The Terrier Hockey Fan Blog

#7 Terriers dropped a heart-breaker to #3 BC, 1-0 in overtime, when the Eagles'Alex Tuch’s screened wrister eluded Sean Maguire, who had been brilliant all night. The senior netminder stopped 41 shots and was at his best in the first period, keeping BU in the game when BC fired 23 shots on goal.

For his dazzling performance in the tournament, Maguire was named Beanpot MVP. He also won the Eberly Award for top goaltending save percentage in the tournament, having turned aside 65 of 67 shots in two games, many in spectacular fashion. However, the trophy he wanted most went home with the Eagles.

Commenting on the game-winning goal, Maguire said: “I think if I saw all of it, I would’ve stopped it.” He added:

“I wanted to win this really bad this year. This is my last attempt, and I gave it my best effort, but it definitely wasn’t the outcome I wanted.”

The outcome was the first 1-0 result in Beanpot Tournament history.

Alex Tuch has NHL shot. Beanpot winner. https://t.co/zPnbsMzBp3
— John Buccigross (@Buccigross) February 9, 2016

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Post-game comments: David Quinn and Sean Maguire
● Video highlights
● Photo Gallery
● HockeyEastOnline box score; Maguire winsMVP, Eberly
● Daily Free Press recap

● WEEI Hockey Blog recap
● USCHO recap

● Boston Globe: Maguire back after long recovery from concussion

● Boston Herald Goalie duel a Causeway classic

► Junior Terriers visit David Quinn and Terrier locker room at Beanpot (video)

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows scored his 33^rdgoal of the season in Team USA’s 3-2 win over Finland in the opening game of the Five Nation’s Tournament in Eurajoki, Finland. Clayton Keller assisted on Bellows’ goal and Jake Oettinger stopped 12 of 13 shots in 31 minutes of action

● USA Hockey recap and box score

For his 3-goal, 2-assist effort vs. Jersey Hitmen, Selects Academy forward and 2019 recruit Joel Farabee was named USPHL 16U forward star of the week.

Women’s Team

Terriers take on Harvard today in the Beanpot Consolation game at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is at 4:30 p.m.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Tracker, TerrierTV, BU Game Day

Thayer Academy forward Ty Amonte (photo, #12) has committed to BU and will join the 2017 recruit class. The 5-11, 185 lb., right wing is the son of former Terrier standout, NHL star and US Olympian Tony Amonte, who is Thayer’s head coach. Now a senior, Amonte is expected to spend next season in the USHL with Youngtown, for whom he suited up twice this season. He also made two starts for the NTDP U18s.

Amonte is the third son of a former Terrier currently in BU’s recruiting pipeline, joining 2016 recruit Chad Krys (former BU captain Mark Krys) and fellow 2017 recruit Brady Tkachuk (Keith Tkachuk).

Ty Amonte (Thayer Academy Tigers) has committed to Boston University for 2017-2018 @ThayerAcademyus @TerrierHockey
— Hockey Commitments (@hockeycommits) February 10, 2016

In 20 prep games this season, he has a 12-30-42 scoring line, putting him among the top scorers in New England prep hockey. Last season, he had 40 points in 30 games for the Tigers.

This past fall, he scored 12 points in 14 games for the Cape Cod Whalers and set up the game-winning goal in the Massachusetts Midget U18 Championship game. The Whalers will play in Nationals this spring in San Jose.

A growth spurt in the last year coincided with Amonte’s improved on-ice skills. Following last June’s Teal Invite Tournament, USHR wrote:

Ty Amonte, #3 East Coast Kings/Thayer Academy, ’98 – Had an excellent weekend. Played physically along the walls and scored several nice breakaway goals against the Minnesota Blades on Saturday night. Amonte’s game is taking a leap toward the next level. Will be at the Select 17 Camp starting Saturday in Buffalo. Top returning scorer at Thayer with a 10-30-40 line in 30 GP. Will be a senior

After the Midget U18 title game last November, SB Nation's Jeff Cox tweeted: “the improvement from Ty Amonte is remarkable. He's a whole diff player, was terrific in all 3 zones, w, w/o puck.”

More recently, USHR noted that Amonte "competes hard and is a two-way guy who has a good shot, and can make plays. His skating is good but lacks explosiveness."

Amonte, who joins a 2017 recruit class that includes forwards Patrick Harper, Hank Crone and Tkachuk and defenseman David Farrance, was one of eight Massachusetts high school players to make the NHL Central Scouting Players-to-Watch list last fall, earning a C rating.

● Elite Prospects card

● Boston Hockey Blog report

College Coaches Show: David Quinn spoke with College Hockey Inc.’s Nate Ewell about his path from BU player to Terrier Head Coach, what he tries to instill in his players and BU’s current recruiting success.

►Beanpot Tournament MVP and Eberly Award winner Sean Maguire recorded the third best save percentage for a single tournament, .970. John Curry tops the list with .985 in 2007, while Rick DiPietro registered a .981 save percentage in 2000.

►SB Nation breaks down the Hockey East race as it heads into the final three weekends. BU starts with a home and home series against Lowell. At BU Friday and at Lowell Saturday.

Looking ahead

2018 recruit Tyler Weiss assisted on two goals in the Don Mills Flyers’ come-from-behind 3-3 tie with the Junior Canadians in the GTHL playoffs. Weiss, along with 2018 fellow recruits Jake Wise of Central Catholic HS and Jack DeBoer of Salisbury School have left for Norway to skate for Team USA in the Youth Olympic Games, which begin on Feb. 13.

Looking back

Joe Folino, a member of BU’s first two Frozen Four teams, has passed away. Folino was a teammate of Jack Kelley, Jack Garrity, Ed Cahoon, Walter Anderson and Ike Bevins on the squad that reached the 1950 championship game and the 1951 consolation game.

● Remembering Joe Folino

Former BU assistant captain Sean Escobedo has been signed to a PTO contract by the AHL Charlotte Checkers, a Carolina Hurricanes affiliate. The Bayside, N.Y., native was in his second season with the ECHL Greenville Swamp Rats and had 16 points in 64 games.

● Hockeydb stats

Happy 41^st birthday to former Terrier forward and current Devils head coach John Hynes.

Episode 16 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with Head Coach David Quinn, sophomore Chase Phelps and longtime goalie coach Mike Geragosian. Phelps scored his third goal of the season and added his first assist in last weekend’s win at UMass, while also contributing on the penalty kill. He is a product of the renowned Shattuck St. Mary’s program in Minnesota, where freshman Jordan Greenway also played.

