Monday, November 25, 2024

Off to Dublin and Belfast; A pair of 13s; U18s face CHL on NHL Network; Yegorov's highlight-reel save

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Happy Thanksgiving Week, Terrier Fans. Turkey Day is bracketed by Men’s and Women’s hockey this week. The #13 Women’s team hosts Princeton for a Wednesday matinee (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+, TSN+). Friday morning at 9 a.m. ET, it’s #13 BU vs. Merrimack in the opening round of Friendship Four 2024 (NESN, ESPN+, TSN+). Then, on Saturday, the Terriers will face either Harvard or Notre Dame, time TBA (NESN, ESPN+, TSN+).

Terriers arrived in Dublin Monday morning and spent the day discovering the historic city.

 

 Get ready for these games with this week's edition of Inside BU Hockey. Bernie Corbett chats with Jay Pandolfo and catches up with former Terrier captain and current member of the Belfast Giants, Bobo Carpenter who was the Terriers’ co-captain the last time BU played in the Friendship Four, November 2018. In addition, Allison DeWitt interviews women's ice hockey assistant coach Reagan Rust. Also available on Spotify.

Carpenter spent the past three seasons with the ECHL Florida Everblades, who won the Kelly Cup championship all three seasons.

Poll Story

Terriers remain at #13 in the new USCHO Division 1 Men’s Hockey Poll after their 6-3 win against Merrimack. There’s a new #1, Michigan State, after Denver was swept at home by Arizona State. The Sun Devils were powered by four goals from Artem Schlaine, a one-time Terrier recruit, who played for UConn and Northern Michigan before heading to the desert.  Minnesota moved ahead of BC to #3 while Maine remained at #5 and Providence stayed at #10. Lowell fell one slot to #16.

● USCHO.com Rankings roundup: How the top 20 NCAA hockey teams fared, Nov. 22-23

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In the USA Hockey/The Rink Inside D1 Men's Poll, BU moved up three spots from #16 to #13.  The top five in this poll are: Michigan State, Denver, BC, Minnesota and Maine.  

College Hockey News' Power Rankings have the Terriers slotted at #12 with the #4 strength of schedule. 

ESPN’s John Buccigross ranks BU at #16 while Everything College Hockey has the Terriers at #15.

 

FNL (Friday Night Leftovers)

Matt Copponi & Brandon Svoboda 

 

►For the 3rd time since 2002-03, and first since a January 30th, 2015, 9-5 win over UMass (Jack Eichel, Ahti Oksanen (hat trick), Brandon Hickey), three different Terriers have scored multiple goals in the same game.  

● Stats’ Sheet Triple-Doubles (Week 8 Recap & Analytics)

►Following his second two-goal effort of the year, Cole Eiserman now leads all NCAA rookies with nine goals and is fifth in goal-scoring in Division 1. He’s tied for second in goals in Hockey East and is tied with Shane Lachance for eighth in scoring among conference skaters.

Another look at Eiserman’s game-winner:

●The Hockey News Islanders Prospect Cole Eiserman Continues Scoring Brigade For Boston University; Coach Pandolfo Shares Thoughts

 "He's been really good for us. Clearly, he has a gift to score goals, and he loves scoring goals. I think what we've been impressed with as a staff is how hard he competes on every shift. He's really hard on the puck. He's good on the forecheck. I've been really impressed with him, and he really cares, like he really cares. He takes it to heart when we don't do well as a team. He puts a lot of responsibility on his own shoulders, probably too much at some points. But he's been excellent. He's been better than I think we even thought. I just think his overall competitiveness has been really good."

► The Terriers have won five straight games over Merrimack dating back to the 2023 Hockey East title game, a 3-2 BU overtime win.

►During warm-ups, Matt Copponi visited with Merrimack staff members. Two hours later, he  put the game out of reach for the Warriors with a pair of third-period tallies.

Asked about BU’s continuing Friday night struggles, Copponi told the media post-game: “I just think we’re not ready for puck drop. I think it just comes from within the locker room.”

Looking ahead

The USNTDP U18s, with four BU 2025 recruits rostered, will take on Canada’s top Major Junior players in the CHL USA Prospects Challenge on Tuesday in London, Ont., and Wednesday in Oshawa. Both games begin at 7 p.m. ET and will air on NHL Network and TSN.

Forwards Jack Murtagh (8-7-15) and Conrad Fondrk (5-10-15) are tied for second in scoring for the U18s, with Murtagh tied for the goal-scoring lead. Defenseman Charlie Trethewey (4-4-8) is one of two U18s to receive an “A” rating on Central Scouting’s Watch List. 6’5” defenseman Carter Amico, who has seen his draft stock rise sharply this season, recently suffered a leg injury requiring surgery and is out for the rest of the season.

● NHL.com Top 2025 NHL Draft prospects from CHL, U.S. NTDP ready to go head-to-head

Associate director of NHL Central Scouting David Gregory said, "Trethewey finds the open man and can play at good pace, and he likes to defend. You can see that two-way game where you can put him out in any situation."

 

2025 recruit Mikhail Yegorov stopped 35 of 38 shots including this 5-bell, highlight-reel save in Omaha's 4-2 loss to Youngstown. 

2025 recruit Jack Pridham scored a pair of goals and added a primary assist, all in the first 6:20 of Kitchener's 4-0 shutout of Erie. His assist was the OHL Play of the Night.  The 6'2" right wing has a 4-4-8 line in five games since joining the Rangers. Game highlights featuring Pridham's two goals:

  

2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence recorded his 8th assist in Muskegon's 2-1 loss to Sioux Falls. Lawrence, recently ranked #10 on Cory Pronman's early list for the 2026 draft, has a 4-8-12 scoring line in 15 games.  Earlier in 2024, he played for gold-medal-winning Canada White in the World U17 Challenge and in the Youth Olympic Games.

2025 recruit Jonathan Morello, a 2024 Bruins draft pick, has a goal and seven assists in 20 games for the Fighting Saints.

Looking back

Sam Stevens first pro goal came in the AHL Toronto Marlies’ 5-0 win over Coach John McCarthy’s San Jose Barracudas. Cade Webber assisted on the goal and Robert Mastrosimone also was the ice for the Marlies.

 

Jack Eichel scored his seventh goal and assisted on two others as Vegas thumped Montreal, 6-2. He's second in the NHL in points.

Dante Fabbro scored his second goal, unassisted, in the Blue Jackets’ 5-4 win over Carolina.

Brady Tkachuk scored his 10th goal in Ottawa’s 4-3 loss to Vancouve.

Women's Team 

Terriers were idle last weekend but maintained their spot at #13 in the USCHO Division 1 Women’s Poll. The only Hockey East team ranked higher is #11 BC, with whom BU split a series a week ago. 

Coach Tara Watchorn's team is in first place in the Hockey East standings with 27 points, four ahead of UConn and Northeastern and seven ahead of BC.

Terriers have the third best penalty kill (93%) in Division 1.

 

 

 

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