#3 Terriers will host Colgate for a two-game series at Agganis Arena beginning tonight. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. for the contest that will live stream on ESPN+.
BU and Red Raiders last met nine years ago this week (Oct. 8, 2016) in Hamilton, N.Y., with the Terriers producing a convincing 6-1 win in which Clayton Keller scored his first collegiate goal. Colgate’s only visit to Agganis Arena was a year earlier (Nov. 29, 2014) with a pair of Evan Rodrigues goals and three Matt Grzelcyk assists pacing a 5-2 win.
After last weekend's win against LIU, which Coach Jay Pandolfo acknowledged "wasn’t the prettiest of games that you’ll see," Terriers will be “Trying to figure out how we need to play and the consistency that goes into that." BU also will seek to avoid joining the spate of upsets Thursday night of top-ranked schools. #1 Western Michigan, #2 Penn State and #4 Michigan State all lost on home ice to unranked teams.
In his weekly media call, Pandolfo confirmed that freshmen Conrad Fondrk and Carter Amico will return to the line-up. Fondrk is expected to skate with senior center Owen McLaughlin and junior Jack Harvey. Sophomore Sacha Boisvert, who left Sunday’s game with an upper-body injury, will be a game day decision. He has skated in practice and Pandolfo expects he’ll suit up.
►UPDATE: Boisvert will not be in the lineup tonight. Lineup is below.
The Cole Eiserman-Boisvert-Ryder Ritchie line showed good chemistry against LIU, “and did most of their damage on the power play,” Pandolfo pointed out.
Photo credit Eliza Nuestro
Colgate, who finished third in the ECAC last season, was hard hit by graduation, losing three of its top four defenders and five of its top seven scorers. College Hockey Insider slots the Red Raiders at #38 in its preseason rankings.
Three underclassmen are expected to power the offense: Max Nagel (24 points), Jake Schneider (15) and Niko Rexine (15). Senior Daniel Panetta is the top returning goal-scorer with 10. Colgate’s defense will rely on ECAC Rookie of the Year Michael Neumeirer (20 points) and fellow sophomore Brett Merner (9).
Senior netminder Andrew Takacs posted a 2.77 GAA and a.903 save percentage in 32 games last season. For more on Colgate visit the College Hockey News ECAC Preview.
TONIGHT’S BU LINE-UP
● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Streams ESPN+, International
● Coach Pandolfo Media Call
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● BU Hockey Stats' Previews of Men's and Women's games
● Boston Hockey Blog NOTEBOOK: BU men’s hockey looks to improve upon opening weekend, hosts Colgate
● GoTerriers.com New Kids in Town: Young, Talented Terrier Team Kicks Off Another Season
● HockeyEastOnline GameDay Links
►Episode two of Inside BU Hockey is here, featuring interviews with head coaches Jay Pandolfo and Tara Watchorn, as well as junior Max Lacroix and senior Sydney Healey! Spotify: tinyurl.com/2cf2bqe7 GoTerriers: tinyurl.com/2823xnb8
A new episode of Terrier Hockey Talk recaps both teams' opening weekend and looks at this weekend's match-ups. Listen on Spotify or Apple.
tw-align-centerScenes from this past weekend on Comm Ave 🎥
— Agganis Arena (@AgganisArena) October 9, 2025
Terrier Nation, we’ll see you back here Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 6pm for a home series against Colgate!
🚨 Friday: BIG CHAIN GIVEAWAY
🎞️ @bernieperisie pic.twitter.com/BnaKtLaG2E
Looking ahead
2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence has been selected to write this season's NHL.com Draft Diary. Jack Eichel, Macklin Celebrini and Cole Eiserman all were asked to write diaries in their draft years.
A projected 10 pick--top 5 by some--in the next draft, the 6'0" center from New Brunswick was a standout in Canada's gold medal win the the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup this past summer. Last season he led Muskegon to the USHL Clark Cup title, earning playoff MVP honors.
● NHL.com 2026 NHL Draft Diary--Tynan Lawrence
Looking back
tw-align-centerEICHEL FROM HALF COURT pic.twitter.com/XBJGsf1ReK
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) October 10, 2025
Eichel continued his hot start by scoring an extra-attacker goal from the red line to tie the score at 3-3. Vegas went on to defeat the Sharks in overtime, 4-3. The 2015 Hobey Baker Award winner added an assist and has a 2-4-6 line in two games.
Former Terrier captain Mike Sullivan got his first win as New York Rangers head coach as the Broadway Blueshirts blanked Buffalo, 4-0.
FloHockey's top AHL Rookies to Watch includes both Tom Willander and Quinn Hutson.
● FloHockey.tv Radim Mrtka, Tom Willander And 16 Rookies To Watch In The AHL This Season
Women’s Team
#14 Terriers head North to Hamilton, N.Y., for a two-game set against #8 Colgate. It will be the first-ever meeting between the programs. BU will seek to rebound after dropping a pair to Minnesota, while Colgate also begins the season at 0-2, losing twice to Ohio State.
BU goal scorers in the 5-2 loss to the Gophers were Sydney Healy, who also had an assist, and freshman Anežka Čabelová, who scored her first collegiate goal. Clara Yuhn also picked up an assist.
Reflecting on the series with Minnesota, Coach Tara Watchorn said, “I think we proved to ourselves that we can carry the play, we can generate momentum, and we can dominate. How do we do it over three periods, over a whole weekend?”
● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU Women’s Hockey Twitter
● Live Stream ESPN+
● Coach Watchorn Media Call
● Boston Hockey Blog NOTEBOOK: As they travel to Colgate, can BU women’s hockey build on its Minnesota performance?
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