Saturday, October 25, 2025

Women get first win; Men doubled up by UConn

 Group of female hockey players in red and white jerseys numbered 16 28 4 standing together on ice rink holding sticks some wearing helmets with Terrier logo visible in background scoreboard graphic at bottom reads BU 4 Terriers win 2 with skyline icon and opponent logo.  

#15 Terriers broke into the win column with a 4-2 home-ice win over New Hampshire in BU's first Hockey East contest. Assistant captain Sydney Healy scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, with Kaileigh Quigg and Lucy Thiessen also finding the net. Grad student Michelle Pasiechnvk turned aside 27 shots including all 15 Wildcat shots in the third period. 

Quigg opened the scoring late in the opening period with a shorthanded goal.  

However the Wildcats matched that goal later in the same power play. They took the lead midway through the second period. Then it was BU's turn to respond, with Thiessen scoring on the rush.

Four minutes into the third period, Healy took a pass from Luisa Welcke and whipped home a shot from the left circle.  

UNH pressed for an equalizer throughout the period, but Pasiechnvk was a brick wall. Healy's empty-netter closed out the scoring

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Video highlights  

● Boston Hockey Blog BU opens Hockey East with its first victoroy, defeating UNH, 4-2

 

Hockey player in red and white Boston University uniform numbered 37 skates on ice rink holding stick with puck near boards while referee in black and white stripes stands nearby. Crowd watches from stands behind glass. Score graphic in bottom left shows BU 4 and Northeastern Huskies 8 with Final label. Border frames image with Terrier Hockey branding and Boston skyline elements.  

#4 Terriers scored early but the UConn Huskies scored often, racing away from BU for an 8-4 win.

Coach Jay Pandolfo wanted his team to be ready to go from the get-go, to match UConn's intensity and to score even-strength goals. Early on, the Terriers delivered all three as they dominated much of the opening period and scored twice in the first eight minutes on tallies by Owen McLaughlin and Cole Eiserman.

The last five minutes of the period belonged to the visitors as Carlin Dezainde scored on a two-on-one and Jake Richard converted on a power play to knot the score at two apiece after one.

McLaughlin scored again on a pretty set-up by Jack Harvey to open the second and put BU back on top, 3-2. 

That lasted about two minutes as Joey Muldowney brought UConn even, scoring in close. BU answered that one quickly when Jack Murtagh wired a shot from the left circle on an odd-man rush.

BU nearly doubled its lead when Cole Hutson, on a solo rush, rang a shot off the crossbar. If the game had a turning point, it came midway through the period. Murtagh had a clean breakaway, but UConn's Tyler Muszelik defended his shot. UConn raced up ice and Dezainde fired home his second goal for a 4-4 tie. Then Ethan Gardula's power-play gave the Huskies a lead they would not relinquish. Aided by three BU penalties, second period shots favored UConn 17-6.

Tom Messineo's tally a minute into the third period chased Mikhail Yegorov who was replaced by Max Lacroix. UConn would add two more scores, the second into an empty net. 

Another disappointing Friday night performance left the Terriers and their coaches searching for answers.

"2-0 lead, 3-2 lead, 4-3 lead, and you lose 8-4? It's actually embarrassing," said Pandolfo. "We can't sustain playing the game the way it's supposed to be played." 

Saturday's game in Storrs is a 5 p.m. start.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score 

● Highlights and Pandolfo post-game  

● Boston Hockey Blog After a strong start, BU men’s hockey collapses in 8-4 loss to UConn

 

Looking ahead           

After missing the Lumberjacks' first ten games with an injury, 2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence returned to the line-up and connected for a power-play goal in a 5-2 win against Waterloo. Fellow recruit Viktor Norringer scored his fourth goal and added an assist. 

2027 recruit James Scantlebury's third goal was the game-winner for Chicago as the Steel doubled up Green Bay, 4-2. The Quebec native has 10 points in 10 games and is tied for the Steel's scoring lead. 

2026 recruit Braidy Wassilyn scored a highlight reel goal in Niagara's 6-3 win over Brampton. 

  

 

 

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