#1 Boston University (2-0-1, 0-0-0 HE) vs. #3/4 Michigan State (1-1-0, 0-0-0) Big Ten
Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 17 – 7 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 18 – 7 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena – Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey
The No. 1 Boston University males’s ice hockey workforce will host No. 3/4 Michigan State in two top-five matchups at Agganis Arena this weekend.
Friday evening’s contest will likely be nationally broadcast within the United States on ESPN2 and options John Buccigross and 2009 nationwide champion Colby Cohen on the decision.
Fans can buy tickets to this weekend’s video games by clicking here, with each video games additionally being streamed on ESPN+. Friday’s matchup may even be broadcast in Canada on TSN5. In addition, an audio-only broadcast for each video games will likely be situated right here.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- The Terriers took on Colgate of their first weekend collection of the 12 months, coming away with a 6-2 victory on Friday evening and completed tied 2-2 on the finish of time beyond regulation on Saturday evening earlier than successful the shootout, 2-0.
- Friday’s contest featured 5 totally different Terrier scorers, together with three first collegiate objectives from freshmen Ryder Ritchie and Jonathan Morello and junior Mick Frechette.
- Sophomore Cole Eiserman stayed sizzling, scoring his third and fourth objectives of the season within the win.
- He leads the workforce with 5 objectives and 6 factors and leads Hockey East along with his 5 tallies.
- Sophomore Cole Hutson additionally scored in that win, and his 5 factors this 12 months are probably the most by a Hockey East defenseman via the primary two weekends.
- Eiserman scored once more within the tie on Saturday evening, additionally including a purpose within the shootout.
- Freshman Jack Murtagh turned heads with a lovely deke on a breakaway, beating the goaltender for his first collegiate purpose.
- Sophomore goaltender Mikhail Yegorov stopped 47 of 51 pictures over the weekend, good for a 1.92 GAA from the 2 video games.
- The Terriers have proven prowess on the ability play this season, changing on four-of-13 possibilities to begin the 12 months. They have additionally killed off 13-of-14 penalties.
- Eiserman leads the NCAA in energy play objectives with three.
- BU was ranked first within the USCHO and USA Hockey nationwide polls on Monday, Oct. 13.
- This is the primary time BU has topped the polls throughout the season since Jan. 15, 2024.
- ESPN2 final broadcast a house recreation for BU in 2022, when the Terriers took down Harvard 2-1 in time beyond regulation at Walter Brown Arena.
- Agganis Arena final hosted a nationally televised recreation on Nov. 23, 2022, a 5-2 win for the Terriers over Notre Dame on ESPNU.
HISTORY WITH MICHIGAN STATE
- BU is 9-8-0 towards the Spartans in 17 all-time conferences, together with a 1-0 victory final day out at Agganis Arena on Oct. 24, 2014.
- Ahti Oksanen scored the lone purpose within the win and he was assisted by present Vegas Golden Knights captain Jack Eichel and present Chicago Blackhawk Matt Grzelcyk.
- BU and Michigan State have solely met for a regular-season weekend collection twice earlier than, with each coming at Munn Arena. Those collection happened in 1977 and 1988.
- Chris Higgins and Kevin Shattenkirk had been the 2 purpose scorers, and the sport featured Friday evening’s ESPN2 analyst, Colby Cohen, recording a shot and ending +1 on the night for BU.
- The Terriers have gained each contests towards the Spartans performed at Agganis Arena, with the opposite being an Oct. 11, 2008 2-1 win over the Spartans within the championship recreation of the Ice Breaker Tournament.
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
- The Spartans enter this weekend ranked third within the USCHO nationwide ballot and fourth within the USA Hockey ballot.
- Michigan State cut up a weekend collection with New Hampshire to open its season, falling 4-3 on a last-second purpose on Friday evening and delivering a 2-0 win on Saturday.
- Senior Charlie Stramel and freshman Porter Martone every scored a purpose over the weekend and lead the workforce in factors with three apiece.
- Stramel and classmates Matt Basgall and Daniel Russell return as 20-plus level scorers from 2024-25.
- 2025 Richter Award finalist and First Team AHCA All-American netminder Trey Augustine is again in between the pipes for MSU.
- The junior stopped 35 of 39 pictures in his first weekend of motion this 12 months.