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#9 Terriers defeated UMass, 2-1, in the opening game of their best-of-three first-round series at Agganis Arena. BU needed the full 60 minutes plus 9:34 of overtime before freshman Bobo Carpenter’s second goal of the game ended things.

The teams meet again tonight with BU looking to eliminate the Minutemen. Game time is 7 p.m. Links for the live-stream, radio and GameTracker are here.

Despite a 15-7 BU shot advantage, UMass took a first-period lead when captain Steven Iacobellis took a pass in the left-wing circle, cut past a defender to the goalmouth and put a forehand shot past senior Sean Maguire.

Terriers tied the game early in the second when senior assistant captain Matt Lane chased down the rebound of his own shot and centered it to Carpenter for a backhand finish. BU nearly took a lead early in the third when freshman Charlie McAvoy’s pass sent senior assistant captain Danny O’Regan in alone, but goalie Nic Renyard stoned him with one of his 46 saves. Later in the period, Renyard stopped a point blank chance for senior Ahti Oksanen, who’d been set up by Lane.

Six-and-a-half minutes into overtime, Maguire made a pair of sparkling saves on Ray Pigozzi as BU drew a penalty. During the ensuing kill, BU had a great chance for a shorthanded goal, but freshman Jordan Greenway’s pass bounced over O’Regan’s stick. The game-winning sequence began when sophomore Brandon Fortunatosent a shot on net with Oksanen attempting to screen Renyard. The Finnish forward slipped the rebound to Carpenter who had driven to the net and scored on the forehand.

Reynard earned the game’s first star; Carpenter was the 2^ndstar and Maguire, who stopped 29 shots, was 3^rd.

Carpenter, who was promoted to second line center for last night's game, has scored nine of his 11 goals in the last 19 games.

Maguire, who lowered his GAA to 2.09 and improved his save percentage to .930, has yield one goal or less in eight of his last 12 starts.

BU had a decided advantage on draws led by Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, who won 16 of 22 faceoffs.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn, Carpenter

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; New-look 2^nd line

● USCHO recap

Looking back

Evan Rodrigues assisted on three goals in Rochester’s 7-2 winagainst Springfield.

Women’s Team

Terriers face off with #6 Northeastern this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Hockey East semifinal at Lawler Rink at Merrimack. BU is seeking to defend the conference championship that it has won the past four seasons.

BU won only one of three regular-season conference games against the Huskies and also dropped a decision in the Beanpot Tournament.

NU’s Kendall Coyle leads the nation with 49 goals, while Denisa Krizova is tied for third with 37 assists. BU is led by sophomore Rebecca Leslie, with 48 points, and classmate Victoria Bach who has 21 goals.

At the Hockey East banquet, Bach and Leslie were announced as second-team All-Stars, while junior Alexis Crossley earned honorable mention.

The championship game will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. and will be live-streamed free.

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, @BUGameDay

● HockeyEastOnline.tv (subscription)

Two goals apiece by senior assistant captain Danny O’Reganand freshman Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and four assists by freshman Charlie McAvoy led #9 BU to a 5-4 win over a stubborn UMass squad at Agganis Arena. The win gave the Terriers a two-game sweep of its opening round series and they now move on to to a best-of-three quarterfinal against Lowell at Tsongas Arena.

On the heels of Friday night’s defensive battle, last night’s contest saw BU take the lead four times only to have the Minutemen respond to tie the game each time before JFK scored the game-winner. The center from Stockholm also scored the game’s first goal, assisted by O’Regan and freshman Jordan Greenway. Later in the opening period, Dennis Kravchenko’s rip from the high slot tied the score at 1-1.

In the second period, BU scored a power play goal as captain Matt Grzelcyk’s cross ice pass was one-timed from the left-wing circle by O’Regan. Thirteen seconds after BU killed a UMass power play, Shane Walsh beat senior Sean Maguire from close range to restore the deadlock. Just a minute later, McAvoy set up Grzelcyk for a wrist shot from the left point that beat Nic Renyard, who was screened by Bobo Carpenter.

The Minutemen answered on the power play at 17:50 of the second when Kurt Keats converted a centering pass at the goalmouth, but BU responded quickly. Greenway controlled the puck along the end boards and found O’Regan driving to the net for his second of the night and 16^th of the season, giving BU a 4-3 lead after two periods.

Four minutes into the third period, UMass knotted the score yet again. Maguire blocked a long slapshot, but Austin Plevy beat the BU defense to the rebound for a goal. The game-winner came with eight minutes left in regulation when O’Regan set up McAvoy for a shot from the high slot that hit a defender. JFK corralled the rebound and, on his second attempt, beat Renyard to the glove side.

With two assists to go with his two goals, O’Regan has 152 career points, becoming the 18^th Terrier to exceed 150. The San Jose draft pick leads the team in goals with 16 and points with 42. Head Coach David Quinn noted that“His best hockey has been the last six weeks and he stepped up big tonight.”

Karlsson’s pair of goals broke a 12-game scoring drought for the freshman, leading Quinn to comment:

"He was hard on the puck, he really was elusive, did a lot of good things, made some good passes, I thought he had a really good night."

McAvoy’s four assists give him 20 for the season and 23 points.

