Vermont (4-1 W)

It was do or die for the #6 seed Terriers against the #11 seed Catamounts, as a loss would end BU’s season.

Cole Eiserman opened the scoring with a power play goal at 17:16 in the first. Eiserman’s scoring BU’s last two Hockey East Tournament goals at Agganis Arena dating back to the 2025 Quarterfinal GWG in OT vs UMass. Cole Hutson had the primary assist on the goal, the 12th time he has recorded the primary assist on an Eiserman goal. BU held UVM to just 4 shots in the first period.

In the second, Vermont tied things up 2:51 in the period.

Cole Eiserman gave the Terriers back the lead at 6:51 in the third, it was Eiserman’s 30th goal at Agganis Arena meaning 69.77% of his goals have been at home. 6 minutes Cole Hutson doubled the Terriers lead with his 6th career power play goal and 1st of the season. It was just the 2nd time that both Coles recorded power play goals in the same game—first time since March 6th, 2025 vs. Providence. Cole Eiserman’s secondary assist on Hutson’s goal gave him his 4th career 3+ point game and second against Vermont. Jack Harvey capped off the win with an empty netter at 17:15 in the period. His third goal in as many home games for the first time in his career.

BU advances as a 6th seed for the first time in program history with their first win as the 6th seed since 2001. BU finishes their time at Agganis Arena 9-8-1, their 27th straight season without a losing record at home

Other Notes

• BU recorded 2 power play goals in a game for the first time since October 25th at UConn

• BU improves to 4-2-0 against Vermont in Hockey East tournament games

Advanced Stats

BU won Puck Battles 53% to 47% but lost face-offs in all three zones: OZone (42% to 59%), NZone (20% to 80%), and DZone (41% to 58%). BU has failed to hold the face off edge in any zone 6 times this season, they are 5-1-0 in such games. In 15 instances of OZone Play, BU recorded shots in 14 (93%).

Per Period xG: 1st (0.94-0.28, BU), 2nd (0.98-1.15, UVM), 3rd (0.81-1.01, UVM)

For a team leading 6th tie this season Cole Eiserman is the team’s top performer. The performance was his second best of the season just behind Colgate (3.86).

Both teams recorded 3 high danger shots, for BU (.75 xG) two were saved and the other resulted in Cole Eiserman’s 2nd goal (.30 xG), while UVM (.83 xG) had one result in a goal, one saved and one miss the net.

The Terriers held the xG edge the entire game with differential hovering around .5 for most of the game.

10 of 18 Terriers recorded xG% over 50, led by Jonathan Morello at 80.53.

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The #6 Terriers (17-16-2, HEA: 12-12-0) head to Storrs to face the #3 UConn Huskies (March 14th, 1pm) in the Hockey East Tournament Quarterfinals with a trip to the Garden on the line.

Connecticut

(18-11-5, HEA (3rd): 12-9-3)

In a rematch of the 2025 Hockey East Tournament Semifinal, BU faces off with UConn for a spot at the Garden. The teams split the season series with each team winning on the road (4-8, 3-1).

BU enters off of a win against Vermont midweek in the Hockey East opening round at Agganis Arena. Cole Eiserman recorded his 9th career multigoal game with Cole Hutson and Jack Harvey also contributing goals.

UConn enters with just 1 win in their last 6 (1-4-1), beating UNH on March 5th (4-1) before losing to Providence (1-3) on March 7th. Senior Tristan Fraser scored two in the win, his first career multigoal game. Huskies’ leading scorer Ryan Tattle is on a two game goal streak and three game point streak.

The Huskies will be the second straight “repeat” opponent in the Jay Pandolfo Era.

Records

• 2-2-0 vs UConn in the Hockey East Tournament (0-1-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 54-26-1 in the Hockey East Tournament Quarter Final (3-0-0)

• 2-0-1 at Toscano Ice Forum (2-0-1)

Stats

• Macklin Celebrini’s only 4 point game on the road was at Toscano Ice Forum

• Jack Harvey has more goals at Toscano (3) than any other venue outside Agganis Arena

Vermont

(13-20-1, HEA (11th): 8-15-1)

The Terriers are playing in the Opening Round of the Hockey East Tournament for the first time since 2016 when they hosted UMass Amherst.

BU enters on a loss to UML (3-4) which saw Owen McLaughlin, Cole Eiserman, and Gavin McCarthy score. Prior to the loss the Terriers were on a three game winning streak including a sweep of Boston College.

Vermont enters unbeaten in their last two earning a win last time out vs. Maine (5-3) and a tie vs Merrimack. Prior to that, the Catamounts were on a six game losing streak. Freshman Cedrick Guindon and Sophomore Colin Kessler each had 3 points in the win vs Maine, with Kessler contributing 2 goals.

The teams split the regular season series (2-1, 2-3) both games at Agganis Arena. Four different Terriers scored in the series: Nick Roukounakis, Cole Eiserman, Charlie Trethewey (his first as a Terrier), and Kamil Bednarik.

This will be the 2nd time in the Jay Pandolfo Era that BU will host Vermont in a Hockey East playoff game. The game will be exactly 3 years to the day of the 2023 Hockey East quarterfinal game against the Catamounts (7-3) en route to their 10th title in program history.

Records

• 3-2-0 vs. Vermont in HEA Playoffs (1-0-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 2-1-0 in HEA Tournament Opening Round

• 2-0-0 in the HEA Opening Round at Home

• 28-8-0 in HEA Tournament at Agganis Arena (3-0-0)

Stats

• Vermont is the first team that BU has played in the Hockey East Opening Round, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals

• Last HEA playoff game vs. Vermont, Nick Zabaneh recorded the Terriers’ first HEA tournament hat trick since David Van der Gulik in 2006 (QF vs UMA and SF vs. UNH)

UMass Lowell

(12-20-0, HEA (10th): 8-14-0)

The Terriers head to Lowell to close out the regular season against the River Hawks. The game completes the three game set started in January (3-4 (OT), 3-0). Last time the Terriers visit the River Hawks, Mikhail Yegorov shut out Lowell in a 23 save effort. Cole Hutson scored the game winner with Nick Roukounakis and Ben Merrill adding to the lead.

BU on a three game winning streak including their first the weekend sweep of arch-rivals since 2023. Cole Eiserman and Jack Harvey are each on a three game goal streak.

UML was off this past weekend and hold a 3-6-0 record since they last saw the Terriers including getting swept by Northeastern their last time out (0-2, 2-8). Dillan Bentley leads the River Hawks in goals (13) but scored just 2 in February.

Records

• 20-18-5 vs. UML at the Tsongas Center (3-1-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 13-6-1 vs. UML in March

• 2-0-1 vs. UML in March in Regular Season games

Stats

• Each of the last three goals scored by a Terrier defenseman at the Tsongas Center were scored by a Hutson (2 by Cole, 1 by Lane)

• BU has ended the regular season against UMass Lowell just twice: 1986-87 a 3-2 win at Walter Brown Arena on March 6th, and 2020-21 a 3-3 tie at Tsongas also on March 6th

Women’s

Providence (3-0 W)

After a scoreless first where BU out shot PC 10-6, the Terriers opened the scoring 41 seconds into the 2nd. Sydney Healey scored what ultimately became the game winning goal, her 16th of the season, setting a new career high for goals in the season. It is also her 3rd SHG of the season the most by a Terrier since Jesse Compher also recorded 3 in 2018-19. Only 2 Terriers have scored more in a season: Rebecca Leslie (5) in 2015-16 and Victoria Bach (4) in 2017-18. Healey added an empty netter at 18:01 in the third. Her 8th career multigoal game and 6th at Walter Brown Arena. Maeve Kelly record an assist on each of BU’s first two goals giving Kelly her second multipoint game in as many home games. 20 seconds later, Lilli Welcke sealed things with another empty net goal. Welcke recorded a point in every game she played against the Friars at Walter Brown Arena.

Mari Pietersen records BU's first Hockey East Tournament shutout almost exactly 10 yrs to the day of their last one on Feb 26th, 2016 a 25 save effort by Erin O'Neil vs UVM at Walter Brown (3-0). It is also BU’s 60th shut out win. BU is unbeaten in their last 8 games vs. PC (7-0-1).

Other Notes

• Each of BU's last 4 shutouts have had a score of 3-0

• This is BU’s first opening round win in their 3rd appearance

• 2 of BU’s 3 shutouts of Providence have come in the Hockey East Tournament

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Home Away from Home

For the 5th time this season the #8 Terriers and #1 Huskies will face off. This time in a win or go home playoff game. It is the 2nd straight season they will face the Huskies 5 times. It is also the first time BU will face the NU 4 times at Walter Brown Arena, as NU is unable to host the game even as the higher seed.

The Huskies won 3 of the 4 games this season with the Terriers sole win coming in OT of the Beanpot semifinal at Walter Brown (2-1). Captain Maeve Carey scored her sole goal of the season with the game winner.

NU has lost just 1 game since the Beanpot semifinal (12-1-1), with their sole loss coming to BC on February 15th (0-1 OT) at Bentley Arena.

BU enters winning two of their last three. Clara Yuhn has scored in 3 of 4 games against NU this season. Sydney Healey has a goal and 2 assists.