Coach Gera is now in his 17^th season coaching Terrier goalies after stints with UMass Lowell, Princeton and Merrimack. He’s also USA Hockey’s Director of Development for goaltenders in Massachusetts and operates Mike Geragosian’s All-American Goalie Camp. As a player for the University of Lowell in the early 1970s, he earned All-New England honors for Division 2.

●THFB: Q&A With Geragosian (December 2014)

Looking ahead

2017 recruits Brady Tkachuk (photo) and David Farrance each scored a goal in Team USA’’s 5-2 win over Finland in the U17 Five Nations Tournament in Plymouth, Michigan.

●USA Hockeyrecap and box score

With 34 points (15G, 19A) in 18 games, Jake Wise is Central Catholic’s top scorer. He’ll miss the next few games while at the Youth Olympics in Norway.

48 games into the Shattuck St. Mary’s Bantams’ season, 2019 recruit Robert Mastrosimone is second on the team in scoring with a 42-42-84 scoring line. Defenseman Braden Doyle, also a 2019 recruit has 41 points (11G, 30A) for the top-ranked Sabres.

Looking back

Former Terrier assistant captain Cason Hohmann (photo) continues to lead the ECHL Elmira Jackals in scoring with 36 points. He’s now joined on the roster by another former Terrier, Zach Cohen, who began the season with the ECHL Rapid City Rush. A member of BU’s 2009 national championship team, Cohen contributed several key playoff goals that season including one each in comeback wins against BC in the Hockey East semifinal (video) and the NCAA championship game against Miami (video).

Jack Eichel got nostalgic on a recent visit to Boston https://t.co/OBTf4j3Fdm pic.twitter.com/8SCC0q6bEE
— College Hockey Inc. (@collegehockey) February 11, 2016

#7 Terriers begin a critical home-and-home series against #11 UMass Lowell tonight at Agganis Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. and the first 2,500 fans will receive a Matt Gilroy mini-bobblehead, the second in a series recognizing BU’s Hobey Baker Award winners.

At stake is home ice in the second round of Hockey East playoffs. BU is currently in fifth place, three points behind Lowell, but with two games in hand. The teams last met in the Hockey East championship game last March, won by the Terriers, 5-3 (video).

As always, the River Hawks are a defensively stingy team. Goalie Kevin Boyle is sporting a 1.73 goals against average. Sophomore forward CJ Smith tops Lowell’s scorers with 13 goals and 30 points; however the team’s #2 scorer, Adam Chapie (27 pts.) will miss tonight’s contest due to a one-game suspension.

Tonight’s Line-up

Andrén-JFK-O’Regan

Greenway-Lane-Oksanen

Moran-Cloonan-Carpenter

Phelps-Baillargeon-Kelley

Grzelcyk-McAvoy

Hickey-Fortunato

Somerby-MacLeod
Maguire

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, GameTracker, TerrierTV, Terrier Sports Radio Network Webcast, @BUGameDay

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview

● WTBU Sports game preview

● Lowell Game Notes

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● USCHO: Hockey East Picks and Predictions

● HockeyEastOnline weekend preview

● College Hockey Newspreview

► Head Coach David Quinn discusses transition hockey for USA Hockey

Looking back

Charlie Coyle scored his 13^th goal of the season for the Wild who fell to Washington, 4-3.

● NHL.com recap and video

While three future Terriers will be in action at the Youth Olympics in Lilliehammer, Norway, Team USA looks back at the first Youth Olympic games in 2012 when Jack Eichel tied for the scoring lead for the U.S.

This Date in BU Hockey

1973: Boston University defeated Boston College, 4-1, in the Beanpot Championship game to tie the Eagles for the most titles with eight, and to become the first team to win four straight. The Terriers opened the scoring on a power play goal by Vic Stanfield at 14:53 of the first, the only goal of the period. Midway through the second period, BU scored twice less than 2 minutes apart when All-American Steve Dolloff (photo) scored at 10:13 and Ken Kuzyk scored at 11:54. The Eagles made it 3-1 just 25 seconds later when Mike Powers scored, but that was the only goal BU goalie Ed Walsh would allow. In the third, Dolloff scored his second of the game at 4:12 of the period to give BU a 4-1 lead that would hold up the rest of the way.

Freshman Jordan Greenway deflected home a Matt Grzelcyk wrist shot for a power play goal, giving #7 Terriers a 2-1 overtime win against #11 Lowell at Agganis Arena. With the win, BU inches closer to earning a first-round bye in the Hockey East playoffs.

BU trails third-place Providence by two points and fourth-place Lowell by one and has two games in hand vs. Lowell. The teams meet again at Tsongas Arena in Lowell at 7 p.m.
● GoRiverHawksTV (PPV); Terrier Sports Radio Network; Live In-Game Blog

The tight-checking game became a battle of hot goaltenders with BU’s Sean Maguireand Lowell’s Kevin Boyle turning aside every scoring chance until late in the second period. Freshman Charlie McAvoy’s headman pass sprung Mike Moran, who broke in on Boyle and beat him through the five hole. It was the senior’s second goal in a week.

The narrow lead held until midway through the final period when a mix-up between Maguire and sophomore defenseman John MacLeod allowed Lowell’s Ryan Dmowski to grab a loose put behind the BU goal. Maguire made the initial save, but AJ White flipped the rebound past the sprawled goalie to knot the score at 1-1.

After both teams had some grade A chances during the final minutes of regulation, Dmowski drew an offensive-zone boarding penalty with half a minute left. BU didn’t connect in the final seconds of the period, but once overtime began, the Terriers quickly set up in the River Hawks’ zone. Senior Ahti Oksanen slid the puck to Grzelcyk, who sent a wrist shot toward the goal. Greenway, perfectly positioned outside the crease, redirected the puck past Boyle for his fifth goal of the season and his first game-winner as a Terrier.

The 6-5 forward, who earned first-star honors, has 16 points (5G, 11A) in the last 16 games, beginning with his game-tying goal against Cornell in Red Hot Hockey 5.

Minnesota Wild prospect Jordan Greenway was even thru 13 GP. Scored OT GWG tonight for 2-1 BU W and is +16 last 16. Phys. force all 3 zones.
— Jeff Cox (@JeffCoxSports) February 13, 2016

Maguire turned aside 25 shots to gain his 10^th victory of the season.

Head Coach David Quinn remarked:

“It’s playoff hockey from here on in, and that certainly had a playoff feel to it. Every inch was contested for … a low-scoring game … I thought we had had some great chances we weren’t able to capitalize on, and they did, too."

