Freshman Xavier Villeneuve has earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors following his three-assist performance in BU's 6-3 win against UConn. The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick (#34 overall) in the 2026 Entry Draft had a hand in three of BU's first four tallies, including the primary assist on Tynan Lawrence's power-play goal. The Les Cèdres, Que., native's team-high five assists include helpers on the Terriers' last two game-winners.
Power play is cooking. Watch on ESPN+: https://t.co/dUIM27jXNM @hockey_east | @espn https://t.co/MuXpUzw5yv
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 25, 2026
● GoTerriers.com Villeneuve named Hockey East Rookie of the Week
► Some not-so-good news from Hockey East was the announcement of a one-game suspension for junior Kamil Bednarik following his major penalty and game misconduct for spearing on Saturday. He'll miss Friday's contest against Maine and return the next night.
Poll Story
Terriers move up a slot to #14 in the USCHO Division 1 Poll. Five other conference teams are among the top 20: #5 Providence, #16 Merrimack, #17 Connecticut, #19 Maine and #20 Massachusetts. Upcoming BU opponent Michigan State fell to #4 after splitting a low-scoring series with UNH. Wisconsin replaced the Spartans in the #2 spot.
In the USA Hockey Division 1 Poll, BU moves up into a tie for 13th with Cornell, whom the Terriers will visit in Ithaca on December 5. The poll also has six Hockey East teams in the top 20 but with BC at #20 and Maine just outside.
ESPN's John Buccigross has the Terriers at #14 in his latest ranking, while Everything College Hockey slots BU at #15.
►Bernie Corbett’s sports podcast empire has a new entry: The Game They Played—NHL legends in their own words. The new interview program’s first two segments feature ex-UNH Wildcat Larry Robinson and John Vanbiesbrouck. Have a listen.
SNL (Saturday Night Leftovers)
We begin post-game in the BU locker room with comments from Coach Jay Pandolfo, awarding the player-of-the-game jacket to Xavier Villeneuve and Conrad Fondrk receiving the dog chew toy the team brought back from the Alaskan Husky kennel.
►Lawrence, whose point streak ended at six on Friday, began a new streak with a power-play goal and an assist on BU’s sixth goal. He leads the Terriers in goals and points with 4-3-7 and has 12 points in his last 11 games going back to last season.
►BU Hockey Stats recap of the men's and women's weekend games provides advanced analytics including shot maps, time-on-ice player totals and game measure comparisons. He notes that "In his short 6.5 minutes on the ice in his debut, Adam Barone had a team high 80.58 xG%," and that Haoxi Wang, Aiden Celebrini and Carter Amico each logged 20+ minutes of ice time.
►Boston Hockey Blog's recap of Saturday's win quotes UConn Coach Mike Cavanagh about his squad being held to one power-play goal during the five-minute major in the third period: “They’re a pretty aggressive kill [unit],” he said. “I thought we had some great looks, but Yegorov made some big saves when he had to.”
This past weekend, BU had goals from 10 different Terriers, the last time they had a two-game weekend series with 10+ different goal scorers was January 20th and 21st, 2023 against Maine at Agganis Arena which also featured 10 different Terrier goal scorers
— BU Hockey Stats (@BUHockeyStats) October 26, 2026
►BHB photo-journalist Jenny Chen caught Captain Jack Harvey with the puck on his stick, just before he fired it over the UConn goalie's shoulder.
►Terrier fans aren't the only ones watching freshman Caleb Malhotra as he progressed past a slow start to have a standout weekend against UConn. Vancouver Canucks fans are paying close attention to their team's first-round pick—3rd overall—in last June's entry draft. British Columbia newspaper The Province gushed about about his performance and featured Pandolfo's post-game comments about the 18 year-old center.
● The Province Boston University coach heaps praise on Caleb Malhotra: 'I could go on and on'
“He had the puck a lot. He was coming through the neutral zone with the puck a lot. He was making a ton of plays,” said Pandolfo. “His stick was excellent all over the ice. I could go on and on. He had a great game. He had his best game. He was moving his feet, he was good defensively. It’s all the positives you want in a centreman, and it was great to see.
“I think he’s going to build off this game from a confidence standpoint. Any first-year player, it’s an adjustment. I just really liked the way he played tonight.”
►The Agganis Arena concourse features several wall displays (video) including Terrier All-Americans, Terriers in the NHL and Terrier Olympians, Harry Agganis and Travis Roy. BU Fan Joe McDonagh has built a BU hockey wall of his own.
The BU wall is coming together well. @BOShockeyblog @TerrierHockey #GoBU https://t.co/McFTBnn7XK
— Joe McDonagh (@Joe_mcdonagh6) October 25, 2026
Looking ahead
NHL Central Scouting has posted Preliminary Players to Watch list with letter grades for each player. 2027 recruits Jamie Glance and Carter Meyer both received A grades (1st-round candidate). 2027 recruits James Scantlebury and Sam Pandolfo and 2028 recruit Andrei Nikolayev all received B grades (2nd-3rd) and fellow recruit Braidy Wassilyn received a C grade (4th-5th). 2028 recruit Kaden Aucoin received a W grade which indicates a 6th/7th round candidate.
If you subscribed to FloHockey.tv for October to watch the BU-Alaska series, you'll be able to view the QMJHL Top Prospects Game on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Glance, Meyer, Nikolayev and Scantlebury all are rostered for the contest.
Glance scored his fifth goal and assisted on two others to lead Saint John past Drummondville, 7-5. The New Hampshire native leads the Sea Dogs with 19 points.
Glance buries the loose puck to bring the Dogs back within one. 🚨: Jamie Glance (5) 🍎: Alexis Joseph 🍏: Olivier Lemieux #GoDogsGo https://t.co/JEtwEO8KI8
— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) October 25, 2026
Nikolayev stopped 31 of 33 shots in Victoriaville's 3-2 shootout win against Newfoundland. The Russian netminder also defended two of three shootout attempts. 2028 recruit Quinn Norman contributed an assist for the Regiment.
Andrei Nikolayev a dit NON ❌ Quel arrêt du gardien russe! #GoTigresGo https://t.co/CKJjSbgkvc
— Tigres de Victoriaville (@TigresVicto) October 25, 2026
2027 recruit Liam Lefebrve assisted on a pair of goals in Cape Breton's 6-2 win over Charlottetown. The 6'3" right wing from Montreal has a 7-8-15 line in 10 games.
Meyer assisted on a pair of goals and Scantlebury recorded a helper, but Quebec fell to Val-d'Or in overtime, 4-3. Meyer has 15 points in 13 games while Scantlebury is second in the QMJHL with 22 points.
Looking back
Lane Hutson's third goal opened the scoring in the Heritage Classic and Montreal went on to edge Winnipeg, 2-1.
De toute évidence, Laner est à l'aise sur les patinoires extérieures Laner scoring on an ODR just makes sense #GoHabsGo https://t.co/GOCZOwIcgw
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 26, 2026
Ryan Greene scored his first goal of the season in the Blackhawks' 3-2 loss to the Panthers.
green(e) light go(al) https://t.co/dQ7sP6yBbP
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) October 25, 2026
Jake Oettinger turned aside 17 shots as Dallas doubled up the Islanders, 6-3. The Minnesota native won his sixth game—and fourth straight—in nine starts.
►One more Hall of Fame honor for legendary Terrier Coach Jack Parker. His high school alma mater, Catholic Memorial, has named him to its Hall of Fame Class of 2026. The induction dinner is set for Nov. 24.
He joined the BU Athletics HOF in 1994, the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto last year in the Builder Category.
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