Records

• 6-2 vs. NU in the Hockey East Playoffs (1-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 1-2 vs. NU in HEA Playoffs at Home

• 15-8 in HEA Quarterfinals

• 14-2 in HEA Quarterfinals at home (1-0)

Stats

• BU has never played a true road game against Northeastern in the Women's Hockey East Tournament the teams have only played at Walter Brown Arena or a neutral site

Women’s

The Terriers host #9 seed Providence on Wednesday (February 25th, 6pm) in the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament.

Providence

(11-21-2, HEA (9th): 8-14-2)

The Terriers welcome the Friars to Walter Brown Arena for the second time in as many weeks. On Senior Night, Lexie Bertelsen, Maeve Kelly and Luisa Welcke all scored in the 3-1 win over the Friars.

During the regular season, BU was unbeaten against the Friars winning both games at Walter Brown (4-1, 3-1) and tying the single game at Schneider Arena.

BU and PC have faced off 4 times in the Hockey East tournament, including three straight years from 2012-2014. The first in 2012 saw the Terriers win their 2nd straight Hockey East title in 2OT (2-1) at the Hyannis Center. The 2013 Tournament met in the semifinals with Kerrin Sperry posting a 42 save shutout in rout to the teams 3rd straight title. 2014 was a quarterfinal matchup at Walter Brown Arena (3-2). Finally their last meeting was 2021 in which Friars topped the Terriers 3-4 at Schneider Arena, the Terriers the 6 seed, Friars the 3 seed.

Records

• 3-1-0 vs. Providence in the Hockey East Tournament

• 15-9-0 in HEA Tournament games at Home (2-1-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 0-2-0 in Opening Round Games (0-1-0)

Stats

• Each BU’s last 3—and 4 of their last 5— HEA Tournament games have gone to overtime

• Lilli Welcke leads all active Terriers with 6 HEA Tournament points, her sister Luisa joins her with 5 assists

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Men’s

Arch-rivals face off in the 301st (February 27th, 7pm, Agganis Arena) and 302nd (February 28th, 7pm, Conte Forum) Battles of Comm Ave this weekend.

Boston College

(19-10-1, HEA (2nd): 13-7-0)

The Comm Ave rivals have faced off twice this season with the Eagles coming out on top in both (1-4, 2-6).

The Terriers were off last week but come in on a split with UNH (1-4, 5-3). Five different Terriers scored in the win and five players recorded multipoint games.

The Eagles enter on a three game winning streak including a sweep of UConn over the weekend (5-2, 2-1 (OT)). James Hagens had his 2nd hat trick of the season and first since November 28th vs. Notre Dame.

Records

• 141-138-21 vs. BC (4-9-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 62-52-4 vs. BC in February (2-2-0)

• 60-33-9 on Senior Night (3-0-0)

• 10-12-3 vs. BC on Senior Night

Stats

• Friday will be the first time BU will host BC at home on February 27th since 1990 (4-2 W)

• It will be just the 2nd time since 2001 that BU will face BC on Senior Night and first since 2022 (6-3 W)

Women’s

The Terriers face Providence (February 20th, 6pm) before traveling to Chestnut Hill (February 21st, 4pm) to close out the season with BC.

Providence

(11-19-2, HEA (T-8th): 8-12-2)

Providence come to town for Senior Night in what may be the last game at Walter Brown Arena this season. Earlier this season the Terriers took 5 of 6 points against the Friars winning 4-1 at Walter Brown and earning the shootout win (2-2) at Schneider Arena on November 21st and 22nd.

The Friars come in on a two game winning streak beating BC (2-1 (OT)) and Holy Cross (3-2) over the weekend. Team leading scorer Reichen Kirchmair scored in both games for the Friars including the OT game winner against BC. PC has won 4 of their last 6 after starting 2026 losing 7 straight.

BU comes in losers of 4 straight including 3 shutouts. Clara Yuhn and Neely Nicholson the sole goalscorers in their 2-5 loss to NU on Friday. The Terriers should have the Welckes back in the lineup after return from the Olympics.

Six different Terriers scored a goal against the Friars earlier in the season. Sydney Healey (11/22/25) and Riley Walsh (11/21/25) each recorded multipoint games against the Friars.

Records

• 23-6-2 vs. PC at home (4-0-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 5-3-0 vs. PC at home in February (1-0-0)

• 11-8-1 on Senior Night (0-2-0)

Stats

• Sydney Healey leads all seniors with 17 goals, 18 assists and 35 points at Walter Brown Arena

• Clara Yuhn leads all seniors with 4 goals and 6 points vs. PC

• Healey and Yuhn are the only seniors with more than a goal vs. PC at Walter Brown Arena

Boston College

(14-17-1, HEA (3rd): 12-9-1)

BU heads to The Heights to face the Eagles to close out their regular season slate. BC swept the first two times the teams faced off in mid November (5-2, 3-2). Lexie Bertelsen recorded her only multipoint game on November 14th against the Eagles at Agganis.

BC has just 7 wins since sweeping the Terriers in November, including a 6 game losing streak in end/start the year. The Eagles have won 3 of their last 5 all in OT, with one of their two losses also coming in OT.

Clara Yuhn leads all seniors with 9 points against BC, Sydney Healey leads with 5 goals.

Records

• 9-10-1 in Season Finales (0-2-0)

• 0-2-1 in Season Finales vs. BC

Stats

• Sydney Healey’s 5 goals vs. BC is the most against an opponent in which she doesn’t also have an assist

• BU and BC have never closed the regular season against each other at Conte Forum

• It is the first time BU and BC will face each other to end the season and BC is unranked

Women’s

The Terriers host a pair of Huskies, facing Northeastern (February 13th, 6pm) and UConn (February 14th, 4pm).

Northeastern

(23-6-1, HEA (1st): 18-1-1)

The Terriers and Huskies will complete their four game series this weekend. NU took the first two (1-3, 3-7) while the Terriers won last time out, beating the Huskies in the Beanpot semifinal. Captain Maeve Carey had the OT game winner to sent the Terriers to the Beanpot.

NU comes in as the newly crowned Hockey East Regular Season Champions. The Huskies are unbeaten in their last 8 since losing to BU. Their only blemish a shootout win against Holy Cross on January 29th at Walter Brown Arena. Allie Lalonde scored the game winner against Vermont (3-2) in overtime, after the Huskies gave up an extra attacker goal at 19:33.

BU comes in after two straight shutouts at the hands of Vermont (0-3) and Maine (0-2). Michelle Pasiechnyk made 17 saves on 18 shots she faced against Maine.

Records

• 16-17-3 vs. NU at home (2-3-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 15-9-6 vs. NU in February (1-0-0)

• 7-4-2 vs. NU at home in February

Stats

• After losing 12 straight to the Huskies, BU is 4-3-0 in their last 7 against NU

• Sydney Healey’s 10 points against NU is the most by any Terriers since 2017-18

Connecticut

(21-7-2, HEA (2nd): 14-5-1)

BU and UConn face off to complete their three game set this weekend. The Terriers won the shootout in Storrs (1-1) in early December to end a 6 game losing streak to the Huskies while UConn won following night at Walter Brown Arena (2-3).

UConn enters on a two game winning streak after beating Providence in OT (2-1) and Boston College (6-2). Senior forward Megan Woodworth, the team’s leading goalscorer had two goals and an assist in the win over BC—her first 3 point game of the season and first of her career.

Records

• 16-11-5 vs. UConn at Home (0-4-0)

• 6-4-2 vs. UConn at Home in February (0-3-0)

Stats

• Avery Supryka only goal and only multipoint game this season was against UConn at Walter Brown Arena

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Men’s

The Terriers travel New Hampshire (February 13th, 7pm) before host the Wildcats at Agganis Arena (February 14th, 6pm).

BU enters off a devastating loss to BC in the Beanpot final 2-6, Brandon Svoboda and Cole Eiserman each scored.

UNH enters winless in their last 7 with only a shootout win against Merrimack on January 31st. On Friday, the Wildcats took a one goal lead on Cam MacDonald’s 5th goal of the season before allowing 6 unanswered to Providence (1-6).

Jack Harvey has 9 points against UNH (1g-8a) his most vs. any opponent and the most of any active Terrier vs. UNH. Harvey’s 8 assists is the most by a Terrier against the Wildcats since 2012-13.

Records

• 122-53-1 vs. UNH (7-1-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 17-8-4 vs. UNH at Agganis Arena (4-0-0)

Stats

• The Terriers have won 18 of their last 20 against UNH (18-1-1) with their sole loss coming on October 13th, 2023 at the #1 team in the country

• Quinn Hutson recorded a hat trick vs. UNH last time out on January 31st, 2025

First Round Recap

Before we preview the 73rd Beanpot final, let’s take a look back at the first round, where both finalist put things away early.

Semifinal 1: BC 5 Harvard 1

Drew Fortescue opened the scoring in the 73rd Beanpot at 3:10 in the first period. It was his first goal since November 14th and it ties a career high 4th of the season. At 13:11 and 15:21 identical stat lines of James Hagens from Oscar Hemming and Andre Gasseau gave the Eagles a 3-0 lead going into the first intermission. It was Hagens first multigoal game since November 28th vs Notre Dame in which he scored a hat trick.

