Dog Ate Dog (Hockey East Tournament QF Recap)
The Terrier's season ends with a loss to the Huskies
The #6 seed Terriers fall to the #3 seed UConn Huskies to end their 2025-26 season.
Connecticut (3-5 L)
The Huskies opened the scoring at 6:44 in the first. BU out shot UConn 11-9 and had two powerplays but was unable to capitalize.
Early in the second Tynan Lawrence tied things up for the Scarlet and White at 1:11 in the period. His second of the season and second on the road. UConn retook the lead on the power play at 3:33. Again BU tied things up, when Jack Murtagh scored his 6th, his first goal on the road, and second goal against UConn. Lawrence recorded an assist on the goal to earn his first multipoint game as a Terrier.
In the third UConn took the lead and kept it. The Huskies scored twice to open the period at 2:39 and 3:47. Ben Merrill brought the Terriers within 1 at 9:54 in the period. Merrill’s 7th of the season, all of which have been on the road in 5 different arenas. UConn scored on the empty net at 19:05 to seal the win.
The Terriers end the season 17-17-2. Their 7th straight season without a losing season. Unlike the previous 3 seasons, there will be no trip to the Garden, no trip to NCAA Tournament, and not trip to the Frozen Four.
Other Notes
BU falls to 0-3-0 in Hockey East Tournament games against UConn away from Agganis (2-0-0 at Agganis)
Tynan Lawrence is one of only 3 Terrier freshman to record a multipoint game at Toscano Ice Forum joining Jack Harvey and Macklin Celebrini both on February 23rd, 2024
Advanced Stats
BU won the face off edge in two of three zones: OZone (47% to 42%) and DZone (58% to 53%) with UConn winning NZone faceoffs (44% to 56%). BU got a shot off in 95% of OZone play (21/22). UConn won Puck Battles (47% to 53%) while BU held the edge on EV Possession (54% to 46%).
Per Period xG: 1st (1.28-0.92, BU) 2nd (1.08-1.17, UConn) 3rd (1.08-1.48, UConn)
Tynan Lawrence is the 17th different Terrier to be the team’s top performer in terms of Game Score, far and away his best game as a Terrier surpassing his previous best of 1.77 against BC on February 28th.
BU recorded 2 high danger shots (.45 xG) one was saved, one missed the net while UConn recorded 3 (.87 xG) all of which were saved by Mikhail Yegorov.
The xG battle was back and forth with the Terriers holding the edge midway through the 1st through the 2nd before UConn took over.
Four Terriers recorded xG% over 60: Tynan Lawrence (67.26), Cole Hutson (65.68), Gavin McCarthy (64.66), and Ben Merrill (63.55)
Mailbag
Lastly, we wanted to do an end of the season mailbag. We’ll try to find an answer to any query you may have, be it current or historical, BU specific or College Hockey in general.
Questions due Wednesday (3/18) at 5pm
