Home Stretch (Week 22 Preview)
The women's squad takes on #3 Seed Boston College in the Hockey East Tournament, while the men close out the regular season hosting Providence before heading to Vermont
The #2 seeded women’s squad (22-11-2, HEA (2nd): 18-7-2) take on #3 seeded Boston College for a spot in the Hockey East Championship Game while the men (18-12-2, HEA (3rd): 12-8-2) host Providence and travel to Vermont to close out the regular season.
Women’s
The Terriers welcome their arch-rival Boston College Eagles (March 5th, 6pm) to Walter Brown Arena in the semifinals of the Hockey East Tournament.
Boston College
(21-12-2, HEA (3rd): 16-9-2)
The 75th edition of the Battle of Comm Ave will decide which team will compete for the 2025 Hockey East Tournament Title.
The matchup with the Eagles will be the 4th between the teams this season with the Terriers leading the series 2-1 (2-3, 3-1, 3-2). The Terriers won last time out, with goals from Lilli Welcke, Kaileigh Quigg, and Riley Walsh all scoring at Walter Brown Arena.
The #3 seed Eagles enter the game after winning their home quarterfinal matchup with #6 seed Maine. Hockey East goal leader, Julia Pellerin (20) scored twice in the game including the game winner. The teams traded goals throughout the game, with Maine striking first, before BC tied things up in the first. In the second, Maine took another lead before BC scored two to take their own lead. Maine would the game on the power play before BC took the lead for good just before the midpoint of the 2nd.
The #2 seed Terriers had a similar back and forth game, where they did not have a lead in the game until the game winner in overtime. The team’s volleyed goals back and forth in the first with #8 seed Vermont getting the first, but after coming back twice, BU sent the teams to intermission tied at 2. After a scoreless second, the third saw more back and forth, with the Catamounts taking another lead before the Terriers tied it once more. Riley Walsh scored the game winner in overtime to cap her first 3 point game as a Terrier.
This will be the 3rd Hockey East Tournament semifinal matchup between the teams (2009, 2012, 2019), with the last also being BU’s last semifinal appearance.
Records
27-39-8: vs Boston College (3-3-1 under Tara Watchorn)
4-3-0: vs. Boston College in the Hockey East Tournament
1-0-0: vs. Boston College in the Hockey East Tournament at Walter Brown Arena
Stats
Beanpot rivals BU, BC, and Northeastern all made the Hockey East Semifinals for the 9th time (2011-2017, 2019, 2025) and matches the same quartet of teams as 2015
6 of Julia Shaunessy’s 12 goals have been scored in the Hockey East Tournament or against BC
Men’s
The men close on the regular season with a home game vs. Providence (March 6th, 7pm) and a road game at Vermont (March 8th, 7pm). The Terriers look to lock up the three seed in the Hockey East Tournament with a win.
Providence
(20-8-5, HEA (5th): 10-7-5)
The Terriers welcome the Providence College Friars to their Senior Night to close out their three game set. The teams split the previous pair of games, in BU’s post-Beanpot series, with each team taking their home game. The weekend included freshman goalie Mikail Yegorov’s first career shutout.
Since they last met, the Friars have won 3 in a row, including a sweep of Merrimack over the weekend (3-2, 2-1). On Friday night, PC got into a 2 goal hole, before scoring three unanswered, including goals from team leading goalscorers Graham Gamache (10) and Tanner Adams (11). On Saturday, again the Friars got in a hole, giving up a goal to Merrimack in the first before scoring two in the second, including a buzzer beater by Tomas Machu—his second goal of the season—which was the eventual game winner.
In that same span, the Terriers went 1-1-1, which included a split with Northeastern (1-5, 3-1) and a shootout win over UConn last Tuesday. Terrier freshman defenseman Cole Hutson scored 2 goals and recorded 2 assists in the three game span. The goals were the game winning goal against Northeastern and the game tieing goal against UConn. No other Terrier has more than one goal in that span, and Quinn Hutson (3) and Tom Willander (2) are the only others with more than a point in that span.
Records
119-60-20: vs. Providence (6-1-1 under Jay Pandolfo)
18-5-5: vs. Providence at Agganis Arena (3-0-0)
5-1-1: vs. Providence at Agganis Arena in March (1-0-0)
Stats
BU recorded their 20th shutout of Providence, last time out, their most vs. any opponent
A win of any kind would lock the Terriers into the #3 spot in the Hockey East Tournament
Vermont
(11-18-3, HEA (10th): 6-14-2)
The Terriers will close out the 2024-25 regular season with a trip to Burlington to face the Vermont Catamounts. The game closes out the three game set that started with a BU sweep at Agganis on January 10th/11th (6-1, 7-4).
Vermont enters the week losers of their last 5, but have a midweek matchup with UConn on Thursday. Over the weekend, the Catamounts were swept by Maine (1-4, 3-4). On Saturday, after entering the third down 3-1, UVM scored two but allowed one to Maine to stymy their comeback effort.
Last time out vs. the Catamounts, Cole Eiserman recorded the first ever hat trick by a freshman in Agganis Arena history. He also scored his first 4 point game in the game as well. The trip to Burlington will be their first since January 2024 in which the Terriers swept the Catamounts 5-1 and 5-2.
Records
28-10-4: vs. Vermont on the road (4-0-0)
8-5-0: vs. Vermont in March (2-0-0)
0-1-0: vs. Vermont on the road in March
Stats
The game versus Vermont is just the second time that the Terriers have made the trip to Burlington in March, with the last game coming March 3rd, 1979 (3-5 L)
2 of the last 3, 3 of the last 6, and 4 of the last 8 Terrier hat tricks have been scored against Vermont