30 seconds into the 2nd period Harvard’s Ryan Healey got the Crimson on the board with his third of the season. At the near mirror point of the period at 19:40 in the period Dean Letourneau restored the Eagles 3 goal lead with his team leading 15th of the season and first in the Beanpot on the power play.

In the third Lukas Gustafsson scored just his 11th career goal in 135 games, but his 2nd straight Beanpot semifinal goal on the power play at 18:55 in the period.

The Eagles move on to their second straight Beanpot Championship game for the first time since 2013 and 2014—both times facing NU and winning. The win was BC’s 14th over Harvard in the Beanpot semifinal and first since 2019. It was the Eagles first win over Harvard in a Beanpot semifinal by more than a goal since 2013, a 4-1 win.

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Semifinal 2: BU 2 Northeastern 2 (BU wins shootout 2-1)

In the nightcap, Huskies’ leading scorer Dylan Hryckowian opened the scoring with his 1st power play goal of the season at 9:20 in the first period. It was his second career Beanpot goal and 15th goal of the season.

In the second, Jonathan Morello tied things up for the Terriers at 1:41 in the period. The goal was his 6th of the season and 6th in the City of Boston—4 at Agganis Arena, 1 at Bright-Landry Hockey Center, 1 at TD Garden. He is also the first Bruins prospect to score at TD Garden for BU since Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson vs. BC in the 2017 Beanpot semifinal. At 4:55 in the period Jacob Mathieu gave NU the lead back, Mathieu’s 2nd goal of the season against the Terriers. Just over 3 minutes late Nick Roukounakis tied things up at 7:44 in the period. Roukounakis has 4 points in his 3 Beanpot games and 8 points in all other games. Cole Hutson assisted on the goal and extends his point streak at the Garden to 4 games.

After a scoreless 3rd, the teams headed to overtime where a late game winning goal for the Terriers was wiped away due to an interference penalty. The Terriers killed the last 38 seconds of overtime a man down.

For the first time ever, the Beanpot semifinal headed to a shootout. Mikhail Yegorov stopped Giacomo Martino’s first attempt. Jack Harvey gave BU the lead after the first round. Dylan Hryckowian tied things up in the shoot out as Cole Eiserman’s 2nd round attempt was saved. In round three Jacob Mathieu saw his attempt saved. 2025 Beanpot MVP Cole Hutson stepped up, with the game on his stick and sent the Terriers to their 58th Beanpot Championship game as he shot trickled into the net.

The Terriers advanced past the Huskies for the first time since 2016. It was the Terriers 3rd “NCAA tie” in the Beanpot following two ties in 2020—Beanpot advanced in 2OT in the semifinal over BC and lost in 2OT in the final vs. NU. It was the Terrier men’s first time in a Beanpot shootout. The women’s squad has competed in 3 and advanced in their last 2 (2019 and 2024).

Advanced Stats

The Terriers won both OZone Faceoffs (56%-46%) and DZone Faceoff (54%-44%) while teams were even in NZone Faceoffs (50%-50%). BU held possession at EV 59% to 41%.

Cole Hutson has his second best career Game Score performance only behind last year’s Beanpot semifinal vs. Harvard (7.2736).

BU recorded 3 High Danger shots (1.17 xG) one of which resulted in Morello’s goal (.46 xG), one was saved (.46 xG), and one missed the net (.25 xG). NU recorded just 1 (.21 xG) which was saved.

BU dominate the xG differential from puck drop to the end of the game.

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Battling Back

Consolation Game (4:30 pm): Northeastern vs. Harvard

For the second straight year Northeastern and Harvard will face off in the Beanpot Consolation game. NU are in the early game in back to back years for the first time since 2016 and 2017. Harvard is making their third straight appearance in the game.

NU enters (12-13-1, HEA (6th): 12-13-1) on a loss to UConn, shut out 0-2 at a game played at Bentley. The Huskies are winless in their last 5 and have just 2 wins since December 7th.

Harvard enters (12-10-1, ECAC (4th) 10-6-0) losers of two in a row. After losing to BC in round one on Monday (1-5), the Crimson fell to Dartmouth at home (1-3), Richard Gallant the lone goalscorer against the Big Green.

Harvard has played in 7 of the last 8 Beanpot Consolation games and 45th overall (21 thirds, 24 last place finishes). Northeastern has not won the game since 2017.

Championship Game (7:30 pm) BU vs. BC

The most played Championship Game matchup (23) in Beanpot history will get its 24th edition Monday night, as the Boston University Terriers take on the Boston College Eagles, in a rematch of the 2025 Title Game. It will be also be the 300th Battle of Comm Ave, TD Garden will take sole possession of 5th place as the site now 31 of the matchups.

The Defending Beanpot Champion BU (13-13-2, HEA (4th): 9-10-0) enter unbeaten in their last two following a shootout win in the semifinal with an overtime win over Maine (3-2). Ryder Ritchie, whose OT goal was wiped off the board on Monday, got the game winner for the Terriers. Jack Murtagh and Cole Eiserman both had goals.

BC (15-9-1, HEA (2nd): 10-6-0) come in on an up and down week. After putting up 5 against Harvard, the Eagles gave up 6 to Vermont in a 1-6 loss. James Hagens, the only goalscorer for the Eagles on the power play 47 seconds into the second. The goal which cut the deficit to 1-2 was followed up by 4 unanswered goals.

BU holds the edge in Beanpot Final matchups, 13-10, after winning last year’s final. This will be just the 3rd final between the rivals in which BU comes in with a win and BC comes in with a loss—1995 and 1997, both BU wins.

Last seasons final was first between the two not to go to OT since 2010 and first that was not a one goal game 2001 and the first three goal game since 2000.

Women’s

The Terriers head to Burlington, VT (February 5th, 6pm) before returning to host the Black Bears (February 7th, 4pm).

Vermont

(12-14-4, HEA (T-7th): 6-9-3)

The Terriers complete their three game season series with the Catamounts. Vermont swept the weekend (2-5, 1-2) at Walter Brown in the aftermath of the Terriers Beanpot Championship loss two weeks ago. It was the first time the Terriers have lost to Vermont at home twice in the same season.

After being swept by Vermont, the Scarlet and White took their frustration out on Merrimack and swept the Warriors to end January (3-0, 3-1). Michelle Pasiechnyk recorded her first shutout as a Terrier and 22nd of her career. Sydney Healey tied her career high with her 14th and 15th goals of the season.

Vermont on the other hand was swept by Providence (1-4, 2-3). Catamounts’ leading scorer Stella Retrum extended her point streak to 5 games and has 7 points in that span. No other Catamount has more than 9 goals.

Records

• 20-8-2 vs. Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse (2-1-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 7-1-0 vs. Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse in February (1-0-0)

Stats

• 3 Terriers have recorded hat tricks at Gutterson Fieldhouse: Marie-Philip Poulin on January 22nd, 2011, Sammy Davis on January 17th, 2016, and Victoria Bach (4) on November 17th, 2017

• Sydney Healey has 6 goals in her last 5 games vs. Vermont

Maine

(10-15-3, HEA (T-7th): 6-9-3)

The Terriers host the Black Bears to close out their three game season series. The teams split the weekend in early November (1-3, 2-1) at Alfond Arena. Clara Yuhn and Sydney Healey each had a goal in the win.

Maine has had an up and down season. After winning their 2026 opener over Holy Cross (2-1), the Black Bears went winless in their next 5 including getting swept by UConn. They have won two of their last three in a row and face Northeastern midweek before their matchup with the Terriers.

Records

• 16-12-1 vs. Maine at Walter Brown Arena (0-1-0)

• 5-4-0 vs. Maine in February at Walter Brown Arena (0-1-0)

Stats

• Lola Reid is the only active Terrier with a multipoint game vs. Maine at home doing so at Agganis Arena on October 19th, 2024

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Men’s

The men host Maine (February 6th, 7pm) in a single game between the Beanpot.

The Terriers face the Black Bears to close out their three game set. BU was swept early in the season in Orono (4-5 (OT), 5-8). Brandon Svoboda and Ben Merrill each scored two goals in the weekend series, Cole Hutson had 5 points (1g-4a).

Maine is 9-8-1 since sweeping BU in November. However, their only losses in 2026 have been to Providence. In their sole game over the weekend they held the lead for much of the game until PC tied it with 5 seconds left in the game before winning it in overtime.

BU enters off a loss to BC (1-4) and a shootout win in the Beanpot semifinal against Northeastern (2-2), Cole Hutson scored the shootout winner and had an assist in the game. Nick Roukounakis scored his first Beanpot goal and his 4th Beanpot point. The Terriers will face BC in a rematch of last year’s final.