►The victory was BU’s 11^th on home ice this season, one more than a year ago.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comment: Quinn; Greenway and Moran

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; Moran contributes

● USCHO recap

● SB Nation recap
● Boston Herald recap

►Hockeysfuture.com 2016 draft: McAvoy leads NCAA group

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows scored a pair of goals for the NTDP 18s, but Team USA fell to Sweden in a shootout at the Five Nations tournament in Helsinki. 2016 recruit Clayton Keller assisted on Bellows’ first goal and scored the lone US goal in the shootout, while Jake Oettinger made 23 saves. Bellows has a team-leading 35 goals along with 22 assists.

● USA Hockey recapand box score

Women’s Team

Terriers begin a home-and-home series with New Hampshire today at Walter Brown Arena with puck drop set for 3 p.m. The teams last met in November with BU scoring three times in the third period for a 5-3 win in Durham.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Live Stats, TerrierTV, @BUGameDay

● Daily Free Press preview

A night after Friday’s tight defensive game, BU and Lowell found the net nine times with the host River Hawks scoring early and often for a 6-3 victory. The loss left BU still in fifth place in Hockey East, trailing Lowell by three points.

The RiverHawks opened the scoring midway through the first period on what would be the first of three Dylan Zink goals. BU responded less than two minutes later with Bobo Carpenter’s eighth goal, but Zink struck again with a slap shot from the point.

Things got worse in the second period as Lowell tallied three times, despite an 18-11 BU shot advantage. Zink completed his hat trick three minutes in prompting BU to pull Sean Maguire in favor of Connor LaCouvee and then Adam Chapie, who sat out Friday’s game due to a suspension, scored twice within nine seconds. BU narrowed the margin to 5-2 late in the period on Oskar Andrén’s second goal.

AJ White extend the lead back to four goals late in the third period before Brandon Fortunato’s fifth goal of the season closed out the scoring.

BU Head Coach David Quinn:

“Well, congratulate Lowell, great effort by them. Certainly disappointed with obviously the outcome and some of the reasons why we’re in the situation we’re in tonight. It just seemed like every mistake we made ended up in the back of our net.”

►BU has four regular-season games remaining: a home-and-home with New Hampshire next weekend and then a pair of contests at Notre Dame.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; Defensive miscues

● HockeyEastOnlinerecap

Looking ahead

2018 recruits Jake Wise and Tyler Weiss (photo) each scored a goal in Team USA’s 4-1 win against Finland in the opening match of the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Weiss’s goal came on a penalty shot. (video)

● USA Hockey recap

Women’s Team

Terriers rallied from a 3-1 deficit after two periods to earn a 6-4 win over New Hampshire at Walter Brown Arena. BU scored five times in the final period, including a shorthanded game-winner by sophomore Rebecca Leslie. Both Leslie and senior Rebecca Russo scored twice for BU, while freshman Sammy Davis and junior Alexis Crossley each scored once. Sophomore goalie Erin O’Neil stopped 30 Wildcat shots.

● GoTerriers.com recap, comprehensive box score

Freshman Jordan Greenway, whose overtime goal Friday night gave the Terriers a 2-1 win over Lowell, has repeated as Hockey EastPro Ambitions Rookie of the Week. He was recognized the previous week for a pair of goals against UMass. Seniors Sean Maguire and Ahti Oksanen were named to the weekly top performers list.

Following their weekend split with the Lowell River Hawks, Terriers dropped two spots in both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine weekly polls and are currently #9. BU also slipped to 10^thin the PairWise Rankings.

►SB Nation: Hockey East playoff race

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows scored his 36^th goal and added two assists in the U18s 5-2 win over the Czechs at the Five Nations Tournament in Finland. Clayton Keller contributed a goal and an assist while goalie Jake Oettinger made 14 saves for his 18^th win.

● USA Hockey recapand box score

Keller now has 80 points and joins Phil Kessel as the only two NTDP players with two 80-point seasons. From USA Hockey:

Currently Clayton Keller ranks among the leaders in the following categories (leaders in parentheses):

▪ Single-Season Points – 80 (tied for ninth – Auston Matthews 117)

▪ Single-Season Assists – 52 (seventh place – Jeremy Bracco 64)
▪ Career Points – 162 (fifth place – Phil Kessel 180)
▪ Career Assists – 100 (second place – Jeremy Bracco 122)
▪ Career Goals – 62 (tenth place – Phil Kessel 104)

Linemates Keller and Bellows have combined for 140 points this season.

2017 recruit David Farrance scored a tying goal in the third period for the U17s, but Russia added two late goals to take a 5-3 win in the Five Nations Tournament in Plymouth, Michigan. Brady Tkachuk assisted on a power play goal for Team USA.

● USA Hockey recapand box score

Led by a four-assist performance by Tyler Weiss(Don Mills Flyers), three BU 2018 recruits figured in the scoring as Team USA thumped host Norway at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Jake Wise (Central Catholic, photo) assisted on two goals and Jack DeBoer (Salisbury School) tallied a goal and an assist. Team USA faces Canada on Tuesday at 8 a.m. ET.

●USA hockey recap

●IIHF box score

Looking back

Jack Eichel's unassisted first-period goal in the Sabres’ 4-1 win against Colorado was his 17^th goal of the season, tied for second best among NHL rookies. He has 38 points overall, tied for second.

●NHL.com recap and video

The goal everyone's still talking about. Watch this sequence again. #Eichel pic.twitter.com/4Hc5EvO24B
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) February 14, 2016

● Slapshot: Eichel’s Case for the Calder

Women’s Team

Terriers completed a weekend sweep of New Hampshire with a 6-2 win Sunday in Durham. Sophomore Victoria Bach and freshman Sammy Davis (photo) each scored a pair of goals with single goals added by sophomore Rebecca Leslie and junior Maddie Elia. In the final weekend of the regular season, BU will face Northeastern with a chance to capture the second seed for the conference tournament.

●GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

●Video highlights

Elia, who had 7 points (3g, 4a) in three games, earned Hockey East’s Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week designation, while Davis was named to the weekly top performers list.

Episode 17 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with Head Coach David Quinn, sophomore defenseman Brandon Hickey (photo) and former Terrier standout forward Jason Lawrence. A third-round pick of the Calgary Flames, Hickey scored 17 points as a freshman and led the team in blocked shots with 89. This season he was the only NCAA skater to earn a spot on Team Canada at the World Junior Championships.