The victory was the final game of the season at Agganis, where BU racked up a 14-2-2 record.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn, O’Regan, Karlsson

● Daily Free Press: recap; JFK finds scoring touch

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● USCHO recap

Looking ahead

2018 recruit Tyler Weiss assisted on a pair of goals in the Don Mills Flyers’ 4-0 playoff win over Vaughan. Weiss, named earlier in the week to the 2016 NTDP evaluation camp roster, has 45 points in 35 games for the Flyers.

Looking back

Jack Eichel scored his 19^th goal of the season and added his 25^th assist for Buffalo, but the Sabres dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to Minnesota. Eichel also gave his team a 1-0 lead in the shootout that was matched by the Wild’s Charlie Coyle before Minnesota got the deciding goal.

● NHL.com recap and video

Women’s Team

#3 seed BU defeated #2 seed and 6^th ranked Northeastern, 4-3, in the Hockey East semifinal. With the victory, the Terriers will defend their conference championship on Sunday against top-ranked Boston College. BU has won the past four Hockey East championships, including last year’s title game against the Eagles.

After the Huskies took a 1-0 lead, sophomore Rebecca Leslie scored on a power play. Fellow sophomore Victoria Bach’s 22nd goal gave BU its first lead in the middle stanza before Northeastern tied the score. Captain Kayla Tutino put BU ahead to stay late in the period.

Junior Alexis Crossley scored the eventual game-winner midway through the third period before NU scored an empty-netter. Sophomore netminder Erin O’Neil turned away a career high 54 shots, including 18 in the final period.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Crossley

● USCHO recap

Freshman Charlie McAvoy was named Hockey East’s Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week following a four-assist, +5 performance in the two-game sweep of UMass. The right-shot defenseman is the third Terrier to win top rookie honors this season and the first BU blueliner to record four assists in a game since Matt Gilroy in the 2009 NCAA regional vs. Ohio State. Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson was selected in November and Jordan Greenway was R-O-W twice last month. Senior assistant captain Danny O’Regan and freshman Bobo Carpenter were named to the list of weekly top performers.
●GoTerriers.com report

Crazy eights

In both the USCHOand USA Today/USA Hockey Magazinepolls, BU moved up a notch to # 8, jumping over Michigan. Terriers are tied with the Wolverines for the eighth spot in the PairWise rankings.

● College Hockey News: PairWise Probability Mattrix

Hockey East Quarterfinals

#8 BU begins its best-of-three quarterfinal series against Lowell with game times shown above. Friday night's game will air in New England on NESN and nationally on the American Sports Network. The Terriers and River Hawks split the season series last month with each team winning on its home ice. Episode 4 of BU Hockey All Access will air on NESN just prior to Friday night's game.

USCHO: Hockey East Blog

SB Nation: Hockey East review

New England Prep Tournament/Looking ahead

In the NEPSAC large school championship game, Thayer Academy, coached by former Terrier standout, NHL star and Olympian Tony Amonte, defeated the Westminster School, 6-3. 2017 recruit Ty Amonte finished the season with 70 points in 30 games for Thayer. 2016 recruit Johnny McDermott scored 36 points in 24 games this year for Westminster.

● ESPN recap

St. Mark’s, coached by former BU captain Carl Corazzini,won the small school final, edging The Rivers School, coached by former BU All-American, NHL Stanley Cup winner and Olympian Shawn McEachern. Corazzini is in his second season at St. Mark’s, having succeeded current BU assistant coach Scott Young.

● ESPN recap

2017 recruit Patrick Harper finished his prep season with 59 points in 27 games. Avon Old Farms lost in the Elite Tournament semifinals to Gunnery, despite a highlight reel goal by Harper.

Photo by Annie Maroon, MassLive

2018 recruit Jake Wise scored a goal and added an assist as Central Catholic came from behind to upset top-ranked BC High, 4-3, in the Mass. Super 8 tournament.

● ESPN recap

Looking back

Nick Bonino broke a long scoring drought with a goal and an assist in Pittsburgh’s 6-1 win against New Jersey.

● NHL.com recap and video

Women’s Team

Terriers’ attempt to win a fifth consecutive Hockey East title was derailed in the championship game as undefeated BC took a dominating 5-0 win. BU finishes the season with a 23-14-2 overall record and an 18-5-2 conference record.

Sophomore Rebecca Leslie and Victoria Bach led the Terriers in scoring with 49 and 48 points respectively and Bach was the top goal-scorer with 22. Three seniors contributed 30 or more points: Rebecca Russo (38), Sarah Lefort (35) and Kayla Tutino (30).

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Daily Free Press recap

Episode 4 of BU Terriers All Access features the Beanpot championship game, an interview with Jack Eichel and features on Brandon Hickey, Bobo Carpenter (photo) and the team's defensemen.

Freshman Charlie McAvoy was the draft prospect guest on this week’s Pipeline Show.

.@TerrierHockeyposted a 14-2-2 record at Agganis Arena this season .833 winning percentage is the best in 11-year history of the building.
— Brian Kelley (@BKelleyBU) March 6, 2016

Sean Maguire finishes his Agganis career with a .939 save percentage at home.
— Brian Kelley (@BKelleyBU) March 6, 2016

Looking ahead

Yahoo! Sports NHL Draft Tracker: Dante Fabbro

Looking back

With a goal in Buffalo’s 4-3 shootout win against Toronto, Jack Eichel became the youngest rookie in Sabres history to reach 20 goals.