Records

• 45-19-6 vs. Maine at Home (4-0-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 11-0-0 vs. Maine at Home in February

• 41-14-4 in the game between the second week of the Beanpot (1-1-0)

Stats

• Under Jay Pandolfo, BU has played Maine 4 times at home all in the year 2023

• Cole Hutson leads all active Terriers with 6 points against Maine

The Matchups

Semifinal 1 (5 pm): BC vs. Harvard

The Eagles and Crimson face off for the first time since January 14th, 2025 (3-1 BC win) and the first time in the Beanpot since the 2024 Beanpot Consolation Game (5-0 BC Win). BC leads the all semifinal series 13-10 with 7 of those wins coming since 2001. Prior to their last semifinal matchup in 2023 the Eagles has won 7 straight against the Crimson. The matchup has seen 5 overtime semifinal games including the last one however there has only been 2 since 1998.

Semifinal 2 (8pm): BU vs. Northeastern

For the 4th time this season the Terriers and Huskies will face off. BU won 2 of 3 so far including each of the last two (2-3, 4-3 (OT), 4-3). Their last game against each other saw BU come back from down 2-3 with less than 2 minutes to play to close out Boston (Matthews) Arena on December 13th.

BU holds an 18-5 lead all time in semifinals but have not beaten NU on the first Monday in February since 2016. Every final since 2009 has featured one or the other other. Since 2018, the only teams that have lifted the Beanpot have been Boston University and Northeastern including 4 head to head finals. Last season was the first time since 2017 that the teams didn’t face each other in the Beanpot.

The Teams

Boston University

The defending Beanpot Champion Terriers (12-13-1, HEA (4th): 8-10-0) will look to win back to back titles for the first time since 2006-2007. All four goal scorers in last year Beanpot Championship game return for the Terriers including Beanpot MVP Cole Hutson who recorded 5 points in last years tournament. The 2025 Eberly Trophy winner Mikhail Yegorov also returns for his 2nd Beanpot.

The Terriers enter on a three game losing streak on the down of an up and down second half of an up and down season. Though the Scarlet and White have two shutouts in 2026, they have also been shut out twice in 2026. BU has strung together 3 wins in a row just once this season, while they have strung 3 losses in a row twice this season. On the positive side, BU won their 1 other game at an NHL arena this season, beating Cornell at Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden.

Players to Watch

• Cole Hutson (D, SO), the 2025 Beanpot MVP is 1st in Hockey East and 5th nationally in points by a defenseman

• Cole Eiserman (F, SO) has scored in each of BU’s last 3 neutral site games

• Nick Roukounakis (F, SO) recorded 3 of his 5 points last season in the Beanpot

• Mikhail Yegorov (G, SO) record a .972 save percentage in last year’s Beanpot, the best save percentage by an Eberly winner since TJ Semptimphelter (.972) in 2022 in a losing effort for NU vs BU

Boston College

The Eagles (14-8-1, HEA (2nd): 10-5-0) enter as runners-up of the 2025 Beanpot after making their first Beanpot final since 2019. BC are the top ranked Beanpot team coming into the tournament.

After a rocky October where they finished 2-4-1, BC lost just 1 in November (shut out by Maine, 0-3, on November 22nd), 1 in December (Western Michigan in the Holiday Face-off in Wisconsin, 3-5). They followed two straight losses to Providence to start January with 3 straight wins over UNH (5-2, 3-0) and BU (4-1).

Players to Watch

• Dean Letourneau (F, SO) is second among Hockey East skaters in goals with 14 after 0 as a freshman

• James Hagens (F, SO) has 7 points in his last 6 games

• Jake Sondreal (F, SO) leads the Eagles with 14 assists but has just 1 in 2026

• Louka Cloutier (G, FR) has the 3rd most shutouts in Hockey East with 3

Harvard

The Crimson (12-8-1, ECAC (2nd): 10-5-0) finished 3rd in last year’s Beanpot, after getting rocked by BU 7-1, beat Northeastern 4-3 to earn their 21st third place finish.

A solid first half for Harvard (7-3-1) with their only losses coming to Michigan (1-5, 3-4 (OT)) and Cornell (1-3), gave way to a rough start to 2026, which saw the Crimson loss 4 in a row. The team, however, bounced back winning 4 straight before falling again to rival Cornell (1-4). Harvard does come in on a win, over RPI (3-1).

Players to Watch

• Mick Thompson (F, SO) has at least a point in 7 of 9 games in 2026, including a 6 game point streak prior to going pointless vs. RPI

• Casey Severo (F, SR) recorded 3 multipoint games in November

• Philip Tresca (F, SR) has a career high 16 points on the season and has more multipoint games (7) than single point games (2) this season

• Ben Charette (G, SO) has a .909 SV% in back to back seasons and is the only goalie outside of Mikhail Yegorov with Beanpot experience

Northeastern

The Huskies (12-12-0, HEA (T-5th): 7-9-0) enter the Beanpot after their first 4th place finish since 2012 in the 2025 Beanpot. The most successful Beanpot team in the past decade will look to return to their heights of the recent past.

After starting the season 10-4-0, NU has lost 8 since December 7th, including separate 5 and 3 game losing streaks with their only success being a sweep of UNH on January 16th and 18th.

Players to Watch

• Dylan Hryckowian (F, JR) leads all Hockey East players with 31 points

• Jacob Mathieu (F, FR) has 6 multipoint games on the season

• Vinny Borgesi (D, SR) leads the nation in TOI/G with 27:31

• Lawton Zacher (G, JR) is 2nd among HEA goalies in GAA (2.15) and 3rd in SV% (.928)

Women’s

The Terriers travel to Merrimack (January 30th, 2pm) before hosting the Warriors (January 31st, 4pm).

Merrimack

(5-18-3, HEA (10th): 2-13-1)

The Terriers enter on a 4 game losing streak including getting swept at home by Vermont (2-5, 1-2). Sydney Healey scored in both games to extend her goal streak against Vermont to 5 straight, 2nd longest by any Terrier against the Catamounts.

Merrimack come into the weekend winners of two of their last 3 including a road split with Maine (2-0, 2-4). Sophomore transfer Adreanna Doucette recorded her first shutout for the Warriors making 33 saves in the win. In game two the Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the second before allowing four goals in the 3rd to give Maine the win. Merrimack is led by junior forward Emma Pfeffer, who leads the team in goals with 10 and points with 18. Senior forward Avery Anderson and junior defender Hailey Eikos leads the Warriors with 10 assist each. In net, Doucette (2.65 GAA/.923 SV%) and freshman Lauren Lyons (4.07/.895) have split time.

Clara Yuhn leads all active Terriers with 7 goals vs. Merrimack, no other Terrier has more than 4. Two of Yuhn’s three multi-goal games have come against Merrimack.

Records

• 20-4-6 vs. Merrimack (5-0-1 under Tara Watchorn)

• 6-1-2 vs. Merrimack in January

Other Notes

• Only Victoria Bach (10) has more career goals than Clara Yuhn

• Each of the last two Terrier hat tricks have come against Merrimack—Madison Cardaci (January 27th) and Lacey Martin (November 4th)

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Men’s

The Terriers host the Eagles (January 30th, 7pm) in the first of three games this season.

Boston College

(13-8-1, HEA (T-2nd): 9-5-0)

The Terriers look to get back on the winning track and gain some positive momentum going into the Beanpot after being swept by Providence (3-4, 0-4). It was the first time the Terriers have been shutout by Providence since October 26th, 2018.

Boston College enters on a sweep of UNH (5-2, 3-0). Dean Letourneau scored his 12th and 13th of the season in Friday’s win. Will Vote recorded his first career hat trick, scoring all three of the Eagles goals on Saturday. The Eagles are led by Letourneau in goals with 13, Jake Sondreal leads the team in assists with 13, and James Hagens and Letourneau lead the team with 23 points. In net freshman Louka Cloutier has taken most of the starts with a 2.22 GAA and .912 SV% along with 3 shutouts.

Gavin McCarthy leads all active Terriers 3 points against the Eagles, McCarthy and Cole Eiserman each have 2 goals.

Records

• 141-136-21 vs. BC (4-7-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 67-63-12 vs. BC at Home (1-2-0)

• 55-12-5 in the pre-Beanpot game (3-0)

Other Notes

• It is the first time since 1958 that BU’s last game before the Beanpot will be against Boston College. Larry Creighton recorded a hat trick, Jack Carruthers and Bob Marquis had 3 assists each in a 7-4 on January 20th at the Boston Garden

  

• It is the first time since 1970 that BC’s last game before the Beanpot will be against BU, BU won that game at Boston Arena 8-3, John Danby recorded a hat trick and Larry Davenport recorded 5 pts (2g-3a)

• Coincidentally BC’s game in 1958 between BU and the Beanpot was against Dartmouth at Dartmouth and BU’s game in 1970 between BC and the Beanpot was also against Dartmouth was at Dartmouth

  

  

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Women’s

The Terriers welcome the Catamounts to town (January 23rd/24th, 6 pm / 4pm) for the first two of a trio of games with Vermont.

Vermont

(10-12-4, HEA (T-7th): 4-7-3)

The Terriers begin their post-Beanpot slate with a series with the Vermont Catamounts. The pair at Walter Brown precede and final game at Gutterson Fieldhouse in February.

BU enters on a two game losing streak after falling to Holy Cross (2-4) on Saturday and Harvard (1-2 (OT)) in a heartbreaker in the Beanpot final.

