Game Day: BU vs. UConn in Hartford

 

#7/6 Terriers travel to Hartford to take on #8 UConn at the XCel Center. Puck drop is at 2 p.m. for the contest that will live stream on ESPN+.

Both teams--Hockey East's highest ranked squads-- are coming off troubling losses. The Terriers lost on Friday to BC, 9-6, on the road. The Huskies' last game was 7-3 defeat by Merrimack on Dec. 2.

The teams split a pair of games at Agganis Arena in October, with UConn taking a 4-3 overtime win on Friday and the Terriers responding with a 5-2 victory the next night. At stake are three critical points in the Hockey East standings and the tie-breaker should the teams finish tied in the conference.

All-American Ryan Tverberg, who scored three times in the two October games, paces UConn's offense with 10 goals and 17 points. Freshman Matthew Wood has a 5-9-14 line and Andrew Lucas, who scored the overtime winner, has 13 points.

TODAY'S BU LINE-UP

Wilmer-Skoog-Brown

Phillips-O'Brien-Q.Hutson

Tuch-Stevens-Peterson

Armstrong-Zabaneh-Kaplan

Amonte

Fensore-Gallagher

L.Hutson-McCarthy

Webber-Copeland

Commesso 

Duplessis

Schena 

 

● GoTerriers.com preview, Live Stats, All-Access (audio), BU Men's Hockey Twitter

● Live Stream ESPN+

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

Looking ahead

USHL goals and points leader Jack Harvey, a 2023 recruit, scored his 19th goal in Chicago's 5-4 win against Muskegon. It brings his points total to 35 in 23 games. 2023 or 2024 recruit Macklin Celebrini scored his 14th goal, tied for second in the USHL, for the Steel while 2024 recruit Owen Keefe had an assist for the Lumberjacks.

2023 recruit Shane Lachance earned first-star honors with a pair of goals in Youngstown's 6-1 win again Madison. Lachance, like Celebrini, has 14 goals. 2024 recruit Brandon Svoboda scored his fifth goal on a power play for the Phantoms.

Scoring is so nice, the Lachance thought he'd do it twice pic.twitter.com/2s3Zlzadhx

— Youngstown Phantoms (@YtownPhantoms) December 11, 2022

 

2023 recruit Michael Chambre stopped 10 of 12 shots, playing the second half of the NTDP U18s' 6-2 win against Utica. The Florida native also assisted on a Team USA goal.

 Looking back

Jake Oettinger turned aside 24 of 26 shots as Dallas edged Detroit, 3-2, in overtime.