● NHL.com recap and video

Matt O'Connor turned aside 23 shots in Binghamton's 4-1 win against St. John.

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Episode 20 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with head coach David Quinn, senior netminder Sean Maguire and USCHO Senior Writer/UMass Lowell radio analyst Jim Connelly.

Maguire, who returned to the BU line-up after missing the 2014-15 season due to a concussion, brings a 2.18 GAA and a .928 save percentage into this weekend’s Hockey East Quarterfinal. A Pittsburgh draft pick, who played for the BCHL Powell River Kings prior to BU, he has an 11-3-1 record in his last 15 starts. Maguire's career save percentage is currently at .925, slightly better than John Curry's record of .923. His home-ice .939 save percentageis the best in program history.

Connelly, who covers Hockey East, began writing for USCHO in 1999 and has covered every Frozen Four since 2000. In 2012, he received the Joe Concannon Hockey East Media Award.

● USCHO This Week in Hockey East

● College Hockey News quarter-final preview

● Lowell Sun preview

Throwback Thursday

Twenty-five years ago today, March 10, 1991, BU won its second Hockey East tournament championship, defeating top-seed Maine, 4-3 on Shawn McEachern’s overtime goal. The All-American from Waltham, Mass., took a Tony Amonte pass in full stride at the Black Bears’ blueline, beat a defender and backhanded a shot through Garth Snow’s five hole. The ’90-’91 Terriers would go on to the NCAA title game, falling to Northern Michigan in triple overtime.

● This Date in Terrier Hockey report

● Terrier Tales: The 1990-91 Terriers

Looking ahead

TheDraftAnalyst.com profiled 2016 recruit Kieffer Bellowsfor its series on top draft prospects. (Report and video). Previously, Draft Analyst profiled Bellow’s linemate and fellow recruit Clayton Keller.

Looking back

Kevin Shattenkirk’s shootout goal was the difference as St. Louis edged the Blackhawks, 3-2. The former Terrier captain also added his 25th assist on the Blues’ first goal.

● NHL.com recap and video
● Yahoo! Sports recap

Salem State, led by Coach Bill O’Neill, captured the MASAC regular season and tournament titles and faces Williams in first-round D3 NCAA actionon Friday. O’Neill, who has been the Vikings’ head coach since 1981, was a defenseman on the Terriers'1977-78 national championship team.He is one of seven D3 coaches to reach the 500-victory milestone.

#8 BU begins its best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series with #11 UMass Lowell tonight at Tsongas Arena. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. for the contest that will be broadcast on NESN and American Sports Network (station list). Former Terrier defenseman and Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 national championship game Colby Cohen will join the ASN studio crew.

BU and Lowell split the season series with the Terriers taking a 2-1 overtime decision on home ice and the River Hawks winning 6-3 at Tsongas. Lowell has the number two defense in Division 1 and goalie Kevin Boyle sports a 1.84 GAA, fifth best in the nation. Lowell’s offense is led by CJ Smith (33 points), Adam Chapie (31) and Joe Gambardella (30). Lowell stats.

SeniorDanny O’Regan’s 42 points (16G, 26A) paces the BU attack while classmates Ahti Oksanen and Matt Lane (photo) have 36 and 28 points respectively. Three freshmen,Jordan Greenway, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Charlie McAvoy all have exceeded 20 points. Senior Sean Maguire has a 1.94 GAA since the beginning of November and a .947 save percentage in his past 13 starts. BU stats.

TONIGHT'S BU 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, Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network Webcast, @BUGameDay

● Boston Hockey Blog: live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview

● WTBU Sports game previewand podcast

● American Sports Network: O’Regan has eyes on Frozen Four

● Lowell Game Notes

● College Hockey News: Tale of the Tape

● USCHO: Picks and Predictions

● HockeyEastOnline weekend preview

Looking back
Zach Cohen scored his 11th goal of the season in ECHL Elmira's 4-1 win against Adirondack. Cason Hohmann, the Jackals leading scorer with 46 points, assisted on the goal. Cohen, a member of BU's 2009 national champions, has 10 points in 16 games since being acquired by Elmira.

Power plays proved to be the deciding factor as the #8 Terriers dropped a 3-2 decision to #11 Lowell in the opener of the best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinals. The River Hawks capitalized on two of four man-advantage opportunities, while the Terriers didn’t score on its two chances.

After a scoreless first period, BU took the lead when Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson took a Danny O’Regan pass in the left circle, closed toward the net and beat goalie Kevin Boyle. Minutes later, Lowell answered on the power play when Joe Gambardella took an entry pass at the left post and beat Sean Maguire.

Terriers dominated shots in the third period, 18 to six, and nearly regained the lead when Bobo Carpenter set up Matt Lane at the goalmouth, but the assistant captain was robbed by Boyle. Midway through the period, a neutral-ice turnover led to Michael Louria’s goal from the high slot that deflected off a defender and eluded Maguire. Lowell extended the lead to 3-1 with its second power play goal as Adam Chapie, all alone to Maguire’s right, converted a cross-ice pass.

Just 23 seconds later, BU cut the margin to one when Bobo Carpenter redirected captain Matt Grzelcyk’s wrist shot from the point. Terriers pressed for the equalizer and pulled Maguire with about two minutes left, but Boyle slammed the door to preserve the win for Lowell.

