry

Mastrosimone Skoog Phillips

Quercia Stevens Brink

Chabot

Farrance Crotty

Fensore McCarthy

Kotkansalo Vlasic

Abel

 

Bring it back home.#GoBU #BUBeanpot pic.twitter.com/Z4kaZJVs2N

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 10, 2020

BU      Beanpot Hype Video

● Go Terriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network, @BU Hockey 
● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog, game preview 
● Watch Parties 

►Boston Hockey Blog: USHL bond brings rivals together at Beanpot final 

►Boston Herald Under the radar, Crotty a leader for BU

Women’s Team

#8 Terriers defeated Holy Cross, 5-2, in Worcester on Saturday to complete a sweep of the season’s series with the Crusaders and gain an important two points in the Hockey East race. With four conference games remaining, BU is in second place, three games ahead of BC with a game in hand. The victory also gave BU a second consecutive 20-win season.

After Holy Cross opened the scoring just a minute into the game, BU took command scoring three times in just over three minutes. Jesse Compher’s 10^th goal at 13:48 was followed by Nadia Mattivi’s fifth at 14:01 and Sammy Davis’s 13^th at 16:52 on a power play.

Davis’s goal extended the lead to 4-1, again on the power play in the second period. Holy Cross got one back late in the period. Courtney Correira’s seventh goal in the third period closed the scoring. Kate Stuart stopped 17 shots and improved her record to 7-1-1.

Great save by Kate to keep our three-goal lead intact! pic.twitter.com/cAs3TA65Us

— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) February 8, 2020

Terriers will seek to defend their Beanpot title on Tuesday, taking on Northeastern at Walter Brown Arena.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score 
● Daily Free Press recap

Compher has also been named Hockey East Player of the Week after scoring a pair of goals against BC in the Beanpot semifinal and a goal and two assists against Holy Cross. She also won a nation’s best 90% of faceoffs in the two games.
● GoTerriers.com report 
● HockeyEastOnline report