Fond Farewell (Week 11 Recap)
The Terriers rally back to close out Boston (Matthews) Arena with a win
BU completed the comeback on Saturday night, to end the semester on a high note.
Men’s
Northeastern (4-3)
It was a night to remember as the Terriers roared back multiple times to close their old home with a win.
NU opened the scoring with two goals in the first at 11:27 and 14:37. He who would become the hero of the night for the Terriers, Brandon Svoboda, got one back for BU at 17:40 in the period, his third of the season, and first career goal against Northeastern.
In the second, Sacha Boisvert tied things up with his first goal since the season opener vs. LIU on October 4th. Both of Boisvert’s goals this season has featured an assist from former North Dakota teammate Owen McLaughlin. The Huskies skated to the locker rooms with the lead after a goal with just a second to go in the period. Despite leading in shots 24-17, the Terriers entered the 3rd a goal down.
The Terriers failed to score on all four of their power play, including one in the last half of the third. Mikhail Yegorov came up big with a save of a Husky penalty shot, the last in the Arena’s history, at 9:39 in the period. With their backs against the walls, and the sounds of “Stacy's Mom”—a song of celebration of imminent victory for Northeastern—rang through the Dog House as the teams exited the final TV timeout of the game, Yegorov was pulled in favor of an extra attacker. The ploy worked as Kamil Bednarik potted the game tieing at 18:03. Bednarik’s goal, his 5th of the season, and the final extra attacker goal at Boston (Matthews) Arena. 18 seconds later, the hero of the night, Brandon Svoboda, silenced the crowd in the Arena with his 2nd of the game. It was Svoboda’s 4th career multi-goal game, giving him more multi-goal games than single goal games in his BU career (3).
The Terriers held on for the victory, closing out their original home with their 1700th win in program history. BU finishes with a 348-177-19 record at Boston (Matthews) Arena.
Boston Arena “Lasts”
Last Victors: Boston University
Last Goalscorer: Brandon Svoboda
Last Extra Attacker Goalscorer: Kamil Bednarik
Last Multi-goal game: Brandon Svoboda
Last Penalty Shot: Saved by Mikhail Yegorov
Last Goalie to win a game: Mikhail Yegorov
Other Notes
Nick Roukounakis recorded his 2nd career multipoint game, with assists on both of Svoboda’s goals, his 1st since the 2025 Beanpot semifinal against Harvard.
BU has won back to back games against Northeastern for the first time since a 3 game span in the 2016-17 season
The win means BU has more wins against Northeastern as a visitor to Matthews Arena (42) than they have the home team at Boston Arena (41)
Advanced Stats
The Terriers dominated in many aspects, including winning OZone faceoffs 74% to 56%, and holding the edge in EV Possession 59% to 41%.
Brandon Svoboda was the Terriers’ top performer in terms of Game Score, recording the second highest of his career—5.3233 vs. Maine on November 1st. Nick Roukounakis had his best performance (3.26) as a Terrier, surpassing his previous best 2.094 in his last game at Matthews Arena on November 21st.
BU recorded 4 high danger shots (1.34 xG) with 2 resulting goals, including Kamil Bednarik’s 3rd period goal with a whopping .59 xG, compared to NU’s 6 (1.46 xG) with 2 resulting in goals and 4 saved by Mikhail Yegorov (.97 xG).
After a back and forth 1st period, the Terriers took control after their first goal and never looked back by holding the xG for the rest of the game.
Mick Frechette led all Terriers with a xG% of 79.05 with 6 Terriers over 55.
