Scott Weighart

Like so many stories of suspense, this Hockey East semifinal between Massachusetts and New Hampshire had a familiar ending. Butler did it. Freshman right wing Bobby Butler scored the biggest goal of his collegiate career, grabbing a UMass turnover and flipping a shot past Minuteman goalie Jon Quick to give the Wildcats a 3-2 double-overtime … Read more

It took three games, half an overtime period, and an imaginary road trip, but Boston University finally managed to end Vermont’s season. BU dominated the first half of regulation before squandering a 2-0 lead and heading to overtime to decide its best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series against Vermont. A Ryan Weston breakaway forced Peter Macaulay … Read more

Boston University’s shortest road trip in its illustrious history proved to be a successful journey Friday night. Frustrated by a lackluster effort in Game 1 of their Hockey East quarterfinal series against Vermont last night — not to mention the fact their 7-5-5 record at Agganis Arena in contrast to their 9-2-4 record on the … Read more

So much for the so-called home-ice advantage. In a battle between two teams which have significantly better records on the road than they do at home, perhaps it should be no surprise that the visitors chalked up another win. The two best defensive teams in Hockey East actually scored four goals in the first 17 … Read more

The late author and Boston University professor Saul Bellow once wrote a novel entitled More Die of Heartbreak. It could easily be the title of a book about Boston University’s opponents in the Beanpot. After falling behind early, Boston College took control of Monday’s championship game halfway through the second period and outshot Boston University … Read more

There are relatively few things a person can count on life. Death and taxes head the list, but Boston University reaching the Beanpot championship game is almost as much of a sure thing. For the 13th year in a row — and for the 40th time in the last 44 tournaments — the Terriers reached … Read more

A casual observer of tonight’s Boston University-UMass.-Lowell hockey game could be forgiven for not being able to tell which team is No. 7 in the nation and which team came in with a 19-game winless streak. The River Hawks outshot, outhustled, and basically outplayed the Terriers, who only salvaged a 0-0 tie because of the … Read more

With Boston College coming into tonight’s game with a rare three-game losing streak, everyone figured that BC would play like a desperate team. Instead, goaltender Cory Schneider reported that the atmosphere was not what one would have expected under the circumstances. “It was surprisingly loose,” Schneider said. “Recently we’ve been struggling to put pucks in … Read more

Boston University goalie John Curry may be the MVP of Hockey East date, but he now has just the third-best save percentage on his own team. Freshman Brett Bennett, a highly touted recruit from the US Under-18 Team, made the long wait for his first collegiate game worthwhile, stopping 17 of 18 shots to lead … Read more

This game was a real chess match … and about as interesting to watch. In a generally listless game in which each team could count their scoring chances on one hand, No. 13 Boston University tied Northeastern 0-0 in front of 5,625 fans at Agganis Arena. It was the first scoreless tie for the Terriers … Read more

Five days after three Boston University players were brutally attacked in an off-ice incident, the major challenge for the Terrier coaches and players was to put the altercation and the focus in the same place — on ice. Mission accomplished. Playing without captain Sean Sullivan and fellow senior defenseman Kevin Schaeffer, the Terriers played what … Read more