Commenting on BU’s special teams problems, Head Coach David Quinn said:

“Our penalty kill let us down. It’s going to have to get better tomorrow night if we’re going to have a chance to extend the series. You can’t allow a cross-ice pass like that to a guy standing all alone on the backdoor. We had a lot of puck-watching and weren’t alert. On both their [power-play] goals, we blew our responsibility.”

BU had a 35-19 shot advantage and also dominated in the faceoff circle where Forsbacka Karlsson won 20 of 28 draws.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Post-game comments: Quinn

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; Special teams

● USCHO recap

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Chad Krys scored with 22.5 seconds left in overtime to give the NTDP U18s a 4-3 win against the Tri-City Storm. Kieffer Bellows, who assisted on the game-winner and another U18 goal, recorded his 40^thscore of the campaign on a second-period power play with Krys adding a helper. Clayton Keller also had an assist, raising his team-leading point total to 83. Goalie Jake Oettinger turned aside 31 shots to claims his 20^th win of the season.

● Tri-City recap

● USA Hockey box score

► Tonight's rematch between the U18s and Tri-City is being live-streamed free on FastHockey.com.

2016 recruit Dante Fabbro assisted on a pair of goals in Penticton’s 5-0 playoff win against Vernon. Fabbro, who had 67 points during the regular season, has six thus far in the playoffs as the Vees eliminated Vernon.

● BCHL box score

● Vees Blog recap

Facing elimination from the Hockey East Tournament, the #8 Terriers turned in a disappointing performance and were shut out by #11 Lowell, 5-0, as the River Hawks completed a two-game sweep. BU is still likely to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament but won’t know more until next weekend.

Lowell scored once in the first period, twice in the second and twice again in the third.

Coach David Quinn pulled Sean Maguire in favor of Connor LaCouvee following the River Hawks’ second goal, but it did little to stem the tide.

CJ Smith scored twice for Lowell while Jake Kamrass contributed a goal and an assist. Goalie Kevin Boyle authored a school-record seventh shutout for the season, earning first-star honors.

Quinn remarked: “They’re a better hockey team than we are right now. Their goals came way too easy and we couldn’t get one. We’ve got to become a more mature hockey team before our next game.”

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Post-game comments: Quinn

● Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses & Minuses

● Daily Free Press recap; Analysis

● USCHOrecap

Looking ahead

Clayton Keller's shootout goal proved to be the difference as the NTDP U18s defeated Tri-CIty,3-2. Keller, a 2016 recruit, also assisted on the game-tying goal late in the third period.

2017 recruit Hank Crone scored his 15th goal of the season as Fargo edged Des Moines in overtime, 2-1. Crone has a 15-18-33 line this season.

Patrick Harper made his USHL debut with Omaha last night, assisting on the Lancers' only goal in a 4-1 loss to Green Bay. Harper recently completed his prep career at Avon Old Farms where he scored 106 points in 49 games over two seasons.

Looking ahead

Jack Eichel scored his first NHL overtime winner as Buffalo defeated Carolina, 3-2. The 2015 Hobey Baker Award winner scored the game-winner on a breakaway with just one second left in the overtime. He also scored in the third period and now has 22 goals, second best among NHL rookies.

● NHL.com recap and video

Kevin Shattenkirk scored twice--his 11th and 12th goals this season--as St. Louis beat Dallas in overtime, 5-4.
● NHL.com recap and video

Freshmen Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Charlie McAvoy have been named to Hockey East’s 2016 All-Rookie team. JFK, who centers BU’s top line has a 10-19-29 scoring line, while McAvoy, the Terriers’ top-scoring blueliner has a 3-21-24 line. Both have earned Rookie of the Week honors. JFK and McAvoy become the 39th and 40th Terriers to have made Hockey East All-Rookie teams over the years.

● Hockey East Online report
● GoTerriers.com report

● SB Nation report

Looking ahead

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— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 16, 2016

2018 recruit Tyler Weiss scored twice and set up the game-winning goal in double overtime Tuesday night as the Don Mills Flyers Major Midgets won their play-in game for the 2016 OHL Cup, defeating the Kitchener Jr. Rangers, 4-3. With the Flyers trailing 3-1, Weiss, who earned game MVP honors, scored once in the second period and once in the third to knot the score at 3-3.

This morning Weiss scored a goal and added two assists as the Flyers routed the London Nights, 6-2, in their first OHL Cup game. Weiss, who now has 59 (26G, 33A) points in 47 games, will head to NTDP Evaluation Camp in Michigan this weekend along with future Terriers Jake Wise, Jack DeBoer and Joel Farabee.

● Flyers recaps

Looking back

On Sunday May 1, 2016, three members of Boston University’s hockey family with be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Coach Jack Kelley (1962-1972), Doug Friedman (1990-1994), and Travis Roy(1995-1999) will be honored together at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.

Women’s Team

The Daily Free Press talked with Head Coach Brian Durocher about the past season and took a peak ahead to next season.

Seniors Matt Grzelcyk and Danny O'Regan were named Hockey East First Team All-Stars and classmate Ahti Oksanen was an honorable mention, as the league's top awards were handed out at the annual banquet on Thursday evening at the Royal Sonesta. Grzelcyk repeated as a first-team All-Star while O’Regan was named to the second team last season.