In his second season as Everett High School’s head coach, former Terrier standout Jason Lawrence led the Crimson Tide to the program’s first Great Boston League title since 1970. Everett clinched a tie for the the title with a 7-0 win against Somerville. A Saugus native, Lawrence scored 97 points for BU over four seasons and led BU’s 2009 national championship team with 25 goals, playing on the top line with Colin Wilsonand Chris Higgins. That season, Lawrence scored the game-winning goal in both the Beanpot Championship game and the NCAA Regional Final and had a natural hat trick against UMass. He later played in the ECHL and in Europe before beginning his coaching career with the Boston Junior Bruins

►On this week’s Warrrior Hockey on Campus broadcast, former Terrier Jack Eichel is the College Hockey Inc. guest joining Bernie Corbett. (preview). WHOC airs on Sirius/XM Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. ET and can be downloaded from College Hockey News.

► Daily Free Press: Matt Lane leads through example

► USCHO: This Week in Hockey East

Extremely excited & humbled to announce I'll be joining the @espn hockey broadcast team for the @NCAAIceHockeytournament. Is it March yet!
— Colby Cohen (@ColbyCohen36) February 10, 2016

Looking ahead

2018 recruits Tyler Weiss(#9) and Jake Wise(#12) each scored a goal for Team USA, which fell to Canada, 4-2, at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Wise assisted on Weiss’s goal, while fellow recruit Jack DeBoer (#17) assisted on Wise’s score.

Earlier Today, Team USA defeated Russia, 4-2 with Weiss and DeBoer scoring first-period goals. Wise assisted on DeBoer’s goal and Weiss added a helper in the third period. The same teams will meet Friday in the semifinal.

Four games into the tournament, Weiss leads Team USA with eight points (3G, 5A), followed by Wise with seven (2G, 5A) and DeBoer with five points (2G, 3A).

●Youth Olympic Games home page

2017 recruit Patrick Harper scored twice and added an assist as top ranked Avon Old Farms rolled to a 5-2 win over Deerfield Academy. Then, in a 2-2 OT tie with Choate, Harper led a comeback with a goal and an assist on the tying goal. The left-shot center from New Canaan, Conn., has a 16-32-48 scoring line to lead the Winged Beavers.

2017 recruit Brady Tkachuk scored his eighth goal in the U17s’ 6-3 loss to NAHL Selects.

Looking back

Matt Nieto’s eighth goal of the season was the game-winner for San Jose, which doubled up Tampa Bay, 4-2. Nieto also recorded an assist.

● NHL.com recap and video

Kevin Shattenkirk’s overtime power play goal pushed St. Louis past Dallas, 2-1. It was Shattenkirk’s 10th goal of the season.

● NHL.com recap and video

Jack Eichel’s no-look pass helped linemate Matt Moulson snap a long scoreless streak, but the Sabres fell to Ottawa in a shootout, 2-1. The assist was Eichel’s 22^ndof the season and his 39^th point.

● NHL.com recap

Women’s Team

● Daily Free Press: Rebecca Leslie’s breakout season

With two weeks left in regular season play, #9 BU begins a crucial home-and-home series against New Hampshire, beginning with a visit to the Whittemore Center in Durham. The nationally televised (ASN/NESN) game begins at 8:30 p.m. (See viewing list; some outlets will air a replay of the game Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m.)

Terriers currently sit in fifth place, three points behind Lowell, but with two games in hand. The River Hawks have no conference games this weekend.

The Wildcats are led by their high-scoring first line of Andrew Poturalski (47 points), Tyler Kelleher (42) and Dan Correale (23). Junior goalie Daniel Tironehas a 3.31 GAA and .900 save percentage.

CHECK BACK LATER FOR TONIGHT'S BU LINE-UP

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, GameTracker, Terrier Sports Radio Network Webcast, @BUGameDay

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview

● WTBU Sports game preview

● New Hampshire Game Notes

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● USCHO: Hockey East Picks and Predictions

● HockeyEastOnline weekend preview

●Union Leader preview

Prior to tonight's game broadcast, NESN will air the latest episode of BU Terriers All Access.

Looking back

Charlie Coyle scored his 18^th goal in Minnesota’s 5-2 win against Edmonton.

Alex Chiasson scored his fourth goal in Ottawa’s 4-2 win against Carolina.

Times Leader: Sahir Gill ready to produce for Baby Pens

Women’s Team

Terriers take on Northeastern in the final series of the regular season with puck drop at Walter Brown Arena set for 7 p.m. It is Senior Night with eight skaters to be recognized:

Diana Bennett, Jordan Juron, Lillian Ribeirinha-Braga, Rebecca Russo, assistant captain Sarah Lefort, assistant captain Dakota Woodworth and captain Kayla Tutino.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Tracker , TerrierTV

● Daily Free Press preview

Senior Danny O'Regan recorded his second career hat trick, but a late New Hampshire goal knotted the score at 3-3, forcing BU to settle for a disappointing tie at the Whittemore Center in Durham.

Following a scoreless first period in which BU outshot the Wildcats 12-3, Terriers got on the board just 12 seconds into the second period. O'Regan took a feed from Jordan Greenway and wristed it past Daniel Tirone, with Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson also assisting. The senior from Needham struck again at 6:41 on a power play with assists to captain Matt Grzelcyk and Charlie McAvoy. But UNH answered quickly with a goal by Jamie Hill and again on a power play goal by Michael McNicholas.

BU pressed the attack in the third period, firing 15 shots on goal and finally broke the tie at 17:28 with O'Regan's third goal, assisted by Greenway and Forsbacka Karlsson. Just half minute later, the Wildcats took advantage of a Terrier turnover and Maxim Gaudrault scored the equalizer. BU dominated overtime but couldn't put one past Tirone, who made 37 saves and earned first-star honors.

Connor LaCouvee, who turned aside 19 shots, started in place of Sean Maguire, who reportedly suffered a hand injury. Defenseman Brandon Hickey left the game late in the second period with an apparent leg injury after being slammed into the boards and did not return in the final period.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score.

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; BU relies on top line

Terriers and Wildcats meet again tonight at Agganis Arena in BU's final regular-season home game. BU will recognize its senior class prior to the game, which begins at 7 p.m. and can be seen on TerrierTV.

The first 2500 guests at tomorrow's game vs. UNH get a Jack Eichel mini bobble to finish off the collection! #GOBU pic.twitter.com/IgcdtxikEb
— Agganis Arena (@AgganisArena) February 19, 2016

Looking ahead

2018 recruit Jake Wise scored a shorthanded goal and added an assist as Team USA blanked Russia, 3-0, in the semifinal of the Youth Olympic Games in Lilliehammer, Norway. Team USA meets Canada in the final on Sunday.

