BU’s quarterfinal Hockey East playoff best-of-three series at UMass Lowell, which begins on Friday, will be played without general public spectators in order to reduce risk of the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Only credentialed institutional personnel, student-athlete family members, credentialed media crews and official team party members will be allowed to attend games.
The same restrictions will apply to the UMass-Northeastern and BC-Providence quarter-finals series. At this time, there is no attendance restriction for the UConn-Maine series in Orono.
● HockeyEastOnline report
We have confirmed that we will be able to offer a free stream for any games that are played in empty buildings and not televised on NESN. This includes Game 1 of UMass/NU and all games at UMass Lowell vs. BU. Stay tuned for How to Watch info coming soon! https://t.co/OY8Ghd8rfU— Brian Smith (@BriSmi22) March 11, 2020
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Looking back
Former BU All-American and NHL defenseman Freddy Meyer has been named head coach at The Rivers School. He succeeds another Terrier All-American and NHLer, Shawn McEachern, who was recently named head coach of the full season 16U team of the new Boston Imperials Hockey Academy at Matignon. Meyer played 281 NHL games, primarily with the Flyers and Islanders, before going into coaching, most recently with the EHL East Coast Wizards.
● NeutralZone.net report
Evan Rodrigues scored his sixth goal in Pittsburgh’s 5-2 win against the Devils. It was his first tally since being traded to the Pens from Buffalo.
Matt Grzelcyk scored his fourth goal in the Bruins’ 2-0 win against Philadelphia.
Three goals & four points in his last four games. That's a tidy little start to March for Chiasson. #LetsGoOilerspic.twitter.com/YK4i34HWXy— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 10, 2020