Saturday, November 15, 2025

Game Day: Terriers take on Bobcats; Women edged by BC

   

Graphic design with red and white colors showing Boston University athletics logo at top and GAME DAY in large white letters on red background. Silhouette of Boston skyline at bottom. Central image of player Jonathan Morello in white and red hockey uniform number 10 holding stick on ice rink wearing helmet. Text overlay reads vs. Quinnipiac at M&T Bank Arena 4 PM with ESPN and FloHockey logos.     

#13/12 Terriers head to Hamden, Conn., to face #10/8 Quinnipiac in a late afternoon game starting at 4 p.m. ET. ESPN+ delivers the livestream.

BU is making its first visit to M&T Bank Arena (formerly High Point) since Oct. 8, 2017 when the Terriers rallied to tie on a Patrick Harper goal and then won in overtime on Shane Bower’s rebound tally.

Since then, the teams have played three times at Agganis Arena with BU winning twice. Overall, BU is 4-1-0 against the Bobcats and 2-0-0 on the road.

After last weekend’s sweep of Merrimack, the 5-5-1 Terriers will be bolstered by the return of sophomores Cole Eiserman and Nick Roukounakis to the lineup. Eiserman has been out since the Oct. 25 game at UConn, while Roukounakis, injured in preseason, will make his 2025-26. debut.

Cole Eiserman playing hockey  

        Photo credit Eliza Nuestro  

Coach Jay Pandolfo plans to skate Eiserman with center Brandon Svoboda and, of course, on the first power-play unit. While BU is converting on 22% of its man-advantages, they’ve scored just twice in the last 11 opportunities.

The Sacha Boisvert-Ryder Ritchie-Owen McLaughlin line, which scored four goals last Saturday, and the Kamil Bednarik-Jack Harvey-Jack Murtagh line will remain intact.

Cole Hutson, tied for the Hockey East scoring lead and tops among all D1 defensemen, paces the Terriers with a 5-10-15 line. McLaughlin with 11 points, Ritchie with 10 and Boisvert with nine are coming off a strong game. Eiserman, despite the recent absence, remains BU’s top goal-scorer with six.

Quinnipiac (6-3-2) is coming off a road weekend that yielded a 4-1 loss to local rival Yale and a 4-3 overtime win against Brown. Last month, QU had a shutout win and a tie against Maine.

The Bobcats’ deep and balanced attack is currently led by a pair of freshmen, Ethan Wyttenbach (12 points) and Markus Vidicek (10). Old friend Jeremy Wilmer, who rang up 66 points in two seasons at BU, is the co-leader in goals (6) with Chris Pelosi.

Grad student William Gilson, a transfer from RPI, and Charlie Leddy, a one-time BC Eagle, anchor the defense. Junior netminder Matej Marinov has started seven of the Bobcats’ 11 games and sports a 2.22 GA and an .899 save percentage.

 

                Graphic by BU Hockey Stats 

Terriers will have a size advantage over the Bobcats by a couple of inches and about nine pounds on average. QU’s squad averages 18 months older than BU's.

Please check @BUHockeyStats on Twitter/X for today’s Terrier Lineup

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

● Live stream ESPN+

● Pandolfo Media Call

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● BU Hockey Stats Week 7 Preview

● Boston Hockey Blog 

Looking ahead 

The two-game CHL-USA Hockey Challenge is set for Nov. 25 in Calgary and Nov. 26 in Lethbridge. Two 2026 recruits, Caleb Malhotra and Egor Shilov, will be in the CHL line-up with Malhotra selected to wear the C for the CHL squad.

● CHL.ca Grade A’ players set to star at 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge

● NHL.com Malhotra among 22 CHL players selected for 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge 

● CHL.ca CHL names Bulldogs' Malhotra as captain for the CHL-USA Prospect Challenge.

►It was a five-point Friday night for Shilov with a hat trick, including the game-winner (video) and a shorthanded goal (video below) as Victoriaville rolled up Shawinigan, 6-2.  The 6'1" center, who also assisted on the Tigres' first two tallies, now has 11 goals and 20 assists in 20 games.

►2026 recruit Rian Chudzinski scored his seventh goal on a redirection and added an assist as Moncton cruised past Drummondville, 5-0. He has nine points in 13 games for the Wildcats.  

Tynan Lawrence skate 

►2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence has posted the second entry in his NHL.com Draft Diary. It focuses on his recovery from a preseason injury that has kept him out of all but two Muskegon Lumberjack games thus far. The 6'1' center from Newfoundland is projected to be a Top 10 draft pick.

● NHL.com 2026 Draft Diary--Tynan Lawrence, November 14

Looking back

Trevor Zegras scored his fifth and sixth goals, assisted on another tally, then scored the only goal in the shootout for the Flyers in a 6-5 win against the St. Louis Blues. He has a team-leading 19 points in 17 games and is a remarkable 16 for 24 in his career in the shootout.

 

Lachance, who had played in several Devils exhibition games before being sent to Utica, would become the 101st Terrier to play in the NHL.  

Women's Team

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Terriers dropped a 3-2 decision to Boston College before a BU women's home record crowd of 3,965 at Agganis Arena. BU had pulled even at 2-2 early in third period, but the Eagles' Emma Connor scored her second of the game with just over three minutes left in regulation.

Connor opened the scoring at 16:12 of the opening period. That was matched 29 seconds later on a Sydney Healy power-play snipe. BC regained the lead with its own power-play goal in the final seconds of the period.

The scoreless second period was dominated by BC who enjoyed a 14-6 shot advantage. That script flipped in the third period with BU outshooting the visitors 14-5. At 5:44 Clara Yuhn jabbed home a loose puck to knot the score at two apiece. Connor's game-winner came at 16:42. BU pulled goalie Michelle Pasiechynk for an extra skater but couldn't produce an equalizer.

Head Coach Tara Watchorn called the contest "Probably the toughest loss so far this year, but for all the good reasons. Obviously, a great game, I felt. One of the best ones we've played."

BU outshot BC 33-32 and won 33 of 46 faceoffs. 

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Highlights and Post-game Watchorn/Yuhn 

● Boston Hockey Blog Another good performance, another frustrating loss for BU women’s hockey as Terriers swept by Boston College

  

 

 

 

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