November Rain (Week 6 Preview)
The women travel to Maine and the men have a home-and-home with Merrimack as both try to right the ship
The women (1-7-0, HEA (6th): 1-2-0) head to Alfond Arena and the men (3-5-1, HEA (6th): 1-3-0) host Merrimack before heading to North Andover.
Women’s
The Terriers head to Orono to face Maine (November 7th/8th, 3 pm/3:30pm), looking to get in the win column.
Maine
(2-6-1, HEA (T-7th): 0-1-1)
The Terriers visit the Maine Black Bears this weekend, hoping to see an improvement in results against a team they have seen some success against.
BU enters the weekend after being swept by Northeastern (1-3, 3-7) an unfortunate result after finally earning a win the weekend earlier. Clara Yuhn was a bright part of the weekend, scoring in both games for the Terriers to extend a goal streak vs. the Huskies to 4 games.
Maine enters after splitting a weekend series with Providence (2-3 L (OT), 1-1 T (SOL)). Sophomore forward Frederikke Foss scored in each game for the Black Bears, doubling her career total. Foss, joins freshman Isabelle Michaud—who also leads the team in points with 5—and junior Lily Fetch with the team-high 2 goals. 12 different Black Bears have a goal so far this season. In net, sophomore Kiia Lahtinen has started all 9 games for Maine and holds a 2.83 GAA and .923 SV%.
BU has won 5 of their last 6 against Maine, including 3 straight wins at Alfond Arena. Sydney Healey leads all current Terriers with 4 points against Maine, and along with former Black Bear Luisa Welcke lead the team with 2 goals against them.
Records
37-22-4 vs. Maine (5-1-0 under Tara Watchorn)
18-10-2 vs. Maine at Alfond Arena (3-0-0)
6-2-1 vs. Maine in November
2-2-1 vs. Maine at Alfond in November
Stats
Victoria Bach is the only Terrier to record a Hat Trick at Alfond Arena on November 11th, 2016
Tara Watchorn’s only goal against Maine came at Alfond Arena on February 19th, 2011
Men’s
The men look to get back to their winning ways in a home (November 7th, 7pm) and home (November 8th, 6pm, Lawler Rink) with the Merrimack Warriors.
Merrimack
(3-3-0, HEA (2nd): 2-2-0)
The Terriers have their second home-and-home conference series of the season, facing off against Merrimack.
Last time out vs. the Warriors snapped a 6 game winning streak for the Terriers against Merrimack. Their longest since a 7 game span from January 6th, 2012 through March 16th, 2013.
BU enters after getting swept by Maine in a 22 goal weekend (4-5 (OT), 5-8). 16 different Terriers recorded a point in the series, led by Cole Hutson with 5 and Brandon Svoboda who put in a 2 goal, 2 assist, 4 point Saturday night.
Merrimack enters on a two game losing streak, including a 1-5 loss to UConn this past weekend. Freshman forward Parker Lalonde leads all Warriors with 5 goals and leads Hockey East with 4 of those coming in conference play. In goal, Max Lungren is 3rd among Hockey East goalies in GAA (2.18) and SV% (.933).
Jack Harvey leads all active Terriers with 3 goals and 4 points against Merrimack. Cole Hutson and Kamil Bednarik both have 3 assist against the Warriors. It is the only team that Bednarik has more than 2 assists against.
Records
99-26-8 vs. Merrimack (6-3-0 under Jay Pandolfo)
18-3-4 vs. Merrimack in November (2-0-0)
Stats
Merrimack is one of only 3 teams that Jack Harvey has scored 3+ goals against, UConn and Vermont are the others
Merrimack is the only Hockey East team Quinn and Lane Hutson have both scored against, but Cole Hutson has not