● HockeyEastOnline report

● GoTerriers.com report

● Daily Free Press report

BU's seed and game location for the NCAA regionals remain uncertain following last night's conference tournament games, including Lowell's triple overtime win against Providence and Northeastern's upset of BC. Several scenarios would give BU a #2 seed, while others would make them a #3. CHN's Adam Wodon explores some of the bracketology possibilities. Check back for updates.

● USCHO PairWise Predictor

I believe that this is the best-case NCAA scenario left for @TerrierHockey: https://t.co/I0fNmLElyQ
— Brian Kelley (@BKelleyBU) March 19, 2016

BU’s Club Hockey Team made its first-ever appearance in the ACHA Division 2 National Tournament on Friday, falling to Lindenwood University-Belville.

● Daily Free Press report

● BU Today report

Looking ahead

2017 recruit David Farrance (photo) scored a pair of first-period goals for the NTDP U17s in their 5-3 win over Sioux Falls. The blueliner from Victor, N.Y., who also assisted 2017 recruit Logan Cockerill who scored the U17s first goal, has 21 points (8G, 13A). Cockerill has 19 points.

●USA Hockey recap and box score

2017 recruit Hank Crone assisted on the game-winning goal in Fargo's 2-0 win over Sioux City. Crone, who was traded to Fargo from Omaha earlier this year, has a combined 34 points in 53 games.

The 2016-17 NTDP evaluation camp began Friday in Plymouth, Michigan. Four future Terrier forwards are among the 48 players on the camp roster: 2018 recruits Jake Wise, Jack DeBoer and Tyler Weiss, and 2019 recruit Joel Farabee (photo).

Looking back

Alex Chiasson scored his sixth goal for the Senators in a 3-1 loss to Buffalo. Jack Eichel assisted on the Sabres third goal and now has 49 points (22G, 27A).

● NHL.com recap and video

Matt O'Connor turned aside 34 shots in Binghamton's 5-4 overtime win over Syracuse.

With the completion of conference tournaments Saturday night, most NCAA bracket predictions point to the #9 Terriers heading West to the St. Paul regional and a first round match-up with #6 Denver.

● USCHO: Bracketology

● College Hockey News: Bracket ABCs

● SB Nation: Final Brackets

BU defeated Denver, 6-5, at Agganis Arena on Halloween Night on Ahti Oksanen’s overtime goal. (Game Coverage)

Last night Northeastern won its first Hockey East Championship since 1988, defeated UMass Lowell, 3-2. After a dismal start to their season, the Huskies went 20-1-2 in their last 23 games with the sole defeat coming at the hands of BU in the Beanpot opener, 3-1.

Looking ahead

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— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 19, 2016

2018 recruit Tyler Weiss scored the overtime game-winner for Don Mills as the Flyers edged the Red Wings, 4-3, to move into the OHL Cup semifinals Saturday morning. It was the second goal of the game for the North Carolina native. Later in the day, the Flyers were eliminated by York Simicoe, 4-1. Weiss, who has now headed to NTDP Evaluation Camp, finished his season with 63 points (28G, 35A) in 52. games.

Recaps

Looking back

Alex Chiasson scored an unassisted shorthanded goal as the Senators blanked Montreal, 5-0.

Nick Bonino assisted on a pair of goals in Pittsburgh’s 4-1 defeat of Philadelphia.

Charlie Coyle assisted on one goal and scored in the shootout as Minnesota edged Carolina, 3-2.

Making its 34^th NCAA tournament appearance, BU will head to St. Paul for the West Regional at the Xcel Energy Center and a Saturday meeting with Denver. The #3 seed Terriers and #2 Pioneers will play the second first-round game, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and airing live on ESPNU. The other regional match-up has top-seed St. Cloud State meeting #4 Ferris State. The winners will meet on Sunday for the Regional Championship.

BU and Denver have met four times in the NCAA tournament. The Pioneers won in the semifinal in 1960 and the consolation game in 1966. The Terriers won, 4-2, on the strength of Don "Toot" Cahoon's hat trick in the 1971 semifinal --en route to their first national title--and in the 1997 regional championship game on Chris Drury's overtime goal.

● GoTerriers.com report

● Terrier reactions (video): David Quinn, Matt Grzelcyk, Danny O’Regan, Matt Lane

● NCAA bracket; Regional tournaments TV schedule

● Western Regional home page

● Daily Free Press report

●USCHO Hockey East Blog

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Clayton Keller’s 29^th goal was the sole score for the NTDP U18s in a 2-1 loss to Youngstown. Linemate Kieffer Bellows assisted on the goal. Keller leads the U18s with 85 points, while Bellows is the team’s top goal-scorer with 40.

●USA Hockey recap

At the 2016 NTDP Evaluation Camp in Plymouth, Mich., 2018 recruits Jake Wise and Tyler Weiss earned kudos for their performances. Also participating at the camp are future Terriers Jack DeBoer and Joel Farabee.

.@LRHC2015Jake Wise was the best player at camp
— Andrew Weiss (@WeissFC) March 21, 2016

Tyler Weiss & DJ King are playing in their first games & are both standouts. Weiss plays at a different speed. King, all-around dman w/ grit
— Andrew Weiss (@WeissFC) March 21, 2016

Looking back

Charlie Coyle scored the only goal in a shootout as Minnesota edged Chicago, 3-2.