● USA Hockey recap

2019 recruit Joel Farabee broke a 2-2 tie with his 19^th goal as Selects Academy defeated the Connecticut Jr. Rangers 16Us, 3-2. Farabee has a team-best 49 points in 27 games for the first-place Selects.

Looking back

Jack Eichel assisted on a pair of goals in Buffalo’s 4-1 win against Columbus. Eichel has 27 points in his last 27 games.

Women’s Team

Behind Erin O’Neil’s 48-save performance and Victoria Bach’s 20^th goal of the season, Terriers edged Northeastern, 3-2, on Senior Night. With the victory, BU pulls to within two points of the second-place Huskies and can catch them with a win on Saturday.

BU took a 2-1 lead into the third period on goals by Dakota Woodworth and Jordan Juron. Bach extended the lead, converting a pass from captain Kayla Tutino. Northeastern fired 20 shots on O’Neil in the final period, but was held off the board until tallying an extra-attacker goal in the final minute.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

●Video highlights

#9 BU defeated New Hampshire, 3-2, on Senior Night at Agganis Arena and the win pulled the Terriers into a fourth place tie with Lowell. Terriers received goals from captain Matt Grzelcyk, assistant captain Danny O’Regan and Bobo Carpenter, along with a strong goaltending effort from Connor LaCouvee.

After LaCouvee foiled a New Hampshire shorthanded breakaway, BU took the lead when Grezelcyk’s wrist shot bounced past Daniel Tirone, with Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Charlie McAvoy assisting. Terriers doubled the lead with a power play goal when Shane Switzer found O’Regan all alone at the back door for a shot that glanced off the goalie and into the net.

Terriers struck again with the man-advantage in the second period. Brandon Fortunato’s shot off a Jordan Greenway pass was blocked but Carpenter corralled the puck and backhanded a sharp-angle shot past Tirone for a 3-0 lead. After two periods, BU had a 30-10 shots lead.

BU eased up on the attack in the third and the Wildcats struck for a pair of goals in the first seven minutes from Aza Nazarian and Cameron Marks—the first on a goal-mouth rebound and the second on a hard wrist shot from the circle to LaCouvee’s right. Terriers had numerous chances to extend the lead, but the best opportunities either missed the net or were stopped by Tirone. The final minute became a bit dicey when a penalty to BU and a pulled goal gave UNH a 6-on-four advantage, but LaCouvee held the fort and picked up his first win in a start since November.

Terriers recognized six seniors in a pregame ceremony: Grzelcyk, O'Regan, Matt Lane, Ahti Oksanen, Mike Moran and Sean Maguire.

Maguire missed his second consecutive game with a hand injury. Also out of the line-up were Brandon Hickey--injured in Friday's contest--and Robbie Baillargeon, who was injured in practice.

► In the final weekend of regular-season action, BU travels to Notre Dame for a pair, while Lowell has a home-and-home against BC. If the Terriers and River Hawks remain tied in points, BU will earn fourth place and a first-round bye.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score.

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: David Quinn, O’Regan and LaCouvee

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses; Senior Night gallery

● Daily Free Press recap; Seniors recognized, set tempo

● USCHO recap

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Dante Fabbro assisted on a pair of goals in Penticton’s 5-0 win over Victoria. Fabbro has a 14-49-63 scoring line in 42 games for the first-place Vees and leads all BCHL defensemen in scoring.

2017 recruit Hank Crone scored his 13^th goal of the season in Fargo’s 5-2 loss to Sioux Falls. The left-shot forward from Cedar Hill, Texas, has 28 points in 45 games for the Force.

Senior assistant captain Danny O’Regan was named Hockey East’s Warrior Player of the Week following his four-goal performance in two games against New Hampshire. With 146 career points, O’Regan is within one point of tying Pete MacArthur for most career points since 2000. He's also top active NCAA scorer. Captain Matt Grzelcyk (1G, 2A) and freshman Jordan Greenway (3A) were named to the weekly top performers list.

Terriers remain at #9 in both weekly polls: USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine. In the PairWise rankings, BU is tied for eighth with Denver and next weekend’s opponent, Notre Dame.

►Daily Free Press: Pluses and Minuses

►USCHO: Hockey East Blog

►If you’d like to read about all the Hockey East playoff possibilities, check out the posts by Todd on this USCHO Fan Forum thread. Terriers can finish third, fourth or fifth depending upon the game outcomes.

Looking ahead

2018 recruits Jack DeBoer, Tyler Weiss and Jake Wise each scored a goal in Team USA’s 5-2 win over Canada in the gold medal game of the Youth Olympics in Lilliehammer, Norway. DeBoer assisted on the first U.S. goal and then connected on a power play to increase the lead. Weiss and Wise added empty-net goals to seal the victory. Wise led all U.S. scorers with10 points and was co-tournament leader.Weiss was second with nine and DeBoer was fourth with seven.

● USA Hockey recap

● IIHF recapand box score

● Video highlights

2019 recruit Joel Farabee scored a goal and an assist in the Selects Academy’s 5-3 win over the Jersey Hitman in the Selects’ first playoff game. Farabee led the team in regular-season scoring with 49 points.

Looking back

Thirty-six years ago today, Mike Eruzione fired the shot heard ‘round the hockey world, Jimmy Craig barred the door and you know the rest. Jack O’Callahan and David Silk completed the Terrier gold-medal quarter. Always fun to relive that final minute with Al Michael’s classic call.

Women’s Team

Former Terrier captain and two-time Olympic gold medalist Marie-Philip Poulin has won the Angela James Bowl as the CWHL’s top scorer (23-23-46).

Another former BU captain, Louise Warren, is a Calgary police officer as well as a CWHL player. SportsNet.ca offers a video profile.

WEEI College Hockey Puckcast: Scott McLaughlin talks with Head Coach David Quinn about the upcoming series in South Bend against Notre Dame. Discussing a trio of injured Terriers, Quinn indicated that things are looking good for junior Robbie Baillargeon and sophomore Brandon Hickey to return this weekend, while senior Sean Maguire, who has practiced, remains day-to-day.

► Three Terrier centers are in the top 10 in face off percentage in Hockey East games: #4 Jacob Forsbacka Karlsson (.585), #6 Bobo Carpenter(.580) and #10 Mike Moran (.557). Overall, BU is 2^nd in the conference and 5^th in Division 1.

► Baillargeon has yet to take a single penalty this season, and is close to duplicating the penalty-free season of Brandon Fortunato last year. Before that, the last Terrier to accomplish the feat was Jack Parker in 1965-66.

► Boston Globe: These Carpenters have all the tools

Looking ahead

The Hockey News featured 2016 recruit Dante Fabbro in this week’s Prospect Need to Know column.

