Scott WeighartThe Terrier Nation party started at 10:06 p.m. on Saturday night, and it shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. At Noon today, the Terrier band and cheerleaders led a procession from Kenmore Square down Commonwealth Avenue to thousands of waiting fans in Marsh Plaza. The BU players, coaches, and staff followed behind in two … Read more
When Terrier senior Jason Lawrence tells his grandchildren about the goal he scored to send Boston University to its first Frozen Four since 1997, he agreed that he “absolutely” would report it to be a pinpoint snipe of a top corner. The reality was that the goal wasn’t as pretty as one might have hoped … Read more
When Nick Bonino scored Boston University’s first goal Saturday at 8:49 of the first period, no one in the building believed the game was over. Yet recent history might have suggested otherwise. After Saturday’s dominating 8-3 win over Ohio State, the Terriers have an astonishing 22-0-3 record in games in which the sophomore has scored … Read more
Kieran Millan has made a difference for Boston University all season long. Saturday night, the freshman netminder did it again en route to tournament MVP honors. Scott Weighart reports.
When Boston University scored three goals in under a minute Friday night to top Boston College, explanations were hard to come by, Scott Weighart finds.
Maine was unlucky on Friday the 13th, and had good reason to beware the Ides of March Sunday night. After outplaying No. 1 Boston University for the first two games of the series — despite a loss in Friday’s first game — the Black Bears were trounced 6-2 by the Terriers in Sunday’s decisive game … Read more
When Boston University co-captain John McCarthy scored a short-handed goal to make it 3-1 in the first period, it certainly looked like tonight’s game might be over. In a sense, it was. Maine had not won a game all season when giving up three goals or more. They were on a nine-game winless streak, facing … Read more
With low totals of shots and goals as well as dueling goaltenders, it was just the kind of game Maine wanted to play tonight. Except for the final score. On a night when it was the opposite of home sweet home for the rest of Hockey East, top-seeded Boston University (28-5-4) rallied to eke out … Read more
If you can only be in first place for one day of the whole season, you certainly want it to come on the last day of the schedule. No. 1 Boston University did just that today, shutting out Providence College 3-0 to edge Northeastern by the margin of one point in the Hockey East standings … Read more
The UMass fans chant who chanted “overrated†at the No.1 Boston University Terriers on Friday night spoke too soon. On Friday night, Minuteman fans were reveling in a 3-0 lead when they started the chant. BU proceeded to outscore UMass by a 13-2 margin for the rest of weekend. After trailing 1-0 tonight, BU scored … Read more
Boston University’s Jason Lawrence has the proverbial nose for the net, something he showed yet again in Monday’s Beanpot final. Scott Weighart reports.
Boston University coach Jack Parker always frets about how his team will play in what could be called the Beanpot intermission game. Tonight those concerns seemed everything from ridiculous to highly plausible. Top ranked BU scored three goals in less than three minutes in the first period, only to watch Lowell storm back to tie … Read more
Everyone thought that the Northeastern-Boston College game would be a tossup in this year’s Beanpot, but not many outside of the Harvard locker room thought that Boston University-Harvard would be a cliffhanger up to and beyond the final buzzer. In a classic battle, Harvard played with a tenacity that belied its 5-11-4 record coming into … Read more
Boston College scored just 40 seconds into the game tonight, but it was all downhill for the Eagles after that. After spotting a goal against their archrivals, No. 2 Boston University bounced back with five unanswered goals, including four power-play tallies, en route to a 5-2 win over No. 12 Boston College in front of … Read more
You’d be hard-pressed to name a player who has made a faster impact in college hockey than Providence goalie Alex Beaudry. The Friars announced that the Ontario native had committed to attend the school on Friday. After one practice, the team named him the starter for Saturday’s game versus Lowell. Beaudry got the win and … Read more
On this date last year, the Boston University Terriers were 5-10-3. After tonight’s win, they are 14-4-1 and first in the PairWise Rankings. Freshman Chris Connolly had a career-high two goals while seniors Chris Higgins and Brandon Yip also tallied to lead No. 2 BU to a 4-1 win over Maine in front of 5,767 … Read more
Terrier senior Chris Higgins got a kick out of scoring the game-winning goal tonight. After having a second period goal waved off because the referee believed that Higgins kicked it in, the left wing scored the game winner in the third when a Colby Cohen slap shot went off his skate and went in to … Read more
You might feel a little sorry for the fan who decided to hit the concession stand halfway through the first period tonight, as the only two goals of the game were scored in a 19-second span during that timeframe. Then again, the other 59 minutes and 41 seconds featured some of the most competitive and … Read more
Terriers’ coach Jack Parker benched a couple of sinners and came up with a win against the Saints. With Jason Lawrence and Colby Cohen out of the lineup as healthy scratches following a poor effort on Tuesday against Holy Cross, No. 8 Boston University rebounded with a solid effort, beating St. Lawrence 4-1 in front … Read more
Boston University bounced back from a Vermont sweep with a win on Tuesday, but it wasn’t exactly a stirring victory. Playing Holy Cross for the first time since Terrier coach Jack Parker was a few months shy of his third birthday, No. 8 BU eked out a cliffhanger over the tenacious Crusaders. Colin Wilson scored … Read more