#20 Terrier return to conference
competition with a critical road game at #17 Providence on Thursday. Puck drop
at Schneider Rink is set for 7:00 pm. NESN+ will televise the game, which also will
be streamed outside New England on College Sports Live.
Eleven days ago, BU defeated the Friars,
5-2, at Agganis Arena behind a pair of goals from Wilmer Skoog and 36 saves by
Drew Commesso.
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BU is currently tied for third in the
Hockey East standings with UConn (Huskies have two games in hand), two points
ahead of Providence and Merrimack. Since the New Year, the Friars have a 3-4-1
record, most recently defeating Vermont and defeating UMass last month.
Photo credit Patrick Donnelly
Sophomore forwards Brett Berard (32 points)
and Nick Poisson (31) are the top overall scorers on Hockey East teams. Junior
Parker Ford has 24 and Patrick Moynihan has generated 23. Junior Jaxson Stauber,
who has been in goal for 30 of 31 games, has a 2.02 GAA and a .927 save
percentage. The Friars have a 10-3-1 record at home this season.
The Terriers won their fifth consecutive
game on Monday against Harvard in the Beanpot opener and have an 11-1-1 record since
the end of November. Skoog, with a seven-game points streak, and junior
defenseman Domenick Fensore are BU’s points leaders with 22 apiece. They’re
followed by classmates Robert Mastrosimone with 21—and a team-high 11 goals—and
Jay O’Brien with 17. Three more juniors—Matt Brown, Ethan Philips and Case
McCarthy—and freshman Ty Gallagher stand at 14 points.
Sophomore Vinny Duplessis has won both
starts since Commesso’s departure for the Olympics.
TONIGHT'S BU LINEUP
Mastrosimone-Skoog-Brown
Cockerill-Stevens-Kaufman
Armstrong-Zabaneh-Carrabes
Vlasic-McCarthy
Fensore-Gallagher
Webber-Campolieto
Copeland
Duplessis
Abel
● GoTerriers.com preview,
Game Notes,
Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network, BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● Live stream: College Sports Live
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● Boston Hockey Blog preview
● WTBU Sports preview
► Duplessis, who made 27 saves in Friday’s 4-0 shutout of Maine earned Hockey East Goaltender of the Week honors. Mastrosimone, who scored twice in the game, and Fensore were named to the list of top performers.
Winter Olympics
Five Terriers will take part in the contest: U.S. Head Coach David Quinn will be assisted by Scott Young and has goalie Drew Commesso and defenseman David Warsofsky on his roster. China’s captain is former NHLer Brandon Yip, a teammate of Warsofsky on BU’s 2009 national championship squad for which Quinn was assistant coach.
Four Terriers skated for Team USA in the 2018 games in South Korea: Chris Bourque, Matt Gilroy, Jordan Greenway and John McCarthy. BU has been represented in 15 consecutive Olympiads.
● GoTerriers.com preview, Terriers at the Olympic Games
● USA Hockey preview, 2022 Team Page, U.S. Men’s Olympic History
● WickedLocal.com Warsofsky to get long awaited Olympic shot
Looking ahead
2023 recruit Michael LaStarza scored his ninth goal and added an assist in Sioux Falls' 4-3 shootout loss to Sioux City.
Looking back
Brady Tkachuk scored his 13th and 14th goals in Ottawa’s 4-3 win against Carolina.
Jake Oettinger stopped 19 shots in the Stars’ 4-3 win against Nashville. He picked up his 11th win in 16 starts.
Women’s Team
Terriers dropped a 3-0 decision to #5/4 Northeastern in the Beanpot Consolation game. Senior Nicole McGuigan made her first collegiate start and turned aside 34 Husky shots.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Post-game comments Coach Brian Durocher
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