And what made the Terriers the right play for the high-end two-way blueliner with a big shot?
“The biggest thing was fitting in with the coaches,” Fabbro said. “The players down there are pretty special and they have some pretty good recruits coming in next year, so hopefully I can be a part of that and win a national championship some day.”

2017 recruit Patrick Harper had a hand in all three Avon Old Farm goals—scoring once and adding two assists—as the top-ranked Winged Beavers defeated Pomfret, 3-1. Harper is averaging 2.26 points per game and has a 17-35-52 scoring line.

Looking back

Alex Chiasson scored his fifth goal in Ottawa’s 4-1 win against Edmonton

● NHL.com recap and video highlights

Matt O’Connor turned aside 36 shots in Binghamton’s 6-2 winagainst Hartford.

Former BU co-captain John McCarthy scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, as the AHL San Jose Barracudas defeated Stockton, 4-1.

Episode 18of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with Head Coach David Quinn, sophomore goalie Connor LaCouvee and Paul Joubert, father of Jacques Joubert, captain of the 1995 national champion Terriers. The Joubert family hails from South Bend, Indiana, where the Terriers will be this weekend, facing Notre Dame.

LaCouvee, who started six games as a freshman, has an 8-4-4 record this season and was in net for BU last weekend when the Terriers took three out of four points from New Hampshire. Prior to BU, LaCouvee was a standout netminder for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the BCHL.

►Freshman Jordan Greenway guests on the February 25 edition of Inside Hockey East.

Episode 3 of BU Terriers All Access is now available online. It includes features on senior Ahti Oksanen, Associate Head Coach Albie O’Connelland the Terriers' goalies. You'll also find a link in the Video Highlights section of the sidebar.

►Along the Boards ranks the performances to date of each Hockey East team’s freshman class.

Women’s Team

Terriers, who finished third in Hockey East, will host a best-of-three quarterfinal series against #7 seed Vermont, beginning Friday at 7 p.m. at Walter Brown Arena. Game 2 on Saturday begins at 3 p.m. If a third game is needed, it will be played Sunday at 3 p.m.

● Hockey East playoff media kit

● Daily Free Press:Women's Hockey enters second gear

In the final weekend of the Hockey East regular season, #9 BU visits #10 Notre Dame for a pair of games that will determine whether the Terriers can earn a bye for the first round of playoffs. Puck drop tonight at the Compton Family Ice Arena is at 7:30 p.m. for the contest that will air live on NBC Sports Network.

Currently tied with Lowell in fourth place, BU can finish as high as third place—with a sweep of the Irish—or as low as fifth. The Irish, are coming off two losses to Providence, one in overtime, and still have an outside chance to finish first in the conference.

►Hockey East playoff possibilities

Notre Dame’s attack is led by Jake Evans (32 points), Anders Bjork (31) and Thomas DiPauli (29). Cal Petersen is one of the top Division 1 goalies with a 2.12 goals against average. Notre Dame stats

Danny O’Regan, who earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors with four goals last weekend, paces the Terriers with 36 points and is tied with fellow seniors Ahti Oksanen and Matt Lane with 14 goals each. BU stats

Tonight's BU line-up

Greenway-JFK-O'Regan
Oksanen-Lane-Cloonan
Andrén-Carpenter-Baillargeon
Phelps-Moran-Kelley
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-Diffley
Maguire

► DiPauli was a teammate of Terrier blueliners Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Fortunato during the recent World Junior Championships, helping Team USA win a bronze medal.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, GameTracker, Terrier Sports Radio Network Webcast, @BUGameDay

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview

● WTBU Sports game preview and podcast

● Notre Dame Game Notes

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● USCHO: Hockey East Picks and Predictions

● HockeyEastOnline weekend preview

● SB Nation preview

Looking back

Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius

Former BU captain Garrett Noonan was recalledby Nashville’s AHL affiliate, Milwaukee, from the Cincinnati Cylcones. Noonan is the Cyclones top scoring defenseman with 31 points and was named ECHL Player of the Week a week ago.

Women’s Team

Best of luck to @BUwhockey as they start their quest for a 6th Hockey East title tonight at Walter Brown! #GoBU pic.twitter.com/ic4z07cvAU
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 26, 2016

The four-time defending Hockey East champion Terriers begin defense of their title in a quarterfinal round best-of-three series against Vermont. Tonight's game at Walter Brown Arena begins at 7 p.m. and can be seen on TerrierTV.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, GameTracker, Terrier TV, @BUGameDay

● Daily Free Press preview

#9 Terriers, with a goal in each period and a stellar effort from senior goalie Sean Maguire, edged #10 Notre Dame at the Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend. With the win, BU assumes sole possession of fourth place in Hockey East, two points ahead of Lowell and two behind the third-place Irish.

The teams meet again Saturday night at 7 p.m. and the game will again air on NBC Sports Network. A BU win would give the Terriers the third seed in the conference tournament; a loss would leave them either fourth or fifth depending on the outcome of the BC-Lowell game.

► Updated Hockey East Playoff Picture

BU got on the board with senior Ahti Oksanen’s power play goal, assisted by senior assistant captain Danny O’Regan and freshman Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson. Notre Dame tied the score on its own power play with just 6.6 second left in the first period when Connor Hurley buried a rebound.

Terriers regained the lead early in the second when sophomore Chase Phelps’ strong offensive move got the puck into the Irish crease where senior Mike Moran flicked it past Cal Peterson. Midway through the third period, freshman Jordan Greenway found classmate Charlie McAvoy for a one-timer that beat Peterson, who was screened by Forsbacka Karlsson.

BU kept its hosts in check for most of the third period, but with time winding down, Notre Dame began getting pucks to the BU net and finally scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:32 remaining to narrow the margin to 3-2. In the final half minute, junior Doyle Somerby kept the puck pinned to the end boards as the seconds ticked off and O’Regan tied up an Irish forward attempting a shot as the buzzer sounded.

Maguire, returning from the injury that forced him to miss the last two games, was stellar in goal, stopping 33 of 35 shots, including 25 in the final two periods and several highlight reel saves. He earned the game’s first star.

►O’Regan earned the third star. With assists on BU’s first and third goals, he now has 148 points, the most by any Terrier since Chris Drury.

►The win was BU’s first against Notre Dame since the Irish joined Hockey East.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn, Moran, Oksanen

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; Fourth Line

● Boston Globe recap
● College Hockey News Hockey East roundup

Looking ahead
Here's the latest roster projections chart for the next few seasons from our friends at BurntBoats. Recent commit Ty Amonte has been added, while Youngstown defenseman Vas Kolias has decommitted and will be going to Union.

