BOSTON - Meeting at TD Garden in the Hockey East tournament for the first time ever, defending league champion Boston University takes on crosstown rival and third-seeded Northeastern in the semifinal round on Friday (March 22). The game, which will be televised on NESNplus, starts at 4 p.m. 
 

Boston University (16-17-4) vs. No. 6/8 Northeastern (25-10-1)
Date & Time	Friday, March 22 - 4 p.m.
Venue	TD Garden - Boston, Mass.
Tickets	Ticketmaster
TV	NESNplus
Watch	NESNgo (in New England) // FloHockey ($) - (outside New England)
Radio	TSRN
Live Stats	Hockey East
Game Notes	BU | NU
Podcast	Inside BU Hockey - Episode 20
Twitter	@BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

 
SETTING THE STAGE
• BU is 6-2-1 over its past nine contests, giving up six goals in each of the two losses while allowing one or zero goals in the other seven games.
• Friday marks the 12th time in the Terriers' past 14 games that they are playing away from Agganis Arena.
• Friday's second semifinal pits top-seeded Massachusetts against seventh-seeded Boston College. The winners meet on Saturday at 7 p.m. for the league title.

HOCKEY EAST NOTABLE
• The Terriers have now advanced to the Hockey East semifinals in 15 of the past 18 seasons.
• BU and Boston College are each making a record 25th Hockey East semifinal appearance.
• Nine of BU's past 14 Hockey East tournament games have been decided by a single goal. 
• BU has won eight of its past 10 Hockey East tournament games. 
• BU and Northeastern are tied for the most Hockey East tournament wins over the past four seasons with 10 apiece.
• This is the second consecutive year - and third time overall - that all three Beanpot schools advanced to championship weekend. BU won the title each of the previous two occasions (2018, 2009).

FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS 
• Albie O'Connell is the first head coach to lead his alma mater to the Hockey East semifinals in his first year at the helm.
• He joins Tim Whitehead (UML, 1997) as the only men to lead their teams to Hockey East's championship weekend in their first-ever season as a head coach. 
• Nate Leaman (PC, 2012) and Blaise McDonald (UML, 2002) led their teams to the Garden in their first seasons in Hockey East after serving as head coaches in other conferences.
• Jack Parker (BU), Len Ceglarski (BC), Mike McShane (PC) and Bill Riley Jr. (Lowell) were the four head coaches to reach the inaugural Hockey East semifinals in 1985.  

SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the 238th meeting between the Terriers and Huskies since they first met during the 1930-31 season. The only team BU has played more games against is Boston College (279).
• The Terriers hold a 165-62-10 (.717) advantage, including wins in 13 of the past 20 meetings (13-5-2).
• BU is 8-4-0 against the Huskies in the Hockey East tournament and came out on top, 5-2, in their only other semifinal meeting in 1994 at Boston Garden.
• The Terriers are 13-3-0 (.813) in the 16 meetings that have taken place at TD Garden.
• The two teams have played 28 overtime games in the all-time series, and BU holds a 12-6-10 edge. The Terriers have recorded 14 of the 17 shutouts between the crosstown rivals.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
• Northeastern is one of the hottest teams in the country, having won nine of its past 10 contests.   
• The Huskies posted back-to-back 2-1 wins over Maine last weekend with the first coming in overtime to earn a sweep and advance.
• Northeastern has a win against each of the top two teams in the PairWise (St. Cloud State, Massachusetts).
• The Huskies have benefited from impressive balance in their scoring thus far as 19 players have scored at least one goal.
• Junior Jeremy Davies - a 2018 First Team All-American - has leads the team in points (34) and assists (26).
• Seniors Liam Pecararo and Brandon Hawkins each have 10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points apiece while freshman Tyler Madden has been impressive, racking up 27 points on 11 goals and 16 assists. 
• Junior Grant Jozefek has chipped in with 24 points (10g, 14a) and sophomore Zach Solow has 22 points on the strength of a team-best 14 goals. 
• In goal, sophomore Cayden Primeau has been arguably the nation's best goaltender in the second half, posting a .946 save percentage since the holiday break. 
• Primeau ranks second nationally in save percentage at .935 and his goals-against average is 10th at 2.05. 