Vermont enters unbeaten in 2026 with 4 wins and 2 shootout wins, including taking 4 of 6 points at home against Maine this past weekend (2-2 (SOW), 2-1 (OT)). Catamounts leading goalscorer, sophomore forward Oona Havana scored the first goal in the first game of the weekend. Havana leads the team with 9 goals. Junior forward Rose-Marie Brochu who is tied for the team lead with 15 points is on a 4 game point streak. Junior forward Stella Retrum is also on 15 points for the Catamounts. In net freshman Zoe Cliche (1.69 GAA/.930 SV%) and junior Ellie Simmons (2.90/.895) have split time, with Cliche playing every game in this current unbeaten run of 6 games.

Sydney Healey leads the Terriers with 6 goals vs. Vermont, no other active Terrier has more than 2. Clara Yuhn leads the team with 6 assist and is 1 point behind Healey (8) for the team lead in points against the Catamounts with 7.

Records

• 45-12-8 vs. Vermont (6-1-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 25-4-6 vs. Vermont at home (4-0-0)

• 8-1-2 vs. Vermont at home in January (2-0-0)

Other Notes

• Sydney Healey’s 6 goals vs. Vermont is her most vs. any opponent

• Healey has scored in each of her last 3 games vs. Vermont

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Men’s

The Terrier travel to Providence on Friday (January 23rd, 7pm) before hosting the Friars on Saturday (January 24th, 7pm)

Providence

(13-7-2, HEA (2nd): 8-3-1)

BU enter a pivotal stretch this weekend with a series with one of the top teams, Providence College.

The Terriers enter on a split with UMass Lowell, with each team winning the road game (3-4, 3-0). On Saturday, Mikhail Yegorov shutout the River Hawks for his second shutout of the season and second in as many weekends.

The Friars come in winners of 4 straight and 7 of their last 8. Last weekend, they took 5 of 6 points over the BC Eagles with a pair of 4-3 wins, the first of which in overtime. Sophomore Logan Sawyer scored in each game over the weekend and has a goal in 8 of the Friars last 10 games. Sawyer’s 9 goals is tied for the team lead with John Mustard. Freshman Roger McQueen leads PC with 19 points and is tied with Julius Sumpf for the team lead in assists with 11. Freshman Jack Parsons has taken over the net for the injured Philip Svedebäck, and holds a 2.32 GAA and .917 SV%.

The teams played a trio of games last season with BU winning the series 2-1 after winning both game Agganis. Yegorov recorded his first career shutout on February 15th vs. the Friars.

Records

• 120-60-20 vs. PC (7-1-1 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 20-8-5 vs. PC in January

Other Notes

• Cole Eiserman recorded his 2nd hat trick of his freshman year vs. PC on March 6th

• Every active Terrier (including Mikhail Yegorov) who has played PC has recorded a point against PC except Mick Frechette

Walter Brown Wrap-Up

Before we dive into the Garden games, we’ll take a look at how the teams got there.

Semifinal 1: Harvard 2 Boston College 1

Game 1 was a back and forth game between the Eagles and Crimson. Harvard opened the scoring at 17:50 in the first period when Morgan McGathey scored her 6th of the season and first since December 5th vs. Union. BC tied things up at 6:58 of the 2nd when team scoring leader Ava Thomas, her 15th goal of the season and 2nd in as many games. At 8:23 in the third Kaley MacDonald scored her first of the season, 6th of her career and first since November 22nd 2024 vs. Providence.

Ainsley Tuffy was exceptional in net, stopping 40 of 41 shots that she faced. She has made 35+ saves in 3 of her last 4 games, including a 55 save effort in the Friendship Series semifinal vs. Minnesota-Duluth.

Harvard was dominant at the face-off dot, winning 41 of 67 face-offs. Morgan McGathey herself won 21 of 27.

The win was Harvard’s 13 semifinal win over BC and first since 2019. The Crimson head to their first Women’s Beanpot final since 2022 when they defeated BC 5-4 at Matthews Arena.

Semifinal 2: Boston University 2 Northeastern 1 (OT)

In the night cap, a Dog Fight in a rematch of the last two Women’s Beanpot Finals as the Huskies and Terriers faced off at Walter Brown Arena. Lexie Bertelsen opened the scoring with her second of the season, first at Walter Brown Arena, and first since October 10th vs. Colgate at 4:29 in the first. Hockey East’s leading goalscorer Lily Shannon tied things up with her 15th of the season at 10:32 in the first.

The teams skated to scoreless second and third periods in a back and forth game in which both teams took just 2 penalties each in regulations and none in the third. Both goaltenders were elite with BU’s Mari Pietersen saving 35 of 36 in the game and NU’s Lisa Jönsson saving 30 of 32.

In overtime, NU’s Jaden Bogden took a slashing penalty at 1:54 in the period. On the ensuing power play Terrier captain Maeve Carey recorded her first goal of the season to send the Terriers to the Beanpot Championship game for the third straight season. Making BU the first team to play in all three Women’s Beanpot Championship games at TD Garden.

The Terriers have won 5 of the 6 Beanpot Semifinals held at Walter Brown Arena, this was their first over Northeastern. It was also just their fourth time advancing past NU in the Beanpot semifinal following 1981, 2007, and 2019.

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Sister City Sequel

For the second time this season, BU will play Harvard with a trophy on the line following the Friendship Series in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Consolation Game (4:30 pm): BC vs. NU

The Eagles and the Huskies face off in the Beanpot Consolation Game for just the fourth time following 1982, 2008, and 2019.

BC (10-12-1, HEA (4th): 8-5-1) enter after smashing Providence 8-2. Ava Thomas recorded a 6 point game (2g 4a), with Sammy Taber (1g-3a) and Madelyn Murphy (1g-3a) both recording 4 point games. It was Thomas’ most since October 4th vs. Saint Anselm when she recorded 4. She now leads Hockey East with 32 points.

NU (17-6-0, HEA (1st): 13-1-0) enter after beating UNH 2-1. Eloise Caron scored both of the Huskies goals in the win for her 9th and 10th of the season. It was Caron’s first multi-goal game since February 14th, 2025 vs. BC.

This will be BC’s third straight consolation game and Northeastern’s first since 2022, the Eagles won last year over Harvard 4-1 after losing in a shootout to the Crimson the previous year. NU is 7-7-1 in Beanpot consolation games but 1-2 vs. BC in such games. BC is 15-5-2.

Championship Game (7:30 pm): BU vs. Harvard

The Grandmommy of Them All, the oldest active women’s collegiate hockey tournament, the Women’s Beanpot will crown its 47th Champion on Tuesday night at TD Garden. Harvard is looking for its 16th and first since 2022, Boston University is look for its 3rd and first since 2019. The Terriers have made the final at each of the last two Beanpots hosted at TD Garden but failed to lift the trophy both times.

BU (7-12-3, HEA (5th): 5-7-2) enter on a loss to Holy Cross (2-4). Neely Nicholson and Luisa Welcke each scored in the losing effort, Welcke recording her 1st multipoint game of the season after assisting on Nicholson’s goal.

Harvard (10-10-1, ECAC (9th): 5-8-1) also enters on a two game losing streak (1-3, 1-4) losing to Princeton and Quinnipiac on the road. Crimson leading goalscorer Carla McSweeney scored her 7th of season against Princeton.

Pulling a note from last year’s Championship Game preview:

It’s an oddity for both teams to come into the Women’s Beanpot Championship game on a loss, since all four teams went varsity (i.e., BU became the last of the four to go full DI) in 2005, it has never happened. In that span, there have been four instances—2007, 2011, 2014, 2018—when the eventual Beanpot Champion came into the game on a loss, all four were Boston College. The last time two teams came into the Women’s Beanpot on a loss was 2001, where Harvard prevailed over Northeastern 4-3 in overtime at Conte Forum.

Well, it happened again, the finalists both come in on losses for the second straight year, after 20 years previously with at least one team coming in with a win.

BU Head Coach Tara Watchorn and Harvard Head Coach Laura Bellamy faced off in 1 Beanpot game against each other as players with Watchorn’s Terriers beating Bellamy’s Crimson 5-2 in the 2012 semifinal at Walter Brown Arena. Watchorn recorded an assist on the Terriers’ first goal while made 36 saves in a losing effort. Bellamy joins Watchorn as the only coaches to play in and coach their alma mater in the Women’s Beanpot Final, Bellamy won the 2010 title as a player at Harvard.

Just over two weeks ago, the two teams faced off for the Belpot in Northern Ireland with the Terriers ringing the bell after a 3-2 win. It was the Terriers first mid-season tournament title outside the Beanpot.

Harvard is the only team that BU has beaten in a Beanpot Championship Game as a varsity program.

Men’s

The men host Lowell (January 16th, 7pm) before traveling to the Tsongas Center (January 17th, 6:05 pm).

UMass Lowell

(8-13-0, HEA (9th): 4-7-0)

The series will be the first pair of three with River Hawks, with BU heading to Lowell again to close the season.

The Terriers enter after a split with UMass (1-0, 0-2) and a win at Harvard on Monday (4-1). Jonathan Morello scored the game winner and an assist in his first multipoint effort since October 10th vs. Colgate.

