Friar Fortunes and Hutson Husky Heroics (Week 8 Recap)
The women go unbeaten against the Friars, while the men split with Northeastern
Solid performances for both Terrier squads, as the women have a 5 point weekend against the Friars and the men split with the Huskies.
Women’s
Providence (4-1 W, 2-2 T (SOW))
On Friday night, a spark, and a hope for the winds of change. The Friars opened the scoring at 6:53 in the first, but that was the last time they found the back of the net. At 12:03 in the period, Lilli Welcke tied things up for the Scarlet and White, her first against the Friars as a Terrier—she had previously scored one as a Maine Black Bear on November 19th, 2022. Two minutes later, Clara Yuhn gave BU the lead at 14:15. Yuhn’s has scored in 4 of her last 5 games against the Friars. After a scoreless, Kaileigh Quigg extended the Terriers’ lead at 16:08 in the 3rd, her 4th of the season, matching her career high. Riley Walsh sealed the win a few minutes later, with her first of the season and first since the Hockey East semifinal vs. BC.
In her first start in over a month—October 17th vs. Brown—Mari Pietersen was stellar, stopping 34 of 35 shots she faced.
On Saturday, the Friars got out to a 2-0 lead in the first, with goals at 4:29 and 18:24 in the first. In the second, the Terriers got one back at 17:26 with Greta Henderson’s 2nd as a Terrier and first since November 1st against Northeastern. BU held Providence to just 2 shots on goal in the period, a 10-2 differential. In the third, with the goal pulled, the team’s leading scored Sydney Healey tied things up and sent the game to overtime with just 29 seconds to play. After a scoreless overtime, the teams went to a shootout where Luisa Welcke and Sydney Healey scored for the Terriers and Mari Pietersen stopped both of the Friar’s attempts to secure the extra shootout point.
The Terriers’ dominated from the dot, winning 71.1% of faceoffs, led by Kaileigh Quigg who won 7 of 8 and Lilli Welcke who won 13 of 17.
BU is now unbeaten in their last 7 vs. Providence (5-0-2) and they have not lost at Schneider Arena since November 18th, 2023.
Other Notes
Kaileigh Quigg recorded her first multipoint game on Saturday, and her first 3 point weekend
Quigg is on a 4 game point streak (2-3—5), her longest of her career
5 different Terriers have recorded multipoint games this season, and Sydney Healey has recorded 4.
Men’s
Northeastern (2-3 L, 4-3 W (OT))
The Terriers headed to Matthews Arena on Friday night, for their penultimate game at the Arena.
John McNelis opened the scoring with his first of the season and first career road goal at 1:02 of the first. NU answered at 3:50 in the period. However, midway through the period, Nick Roukounakis gave the Terriers the lead at 8:54 of the period, his second in as many games.
Despite outshooting the Huskies 17-10 in the second, it was the Huskies that got the goal, tieing things up at 2:17. After a penalty free first, the second saw a combined 9 penalties for 18 PIM.
In the third, the Huskies only recorded 3 shots on goal compared to the Terriers’ 8, but at 18:53 in the period, they find the back of the net to clinch the victory.
On Saturday night, the Terriers built on their successes from Friday night. Jack Harvey ended BU’s 18 power play opportunities drought, with his first career power play goal at 4:09 in the first. At 13:33 in the period, Cole Hutson extended the Terriers’ lead with his 6th of the season. Cole becomes the 3rd Hutson to score against Northeastern at Agganis Arena as a sophomore. Sascha Boumedienne recorded assists on both Terrier goals, for his first multipoint game of the season and 4th of his career. NU cut into BU’s lead with just 2 seconds in the period, a period in which BU outshot NU 20-6.
In the second, Jonathan Morrello scored his 3rd of the season and 2nd shorthanded, becoming the 1st freshman with multiple shorthanded goals since Joel Farabee in 2018-19. The Terriers again limited the Huskies, holding them to just 5 shots, including just 3 on their 5-minute major power play.
NU roared back in the third, sending things to overtime after a goal at 12:44 and 18:59, the latter coming with the goal pulled.
In overtime, after the Terriers early power play was evened up by a penalty. For the second straight home game, Cole Hutson lit the lamp in overtime, his giving him his third career multi-goal game and second career OT GWG.
The Terriers and Huskies have traded wins in each of their last 6 games, dating back to the 2023-24 season.
Other Notes
Cole Hutson’s first period goal on Saturday night featured the first all-defensemen stat line. The last time BU had a goal by a defenseman with both assists also from defensemen was nearly 30 years to the day, on November 24th, 1995, a Chris O’Sullivan goal from Jeff Kealty and Dan Ronan vs. St. Lawrence
In the Jay Pandolfo era, BU has won 11 overtime goal, 8 of those game winning goals were scored by a Hutson—Lane (4), Quinn (2), Cole (2).
Jay Pandolfo recorded his 87th win behind the bench, passing Wayland Vaughan for 5th all-time
Advanced Stats
Game 1
For the first time in a long time, the Terriers held the edge in most of the advanced stats, however they didn’t hold the edge in the most important stat, goals. At 5 on 5 BU held the xG edge 2.34-2.26, while maintaining possession at EV 54% to 46%.
Per Period xG: 1st (0.91-1.53, NU) 2nd (2.21-0.91, BU) 3rd (1.44-0.48, BU)
After being the Terriers bottom performer for the past two games, Gavin McCarthy was the best player on the ice, and becoming the 11th different Terrier to lead the team in Game Score in the last 11 games.
BU recorded 7 high danger shots (1.98 xG) with 1 resulting in a goal—Roukounakis’ 1st period goal—5 were saved, and the remaining one missed the net. NU record 3 (.69 xG) all of which were saved by Mikhail Yegorov.
The xG differential was back and forth has NU took the lead for the first 22 minutes of the game before BU took control for the rest.
12 different Terriers record xG% over 50, the most since the Colgate series.
Game 2
The Terriers were dominant on the night, maintaining possession at EV 57% to 43%, winning puck battles 56% to 48%. Faceoffs were even in the OZone (55%-55%) and DZone (45%-45%) with NU holding the edge in the Neutral Zone (46%-54%).
Per Period xG: 1st (1.09-0.76, BU) 2nd (1.29-1.44, NU) 3rd (0.94-1.06, NU) OT (0.75-0.16, BU)
Charlie Trethewey was the Terriers’ top performer—despite his limit time on the ice—in terms of Game Score, becoming the 12th different Terrier to lead the team in Game Score in the last 12 games.
BU recorded 5 high danger shots (1.39 xG) compared to NU’s 6 (1.68 xG), will but 1 of BU’s being saved (1.14 xG) the sole exception being Cole Hutson game winning goal (.25 xG). On the other end of the ice, Mikhail Yegorov saved 5 (1.39 xG) of 6.
The Terriers held the xG edge up until the 51-minute mark but reclaimed it in OT.
Four Terriers recorded xG% over 70: Jack Murtagh, Ryder Ritchie, Ben Merrill, and Nick Roukounakis.