IN THE BEANPOT
• Boston University had its run of four straight Beanpot title game appearances come to an end on as No. 13 Northeastern scored 51 seconds into overtime to take a 2-1 semifinal victory at TD Garden on Feb. 4.
• Junior Jake Oettinger was phenomenal in goal for the Terriers, making a season-high 47 saves – all in succession – as the Huskies scored on their first and last shots of the night. 
• Freshman Joel Farabee scored BU's lone goal, tying the game late in the first period. 
• The Terriers committed a costly turnover in the early stages as sophomore Cam Crotty was hooked from behind in the BU zone, resulting in a goal in the slot from a wide-open Patrick Schule at 3:14 of the first.
• After coming up short on back-to-back power plays, BU used Farabee's goal to get an equalizer before the end of the first. 
• Farabee had two chances to put BU ahead in the second off breakaways but NU netminder Cayden Primeau was up the task each time.
• The Huskies pressured Oettinger and the Terrier defense throughout the third, putting up 24 shots in the frame and earning two power plays, but BU stood tall.
• Jeremy Davies forced a turnover in the early moments of overtime and hit Tyler Madden for a breakaway that he converted on a shot that went off Oettinger and through his legs to end the game.

BACK IN NOVEMBER
• The Terriers had a successful home-and-home series with crosstown rival Northeastern earlier this season, capped by a 4-1 home triumph on Nov. 3 for head coach Albie O'Connell's first win.
• In a game that featured four ties and leads by both teams, BU battled to a 5-5 draw with Northeastern on Nov. 1 at Matthews Arena.
• Five different Terriers scored in the opener, including junior Chad Krys, who potted his first goal of the season with 7:33 left in regulation on a power play to send the game to overtime.
• The Huskies scored two goals on their first four shots but the Terriers drew even with sophomore Logan Cockerill's first collegiate shorthanded goal and a tip-in by junior Patrick Curry.
• The Huskies quickly regained the lead, however, on a wrister from the right side at 4:31 of the second.
• BU scored twice in a span of 1:23 in the third to take the lead as junior Patrick Harper found freshman Joel Farabee in front before senior Bobo Carpenter tipped in an offering by sophomore David Farrance at 4:05.
• The Huskies then converted on a 5-on-3 power play and then scored on a partial breakaway to take a 5-4 lead midway through the third.
• BU ended an 0-for-21 power-play drought to create the fourth and final tie of the night as a right-point shot by Krys found the back of the net at 12:27.
• BU recorded 50 shots – 21 in the second period alone – while Northeastern had 34. It was the first time since Dec. 5, 2015 (5-3 win at Vermont) that the Terriers had at least 50 shots in a game.
• In all, 12 different Terriers recorded a point in the tie.
• On Saturday, junior Dante Fabbro scored the first two goals of the game and Krys had three assists. Junior Patrick Curry notched a shorthanded goal and a helper while senior Bobo Carpenter added his fourth goal of the season. 
• Junior Jake Oettinger posted a 1.98 goals-against average and a .941 save percentage over the two games.

QUARTERFINAL RECAP
• Boston University had a full three-game quarterfinal series for the first time in seven years, advancing to the Garden with a 4-1 victory at fourth-seeded UMass Lowell on St. Patrick's Day. • Paced by junior Jake Oettinger's record-tying 13th career shutout, BU posted a 3-0 victory in the opening game on Friday evening.
• The River Hawks responded on Saturday with a 6-4 victory to force a third game.
• Freshman Joel Farabee tallied four goals, including both of BU's game-winners, in the series and also added an assist. 
• On Friday, Oettinger tied the program record for career shutouts held by Jack Ferreira '66 and John Curry '07. 
• After spotting the River Hawks a 3-0 lead through one period on Saturday, BU clawed back and got with one at 4-3 and then went in the locker room down 5-4 after two. Lowell scored early in the third and hung on.
• Juniors Patrick Curry and Patrick Harper each had two goals and two assists on the weekend. Harper scored twice and added an assist in Sunday's clincher. 
• Sophomore Cam Crotty had a goal in each of the first two games and now four of his six career goals have come against UMass Lowell.
• Junior defensemen Chad Krys (1g, 3a) and Dante Fabbro (3a) combined for seven points in the series.
• BU allowed three power play goals on Saturday, which equaled the total it allowed in its previous 15 games combined.

SEEDING STORY
• This is the fifth time that the Terriers are the No. 5 seed in the league tournament.
• BU is now 8-7 all-time as the No. 5 seed. 
• The other four years BU was a No. 6 seed was 1989 (lost in quarters at Providence), 1999 (lost in quarters at Providence), 2003 (lost in title game vs. UNH) and 2016 (lost in quarters at UMass Lowell).  
• The Terriers have qualified for all 35 of the Hockey East tournaments since the league's inception in 1984 and finished lower than the fifth seed just three times (6th - 2001, 8th - 2004, 9th - 2014).
• BU is in search of its 10th Hockey East tournament title, having won the crown in 1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2015 and 2018.
• BU made its 34th Hockey East quarterfinal appearance, the most of any school. 