Matt O’Connor turned aside 46 shots, earning first-star honors in Binghamton’s 3-2 shootout winover Utica.

●SB Nation recap

March 22, 1997:Chris Drury's goal at 12:20 of overtime gave Boston University a 4-3 win over Denver in the NCAA East Regional Final in Worcester. The second-seeded Terriers (Clarkson was the #1 seed) had taken a 3-2 lead with 3:19 left in regulation on Shawn Bates' shorthanded breakaway goal. However, the Pioneers forced overtime with an extra-attacker goal by Eric Anderson, beating Michel Laroque with 53 seconds left. In the overtime, skating 3-on-3, Chris Kelleher took a pass from Jon Coleman and fired a shot from the left point. Drury was locked up with a Denver defender in front of the net, but gained control and slid the rebound past tournament MVP Jim Mullin and then leaped into the glass in celebration.

Drury's goal was his 37th of the season. BU hadn't won a game all season in which Drury didn't get a point and he'd been held scoreless in regulation. Current associate head coach Albie O'Connell scored the first two goals for BU, which would go on to upset defending champion Michigan in the Frozen Four semis before losing to North Dakota in the final.
● Terrier Tales: A Few Good Men

BU News Service: Quarterfinal preview

NHL draft picks in the NCAA tournament

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Clayton Keller was the draft prospect guest on Monday Night's edition of The Pipeline Show. His interview begins at the 16 minute mark. Keller, who leads the NTDP U18s with 85 points, was ranked #8 among North American skaters in the NHL Central Scouting midterms.

Episode21 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with Head Coach David Quinn, senior captain Matt Grzelcyk and former Terrier standout Evan Rodrigues.

A two-time Terrier captain and a repeated Hockey East first-team All-Star, Grzelcyk has been a mainstay on the BU blueline for four seasons. Last season he earned CCM First Team All-American status with 38 points (10G, 28A). He was MVP of the Beanpot (video), scoring two goals including the overtime game-winner. This season, despite missing eight games due to injuries, he has 22 points (10G, 22A). (Grzelcyk bio).

Rodriguez was assistant captain and the second leading scorer (61 points; 21G, 40A) for the Terriers 2015 national runner-up squad. ERod earned second team Hockey East All-Star honors and was named Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Northeast Regional tournament. He signed a free-agent contract with the Buffalo Sabres and is playing his first pro season with the Sabres’ AHL affiliate, Rochester.

► Terriers traveled to Minnesota on Thursday and will face Denver on Saturday in the first round of the Western Regional. BU is making its 34^th NCAA tournament appearance. The game will air on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Daily Free Press:

● West Regional preview

● BU shot tendancies

● 20 Questions with Doyle Somerby and Robbie Baillargeon

● Phelps returns to home state

BU Today: Shooting for return to Frozen Four

GOTerriers.com Tournament Central

Coach Quinn talks with the media (video)

Former BU All-American and Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Frozen Four Colby Cohenjoins the ESPN broadcast crew for the Midwest Region.

● NCAA Tournament TV Schedule

► West Regional Previews: USCHO, College Hockey News, SB Nation.

►The Friends of BU Hockey have organized a watch party for Saturday’s regional semifinal at T’s Pub on Commonwealth Avenue. Game time is 6:30 p.m. ET. RSVP to terriers@bu.edu

Looking back: BU’s Third NCAA Championship

1977-78 co-captains Jack O'Callahan and Brian Durocher

March 25, 1978—38 years ago today BU won its third NCAA title in the only All-Commonwealth Avenue match-up in the championship game. Terriers defeated BC, 5-3, behind two-goal efforts from Mark Fidler and Tony Meagher and one goal from David Silk. After winning 21 games to open the season, BU finished the year with a 30-2 record.

● This Date in BU Hockey

● Terrier Tales: That Championship Season

● Title game box score and roster

● Team stats

#12 Terriers are back in action today in the NCAA West Regional, taking on #7 Denver at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. ESPNU will air the game live at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Making its 34^th NCAA appearance, BU has 41 tournament wins, fifth most, trailing only Minnesota, Michigan, and BC.

BU and DU had an early season meeting at Agganis Arena with BU coming out on top, 5-4, on senior Ahti Oksanen’s overtime goal (highlights). BU's top scorers are senior Danny O'Regan (43), Oksanen (36), freshman Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (29) and senior Matt Lane (28). (BU stats)

TONIGHT'S TERRIER LINE-UP

Greenway-JFK-O’Regan

Andren-Lane-Oksanen

Cloonan-Carpenter-Baillargeon
Phelps-Moran-Kelley
Grzelcyk-MacLeod
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-McAvoy
Maguire

The Pioneers are led by their top line of freshman Dylan Gambrell (15-28--43), sophomore Danton Heinen (19-23--42) and junior Trevor Moore (9-33--42). Junior Will Butcher is the top blueliner, while sophomore Tanner Jaillet has handled most of the goaltending duties.(Denver stats)

►Head Coach David Quinn, captain Matt Grzelcyk and assistant captain Danny O’Reganmet with the media in St. Paul. (video)

►Former Terrier Coach Jack Parker is joining Bernie Corbett on the Terrier Sports Radio Network broadcast of today’s game, filling in for Tom Ryan to do analysis.

