Boston University
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Men's Ice Hockey Opens Season vs. No. 16 Providence on NESN+
January 6, 2021 | Men's Ice Hockey
vs.
#16 Providence (3-3-2)
Game 1
Friday, Jan. 8 // 6 p.m.
Walter Brown Arena (Boston, Mass.)
Game 2
Saturday, Jan. 9 // 7 p.m.
Schneider Arena (Providence, R.I.)
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Stats: BU (2019-20) | PC
Game Notes: BU | PC
BOSTON – The Boston University men's ice hockey team will return to competition for the first time in 10 months when it hosts No. 16 Providence (3-3-2) in the opener of a home-and-home weekend on Friday (Jan. 8) at Walter Brown Arena. Game time is set for 6 p.m. The teams will face off again on Saturday (Jan. 9) in Providence at 7 p.m.
The Terriers last played on March 7, 2020, when they closed the regular season against Northeastern before the Covid-19 pandemic caused the cancelation of the postseason. Friday will mark BU's first regular-season game at Walter Brown Arena in just over 16 years (Jan. 2, 2005).
Throughout Friday's game on NESN+, BU will be honoring the lives of Jack Kelley and Travis Roy, who both passed away this fall.
The Terriers and Friars first met in the 1926-27 season and have played 187 times since that encounter. BU leads the series 110-58-19 (.643) and is 15-7-6 in their past 28 meetings but the Friars hold a slim 5-4-6 edge in the past 15. In last year's home-and-home between the Hockey East rivals, the teams skated to a 3-3 draw at Agganis on Nov. 8 before a wild game the following night in Providence resulted in a 6-5 win for the Friars.
Head coach Albie O'Connell enters his third season at the helm of the BU program and senior Logan Cockerill is serving as team captain with classmate David Farrance and redshirt junior Ty Amonte filling the assistant captain roles. Farrance returns after a junior year in which he earned All-America First Team honors after leading all Division I defensemen in scoring. After missing the 2019-20 season due to injury, Amonte will be putting on a BU jersey for the first time since the 2019 Hockey East semifinals.
The Friars are 3-3-2 on the season and are coming off a 3-1 home win over Vermont on Saturday to complete a three-point weekend. PC head coach Nate Leaman led Team USA to gold at the 2021 World Junior Championship in Edmonton on Tuesday. Junior Tyce Thompson has a team-best seven points (3g, 4a) for the Friars this season while transfer Jaxson Stauber has been impressive in goal, posting a 3-1-2 mark with a .946 save percentage and 1.30 goals-against average.