IN THE TOURNAMENT
• BU has an overall Hockey East tournament record of 76-40-1 (.654). BU is 2-1 in the opening round, 51-24-1 (.678) in the quarterfinals, 12-12 (.500) in the semifinals, 2-0 in the consolation and 9-3 (.750) in the championship. 
• Providence has been the Terriers' most common opponent in the tournament with 22 meetings. The Terriers have played 17 games against UMass Lowell, 15 against Maine and 14 against Boston College. 

CURRENT TERRIERS IN THE TOURNAMENT
• Nineteen current skaters and one goaltender have played at least one contest in the Hockey East tournament. 
• Twelve players have at least one points and 10 of them have scored a goal. 
• Junior Chad Krys (3g, 6a) has nine points in 10 Hockey East tournament games.
• Senior Bobo Carpenter (5g, 2a) and juniors Patrick Curry (3g, 5a) and Dante Fabbro (1g, 6a) each have seven points in league tournament play.
• Sophomore Shane Bowers has five assists in seven tournament games.
• Jake Oettinger, last year's Hockey East tournament MVP, is 8-2 in nine tournament games and boasts a 2.14 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

YEAR-END HONORS
• Junior co-captain Dante Fabbro was named a Hockey East Second Team All-Star for the second consecutive year and freshman Joel Farabee earned a spot on the conference All-Rookie Team.
• In a year highlighted by several standout defensemen across the country, Fabbro is the only Division I player who has over 30 points and over 70 blocked shots this season. His 79 blocks lead all Hockey East players and he ranks second on the Terriers in points with 33 on the strength of a team-best 26 assists. 
• Farabee continues an impressive streak for the Terriers, who have had at least one All-Rookie Team honoree in each of the past 12 seasons. 
• BU's all-time total of 46 All-Rookie Team selections is nine more than any other school.
• BU's leader in points (36) and goals (17), Farabee has turned in an impressive freshman season. 
• He led all Hockey East rookies in points during league play with 24 on seven goals and 17 assists. 
• Farabee also leads the Terriers in game-winning goals (3), penalty minutes (57), plus-minus (+4) and shots on goal (131).
• Fabbro and Farabee each have five goals and 10 assists on the power play to lead the team.

OETTINGER ON A ROLL 
• Junior Jake Oettinger has a .940 save percentage and a 1.66 goals-against average over the past nine games, including three shutouts. 
• He had a shutout skein of 144:37 in Hockey East tournament games come to an end on Saturday.

SHOT BLOCKERS
• The top three shot blockers in Hockey East reside on the Terrier blue line. 
• Junior Dante Fabbro has a league-best 79 blocks, which ranks tied for 10th nationally, while sophomores Kasper Kotkansalo and Cam Crotty rank tied for second with 68 blocks apiece. 
• BU ranks seventh nationally in blocks per game at 14.7 and the next-highest Hockey East team is Northeastern in 27th with 12.7.

SPREADING THE WEALTH
• Four Terriers - Shane Bowers, Bobo Carpenter, Patrick Curry and Joel Farabee - have 10 or more goals this season.
• Over the course of its 16 wins, BU has had 10 different players record a game-winning goal.
• Freshman Joel Farabee and sophomore Ty Amonte lead the team with five and three GWGs, respectively, while eight others have one each.
• BU is first in the country in shorthanded goals with 11 and they have been scored by seven different players. 
• The Terriers haven't had seven shorthanded goal scorers since the 2011-12 season, when they had exactly seven. 
• The last time BU had double-digit shorthanded goals was the 2009-10 season.

PK SHINES
• BU's penalty kill has successfully killed off 56 of its opponents' past 62 power plays, including a stretch of 26 straight, which was the program's longest such streak since a string of 27 straight that ended on March 24, 2017.
• BU's penalty kill is 17th in the nation at 84.0 percent. 

NET GAINS
• Since Nov. 3, junior goaltender Jake Oettinger has a .933 save percentage, which ranks fifth nationally during the span.
• On Jan. 12 at Providence, Oettinger became the 10th goaltender in program history to reach the 50-win mark.
• Oettinger has recently passed Jim Craig, Jack Ferreira, Cleon Daskalaskis, Tom Noble and Michel Larocque and is fifth all-time at BU in career wins:

TRENDING TERRIERS
• Junior Chad Krys is coming off back-to-back multi-point games for just the second time in his career and has nine points (3g, 6a) over the past six contests. 
• Freshman Joel Farabee, sophomore Cam Crotty and juniors Patrick Curry and Dante Fabbro all recorded at least one point in all three quarterfinal games last weekend.
• Farabee has 29 points (14g, 15a) over the past 24 games and was named runner-up for Hockey East Rookie of the Month for February.
• Curry has 14 points, including eight goals, over the past 18 games.
• Fabbro has eight points (1g, 7a) in the past five contests.