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

● BU Tournament Central

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog

● Daily Free Press preview articles

● WTBU Sports game preview and podcast

● Denver Game Notes

● College Hockey News: Greenway, Andren

● Boston Herald preview

►Boston Globe: Matt O’Connor not defined by one goal

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Patrick Harper scored his first USHL goal and added an assist in Omaha’s 4-2 win against Fargo. Harper had scored 59 points in 27 games as a senior at Avon Old Farms.

BU's season came to a disappointing end in the first round of the Western Regional as Denver dominated the Terriers, 7-2. The Pioneers scored four times over a nine-minute span late in the first period and early in the second to take take a commanding lead and never let up.

After Denver extended its lead to 6-0 in the third period, BU got on the board with Danny O'Regan's 17th goal, assisted by Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Charlie McAvoy. Following another Pioneer score, Mike Moran (photo) closed out the scoring, assisted by captain Matt Grzelcyk and Jordan Greenway.

BU finished the season with a 21-13-5 record, dropping four of its final six games.

Check back for more coverage.

● GoTerriers.com recapand comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Photo Gallery

● Daily Free Press recap, Moran reflects

● USCHO recap

● College Hockey News recap, swept away

NHL.com With All The Tools, Wild Likes Greenway's Prospects

Boston Hockey Blog: Season review podcast

ESPN’s John Buccigross tweeted that BU senior assistant captain Danny O'Regan is expected to sign with San Jose. He was selected by the Sharks in the fifth round of the 2012 draft.

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Patrick Harper has been named USHR's Prep Forward of the Year. The left-shot center from New Canaan, Conn., scored 59 points (20G, 39A) to lead Avon Old Farms to a 21-2-4 record and the semifinals of the Elite 8 tournament.

Eagle Tribune: Phenom Wise a rare Sophomore MVP

Looking back

BU Today looks at the career of the NHL's youngest head coach: John Hynes: Taking the Devils to the Next Level .

Nick Bonino recorded a career-best five points (1G, 4A) in the Penguins 7-2 win against Detroit on Saturday.

●NHL.com recap and video

Jack Eichel’s 23^rd goal of the season early in the third period was the game-winner in the Sabres’ 3-2 win over Winnipeg. The goal also lifted Eichel to 50 points. He’s second in scoring for Buffalo.

●NHL.com recap and video

A pair of Terriers, Captain Matt Grzelcyk and assistant captain Danny O’Regan, who returned for their senior seasons, have signed entry-level contracts with their NHL draft teams.

Grzelcyk signed a two-year deal with the hometown Bruins, who had made him their third-round pick in 2012. A first-team All-American in 2014-15, Grzelcyk scored 95 points during his BU career. His contract begins with the 2016-17 season and he'll now join the AHL Providence Bruins on an ATO.

O’Regan has signed a two-year entry level contract with San Jose. The Needham, Mass., native, who finished his BU career with 154 points, had been the Sharks’ fifth-round draft pick in 2012. He led the Terriers in scoring as a freshman (38 points) and again as a senior (44 points).

Both were Hockey East first-team all-stars this season. Last year, Grzelcyk was named to the first team and O’Regan to the second team and both were first-team all-rookie in 2012-13.

● Boston Herald report-Grzelcyk

● CBS Sport report-Grzelcyk

● Boston Hockey Blog report-O’Regan

● Today’s Slapshot report
● Fear The Fin report- O'Regan

Congrats to Grzelcyk and O’Regan on earning All-New England honors! #ProudToBU https://t.co/dOBQH4zRPD pic.twitter.com/KJpuFk2tVO
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) April 2, 2016

►The BU Hockey End-of-the-Year Banquet takes place on Sunday, April 17, at 11 a.m. in the Burke Room at Agganis Arena. (Details/RSVP)

►BU News Service: The future of BU draft picks

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows (photo) scored his 41^st goal and linemate Clayton Keller rang up his 30^th as the NTDP U18s defeated Muskegon, 5-3, in their final tune-up before the World U18 Championships later this month in Grand Forks, N.D. Keller, who assisted on Bellows’ goal now has 87 points and is tied with Jack Eichel for seventh best season in NTDP history. Bellows now is seventh in single-season goal-scoring. Chad Krys also had an assist for the U18s

● USA Hockey recap

● USHL box score

SB Nation draft profile: 2016 recruit Patrick Harper

2018 recruit Logan Cockerill scored his fifth goal of the season in the NTDP U17s'7-2 loss to Green Bay. 2017 recruit David Farrance assisted on Cockerill's goal.

Invitations have gone out for the 2016-17 NTDP U17 squad. All four future Terriers who attended the evaluation camp—Jake Wise, Tyler Weiss, Joel Farabee and Jack DeBoer—had strong camps. Sources have told THFB that all four could make the final roster.

After the first two days of the Tier 1 14U Championships, 2019 recruit Robert Mastrosimone of Shattuck St. Mary's is the top point-scorer with six (2G, 4A).

Looking back

Twenty-one years ago today, BU won its fourth national championship defeating Maine, 6-2, in the championship in Providence. Most Outstanding Player Chris O’Sullivan led the way with two goals. Captain Jacques Joubert, Steve Thornton, Bob Lachanceand Mike Sylvia also scored for the Terriers who completed a “hat trick” by winning the Beanpot, Hockey East and NCAA titles.

