Friday, October 20, 2023

Game Day: #6 Terriers on the road at Notre Dame; Hughes joins lineup

  

                                  Photo credit Rich Gagnon

#6/6 Terriers will look to rebound from their “lost weekend,” going on the road for a pair of games against Notre Dame at the Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind. Tonight’s game begins at 7 p.m. ET, while Saturday’s matchup starts at 6:00 p.m. ET. Both contests will live stream on Peacock (link below).

While the Fighting Irish lead the all-time series (6-8-2), BU has won the past two meetings, including a 5-2 decision last November. The series began on Dec. 29, 1970 with a 7-3 BU win in the Boston Arena Christmas Tournament. The next meeting, also a 7-3 BU win, came exactly 25 years later--Dec. 29, 1995--when the Frozen Four bound Terriers were led by Captain Jay Pandolfo. BU last visited Notre Dame in 2016 when they were members of Hockey East. 

Notre Dame opened the season splitting a pair with Clarkson at home before losing on the road at RIT, 3-0. Fifth-year goalie Ryan Bischel was the top Big 10 goalie last season and earned second-team All-American honors as well. He has a 1.68 GAA thus far. Grad student Trevor Janicke and junior Drew Bavaro are the top returning scorers. Senior Landon Slaggert has two of the team's four goals. Danny Nelson is a top freshman from the NTDP U18s.

Sizing up the Irish, Pandolfo see a team with an identity similar to what he wants the Terriers to be: "Any Jeff Jackson-coached team is going to have a lot of structure. They're going to play the right way in all three zones. So it's important for us to have the same mindset. We get back to our structure and the right way in all three zones."

Pandolfo's concerns about his team's recent efforts were primarily about defense, which became an area of emphasis in practice this week.

“I think we have to show that we know how to play defense,” Pandolfo said. 

"Defensively, we really struggled," he added. "We left the middle of our ice and the slot open all weekend."

More about that in The Boston Hockey Blog game preview.

The coach offered some praise for the freshman defensive pairing of Tom Willander, who had a goal and an assist against Bentley, and Aiden Celebrini, who contributed two helpers.

He noted that Celebrini "was competing and he was keeping it simple. He brought pucks out very good and he closed quick in the defensive zone. He transitioned quickly."

Junior transfer Jack Hughes will make his BU debut. In practice, he skated at left wing with Ryan Greene and Quinn Hutson. Cade Webber will be a game-time decision Friday. He didn't skate Tuesday or Wednesday.

 

TONIGHT'S BU LINEUP 

Tuch-M.Celebrini-Kaplan

Hughes-Greene-Q.Hutson

Wilmer-Zabaneh-Peterson

Lachance-Stevens-Amonte

L. Hutson-G.McCarthy

Frechette-C. McCarthy

A.Celebrini-Willander

Gallagher

Caron

Graham

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

● Coach Pandolfo’s Media Call

● Live Stream Peacock

● Boston Hockey Blog preview

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● HockeyEastOnline Friday Games Scoreboard

                                  Photo credit Gracie Davenport

With Hughes (#27) set to take the ice as Terrier for the first time, BHB’s Brian Foisy talked with the Westwood, Mass., native about his decision to transfer from Northeastern to a team he “hated” for two seasons. The 2022 Los Angeles Kings draft pick, who earned Hockey East All-Rookie honors as a freshman, was a NTDP U18 teammate of Jeremy Wilmer and Ty Gallagher (and briefly with Lane Hutson and Devin Kaplan).

● Boston Hockey Blog Jack Hughes finds a “fresh start” in his transfer from Northeastern to BU

 

Looking ahead

2024 recruit Michael Chambre stopped 14 of 18 shots at Sioux Falls beat Sioux City, 6-4, in a high-scoring game. Chambre earned his second win in three starts. 2025 recruit John McNelis had an assist for The Stampede. 

● Stampede.com recap

Looking back

Clayton Keller scored his second goal and added as assist as the Coyotes thumped St. Louis, 6-2.

Joel Farabee scored his second goal in the Flyers' 4-1 win against Edmonton.

Jack Eichel's third goal, a power-play tally, was the game-winner as Vegas stayed unbeaten, defeating Winnipeg, 5-3.


Women’s Team

Following a bye week, the Terriers are back on the ice, hosting Syracuse for a two-game, non-conference series. 

● GoTerriers.com preview, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio)

● Live stream ESPN+ 

Former Terrier captain Reagan Rust has returned to Commonwealth Avenue as an assistant coach on Coach Tara Watchorn’s staff. Rust, who played two seasons as a Terrier after transferring from RIT, recently completed a pro career that included stints in Sweden and Hungary and in 2022-23 with the PHF’s Metropolitan Riveters. In addition, Bret Gilmour has been named as the team’s goaltending coach.

● GoTerriers.com report


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