Tuesday, June 24, 2025

UPDATED Schedules announced; Draft Day approaches; Parker elected to HHFame; Warsofsky named SC Stingrays' head coach

The Terriers' 2025-26 schedule will feature 19 home dates, ten out-of-conference games (seven during first semester) and a pair of exhibition contests. October will see a season-opener--and first-ever meeting--with LIU. The next two weeks will bring two-game, home series with Colgate and Big Ten champion Michigan State.

In November, BU travels to Quinnipiac on the 15th and then to Madison Square Garden on the 29th for the 10th edition of Red Hot Hockey against Cornell. 

Second semester OOC games are a Jan. 12 game at Harvard and the Beanpot Tournament with the Terriers facing Northeastern in the Feb. 2 opening round.

The two exhibitions are Oct. 5, hosting RPI, and Jan. 3, hosting Simon Fraser. Incidentally RPI's roster includes Jack Gorton who transferred after two seasons at BU.

● GoTerriers.com Men's Ice Hockey Announces 2025-26 Schedule

►BU also announced that a program-record 19 players from the 2024-25 national finalist squad were named to the Hockey East All-Academic

►We're just three days away from the NHL Entry Draft at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The first round will held Friday at 7 p.m. ET with ESPN and ESPN+ carrying the proceedings. The second through seventh rounds are Saturday, carried on NHL Network beginning at Noon ET.

One current Terrier--Sascha Boumedienne--and six future Terriers--Jack Murtagh, Carter Amico, Charlie Trethewey, Simon Haoxi Wang, Conrad Fondrk and Malte Vass*--are expected to hear their names called over the two days. 

*Vass has been reported to be headed to BU next season, however there has been no official announcement. Chris Heisenberg's recruiting page has Vass in the BU column, but Elite Prospects has not thus far.


Boumedienne is projected as a first-round pick by numerous hockey recruiting journalists, largely due to his strong showing during second semester and at the World U18s where he set a record for points by a defenseman. 

The Athletic (subscription) opines: Could Sascha Boumedienne, with strong Columbus ties, be a draft fit for Blue Jackets?

He’s only 18 years old, but Sascha Boumedienne already has the passport of a diplomat. He’s lived in six countries, including his native Sweden, and traveled to several others. He’s lived in three different U.S. cities and speaks two languages fluently.

Boumedienne, who spent three years in Columbus and whose father, Josef, worked for the Columbus Blue Jackets for more than a decade, will learn of his next destination this weekend when the NHL Draft is staged in Los Angeles.

Boumedienne, the latest product of the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets program, is expected to be drafted in the back half of the first round, likely somewhere in the 20s. He’s the type of mobile, skilled defenseman that NHL clubs are looking for, and his speed belies his size. He’s 6-foot-2, 183 pounds, and growing.

“With the way my game grew this year (at Boston University), both defensively and all-around, I see myself being a 200-foot player, a two-way defenseman who can make an impact all over the ice,” Boumedienne said. “I want to log a lot of minutes for my team and compete all over the ice. I play the game the right way.”

● NHL.com Boumedienne has 'got a really big upside' entering 2025 NHL Draft

►2026 recruit Wang, a 6'6" 222 lb., left-shot defenseman has been termed a "unicorn" because of his exceptional skating ability for a player his size and because he came to Canada from China at 12 years old and rapidly progressed to become a bonafide prospect. Wang began the season with King Rebellion in the OJHL before moving up to OHL Oshawa. He'll play a second season with the Generals to prepare for the challenge of NCAA Hockey.

"Simon is an interesting prospect," Central Scouting's Nick Smith said. "His skating, footwork, edges are remarkable for a player his size. He’s a late bloomer who really hasn’t played a lot of hockey so there was definitely an adjustment period entering the OHL. Oshawa has a really deep [defense] corps as well so he may have played more or a different role on another team. His minutes were limited but I give him a ton of credit, he’s really learning how to defend and manage his risk/reward game. He played physical in their playoff run and moved pucks and made good first passes."

● NHL.com Wang could be historic selection at NHL Draft 

● Associated Press Wang's Journey from Beijing to Canada sets him to become 3rd Chinese-born played picked in NHL Draft.

►The Athletic's pre-draft coverage includes asking some top draft eligibles which player they'd like to see drafted along with him. BC recruit and U18 teammate Will Moore offered a very enthusiastic endorsement of Fondrk. (FWIW, Fondrk picked Moore).
Will Moore: Conrad Fondrk. I think he’s the most talented hockey player I’ve ever seen and the injury that has held him back and was super disappointing when it happened, I had great chemistry with him on my line at the time and unfortunately he hasn’t been able to prove himself but I think the world of that kid and I think people are soon going to find out how good he really is.