UML enter off a split with UConn (5-3, 1-5). The River Hawks’ grad student Jay Ahern scored two in the win, he is second on the team in goals with 9. Senior Dillan Bentley leads the team in goals (10) and points (17). Three players are tied for the team lead in assist with 8, senior defenseman TJ Schweighardt, freshman defenseman Luke Shipley, and freshman forward Dalyn Wakely. In net, freshman Austin Elliot has played the bulk of UML’s games and holds a .896 SV% and 2.79 GAA.

Records

• 82-37-12 vs. UMass Lowell (4-2-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 18-8-1 vs. UMass Lowell in January

• 9-3-0 vs. UMass Lowell in January at Home

Other Notes

• BU won their first 14 January games against Lowell but have only won 1 January game at the Tsongas Center on January 21st, 2026

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Women’s

The Terriers host Holy Cross (January 17th, 4pm) in a one-off mid Beanpot game.

Holy Cross

(15-7-1, HEA (3rd): 7-6-1)

BU and Holy Cross complete their season series on Saturday, in their first matchup in December, Mari Pietersen shutout the Crusaders for the 3rd time in her career (3-0). Mia Vergilii scored her first and only goal so far this season in that game.

The Terriers enter as winners of their last 3 and unbeaten in 2026. After beating UNH on Saturday (2-1) and upsetting Northeastern in the Beanpot semifinal in overtime with a goal from captain Maeve Carey.

Holy Cross enter off a win over Boston College (3-1). Crusaders’ leading goalscorer, senior Alexia Moreau scored the game winner on the power play. Emily Crovo scored the first goal for the Crusaders and picked up an assist on their third goal. Naemi Herzig picked up 2 assists in the game, in her 4th multipoint game of the season.

Records

• 14-6-0 vs. Holy Cross (5-3-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 7-2-0 vs. Holy Cross at home (2-2-0)

• 3-1-0 vs. Holy Cross at home in January (1-1-0)

Other Notes

• Last time out vs. Holy Cross, Mari Pietersen became the first goalie in program history to shut out the same opponent in three consecutive games

The Venue

BU’s Walter Brown Arena, the oldest active DI hockey arena in the City of Boston, will host its 6th Beanpot semifinal, and first since 2020.

The Terriers are the only team not to have won a Beanpot hosted at Walter Brown. Harvard and Northeastern have 2 each, and BC has 1 (2016). BU however have won all but 1 Beanpot semifinal at the Arena, in 2016.

Northeastern is the only non-BU team to loss a Beanpot final at WBA (2016).

TD Garden, the home of the Bruins and the Men’s Beanpot, will host its 3rd consecutive Women’s Beanpot Consolation and Championship games on January 20th at 4:30 and 7:30 pm, respectively. Last time out, Northeastern defeated BU 4-0 to win their second straight Women’s Beanpot at TD Garden. BC finished 3rd, topping Harvard in the consolation game 4-1.

The Matchups

Semifinal 1 (4:30 pm): Harvard vs. BC

Harvard and BC will face off in the early game of the Women’s Beanpot semifinal at 4:30 pm on January 13th. Harvard is 12-5 vs. BC in the Beanpot semifinals, including 10 straight from 1983-2004. However, since then, the teams have trade wins nearly every time they’ve met in the semis. In the one meeting at Walter Brown Arena in 2016 the Eagles got the 8-0 win.

Semifinal 2 (7:30 pm): BU vs. Northeastern

BU and Northeastern will face off in the early game of the Women’s Beanpot semifinal at 7:30 pm on January 13th. BU has a 3-13 record vs. NU in Beanpot semifinals, with just two wins since becoming a varsity program in 2005—one of which was a shootout win in 2019 in route to the title. After winning their first semifinal vs. the Huskies 4-0 the Terriers scored just 1 semifinal goals vs. NU till they became a varsity program.

The Huskies won both of the two teams’ matchups this season (3-1, 7-3) on October 31/November 1st.

The Teams

Northeastern

The Huskies (16-5-0, HEA (1st): 12-1-0) come in to the 2026 Women’s Beanpot the 3 time defending champions looking to be the first team to win 4 straight title since Harvard won 7 straight from 1999 to 2005.

NU began the season 4-0 before getting swept by Quinnipiac on October 17th/18th. Following that, the Huskies rattled off 9 straight wins. Back to back losses to Penn State and New Hampshire were followed by a sweep of Boston College. Opening the second half, the Huskies were shutout by Yale (0-3) and come into the tourney off a 5-2 win of Providence.

Players to Watch

• Lisa Jönsson (G, SO), the reigning Beanpot MVP, leads Hockey East in shutouts with 3, is eighth in SV% (.923) and fourth in GAA (1.82)

• Lily Shannon (F, SR) leads Hockey East in goals (14), assists (16) and points (30)—10th nationally in points

• Stryker Zablocki (F, SR) is T-4rd in Hockey East in goals (11), T-2nd in assists (14), T-2nd in points (25). She also record a 4 point game vs. PC last time out (3g-1a)

• Jules Constantinople (D, SR) leads all Hockey East defenders with 18 points

Boston University

The Terriers (6-11-3, HEA (5th): 5-6-2) have made 2 straight Beanpot finals, falling to NU both times, and will look to win their 3rd Beanpot in program history.

BU began the season with just 2 wins in their first 12 games. Followed that with a 4 game unbeaten streak (2-0-2) including a big 2 point weekend vs. UConn in which they got a shootout win in game 1 and lost game 2 with just 7 seconds to play. BU open 2026 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which that earned a shootout win vs. Quinnipiac and a 3-2 win over Harvard to win the inaugural Friendship Series tournament. The Terriers come into the tournament on a 3 game unbeaten streak after beating UNH on Saturday.

Players to Watch

• Mari Pietersen (G, JR) is 5th in Hockey East in SV% (.927) and 7th in GAA (2.26). She earned the Friendship Series MVP after she saved 63 of 67 shots she faced in the tournament, a .940 SV%

• Sydney Healey (F, SR) is T-4th in Hockey East in goals (11) including both goals in the Terriers 2-2 semifinal vs. Quinnipiac

• Clara Yuhn (F, SR) recorded a 6 game point streak from Nov. 8 to Dec. 2

• Lili and Luisa Welcke (F, SR) were named to the German Olympic team

Boston College

The Eagles (9-11-1, HEA (4th): 7-5-1) finished 3rd in last year’s Beanpot beating Harvard 4 to 1 in the consolation game.

BC have had an up and down season so far this season, starting the season losing two games to Minnesota by a combined score of 1-18. They went 4-3 in October, followed by a 5-2-1 November, which included a 5 game winning streak. Following that 5 game winning streak is their current 5 game losing streak, stretching to the last game of November.

Players to Watch

• Ava Thomas (F, FR) is the joint leader in points among Hockey East freshman with NU’s Zablocki with 25

• Grace Campbell (G, SR) has 2.70 GAA and .926 SV% (9th and 6th in Hockey East, respectively)

• Sammy Taber (F, JR) is 2nd on the team in assists (11) and points (14)

Harvard

The Crimson (9-8-1, ECAC (8th): 5-6-1) were last in the 2025 Beanpot however they are the last non-NU team to win the title, doing so in 2022.

Like their first round opponents, Harvard has also had an up and down season. Starting the season with 2 wins, followed by 3 losses, followed by a four game unbeaten streak—which included 3 wins, back to back losses into back to back wins, and trading wins in their last 6. After beating WCHA team Minnesota-Duluth in the first round of the Friendship Series in overtime, the Crimson fell to BU 2-3 in the final. The Crimson fell 2-3 to Yale in their last game before the Beanpot

Players to Watch

• Ainsley Tuffy (G, SO) made 55 saves vs Duluth and holds a .953 SV%, 1st nationally

• Ella Lucia (F, SO) leads the team in points (11)

• Carla McSweeney (F, FR) recorded a career 6 game point streak

Men’s

The Terriers travel to Amherst (January 9th, 7 pm) before hosting the Minutemen at Agganis (January 10th, 6pm) before a Monday night visit to Harvard (January 12th, 7 pm)

UMass Amherst

(9-9-0, HEA (11th): 2-6-0)

Both BU and UMA enter off of wins over Northeastern to end 2025 and wins over Simon Fraser in exhibitions to start 2026.

The Terriers enter their first Hockey East weekend of 2026 winners of 5 of their last 6 including a thriller to close out Matthews Arena (4-3) on December 13th. While the Spengler Cup and World Junior participants were away, the remaining Terriers smashed Simon Fraser in an exhibition 8-2. BU also brings in forward Tynan Lawrence for the second semester, the third straight season they have added a player mid-year following, goalies Mikhail Yegorov (2024-25) and Max Lacroix (2023-24).

The Minutemen have won just 3 games since November 1st, though two of those wins were shutouts—Maine on November 7th (4-0) and Northeastern to close out their first half on December 7th (2-0). In their last game, they crushed Simon Fraser 7-0 in an exhibition. UMass Amherst are led by junior Jack Musa, whose 13 assists and 21 points leads the team. Freshman Václav Nestrašil, leads the team in goals with 10 and is second in points with 20. In net, juniors Jackson Irving (2.75 GAA/.937 SV%) and Michael Hrabal (3.00/.897) have been splitting time.

