Wednesday, December 11, 2024

UPDATED Game Day: Terriers at UMass; Shattenkirk announces retirement; Macklin Magic

Game day graphic featuring posed photo of Cole Eiserman. #12 BU at UMass, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. on NESN, ESPN+ and TSN+

#13 Terriers are in Amherst to complete the home-and-home with UMass, looking to reverse the outcome of Saturday’s loss to the Minutemen. Puck drop at the Mullins Center is at 7 p.m. for the game that will air on NESN and live stream on ESPN+.

The game is BU's final regular-season contest of the semester.

Terriers will also look to avoid the unnecessary penalties that have made BU the penalty-minutes leader among D1 schools with 17.80 min./game. With the two game misconduct penalties taken on Saturday, which led to the second and third UMass goals, BU has seven on the season. 

Coach Jay Pandolfo has repeatedly pointed out that excessive penalty kills drain key players and detracts from the team's offense.

Kamil Bednarik playing hockey 

                      Photo credit Andrew Paton

They'll also try to solve UMass goalie Michael Hrabel who stopped all 32 Terrier shots in Saturday's 4-0 BU loss. The 6'7" netminder from the Czech Republic has been selected to play for his country in the World Junior Championships.

                  TONIGHT’S BU LINE-UP

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

● Live Stream ESPN+, TSN+

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

 

Looking ahead

Tynan Lawrence - 2024-25 - Men's Ice Hockey - Muskegon Lumberjacks

2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence is the leading rookie scorer in the USHL with an 8-8-16 scoring line, twice as many points as the next skater. At 16, he's one of the league's youngest players. The 6'0" left-shot center had three goals and three assists for gold-medal winning Canada White at the World U17 Challenge. Before being tendered by Muskegon, the Fredericton, New Brunswick, native starred for Shattuck St. Mary's.

 

Looking back

A three-year standout on the blueline, Kevin Shattenkirk is one of only two Terriers—along with Chris Drury—to be an NCAA Champion, a Stanley Cup Champion, and an Olympian. He scored 78 points in 123 games, including 28 for BU's 2009 national champions, earning second-team All-American honors.  He captained the 2009-10 Terriers as well as the 2007 U.S. Junior National Team. In 952 NHL games, Shattenkirk scored 103 goals and recorded 381 assists. 

Shattenkirk is one of six defensemen on the 2009 champions to play in the NHL, along with Matt Gilroy, Colby Cohen, Eric Gryba, Brian Strait and David WarsofskyHe spent his final season back in Boston with the Bruins.

Shattenkirk will join his NTDP and BU defense partner Colby Cohen on the Morning Cuppa Hockey podcast at 9 a.m. on @Daily Faceoff YouTube.  Or Apple Podcasts.

NHLPA.com Kevin Shattenkirk announces retirement after 14 NHL Seasons

Macklin Celebrini's slick assist--his eighth--set up a Luke Kunin goal in the Sharks' 3-2 loss to Carolina.

 

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