No. 7/6 BU Set for Top-10 Tilt at No. 8 UConn

Sunday, December 11

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2:05 PM

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No. 7/6 BU Set for Top-10 Tilt at No. 8 UConn

December 10, 2022 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#7/6 Boston University (10-5-0, 7-4-0 Hockey East) at #8 UConn (11-4-3, 8-3-2 Hockey East)
Date & Time: Sunday, Dec. 11 - 2 p.m.
Venue: XL Center - Hartford, Conn.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 7/6 Boston University men's ice hockey team will close out the first semester with a top-10 tilt at No. 8 UConn on Sunday at XL Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 2 p.m. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+, with an audio-only broadcast located here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU enters the weekend having suffered a 9-6 setback at Boston College on Friday night.
Senior Matt Brown led the Terriers with four points on one goal and a career-high three assists.
Brown now paces the Terriers in goals (8), assists (14) and points (22).
Senior Wilmer Skoog matched a career high with three points against the Eagles, scoring two goals and assisting on Brown's strike.
Junior Nick Zabaneh and freshman Jeremy Wilmer each tallied one goal and one assist.
Freshman Quinn Hutson also found the back of the net, marking the third straight game he has lit the lamp.
Senior captain Domenick Fensore notched an assist in his 100th game as a Terrier, one of eight different Terriers to secure a helper.
Junior Cade Webber also had an assist, as did seniors Jamie Armstrong, Jay O'Brien and Ethan Phillips.
The Terriers average 4.0 goals per game, which is tops in Hockey East and third-most in the NCAA.
They also average 36.4 shots on goal per game, which ranks second in the country and first in Hockey East.

SERIES HISTORY

The Terriers and Huskies have had 24 prior meetings and BU is 13-9-2 (.583) in them, including a weekend split at Agganis in October.
BU took the second game, 5-2, after a 4-3 overtime loss the previous night.
Matt Brown, who had four points in Friday's fixture at BC, also had four points (2g, 2a) in that October win over UConn.
The last regular-season contest between the two teams at XL Center was a 2-1 overtime triumph for BU on Jan. 14.
Jay O'Brien netted the OT-winner just eight seconds into the extra session.
BU has won four out of seven and eight of the last 14 overall meetings against UConn.
The Terriers have won the last two OT games, including a 3-2 triumph at Freitas Ice Forum on Feb. 20, 2021.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

UConn last played on Dec. 2, suffering a 7-3 home loss to then-No. 12 Merrimack.
The Huskies did defeat Merrimack, 3-1, in North Andover on Nov. 29.
Ryan Tverberg leads UConn in goals (10) and points (17), with Andrew Lucas pacing the Huskies with 12 assists.
Lucas is third on the squad in points (13), just one point behind Matthew Wood (5g, 9a).
Both Arsenii Sergeev and Logan Terness earned a start in goal against BU in October.
Terness made 24 saves in the OT win over BU and enters Sunday with a .918 save percentage and a 2.32 goals-against average.
Sergeev stopped 38 shots in the 5-2 loss to the Terriers and enters Sunday with a .920 save percentage and a 2.51 goals-against average.

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