Cole Eiserman and Cole Hutson lead all Terriers with 4 points each against the Minutemen.

Records

• 73-15-9 vs. UMass Amherst (6-1-1 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 14-3-2 vs. UMass Amherst in January (1-0-0)

• 27-9-5 at Mullins Center (2-0-1)

• 2-1-2 at Mullins Center in January

Other Notes

• Cole Hutson’s first career 4 point game came against UMass Amherst on December 11th, 2024 at the Mullins Center

Harvard

(7-5-1, ECAC (5th): 5-3-0)

Despite being the shortest road trip in college hockey, BU makes their first trip to Bright-Landry Hockey center since 2019.

After winning 6 of their first 7, the Crimson has lost 4 of their last 6 (with a game against Dartmouth on Friday). Last weekend saw the Crimson lose to Quinnipiac (1-9) and Princeton (2-3). Against QU, Harvard scored 1:09 into the game before proceeding to allow 9 unanswered goals. Against Princeton, the Crimson came back from down 2 to tie things in the 3rd before giving up the game winning goal with 2 seconds.

The Crimson are led by sophomore Mick Thompson, who holds the team lead in assists (12) and points (16). Senior Philip Tresca leads the team in goals with 7. In net, sophomore Ben Charette has played all but 10 minutes for Harvard with a 3.10 GAA and .901.

Records

• 8-4-2 vs. Harvard at Bright-Landry Hockey Center

• 4-1-0 vs. Harvard since their last game at Bright-Landry (2-0-0)

Other Notes

• BU has played more games against Harvard at Walter Brown Arena since February 2019 than at Bright-Landry

• BU’s 7 goals against Harvard in the Beanpot semifinal last season was their most against the Crimson since November 20th, 2001 when they scored 8.

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Women’s

The Terriers head to Durham for a single game vs. New Hampshire (January 10th, 6pm) before the Beanpot on Tuesday.

New Hampshire

(10-8-3, HEA (5th): 5-5-2)

Ringing the Belpot back from Belfast, the Terriers come into the weekend hot. With just 1 loss in their last 7 (3-1-3). The Terriers come in winners of the Friendship Series after taking down Quinnipiac in a shootout in the semifinal (2-2) and Harvard in the final (3-2). Sydney Healey scored both goals against Quinnipiac, while 3 different Terriers scored vs. Harvard (Riley Walsh, Lilli Welcke, and Neely Nicholson).

New Hampshire opened the second half with a sweep of LIU (4-0, 6-1). The Wildcats have split 4 of 5 Hockey East weekend series this season, with their only weekend sweep coming against Merrimack over Halloween weekend (8-2, 5-2). UNH is led by freshman forward Nina Rossi, whose 14 assists is second among Hockey East skaters and whose 23 points is 3rd. Senior forward Kelly Harty leads the team with 11 goals. In net, junior Sedona Blair has taken the majority of time in net with a 2.05 GAA and .929 SV%.

The series will close out the season series between the team, BU won the first game on October 24th at Walter Brown, their first win of the season. Sydney Healey scored the game winner along with the empty net, both in the third, to seal the win.

Records

• 40-21-7 vs. UNH (3-3-1 under Tara Watchorn)

• 17-10-4 vs. UNH at the Whittemore Center (2-1-0)

• 2-5-0 vs. UNH in January (0-2-0)

• 1-2-0 vs. UNH at the Whittemore Center in January (0-1-0)

• 11-6-2 in Pre-Beanpot games (0-2-0)

Stats

• This is just the second time that BU has played UNH in their pre-Beanpot game, the last time was a 3-1 win at the Whittemore Center on February 5th, 2011

Women’s

The women travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Friendship Series their opening game sees them facing Quinnipiac (January 2nd, 2 pm ET) followed by Harvard or Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday (January 3rd: 3rd Place game 10am ET / Championship game 2pm ET).

Friendship Series

The Terriers make their first trip outside the North America for a game as they head to Belfast for the 2026 Friendship Series alongside Quinnipiac (14-5-1, ECAC (4th): 5-4-1), Harvard (7-6-1, ECAC (7th): 4-5-1), and Minnesota-Duluth (12-6-2, WCHA (4th): 8-6-0).

The tournament opens, with Harvard facing off against Minnesota-Duluth. Harvard comes in off a split to end the first half, beating RPI (4-2) before losing to Union (1-3). The Crimson have won just 2 of their last five. Harvard is led by sophomore forward Ella Lucia, who leads the team in assists (7) and points (9). Freshman Morgan McGathey and Emily Hamann share the team lead with 5 goals each. UMD have won 6 of their last 8 including a sweep of Bemidji State going into the break (4-1, 4-0). The Bulldogs are led by senior Thea Johansson with 12 goals and 18 points. Sophomore Caitlin Kraemer also has 18 points, and grad student Mary Kate O’Brien leads the team in assists (11). The game will be the first between the team since November 18/19, 2022 when the two split a weekend in Duluth. Duluth leads the series 17-5-1.

In the second semifinal, the Terriers take on Quinnipiac. It will be the first game between the teams in nearly a decade, when the teams last faced off on January 20th, 2016 (1-6 L). After just 2 wins in their first 12 games, BU has just 1 loss in their last 5. In those 5 games, Lilli Welcke had 3 goals, leading all Terriers. Welcke (3g-1a) along with Sydney Healey (2g-2a) and Kaileigh Quigg (1g-3a) all have 4 points in the span. Quinnipiac opened the season with 12 wins in their first 13 games. However, in their last 7 they have just 1 win (1-5-1). Junior Kahlen Lamarche leads the Bobcats with 22 goals and 31 points. She is first nationally in goals and 6th nationally in points. Laurence Frenette leads the team with 14 assists. Former Terrier Alex Law now plays for the Bobcats and has 5 points (4g-1a) but as not played since October 17th. In goal, Felicia Frank has 6 shutouts this season, tied for the top nationally and holds a 1.41 GAA (3rd nationally) and .944 SV% (3rd nationally).

Records

• 4-1-1 vs. Quinnipiac

• 2-0-2 vs. Minnesota Duluth

• 9-10-2 vs. Harvard (1-1-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 1-5-2 in January neutral site games (1-2-1)

Stats

• In Tara Watchorn’s single game vs. QU as a player, she scored the final goal in the Terriers 5-1 win on November 15th, 2008

• This will be BU’s 2nd and 3rd internationally game after they opened the Tara Watchorn era with a 5-2 exhibition win on September 30th, 2023 at McGill in Montreal.

• In back to back years, a BU hockey team will play in a tournament in Belfast that also features Harvard

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Men’s

The Terriers return to action against Simon Fraser in an exhibition (January 3rd, 5pm) at Agganis Arena.

Simon Fraser

(7-13-4, Non-Conference: 4-7-2)

The Terriers enter 2026 after a thrilling win to close out Boston (Matthews) Arena on December 13th (4-3). Brandon Svoboda had two goals in the game, including the game winner. After a rough start to the season, BU have won 4 of their last 5. BU will most likely be without the Coles—Eiserman and Hutson, Kamil Bednarik, and Sascha Boumedienne all 4 playing for their countries at the World Juniors.

Simon Fraser has played 8 games vs. NCAA teams this season, losing 7 and recording a shootout win vs. Alaska on November 8th. The Red Leafs are led by forward Walker Erickson, who leads the team with 7 goals and 9 points. Defenseman Tanner Dawkins leads the team in assists with 5.

The last time the teams faced off was January 5th, 2024. Gavin McCarthy scored the only Terriers goal in the 1-1 shootout win for BU.

Records

• 0-0-1 vs. Simon Fraser

• 3-2-2 in Exhibitions under Jay Pandolfo

Stats

• SFU is BU’s 2nd most played exhibition team under Pandolfo after the USNTDP U18s

• It is the 1st season since 2017-18 that BU will not play the U18s in an exhibition

Men’s

The Terriers will close out the first half and the arena on Saturday (December 13th, 7pm).

Northeastern

(10-5-0, HEA (3rd): 5-3-0)

The Terriers will play their 549th and final game at their former home against the Huskies. This will be the 3rd of four games between the teams, with a Beanpot semifinal to come in February. The teams split their previous two games this season, with each team winning their home half of the home-and-home. In the Agganis side of the weekend, Cole Hutson was the overtime hero for the Terriers.

BU enters off of a split of Vermont (2-1, 2-3) in a pair of games where the Terriers won the game they should have won and lost the game they should have won. Freshman Charlie Trethewey scored his first as a Terrier on Friday night, and sophomore Nick Roukounakis scored his 3rd of the season and first at Agganis of his career.

NU comes in on a split with UMass (3-2 (OT), 0-2). Team scoring leader Dylan Hryckowian scored the overtime winner in game one, his team leading 9th goal and 18th point of the season. Hryckowian has 7 points in his last 4 games. Lawton Zacher who was absent from the team’s series in November returned over the weekend, saving 36 of 39 shots he faced.

