FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING

• This is the first time ever that BU will be on the road for the Hockey East quarterfinals.
• In fact, prior to this year, BU was the only school to have never played a true road game in the Hockey East playoffs.
• The only year the Terriers did not play a single home playoff game was in their first postseason appearance back in 2008, when they faced New Hampshire in a semifinal contest at UConn.
• BU and Maine will be meeting in the playoffs for the first time this weekend.
• The Terriers will have faced every team but Merrimack in the league tournament after this weekend's games.

TERRIERS IN THE POSTSEASON

• BU is the most successful program in league history in the conference tournament, as the Terriers have won a record five championships, including four in a row from 2012-15.
• BU is 22-7 all-time in the league playoffs, including an 11-2 mark in the quarterfinals.
• The Terriers have advanced to the Hockey East semifinals in each of the last 10 years.
• Contrast that with Maine, which is 0-11 in the league playoffs, including an 0-8 mark in the quarterfinals.

BEST OF BU IN THE TOURNAMENT

• Rebecca Leslie is first among active skaters with 10 goals in the Hockey East tournament, and she is second among active players with 14 total points.
• Victoria Bach is third among the active assists leaders with nine helpers, and her 13 points is tied for third.
• Mary Grace Kelley is the only other Terrier with multiple conference postseason points, as she tallied a goal and an assist in a 2016 quarterfinal victory.
• Eleven different Terriers, including goaltender Erin O'Neil, have recorded at least one Hockey East postseason point.
• HISTORY WITH MAINE
• BU is 26-11-2 all-time against Maine, including a 12-6-0 mark at Alfond Arena.
• The Terriers were swept by Maine in the regular-season series for the first time ever this season.
• However, BU was missing its entire top line of seniors Victoria Bach, Rebecca Leslie and Nina Rodgers for the series against Maine on Jan. 6-7.
• The Terrier senior class is 3-3 all-time at Alfond Arena.

BEST OF BU AGAINST THE BLACK BEARS

• Victoria Bach has tallied 14 points (8g, 6a) against the Black Bears in her four-year career.
• Rebecca Leslie has notched a team-best eight assists against Maine in addition to her four goals against the Black Bears for 12 total points.
• Deziray De Sousa notched a goal and two assists during the weekend series back in January, with Jesse Compher adding a goal and an assist in the final game of that two-game set.
• Nara Elia has tallied two goals in three games against Maine this season, while Jesse Compher has
• Fourteen Terriers in total have recorded at least one point against Maine, including multi-point scorers Nina Rodgers (3a), Savannah Newton (2a) and Abbey Stanley (2a).

SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS

• Maine enters the postseason having been swept at home by Boston College last weekend.
• The Black Bears are winless in their last four contests (0-3-1) and in eight of their last nine games (1-6-2).
• Sophomore Tereza Vanisova leads Maine in goals (13), assists (26) and points (39), with senior Brooke Stacey second to Vanisova in all three categories (10g, 15a).
• Sophomore goaltender Carly Jackson has started 30 of the 31 games in which she has appeared.
• Jackson is 15-10-5 and leads the league with a 1.88 goals-against average, in addition to her .927 save percentage, which is fifth in the WHEA.