Women’s Team

Behind flawless goaltending from sophomore Erin O’Neil, BU took game one of its best-of -three quarterfinal series with Vermont, 3-0. Terriers received a first-period goal from senior Lillian Braga and two in the third from freshman Sammy Davis and senior captain Kayla Tutino.

BU can clinch the series today with a win. Game time at Walter Brown Arena is 3 p.m. The contest will be shown on TerrierTV.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

#9 Terriers dropped a tough 1-0 decision to #10 Notre Dame last night in the regular-season finale. With the loss, BU finishes tied with Lowell with 28 points, but loses the tie-breaker to the River Hawks, who beat BC last night. As a result, BU gets the fifth seed, with no first-round bye. Instead, BU will face UMass in a best-of-three series at Agganis Arena beginning next Friday.

BU outshot the Irish, 39 to 28, but were unable to dent goalie Cal Peterson. Sean Maguire kept the Terriers within striking distance, stopping 27 shots.

The game’s only goal was scored by Dylan Malmquist on a power play midway through the second period. Conversely, Notre Dame did a good job bottling up the Terriers on two full power plays plus another 18 seconds, limiting BU to just four shots.

BU concludes the regular-season with a 19-10-5 record and is tied with Notre Dame for ninth in the PairWise rankings.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; 5^thseed for playoffs

● HockeyEastOnline: Final opening round pairings set

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Dante Fabbro assisted on a pair of goals in Penticton’s 5-1 victory over Salmon Arm. The win, in the team’s final regular-season game, gave the first-place Vees their 50^th win, just the fifth time a BCHL team has reached that mark. Earlier in the week, the 6’1” right-shot defenseman was named the BCHL’s Top Defenseman. He finishes the regular-season with a 14-52-66 scoring line in just 45 games, doubling his point total from last season.

2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows scored his team-leading 37^th goal, assisted on a power play by fellow recruit Chad Krys, in the NTDP U18s’ 2-2 overtime tie with Arizona State. While the game officially ended in a tie, a shootout produced just one goal, scored by 2016 recruits Clayton Keller.

Women’s Team

Terriers dropped game two of its best-of-three quarter finals series with Vermont, 4-2. The deciding game will be played today at Walter Brown Arena, with puck drop at 3 p.m.

Vermont scored twice in the first period and once in the second to take a 3-0 lead. BU stormed back in the third period on shorthanded goals by Rebecca Leslie and Victoria Bach (photo). The comeback ended, however, when the Catamounts scored an empty net goal in the final minute.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

●Sunday links: Watch | GameTracker | @BUGameDay

Following its split with Notre Dame in the final regular-season series, BU remains at #9 in both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. In the PairWise rankings, the Terriers are tied with Notre Dame in ninth place.

Senior assistant captainDanny O’Regan, senior Sean Maguire and freshman Charlie McAvoy (photo) were named to the Hockey East weekly top performers list.

Before coming to BU and before his two seasons with the US NTDP, senior assistant captain Matt Lane was a member of the Greece, N.Y. Athena/Odyssey high school team that won the state division one title with a unblemished 27-0 record. He and three high school teammates have gone on to play Division 1 hockey.

● Democrat & Chronicle report

Playoff live streams

All Hockey East playoff games, including BU's best-of-three series with UMass, beginning Friday, will be live-streamed by Hockey East with subscriptions available for individual games and a full playoff package. For details go to Hockeyeastonline.tv

● Hockey East playoffs opening round media kit

►USCHO: Hockey East blog;Hockey East playoff bracket

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows scored a pair of goals and added an assist in the NTDP U18s’ 5-2 win against Arizona, earning the game’s first star. Second star went to his linemate and fellow recruit Clayton Keller who recorded a pair of assists, while goalie Jake Oettinger turned aside 30 shots to gain his 19th win.

Bellows increased his team-leading goal-scoring total to 39, which is tied for seventh best for a single season in NTDP history and one better than Jack Eichel’s 38 in 2013-14.

● NTDP recap

2017 recruit Ty Amonte, a right wing at Thayer Academy, finished the regular season with a 16-46-62 scoring line and the second best PPG (2.30) in New England Prep Hockey. http://www.ushr.com/neprep/stats/2015/div-1/scoring

2019 recruit Joel Farabee scored a hat trick and added an assist in Select Academy’s 8-2 win over Skipjacks Hockey Club in the USPHL 16U championship game. Farabee led all scorers in the USPHL 16U playoffs with a 5-5-10 line in three games and earned forward of the week honors. He recently returned from Finland where he was part of Team USA's gold medal performance in the Youth Olympic Games.

● USPHL recap

Looking back

Four former Terriers, now coaching in the prep ranks, will lead their teams in the NEPSAC playoffs. In the small school division, Shawn McEachern’s Rivers School team is the first seed, Carl Corazzini’s St. Mark’s squad is #2 and Dexter, coached by Dan Donato is #4. In the large school tournament, Tony Amonte’s Thayer Academy team is #4.

Former Terrier David Warsofsky has been acquired on waivers by the N.J. Devils. Warsofsky, who began the season with Pittsburgh, will be reunited with Coach John Hynes, who coached him at the NTDP.

This Day in Terrier Hockey

March 1, 1978: Boston University pounded Harvard, 7-1, to win their first Beanpot in three years in the Blizzard delayed championship game. Mickey Mullen led the way with a hat trick and Dick Lamby scored twice to back Jim Craig's strong game in goal. (more)

Women’s Team

Sophomores Rebecca Leslie and Erin O’Neil and freshman Mary Grace Kelley were named to the Hockey East weekly top performers list.

● Daily Free Press: Vermont series recap

Former Terriers Marie-Philip Poulin, Jenn Wakefield and Tara Watchorn were named to Team Canada for the IIHF Women’s World Championship.

Sportsnet's play of the game is this incredible goal by @pou29 to put @LesCanadiennesup 6-1 #CWHL pic.twitter.com/KRWxNE6bF4
— CWHL Gifs (@CWHLHighlights) February 28, 2016

Episode 19 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with head coach David Quinn, sophomore defenseman Brien Diffley and Terrier Hockey Fan Blog editor Rick Sacks.

Diffley, who has been a solid, puck-moving blueliner for BU, has five assists and a +9 rating this season after putting up 11 points (1G, 10A) as a freshman. Prior to BU, he was a standout for Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, where he earned ISL All-star honors in 2014. Before that, he helped Burlington HS win a Massachusetts state championship in 2012.

