Men's Ice Hockey to Begin 100th Season with Home-and-Home Series against UConn

Friday, October 8

Hartford, CT

7:05 PM

Boston University

UConn

Men's Ice Hockey players celebrate a goal

Photo by: Kyle Prudhomme

Men's Ice Hockey to Begin 100th Season with Home-and-Home Series against UConn

October 7, 2021 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#10 Boston University (0-0-0, 2-0-0 HE) at/vs. UConn (1-0-0, 0-0-0 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 8 - 7:05 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m.
Venue: XL Center - Hartford, Conn. | Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass.
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The Boston University men's ice hockey team will begin its 100th season this weekend with a home-and-home series against UConn. Friday's contest at the XL Center in Hartford is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., while BU will host the Huskies at Agganis Arena on Saturday at 7. Fans can purchase tickets for Saturday's game by clicking here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Saturday will be the first time in 581 days that BU plays at Agganis Arena. The Terriers last hosted a game there on March 7, 2020, against Northeastern.
The Terriers earned a 5-1 exhibition win over Holy Cross on Oct. 2 at Walter Brown Arena.
Five different Terriers - Tyler Boucher, Ty Gallagher, Robert Mastrosimone, Case McCarthy and Sam Stevens - all lit the lamp, with Stevens adding an assist for a two-point night.
Eighteen of the Terriers' 30 players this season are upperclassmen.
Eleven of the Terriers' top 12 point producers from a season ago are back, including leading goal scorer Jay O'Brien, who tied for the team lead with 16 points on eight goals and eight assists.
All three goaltenders - junior Ashton Abel, sophomore Drew Commesso and sophomore Vinny Duplessis - played at least two games in the 2020-21 campaign.
BU returns 24 letter winners from last year's squad, with junior transfer Matt Brown joining five freshmen as newcomers.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

UConn opened its regular season this past Saturday with a 6-3 home win over Sacred Heart
Junior Vladislav Firstov scored twice for the Huskies in the win, while graduate student Darion Hanson, a transfer from Union, stopped 31 shots and also had an assist in his UConn debut in net.
Sophomore Ryan Tverberg tallied a team-high three points thanks to a goal and two assists.
Seniors Marc Gatcomb, Jáchym Kondelík and Kevin O'Neil all lit the lamp while classmates Jonny Evans and Ryan Wheeler each had one assist.
Sophomores John Spetz and Hudson Schandor also had one helper each.

SERIES HISTORY

The Terriers and Huskies have had 17 prior meetings and BU is 10-6-2 (.611) in them.
That includes a 3-2 overtime victory last year at Freitas Ice Forum on UConn's campus in Storrs, the first time BU had traveled to UConn but not played at XL Center.
UConn has won three of the past five contests against the Terriers, including a sweep of the season series in 2019-20.
After splitting their league series in three straight seasons (2015-16 to 2017-18) the Terriers took the 2018-19 series with a 2-1-0 record.
BU improved to 2-3-2 in seven overtime meetings with UConn after last year's win.

UP NEXT

Saturday's game at Agganis will begin a three-game homestand for the Terriers, as they'll welcome Sacred Heart to Boston on Oct. 15 and 16.
Puck drop for Friday is set for 7:30 p.m., with Saturday's showdown set for 7 p.m.