No. 13/12 Terriers Journey to Quinnipiac for Saturday Matchup

The No. 13/12 Boston University males’s ice hockey crew will proceed its 104th season with a standalone Saturday conflict in opposition to the #10/9 Quinnipiac Bobcats at M&T Bank Arena on Saturday. Puck drop is scheduled for 4 p.m. 

Fans can buy tickets to Saturday’s sport by clicking here, with the sport being streamed on ESPN+ and on TSN+. In addition, an audio-only broadcast for Saturday evening’s contest will probably be situated right here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU swept a home-and-home sequence in opposition to Merrimack final weekend, taking the primary sport 3-2 in extra time and the second contest 5-4 on the street.
• Sophomore Cole Hutson, the reigning National Defender of the Month, was the extra time hero within the first sport on Friday, potting his fourth purpose of the season simply 21 seconds into the additional body.
• The Terriers would solely drive extra time with 3:30 to go, as freshman Jack Murtagh notched the tying purpose. Freshman Jonathan Morello was the opposite scorer for the Terriers.
• The Terriers would strike first simply 36 seconds into the second due to a Gavin McCarthy purpose.
• In Saturday’s contest, BU bought forward to a 3-0 lead as junior captain Gavin McCarthy, Hutson and freshman Ryder Ritchie potted targets.
• Merrimack would reply with two tallies within the second interval.
• Senior Owen McLaughlin scored within the third and sophomore Jack Harvey added an empty-net strike to make it 5-2.
• The Warriors would add two extra targets to maintain it shut within the closing three minutes, however BU prevailed 5-4.
• Sophomore Sacha Boisvert notched a career-high 4 assists within the win Saturday — that additionally signified a profession excessive in factors with 4.
• For his efforts, he was named Hockey East Player of the Week. He is the one Hockey East participant to notch 4 assists in a sport this season.
• Sophomore goaltender Mikhail Yegorov stopped 50 of 56 pictures over the weekend.
• On Thursday McCarthy was named to the U.S. Collegiate Selects roster for the upcoming Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland, from Dec. 26-31, 2025.
• He would be the first Terrier to participate within the occasion since Dante Fabbro dressed for Team Canada within the 2018 Spengler Cup.

HISTORY WITH QUINNIPIAC

• BU and Quinnipiac have met simply 5 instances, with the Terriers proudly owning a 4-1 benefit over the Bobcats.
• The final assembly between the groups was a top-five matchup in 2023, because the then-No. 3 Terriers toppled the then-No. 5 Bobcats, 3-2, at Agganis Arena.
• Down 2-0 within the third interval, the Terriers stormed again for a win due to a purpose from present Bobcat Jeremy Wilmer and two targets from present Chicago Blackhawk Ryan Greene.
• The Terriers are 2-0 at M&T Bank Arena, with the final contest performed between the 2 groups in Hamden approaching Oct. 8, 2017. 

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS

• The Bobcats presently sport a 6-3-2 document and are 1-1-0 within the ECAC.
• Last weekend, they opened convention play with a 4-2 loss at Yale and a 4-3 extra time win over Brown on the street. 
• In the win, former Terrier Jeremy Wilmer scored the game-winning purpose in extra time. He additionally notched an help.
• Wilmer and sophomore ahead Chris Pelosi personal the crew’s targets lead with six every, whereas freshman Ethan Wyttenbach leads the Bobcats in factors with 12. 
• The Bobcats rank twenty sixth within the nation in scoring offense getting into the weekend with 3.18 targets per sport, however have the 14th-ranked protection within the nation, solely permitting 2.27 targets per sport.
• Head coach Rand Pecknold is in his thirty second 12 months on the helm of this system.
• Junior goaltender Matej Marinov has made seven begins this season.
• He owns a 2.22 GAA and an .899 save proportion.