Saturday’s arena closer is the 122nd between the two teams at the Arena. The teams have split their last 5 match-ups dating back to 2024.

Records

• 347-177-19 at Boston (Matthews) Arena

• 82-32-7 vs. Northeastern at Boston (Matthews) Arena (2-2-0)

• 41-19-8 as a visitor to Matthews Arena (2-2-0)

• 18-5-0 at Boston (Matthews) Arena in December

Other Notes

• BU has 41 wins vs. NU as a resident of Boston Arena and 41 wins vs. NU as a visitor to Boston (Matthews) Arena

• Jay Pandolfo has a goal and 4 assists as a player at Matthews Arena

Women’s

The Terriers head to Storrs on Friday (December 5th, 6pm) before hosting the UConn in their last game of 2025 (December 6th, 4pm).

Connecticut

(12-3-1, HEA (T-5th): 5-1-0)

BU will face UConn in their final series of 2025. Since 2020-21, BU has just 2 wins against the Huskies, with both coming in November 2022.

The Terriers enter on a three game unbeaten streak and fresh off of a shutout of Holy Cross (3-0). The Welckes both scored in the game. The second time they have scored in the same game as as Terriers and first since January 10th, 2025 at Vermont. Mari Pietersen recorded her 3rd straight shutout of Holy Cross, becoming the first goalie in program history to shut out the same time in three straight games.

UConn is on a four game winning streaking and winners of 8 of their last night. Over the weekend, the Huskies claimed the Nutmeg Classic title with wins over fellow Nutmeggers Quinnipiac (4-3) and Yale (3-2). Former Boston College forward, Julia Pellerin scored the game winner with less than a minute and a half to play. Senior Claire Murdoch had a 3 point weekend with assists on both UConn third period goals and has 6 points in her current 4 game point streak.

The Huskies are led by senior Kyla Josifovic, who leads the team in goals (8), assists (9), and points (17). The aforementioned Pellerin is 2nd in goals on the team with 6 and Murdoch is 2nd in assists with 8. In net, grad student Tia Chan has a 1.66 GAA and .949 SV%, second in Hockey East in both categories.

Records

• 31-21-9 vs. UConn (0-6-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 33-20-9 in December (3-1-1)

• 3-3-2 vs. UConn in December

Other Notes

• UConn is the only team Clara Yuhn has recorded multiple points against but 0 goals

• UConn is one of five teams that both Welckes have scored a goal against: BC, Maine, UNH, and Vermont, the others

• The Huskies are the only Hockey East school Tara Watchorn has not beaten as a head coach

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Men’s

BU host Vermont in their last two home games in 2025 (December 5th/6th, 7pm/6pm, Agganis Arena).

Vermont

(4-8-0, HEA (10th): 6-2-4)

BU enters the weekend off a Red Hot Hockey win over Cornell. Mikhail Yegorov made saves on 28 of 29 shots, including numerous game saving ones. Islanders picks scored both goals for the Terriers, as Kamil Bednarik and Cole Eiserman each recorded a goal in the 2-1 win. Eiserman’s goal ended a 4 game goal drought for Eiserman, dating back to October 25th vs. UConn when he went out injured early.

The Catamounts enter with back to back non-conference losses to Harvard (1-5) on November 22nd and Dartmouth (2-7) on November 28th. Vermont has lost 5 of their last 6, however, their sole win in that span was a 2-1 victory at Alfond Arena against Maine. UVM is led by Sophomore Colin Kessler who has 7 points (all assists), however 4 of those points came in the team’s first 3 games of the season. Three different Catamounts have 2 goals: Jonah Aegerter (FR, F), Sebastian Törnqvist (JR, D), and Max Strand (SO, F). In net, Freshman Aiden Wright has started the bulk of the games, posting a 3.53 GAA and .894 SV%.

3 different active Terriers have 6 points vs. Vermont: Cole Eiserman (4-2—6), Cole Hutson (1-5—6), and Jack Harvey (3-3—6).

Records

• 63-25-10 vs. Vermont (9-0-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 16-8-5 vs. Vermont at Agganis Arena (4-0-0)

• 6-5-1 vs. Vermont in December

• 1-1-1 vs. Vermont at Agganis Arena in December

Other Notes

• Last time BU faced Vermont at Agganis, Cole Eiserman recorded the first Terrier freshman hat trick at the arena

• This will be the first game against Vermont in December at Agganis since 2015, exactly 10 years to the day—December 5th, 2015 (5-3 W)

• All of Vermont’s wins this season have had a score of 2-1

Men’s

The 10th Edition of Red Hot Hockey is on tap Saturday Night (November 29th, 8pm) at Madison Square Garden in NYC as the Terriers face the Big Red.

Cornell

(6-2-0, ECAC (1st): 5-1-0)

The Boston University Terriers and the Cornell Big Red renew their rivalry in the 10th edition of Red Hot Hockey. The biennial post-Thanksgiving face off has seen NYC lit up Scarlet in 4 of the first 5 editions—2009 ended in a tie and in 2015 BU won a shootout to retain the Kelley-Harkness Cup—while the City That Never Sleeps has turned Carnelian for the last five games.

The Terriers enter after splitting with Northeastern (2-3, 4-3 (ot)). In both games BU let up late goals to lose them a point, on Friday a goal at 18:53 turned a potential OT to a regulation loss and on Saturday an extra attacker goal at 18:59 sent a potential regulation win into overtime, where Cole Hutson salvaged a point for the Terriers.

The Big Red enter on a four game winning streak, including 2-1 and 6-1 wins against Union and RPI, respectively, on the weekend. On Saturday, Cornell leading scorer, junior Ryan Walsh recorded a personal best 5 points (all assists), which accounts for exactly half of his team leading 10 points. Sophomore Charlie Major is 2nd in points with 7, record a goal and 2 assist against RPI. Junior Jonathan Castagna and freshman Gio DiGiulian lead the team with 4 goals each. In net, freshman Alexis Cournoyer has started all but 1 game for the Big Red, posting a 1.30 GAA and .953 SV%, good enough for second among ECAC goalies.

BU and Cornell are facing off for the 5th straight season, the longest streak since the Terriers left the ECAC in 1984. Last time out against the Big Red, Quinn Hutson punched the Terriers 3rd straight trip to the Frozen Four with an overtime game winning goal in the Toledo Regional Final. Mikhail Yegorov recorded 37 saves on 39 shots in the effort.

Records

• 23-27-3 vs. Cornell (3-1-0 under Jay Pandolfo)

• 5-4-2 at MSG (0-1-0)

• 3-4-2 vs. Cornell at MSG (0-1-0)

• 10-5-1 on November 29th (1-0-0)

Other Notes

• BU is 3-2 in the last 5 seasons vs. Cornell, with the 2 losses at MSG and the 3 wins coming away from MSG

• It will be the 5th Red Hot Hockey in which both BU and Cornell are ranked, and it will be the 9th consecutive time that Cornell is ranked going into the game

• Gavin McCarthy—who record an assist as a Freshman in 2023—and Aiden Celebrini are the only active Terriers to play at Madison Square Garden, Cole Hutson is the only active Terrier with a BU goal against Cornell—2025 Toledo Regional Final.

• Sacha Boisvert a goal and two assists against Cornell while playing for North Dakota last season

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Women’s

The Terrier host Turnpike Trophy rival Holy Cross for a single game on Tuesday at Walter Brown Arena (December 2nd, 7 pm).

Holy Cross

(11-5-1, HEA (3rd): 4-4-1)

For the first time all season, the Terriers enter a week unbeaten in back to back games after a 5 point weekend against Providence. Kaileigh Quigg had a 3 point weekend, the first of her career. Clara Yuhn and Sydney Healey continue pacing the Terriers scoring, with each scoring a goal on the weekend. 6 different Terriers scored in the series.

Holy Cross is off to their best starts in their Hockey East Era, surpassing last year’s win total, which set a program best 10 wins since 2018-19 when the Crusaders joined the conference. The Crusaders are unbeaten in their last 3 (2-0-1) and have won 4 of their last 6. Freshman Violet Carroll leads the team in goals (6), assists (11), and points (17)—which is the 3rd most among Hockey East players. Behind Carroll are 3 others tied with 5 goals each, Naemi Herzig (FR, F), Alexia Moreau (SR, F), and Lulu Rourke (FR, F). In net, senior Abby Hornung has gotten the bulk of the load, holds a 1.51 GAA and .941 SV% including a shutout of Dartmouth on October 18th.

Three different Terriers have 4+ points against Holy Cross: Sydney Healey (0-5—5), Luisa Welcke (1-3—4), Clara Yuhn (3-1—4).

Record

• 13-6-0 vs. Holy Cross (4-3-0 under Tara Watchorn)

• 7-2-0 vs. Holy Cross at Home (2-2-0)

• 12-7-4 at Home on Tuesdays (1-0-0)

Other Notes

• Last time out, Mari Pietersen, shutout Holy Cross in back to back starts (January 24th/25th) becoming the first BU goalie to do so since Andrea Brändli shutout RPI and UNH in back to back starts on October 7th and 14th, 2022.

• Holy Cross is the only team Sydney Healey has more than 2 points against and 0 goals