Boston University
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No. 7 Terriers, No. 9 Crimson Set to Tangle in Top-10 Tilt Tuesday
November 21, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey
| #7 Men's Ice Hockey (6-4-1) vs. #9 Harvard 5-1-1) | |
|---|---|
| Date & Time | Tuesday, Nov. 22 | 7 p.m. |
| Venue | Agganis Arena | Boston, Mass. |
| Tickets | AgganisArena.com - Two complimentary tickets w/ Military ID |
| Watch | TerrierTV (free) |
| Listen | TSRN |
| Live Stats | GoTerriers.com |
| Game Notes | BU | Harvard |
| @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey | |
BOSTON - For the 15th time in the past 21 years, the Boston University and Harvard men's ice hockey teams will face off on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The seventh-ranked Terriers host the No. 9 Crimson on Nov. 22 at Agganis Arena. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
The Terriers are playing their third game in five days after splitting a weekend home-and-home series with UConn. Harvard is coming off a 5-2 home win over Boston College on Friday to rebound from its lone loss of the season, a 4-2 road contest at Quinnipiac on Nov. 12.
BU and Harvard have played 152 times since the 1922-23 season and the Terriers hold a 78-68-6 (.533) advantage. In the five meetings at Agganis Arena, Harvard has won three times and BU has won twice.
The Terriers have won the past two meetings after dropping five straight to the Crimson. That was BU's longest losing streak versus Harvard since dropping nine straight from 1960-64. Down 5-3 late in the third period last season, the Terriers got goals from three seniors in a span of 2:09 to earn a thrilling 6-5 victory at then-No. 4/5 Harvard on Jan. 7.
The Crimson opened the year with a weekend sweep at Arizona State before opening conference play at home with a tie against Colgate and a win over Cornell. Harvard also won at Princeton before the loss to the Bobcats.
Harvard ranks second in the nation in power-play percentage (28.1 %), third in scoring average (4.29) and tied for fourth in scoring defense (2.00).
Four of the team's top six point-scorers are seniors. Senior Tyler Moy has a squad-best 11 points and is tied with sophomore Lewis Zerter-Gossage for the team lead in goals at five. Sophomore Sean Malone has added nine points (4g, 5a) and four others have tallied eight.
Junior Merrick Madsen has started every game in goal thus far and sports a .924 save percentage and a 1.85 goals-against average.
Ted Donato is in his 13th season as head coach at his alma mater and has a even career record of 181-181-46.
In BU's split last weekend with Connecticut, each team won on the road. Sophomore Jordan Greenway scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season and freshman Gabriel Chabot tallied his first goal as a Terrier to lead BU to a 2-1 victory on Friday in Hartford. Junior goaltender Connor LaCouvee made his first start of the season on Friday and stopped 28 of 29 shots to earn the win. On Saturday, the Huskies scored twice in each of the final two periods en route to a 4-0 loss for the Terriers, who held a 37-20 shot advantage.
The Terriers are 5-2-1 in the past eight games and three of the wins were shutouts at home. Freshman Jake Oettinger put together a home shutout skein of 204:41 to start his career.
Freshman Patrick Harper had at least one point in the first seven games of his collegiate career and now has a team-best 15 points on five goals and 10 assists. His points-per-game average of 1.36 ranks 15th in the nation and fourth among rookies.
Greenway has scored 12 points (5g, 7a) of his 13 points over the past eight games and he is tied for second in the nation in game-winning goals with three. Sophomore Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson is the only other Terrier with double-digit points as he has posted two goals and eight assists through 11 games.
