No. 19 Terriers Return to TD Garden to Face Harvard in Beanpot Opener

Monday, February 7

Boston, MA (TD Garden)

5 PM

Boston University

Harvard

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The Terriers celebrate with Vinny Duplessis in his crease

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No. 19 Terriers Return to TD Garden to Face Harvard in Beanpot Opener

February 6, 2022 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#19 Boston University (14-10-3, 10-6-3 HE) vs. Harvard (12-7-2, 9-5-2 ECAC)
Date & Time: Monday, Feb. 7 - 5 p.m.
Venue: TD Garden - Boston, Mass.
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The Boston University men's ice hockey team will continue its 100th season on Monday at TD Garden when the Terriers open the 69th Men's Beanpot against Harvard. Puck drop is scheduled for 5 p.m., with the game to be televised live on NESN.

BEANPOT NOTES

The most successful team in Beanpot history, BU enters this year's tournament with an all-time record of 91-45 (.669).
The Terriers are 29-16 (.644) against Boston College, 29-18 (.617) against Harvard and 33-11 (.767) versus Northeastern.
BU has advanced to the championship game 54 times, including five of the last six tournaments, its best stretch since a 13-year run from 1995-2007.
A win over Harvard on Monday will send the Terriers to the Beanpot title game for the 32nd time in the last 38 years.
BU has been in the title game in 48 of the last 57 years.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU improved to 10-1-1 in its last 12 games with a 4-0 victory over Maine on Friday at Agganis.
Making his first Agganis Arena start, sophomore Vinny Duplessis stopped all 27 shots he faced for his second career shutout.
Junior Robert Mastrosimone tallied two goals and assisted on junior Wilmer Skoog's lacrosse goal for a three-point night while senior captain Logan Cockerill's first-period goal stood as the game-winner.
Skoog has notched three goals in the last two games thanks to a two-goal effort in a 5-2 triumph over Providence on Jan. 30.
Mastrosimone became the first Terrier to reach double figures in goals, notching his team-best 10th and 11th markers of the season on Friday night.
He also leads BU with 21 points, one ahead of Skoog (9g, 11a) and assist leader Domenick Fensore (4g, 16a).
Junior Matt Brown enters Monday on a seven-game point streak, having tallied four goals and five assists for nine points during that stretch.
Brown has notched a point in nine of his last 10 games.
Eighteen of the Terriers' 29 players have not played in a Beanpot contest.
Two Terriers - Skoog in 2020 against BC and senior Ty Amonte in 2018 against Harvard - have scored an overtime winner in the semifinal round.

HISTORY WITH HARVARD

BU and Harvard are the closest Division I hockey schools - from rink to rink - in the country, just 1.9 miles apart.
BU-Northeastern is second at 2.1 miles while Brown-Providence is third at 2.6.
The Terriers and Crimson have played 158 times since the 1922-23 season and the Terriers hold an 81-70-7 (.535) advantage.
The Terriers defeated Harvard, 5-2, in their last meeting on Dec. 3, 2019, at Agganis Arena.
Robert Mastrosimone lit the lamp while Ethan Phillips and Jamie Armstrong each had one assist.
BU has won five of the past seven meetings (5-2-1) after dropping five straight to the Crimson.
The teams first met on Dec. 13, 1922, at Boston Arena, with Harvard winning, 2-0.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON

Harvard has won two straight games and is unbeaten in its last four.
The Crimson earned a 6-3 road win at Boston College last Tuesday before earning a 3-1 home win over Dartmouth on Friday.
Nick Abruzzese, who has a team-best 21 points thanks to five goals and 16 assists, is with the U.S. Olympic Team along with teammate Sean Farrell (8g, 11a).
Alex Laferriere leads Harvard with 11 goals while Henry Thrun is tied with Abruzzese for the points lead thanks to a team-best 17 assists.
Mitchell Gibson has started all 17 games in which he has appeared, posting a .911 save percentage and a 2.09 GAA.