Monday, November 13, 2023

UPDATED P-O-W for Quinn Hutson; D-O-W for Calderone; BU recruit to deliver NHL HOF induction speech; Women face Harvard

 

Hutson now has a 5-3-8 scoring line. As a freshman, Quinn rang up 15 goals, including a Hockey East best seven game-winners, along with 13 assists for a total of 28 points. He earned conference Rookie of the Week honors on March 27 after scoring the game-winner against Western Michigan in the NCAA regional. 

● GoTerriers.com Hutson named Hockey East Player of the Week

 

Poll Story


Terriers moved up one slot to #8 in the USCHO Division 1 Hockey Poll. Wisconsin has regained the top spot while last week’s BU opponent, North Dakota, rose to #2. Five other Hockey East school are in the top 15: #4 BC, #5 Providence, #9 Maine, #13 New Hampshire and #15 Massachusetts.

BU remains at #8 in the USA Hockey/The Rink Live College Hockey Poll.

The road ahead gets more challenging for the Terriers. In both national polls, next weekend's opponent, Maine, is #9. Then Thanksgiving-eve foe Quinnipiac is #7 and Red Hot Hockey rival Cornell is #10.

Everything College Hockey has the Terriers at #7 in its rankings, as does ESPN’s John Buccigross.

 

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►In a powerful Boston Hockey Blog opinion piece, Belle Fraser addresses the cheap shots taken at Macklin Celebrini in the Saturday games against North Dakota and Lowell and the failure of officials to police them. A must read.

“It’s got to stop with these head hits. They’re unnecessary. He was already down along the boards and a guy hits him. This is the stuff that can’t happen in this game,” Pandolfo said. (Full comments here)

Note: Today, Hockey East suspended Lowell’s Dillan Bentley for one game. He was not penalized during Saturday’s game.

● Boston Hockey Blog Opinion: Macklin Celebrini head shots are not good for the player or the game

SNL (Saturday Night Leftovers, and Friday’s too)

Macklin Celebrini leads Hockey East skaters in points with 18 (2.0/game). Luke Tuch is sixth with 12 and Lane Hutson is tied for seventh with 11. Celebrini, Hutson and BC's Cutter Gauthier are tied for most goals with eight.    

Nationally, Celebrini is tied for the overall points lead and is Division 1's top-scoring freshman.

BU’s sweep of the River Hawks was its first since the 2010-11 season.

A unique nickname for BU’s top line? First, PA announcer Nick Bove Tweeted that BU’s fifth goal (Quinn Hutson from Gavin McCarthy and Macklin Celebrini) constitute a palindrome: 17-7-71, and that all three have brothers on the team. Then, @brassbonanzaa Tweeted “The Palindrome Line must remain,” referring to the Celebrini-Tuch-Hutson line (71-11-17) that combined for 10 points (4G,6A) in the 6-1 win.


@BUHockeyStats tweeted that “Lane and Quinn Hutson become the first pair of brothers to score hat tricks in back to back home games in the history of Agganis Arena.” 

But has it ever happened before in BU hockey history?

Looking ahead

 

2024 recruit Cole Eiserman scored a pair of goals (his 20th & 21st) in the NTDP U18s 11-3 win against Czechia to capture the Five Nations championship in Finland.  Eiserman leads the U18s in scoring with 30 points in 16 games. Cole Hutson had two assists and Kamil Bednarik added one helper. Both now have 17 points.

● USA Hockey U18s Capture Five Nations Championship

2025 recruit Max Lacroix, a goalie for the NAHL Colorado Grit, is in Toronto to deliver the NHL Hall of Fame induction speech for Pierre Lacroix, his late grandfather. Pierre Lacroix, a player agent turned general manager, built the Colorado Avalanche's 1996 and 2001 Stanley Cup championship teams. Max, who volunteered to give the speech for “his best friend,” previously was a standout at The Governor’s Academy, playing for former BU captain Brian McGuirk.

● NHL.com Lacroix to be honored by grandson's Hall of Fame Induction Speech 

 NEW ● Denver Gazette Highlights of Max Lacroix's speech

A power move by 2024 recruit Jack Pridham set up 2025 recruit Cal Hughes for a goal in West Kelowna's 4-1 win against Merrit on Saturday.

 

NEW Looking back

                                                  Fensore, Mendel, Seeley Reassigned To Chicago | Carolina Hurricanes

Domenick Fensore, captain of last season's Hockey East champions and a First Team All-Star, has been assigned the AHL Chicago Wolves by Carolina, who drafted him in the third round in 2019. Fensore began the season with ECHL Norfolk and was second in scoring with 10 points in nine games for the Admirals. 

Women’s Team

NEW Terriers have a mid-week game tonight against Harvard at the Landry-Bright Hockey Center. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. for the contest that will be live streamed on both ESPN+ and TSN+.  Game Day links are here.

Senior blueliner Andi Calderone had a career-best two goals in Saturday's 5-3 win at New Hampshire. Both were power-play tallies and the second was the game-winner.

● Boston Hockey Blog Women split with UNH, win 5-3 on the road

 

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