Scott Weighart

For the first time since 1973, Boston University began its season with a new head coach behind the bench. It will take a good while to see how similar or different the program will be under David Quinn after the 40-year reign of Jack Parker.

Saturday night’s Hockey East championship marked the end of an era for Boston University and the beginning of one for Massachusetts-Lowell. When it came to crowning the 2013 Hockey East champion tonight, all those in attendance knew they were going to see either a “first first” or a “last first” — the first title for … Read more

After the first 40 minutes, Providence was clinging to a 1-0 lead over Massachusetts-Lowell, but the Friars had plenty of reasons to believe they could hang on for the win. They had been the only team to beat the River Hawks during the No. 1 seed’s dominating 10-1 run over the last 11 games. They … Read more

Boston University and Merrimack played a riveting Hockey East quarterfinal game tonight – so much so that BU coaching legend Jack Parker completely forgot that it turned out to be the last time he coached a game at home before retiring. BU rallied from 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 deficits before senior Ben Rosen’s goal midway … Read more

On Monday, legendary Boston University coach Jack Parker announced that he would be retiring after this season. In light of that and this week’s conclave in Vatican City, a fan held up a sign tonight reading “Pope Parker XL.” So did Parker step down with a potential career move in mind? “I’m not a good … Read more

It was generally a rough second semester for No. 19 Boston University, but the planets seemed to align for them during the last few weekends of the absurdly close Hockey East playoff race. After slogging through a 3-8-2 stretch, BU closed out the regular season by winning four of its last five games, finishing with … Read more

On Friday night, Boston University checked the right boxes against Vermont when it came to great goaltending, opportunistic scoring, and being more mentally prepared to play. Tonight, it was advantage Vermont in all three areas. While several fantastic first-period saves by freshman goalie Brody Hoffman kept the Terriers at bay, Vermont jumped out to a … Read more

It’s not often that a goalie stops 49 of 50 shots and fails to get the No. 1 star, but Boston University goalie Sean Maguire’s outstanding night in net was trumped by Matt Nieto’s first collegiate hat trick – a natural hat trick at that. It was the both the first hat trick and natural … Read more

Coming into tonight’s game, No. 17 Merrimack had a 4-1-1 record in February and a 8-3-1 record in 2013. Meanwhile, No. 19 Boston University was 1-5-1 this month and had not won a home game since Jan. 4. Yet Tuesday night, the Terriers came out and dominated the Warriors early, scoring the first five goals … Read more

When you see the name “ROY” on the back of a Northeastern hockey jersey this season, you might think it stands for Rookie of the Year. Freshman Kevin Roy — playing in his first Beanpot game — scored all three goals as the Huskies snapped a 15-game Beanpot losing streak against No. 13 Boston University, … Read more

For the second night in a row, Providence had No. 10 BU on the ropes, but couldn’t land the knockout punch. One night after BU rallied from a two-goal deficit to win at Providence, the Terriers fell behind by a goal twice and came back each time to emerge with a hard-fought 3-3 tie in … Read more

In early December, Massachusetts-Lowell’s record was 4-7-1, and they had scored two goals or less in seven of those 12 games. Now they’re the hottest team in college hockey. The No. 15 River Hawks extended the longest active winning streak in D-I hockey Saturday, playing a disciplined road game at No. 9 Boston University.  After … Read more

Friday night’s show could have been called the Ex Factor. Former Terriers player Vinny Saponari, who was booted off Boston University’s team at the end of his sophomore season, came back to haunt his old squad. The senior captain scored two goals, including the game-winner with 2:03 left to play, to lead Northeastern to a … Read more

When Boston University made it 5-2 early in the third period, almost everybody in Agganis Arena had to believe the game was over. After all, Harvard was winless in its last six games and had struggled to score almost all season. The Crimson were playing on the road against the No. 8 team in the … Read more

In the second period, Boston University center Cason Hohmann had Rensselaer goalie Bryce Merriam right where he wanted him. With the netminder almost flat on his back, Hohmann patiently held the puck before firing it right into the goalie’s body. Fortunately for the sophomore, he ended up getting another long look at the net halfway … Read more

When Boston University dominated Maine for the first three or four minutes, cycling through all four lines in Maine’s end without a clearance or faceoff, it looked like a blowout in the making. Instead, it was a cliffhanger. After Garrett Noonan scored on a power play at 7:13 of the first period, BU had to … Read more

Boston University captain Wade Megan grew up in Canton, N.Y., going to just about every St. Lawrence home game. Tonight, he faced his childhood favorites for the first time — including captain Kyle Flanagan, another Canton native and a good friend — and Megan responded with the game-winning goal. “The rink’s about a minute and … Read more