No. 16 BU Hits the Road Friday Night to Begin Home-and-Home Series with Merrimack

Friday, October 22

North Andover, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Merrimack

Photo by: Robert Branning

No. 16 BU Hits the Road Friday Night to Begin Home-and-Home Series with Merrimack

October 21, 2021 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#16 Boston University (2-2-0, 1-1-0 HE) at/vs. Merrimack (2-2-0, 0-1-0 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 22 - 7 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 23 - 7 p.m.
Venue: Lawler Rink - North Andover, Mass. | Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 16 Boston University men's ice hockey team will face Merrimack in a home-and-home series that begins Friday night at Lawler Rink and concludes Saturday night at Agganis Arena. Puck drop for both contests is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Effective Oct. 15, 2021, all guests 12 years and older will be required to present proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a qualifying negative COVID-19 test to gain access to Agganis Arena and the Case Center for ice hockey and basketball games. To view the full policy and guidelines, click here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU split last weekend's home series with Sacred Heart, posting a 4-1 win on Saturday after a 3-2 loss the previous evening.
Junior Domenick Fensore was named Hockey East Defender of the Week after he tallied four points (1g, 3a) over the two games.
BU is 16-for-16 on the penalty kill through its first four games.
The Terriers have killed off 20 straight penalties dating back to March 14, 2020.
BU is the only school in the country with a top-10 power play and a top-10 penalty kill entering this weekend.
The Terriers are 10th in the country on the power play at 30.8% (4-for-13).
Thirteen different Terriers have registered a point this season, including seven different goal scorers.
Juniors Robert Mastrosimone and Sam Stevens each notched their second goal of the season against the Pioneers.

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS

Merrimack returned to .500 at 2-2 after earning a 5-3 win at Colgate on Saturday to salvage a split with the Raiders.
The Warriors fell to Colgate in overtime, 2-1, the previous evening.
Merrimack also has a 4-2 home win over Sacred Heart and a 5-2 loss at Providence on its ledger.
Graduate student Max Newton leads Merrimack in both goals (4) and points (6).
Sophomore Alex Jefferies has notched one assist in each of the last three games to lead Merrimack in that category.
Junior defender Declan Carlile leads the Warriors in blocked shots (8) and plus-minus (+5).
Sophomore goaltender Zachary Borgiel has started three of his team's four games, posting an .894 save percentage and a 3.02 goals-against average.
Freshman Hugo Ollas made his NCAA debut on Oct. 15 at Colgate, making 30 saves in the OT loss.

SERIES HISTORY

BU and Merrimack have played 121 times since first meeting on Dec. 11, 1964, and the Terriers hold a commanding 91-22-8 (.785) advantage.
The Terriers are 30-12-5 (.691) at Lawler Rink, including a 4-2 win last season.
BU is 22-4-2 (.821) in the 28 meetings that have taken place at Agganis Arena.
The teams have battled it out in overtime just 10 times and the Terriers are 0-2-8 in those contests.
BU recorded the first 14 shutouts in the series until the Warriors blanked the Terriers for the first time ever during the 2018-19 season.

UP NEXT

Following this weekend's series, the Terriers will play a home-and-home series against UMass Lowell that begins on Friday, Oct. 29, at Agganis Arena, at 7:30 p.m.
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