UMass Daily Collegian: BU-UMass weekend series preview

USCHO: Hockey East first round picks

College Hockey News: Hockey East first-round preview

SB Nation:Hockey East first-round preview

Along the Boards: Hockey East’s Top 5 non-conference highlights

►NBC Sports Network has announced that it will broadcast the Hockey East semifinals and championship game live. The games also will air on NESN.

Looking ahead

Four future Terrier forwards have been invited to NTDP evaluation camp later this month in Plymouth Mich.: Jake Wise (Central Catholic HS), Tyler Weiss (Don Mills Flyers Bantam), Jack DeBoer (Salisbury, photo) and Joel Farabee (Selects Academy at South Kent 16U). Wise, Weiss and DeBoer were members of the gold medal US team at last month's Youth Olympic Games in Norway.

Currently, there are four future Terriers on the NTDP U18s (Clayton Keller, Chad Krys, Kieffer Bellows and Jake Oettinger) and three on the U17s (David Farrance, Logan Cockerill and Brady Tkachuk).

● USA Hockey announcement and roster

● OverTheBoard analysis

►In a play-in game for the Massachusetts Super 8 tournament, Wise generated an Eichel-esque rush that led to a CC goal. (Video at 3:00 mark)

● SB Nation report

2017 recruit Patrick Harper scored a goal and added two assists as top-ranked Avon Old Farms won its quarterfinal round game against Brunswick, 9-2, in the NEPSAC Elite 8 Tournament. Harper, who has an 18-39-57 scoring line, has now cracked the 100 career point mark in his second season with the Winged Beavers. Avon plays Gunnery in a semi-final game on Saturday.

Looking back

Charlie Coyle scored the game-winning goal and added an empty-netter—his 20^thand 21^st goals of the season—in the Wild’s 6-3 win against Colorado. His 21 goals are a career high.

● NHL.com recap and video

Jack Eichel has been named to the roster of Team North America for next fall's World Cup of Hockey. Team North America is made up of US and Canadian players who are 23 and under.

● Former BU co-captain John McCarthy scored a goal and two assists as the San Jose Barracudas thumped Stockton, 7-1.

Former Terriers Cason Hohmann and Zach Cohen each assisted on a goal as Elmira defeated Wheeling, 3-1, in ECHL action.

Women’s Team

With a goal and an assist in Sunday’s quarterfinal-clinching win against Vermont, senior Sarah Lefort surpassed Marie-Philip Poulin as the all-time points leader at BU with183. The goal was the program-leading 92^ndfor Lefort, who leads the four-time defending Hockey East champion Terriers into the conference semifinals against Northeastern on Saturday.

●Daily Free Press report

#9 Terriers begin the defense of their Hockey East championship tonight with a best-of-three series against UMass. Game time at Agganis Arena is 7:30 p.m. ET. The Pack Network will live stream first round and quarterfinal round games. (Subscription details)

BU swept the season series against the Minutemen with 7-2 and 6-3 wins. In 18 meetings between the teams at Agganis Arena, BU has a14-2-2 record.

UMass's offense is led by senior Shane Walsh and sophomore Ray Pigozzi with 28 points each, while sophomore Dennis Kravchenko has 26. Walsh is the top goal scorer with 17, third best among Hockey East players.

Senior Danny O’Regan (photo) tops the Terrier scorers with 38 points and his 148 career points is second among all active Division 1 players. Classmates Ahti Oksanen and Matt Lane have 34 and 26 points respectively. O'Regan and senior captain Matt Grzelcyk are BU's top career Hockey East tournament scorers with eight points each. Senior goalie Sean Maguire brings a 2.17 GAA and a .928 save percentage into the game. (BU stats)

A win on Friday would allow BU to secure a 20-win season for the fourth time in the past five years and the 20th time in the past 27 years.

Tonight's line-up
Greenway-JFK-O'Regan
Oksanen-Carpenter-Lane
Cloonan-Baillargeon-Andren
Phelps-Moran-Kelley
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-Diffley
Maguire

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, GameTracker, Terrier Sports Radio Network Webcast, @BUGameDay

● HockeyEast live stream (subscription)

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview

● WTBU Sports game preview and podcast

● UMass Game Notes
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

● USCHO: This Week in Hockey East; Picks and Predictions

● HockeyEastOnline weekend preview

The Boston Globe's Kevin Paul Dupont talked with freshman standout Jordan Greenway about his path from Potsdam, N.Y., to Comm. Ave, via stops in Minnesota and Michigan.

Looking back

#EichEichBaby! Picked the corner perfectly. pic.twitter.com/ZNr0h6XVG7
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 4, 2016

Jack Eichel scored his 18^th goal of the season on a hard wrist shot from the center point in Buffalo’s 6-3 win against Calgary.

● NHL.com recap and video

Cason Hohmann, named ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 22-28, talks about the “best four years” of his life and how close a squad the 2014-15 Terriers were. With 45 points, Hohmann is the Elmira Jackals' top scorer.

● ECHL.com interview

With 24 goals and 37 assists, Hershey’s Chris Bourque leads the AHLin scoring.

Women’s Team

BU is preparing to defend its Hockey East championship this weekend, first taking on Northeastern in the semifinals at Merrimack’s Lawler Rink Saturday at 4:30. The championship game on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. will be lived-stream for free on AmericanSportsNetwork.com.

● Daily Free Press preview

In a Beanpot classic, Terriers fall in overtime, 1-0

Ty Amonte commits to BU; David Quinn podcast

IBUH #16: Quinn, Phelps, Geragosian

Game Day: Terriers host the River Hawks

Terriers edge Lowell in overtime on Greenway goal--UPDATED

Zink hat trick doubles up BU

Greenway repeats as HE's top rookie; Keller climbs NTDP record ladder

IBUH: Quinn, Hickey, Lawrence; Future Terriers shine at Youth Olympics

Game Day Terriers vs. Wildcats

BU settles for 3-3 tie with UNH, despite O'Regan hat trick

Strong start powers BU past New Hampshire, 3-2

Player of the Week honors for O'Regan; 2018 trio win Youth Olympic gold

Midweek Linkorama

IBUH 18: Quinn, LaCouvee and Paul Joubert; Terrier Hockey All Access #3

Game Day: Terriers take on Notre Dame in South Bend; Women begin playoffs

Terriers edge Notre Dame; regular-season finale tonight

Terriers drop 1-0 decision in regular-season finale

Polls & PairWise; playoff live-stream and media kit

IBUH 19; Future Terriers invited to NTDP evaluation camp

Game Day: BU hosts UMass in opening round of HE Playoffs