Despite a strong start that led to the game's first goal, BU was unable to find the back of the net again and fell to Notre Dame, 4-1, to begin a two-game series at the Compton Family Ice Arena. Ryan Greene's early goal was followed by a power-play goal and two even-strength tallies that gave the Fighting Irish a 3-1 lead after one period.
BU outshot Notre Dame 44-26 but was unable to solve goalie Ryan Bishel, who had 18 saves in the third period. Terriers failed to convert on eight man-advantage opportunities.
“I thought turnovers were an issue, I thought special teams right now is a really big issue for us,” Coach Jay Pandolfo said. “Listen, we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We’ve got an opportunity again to play this team tomorrow night and come back and try to right the ship here.”
An early bid by Macklin Celebrini and Luke Tuch was turned away, but at 4:44, perseverance paid off for BU. Bishel stopped attempts by Quinn Hutson and Jack Hughes, but a third attempt by Greene beat the Fighting Irish goalie.
tw-align-centerSome hard work down low leads to Greener's first goal of the season and Hughesy's first point as a Terrier!
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 20, 2023
📺: @peacock pic.twitter.com/vjQc8ehOop
That goal was matched during a Notre Dame power play when Drew Bavaro redirected a puck past BU's Matthieu Caron. Two even strength tallies gave the hosts a 3-1 lead after one period.
Freshman Danny Nelson added another power-play goal in the opening minutes of the second period to produce the final score.
More details, analysis and Pandolfo comments in the Boston Hockey Blog recap.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Boston Hockey Blog Terriers suffer 4-1 loss in a game marked by familiar issues.
Looking ahead
2024 recruit Cole Eiserman recorded his fourth hat trick in ten games to lead the NTDP U18s to a 7-1 win at Utica College. Eiserman now has a 16-5-21 line. Fellow recruits Kamil Bednarik and Cole Hutson each had an assist for Team USA.
2024 recruit Brandon Svoboda's second-period goal, assisted by 2025 recruit Zach Morin, was the game-winner as Youngstown edged Madison, 3-2.
2025 recruit Jack Murtagh scored his third goal in the NTDP U17s' 5-2 loss to Muskegon. Fellow recruit Charlie Trethewey had a power-play assist for Team USA and leads the U17s with eight points in nine games.
tw-align-centerI mean...this is just fun to watch 🤩@jackmurtagh07 | #USAvsMUS pic.twitter.com/JDWWuLqFFI
— USA Hockey’s NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) October 21, 2023
2025 recruit Cal Hughes scored his third goal as West Kelowna defeated Vernon, 3-1.
Women's Team
Terriers settled for a 4-4 overtime tie with Syracuse in the front end of a two-game series at Walter Brown arena. BU held leads of 3-2 and 4-3 only to see the visitors tie the score each time.
Syracuse took a 2-0 early first-period lead before BU got one back on a Maggie Hanzel tally. Terriers pulled even on co-captain Nadia Mattivi's goal at 1:24 of the second and took the lead on Brooke Disher's goal late in the period.
Syracuse made it 3-3 four minutes into the third, but Lacy Martin restored the BU lead just 23 seconds later. Then midway through the period, Rachel Teslak's second goal of the game knotted the score at four apiece. Neither team was able to deliver an overtime goal. Freshman Mari Pietersen had 16 saves for BU.
Saturday's rematch at WBA begins at 3 p.m. Game Day links are in the recap.
● GoTerriers.com recap and video highlights; comprehensive box score
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