Friday, February 05, 2021

Game Day: BU visits BC; National & Conference honors for Farrance UPDATED


#15 Terriers visit #1 BC tonight to begin a home-and-home series. The contest at Conte Forum begins at 7 p.m. and will air on NESN+.  The Eagles have the nation’s longest unbeaten streak, 5-0-1, including Tuesday’s 6-2 win against Northeastern.

BC has a 4.08 goals per game offense, second only in the conference to BU’s 4.13, and the #2 defense, yielding just 2.23 goals per game. Their attack is led by junior Marc McLaughlin with 14 points (8G,6A), sophomore Matt Boldy (4G,9A) and freshman Nikita Nesterenko (6G,7A). Goalie Spencer Knight has a 9-0-1 record with a 1.88 GAA and a .944 save percentage.

TONIGHT'S BU LINE-UP

Quercia-O'Brien-Kaufman

Tuch-Skoog-Mastrosimone

Armstrong-Zabaneh-Peterson

DeBoer-Stevens-Boguslavsky

Vlasic-Jarman

Fensore-Webber

Campolieto-McCarthy

Driscoll

Abel

 

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network,  

● Twitter: @BUGameDay, @TerrierHockey

● Watch: NESN+, Sports Live (outside New England & International)

● Boston Hockey Blog preview

● Boston Globe preview

● BCEagles.com preview

Senior David Farrance is the Hockey Commissioners Association choice for national player of the month for January. The All-American defenseman tallied 14 points (4G,10A) in six games with a +4, and led BU to a 5-1-0 start to its season, scoring two game-winners. He also earned conference honors as player of the month.

● HockeyEastOnline HCA Player of the Month; HockeyEast Player of the Month

● Overtime game-winner vs. UMass

 

Looking back

Joel Farrabee’s sixth goal gave Philadelphia a 3-1 lead over the Bruins, but Boston rallied to tie the game and win in overtime, 4-3. Charlie McAvoy had an assist for the Bs.


Tom Ross, a two-time All-American defenseman (’64-’65 & ’65-’66) on BU’s mid-60s squads, has passed away at 77. A West Roxbury native who had starred at Boston Tech HS, he was the MVP of the 1966 Beanpot, (which BU won in a fight-filled, 9-2 final win against Harvard), playing with a protector on his broken jaw. He and fellow All-American Jack Ferreria led the Terriers to a 27-8 record and an NCAA tournament berth—the first for Coach Jack Kelley—in his senior year.

 That spring he joined the BU baseball team and, despite not having played for three years, he led the Greater Boston League in hitting and was third in New England with a .382 average. After serving with the Marine Corps in Vietnam, he spent 32 years as an officer in the Boston Police Department and received the Patrolman's Association's highest award, the Award of Honor, when he risked personal injury to himself to extricate a motorist from a burning car. Ross was inducted into the BU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966.

● Obituary

 

Women’s Team


Originally scheduled for a home-and home with BC, the Terriers instead will host Merrimack on Friday, due to a scheduling change. Puck drop at Walter Brown Arena is set for 3:30 p.m. and the contest will air on NESN+.

►This morning, Hockey East added a second game with Merrimack to BU’s schedule. Terriers will travel to North Andover on Sunday with puck drop set for Noon.

BU last played two weeks ago, splitting a series with Maine. Captain Jesse Compher is expected to return to the BU line-up.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network

● Watch: NESN+, Sports Live (outside New England)

● Twitter @TerrierWHockey

● WTBU Sports preview

 

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