►From McKeen's Sleepers for the Draft:

Malte Vass - D - FARJESTADS (SWE J20) - MCKEEN'S RANK - #142

I love Vass as a long-term project. Big, mean, and strong. Eager to punish puck carriers skating down his side of the ice. Decent defensive reads that will only get better with reps. Beautiful, long skating strides. Even though his straight-line speed and acceleration need work, he’s got a lot of headroom for growth. He won’t give you much, if any, value offensively, but that’s not what you’re drafting him for. You’re drafting him so he can slot into your bottom four in five years and make your opponents' lives miserable, especially come playoff time. Well worth the gamble in the mid rounds, if you ask me. - Felix Robbins 

In TSN's Bob McKenzie's final draft rankings: Boumedienne is #23, Murtagh #33, Wang #42, Amico #51, Fondrk #60, Trethewey #62 and Vass #68.

Looking back

Legendary Terrier head coach Jack Parker, who led BU to 897 victories, three national championships, 21 Beanpot titles, 22 conference titles (Hockey East & ECAC) and a record 24 NCAA tournament appearances during 40 seasons behind the bench, has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. He's a member of the Hall's 2025 class along with Zdeno Chara and Duncan Keith, among others. 

Parker, who was an assistant to Jack Kelley on BU's 1971 and 1972 national champs and previously was a Terrier captain, was elected to the Builders Category of the Hall in Toronto, where his formal induction will take place on November 10. A three-time winner of the Spencer Penrose Award as the top coach in Division 1, Parker is the first Terrier elected to the Hall of Fame.

ESPN's John Buccigross tweeted: "Wow. Congrats Jack Parker. What a deserved honor. No one has a better player/coaching/executive tree. And what a speech he'll give."

●GoTerriers.com Parker Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

● Sports Illustrated 2025 Hockey Hall of Fame class announced   

●Boston Herald Chara, Parker called to Hockey Hall of Fame


►Parker's grandson, Shane Lachance, who co-captained BU's national finalist squad last season, signed an entry level contract with New Jersey days after the Terrier season ended. His rights had been acquired by the Devils from Edmonton, who had drafted the 6'5" left wing in 2021. Does Lachance have a chance to make the jump to the NHL? TheHockeyWriters.com makes the case.

At the time of the deal, LaChance was the captain of Boston University (BU). After BU got eliminated in the championship game, he went on to sign his entry-level contract with the Devils, which ends following the 2026-27 season.

It’s not super common for a player as young as LaChance to crack an NHL lineup, especially when they were a fifth-round pick like him. His college numbers were solid, but nothing earth shattering: he had 12 goals and 30 points in 40 games for BU in 2024-25.

However, it’s how he creates offense that makes him so enticing. He’s a menace in and around the crease, using every bit of his 6-foot-5, 218-pound frame to generate chances. The reality is that he probably won’t ever be more than a bottom-sixer, but he has all the tools to be an effective one.

● TheHockeyWriters.com Devils Should Give Shane LaChance a Long Look at Training Camp  

Former Terrier and NHL blueliner David Warsofsky has been named head coach and director of hockey operations for the ECHL South Carolina Stingrays. An assistant with the Rays last season, Warsofsky retired as a player in 2023 after a 14-year pro career that included 55 NHL games (Boston, Pittsburgh, New Jersey and Colorado), 476 AHL games and three seasons in Europe.


As a Terrier he produced 68 points in three seasons and was a member of the 2009 national champions. He has represented the United States in the World U18s (2008), the World Junior Championships (2010) and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

David is the younger brother of San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky, who was the Stingrays' head coach earlier in his career.

● stingrayshockey.com South Carolina Stingrays name David Warsofsky Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations.

Former Terrier Trevor Zegras gets a fresh start in Philadelphia after two injury-plagued seasons in Anaheim. He was the ninth overall pick in the 2019 Entry Draft and was runner-up for the Calder Trophy after ringing up a 23-38-61 rookie season. Zegras has 186 points in his four pro seasons. 

In his one season in Scarlet, Zegras had an 11-25-36 line and earned Hockey East All-Rookie honors. He represented Team USA in the 2020 and 2021 World Junior Championships, earning Top 3 player honors for his team both years and winning a gold medal in 2021.

● NHL.com Zegras traded to Flyers by Ducks for Pohling, draft picks 

Women's Team  

The defending Hockey East champion Terriers have revealed their 2025-26 schedule with 33 contests, including 24 conference games and a trip to Belfast for the Friendship Series. The season kicks off on Sept. 24 with an exhibition game against Concordia. Then BU will host Minnesota for a two-game series, followed by a pair of road games at Colgate and a home contest with Brown--all before beginning conference play on Oct. 24 at home against New Hampshire.

The second half of the season begins with BU competing against Harvard, Quinnipiac and Minnesota-Duluth for the Belpot Trophy at the Friendship Series in Belfast, Jan. 2-3. On January 3rd, the Terriers face Northeastern in the Women's Beanpot with BU hosting this year's tournament at Walter Brown Arena.

BU also announced that 19 members of last season's squad had been named to Hockey East's All-Academic Team.

● GoTerriers.com Terriers Announce 2025-26 schedule

● GoTerriers.com Shanahan chosen 28th, Giaquinto taken 44th at PWHL Draft

►PWHL  Marie-Philip Poulin is our 2025 Forward of the Year and our Billie Jean King MVP

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