● Terrier Tales: The Drought Busters

● Roster and box score

● Team stats

Alex Chiasson’s eighth goal was the game-winner in Ottawa’s 2-1 win over Winnipeg.

● NHL.com recapand video

Cason Hohmann has been recalled from ECHL Elmira to AHL Rochester after leading the Jackals in scoring with an 18-36-54 scoring line.

●Rochester Americans report

Women’s Team

Sophomore Rebecca Leslie name a New England Division 1 All-Star

GoTerriers.com report

BU has added a fifth forward for its 2016 recruit class. Left wing Patrick Curryof USHL Bloomington tweeted his commitment to BU last night. The 5-10, 186 lb., forward from Schaumberg, Ill., is in his second season with the Thunder and has a 17-16-33 scoring line—including 10 power play goals— in 55 games.

A product of the Chicago Young Americans organization, Curry previously played for the Springfield Junior Blues, recording 26 points in 25 games.

Curry scored his first USHL hat trick last month against Youngstown.

● Elite Prospects card

● Bloomington Thunder report

● Boston Hockey Blog report

Giving Day is on Wednesday! Thanks to Hank Hodges, $15,000 of gifts will be matched! Thanks for your support! #GoBU pic.twitter.com/zvBhqyOJVl
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) April 4, 2016

Looking ahead

2019 recruit Robert Mastrosimone scored a goal and added an assist as Shattuck St. Mary’s defeated the Boston Junior Eagles, 3-1, in the championship game of the USA HockeyTier 1 14U Nationals. The playmaker from East Islip, N.Y., finished the tournament tied for the scoring lead with teammate Grant Silianoff with 13 points and he led in assists with nine. Entering the tournament, Mastrosimone had 96 points (47G, 49A) in 54 games. Fellow 2019 recruit and SSM defenseman Braden Doyle (Lynnfield, Mass.) had a 12-32-44 line in 53 games.

2016 recruit Johnny McDermott scored two goals and added two assists in three games for Mid-Fairfield in the Tier 1 18U tournament. The left-shot center from Darien, Conn., had scored 36 points (11G, 25A) in his senior season for The Westminster School.

Looking back

Former BU assistant captain Sean Escobedo has been called up to the AHL Manitoba Moose from ECHL Greenville and has two assists in his first four games.

Senior goalie Sean Maguire has signed a two-year entry level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and will join the Pens’ AHL affiliate in Wilkes Barre/Scranton on an ATO. Maguire, who was a fourth-round draft pick in 2012, recorded a 2.41 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season and was named MVP of the 2016 Beanpot Tournament.

● Penguins.com report

● Boston Hockey Blog report

Assistant captain Matt Lane also signed a pro contract, inking a one-year deal with Buffalo’s AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans. He had a career high 28 points (14G, 14A) this season and finished his BU career with 69 points. A Rochester native, Lane joins former Terriers Evan Rodrigues and recently-promoted Cason Hohmann on the Amerks’ roster.

● Rochester Americans report

● Democrat & Chronicle report

Hohmann has been named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team, after leading the Elmira Jackals with 57 points in 57 games.

● Jackals report

Looking ahead

2016 recruit Jake Oettinger prepares for the 2016 World U18 Championship, which begins next week in Grand Forks, N.D.. The 6-4 netminder from Lakeville, Minn., along with fellow commits Clayton Keller, Kieffer Bellows and Chad Krys, was officially named to the Team USA roster for the World U18s. Team USA’s first opponent will be Russia on April 14. NHL Network will televise all of Team USA’s games.

● USA Hockey feature on Oettinger

● USA Hockey Team USA roster; World U18s home page

● IIHF World U18 Championships home page

Looking back

Former All-American and Hobey Baker Award winner Chris Drury has joined Team USA management for the upcoming World Championships. Drury is in his first season as Director of Player Development for the New York Rangers.

● NBC Sports report

Nick Bonino assisted on three goals in Pittsburgh’s 5-3 win against Ottawa. Bonino has been centering the Penguins second line since Evgeny Malkin’s injury and has 12 points in his last seven games.

● NHL.com recap and video

● CBS Sports report

Colin Wilson scored a goal and added an assist in Nashville’s 4-3 win against Colorado.

● NHL.com recap and video

Jack Eichel scored his 24^th goal and added an assist as Buffalo beat New Jersey, 3-1.

● NHL.com recap and video

BU edges UMass on Carpenter's OT goal

Terriers eliminate UMass, 5-4; Women advance to conference title game

Top rookie honors for McAvoy; Women fall in HE final

Link-0-Rama

IBUH #20; Throwback Thursday

Game Day: Terriers vs. River Hawks in the HE Quarterfinals

Lowell tops BU, 3-2, in QF opener

Blanked

JFK, McAvoy named to Hockey East All-Rookie team

Seniors Earn Hockey East Honors; NCAA fate still uncertain

Headed West?

Terriers draw Denver in first-round

Looking back: Drury OT goal eliminates Denver in '97 Regional

IBUH 21: Quinn, Grzelcyk, Rodrigues; West Regional previews

Game Day: Terriers take on the Pioneer in NCAA West regional

Terriers bounced by Denver, 7-2

Linkorama

Grzelcyk, O'Regan sign NHL deals; Looking back: 1995 title game--UPDATED

Winger Patrick Curry joins 2016 recruit class

Maguire and Lane head to the AHL