No. 20 BU Visits No. 17 Providence Thursday Night on NESN+

Thursday, February 10

Providence, RI

7 PM

Boston University

Providence

Photo by: Brendan Carpenter

No. 20 BU Visits No. 17 Providence Thursday Night on NESN+

February 9, 2022 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#20 Boston University (15-10-3, 10-6-3 HE) at #17 Providence (18-11-2, 9-9-1 HE)
Date & Time: Thursday, Feb. 10 - 7 p.m.
Venue: Schneider Arena - Providence, R.I.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The Boston University men's ice hockey team will continue its 100th season on Thursday when the Terriers travel to Providence to face the No. 17 Friars. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m., with the game to be televised live on NESN+.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU extended its win streak to five games with a 4-3 victory over Havrard in the opening round of the 69th Men's Beanpot on Monday at TD Garden.
The Terriers improved to 11-1-1 in its last 13 games with the victory.
BU has averaged 3.92 goals per game in that stretch while allowing just 1.62 goals per game.
Junior Jay O'Brien had a goal and an assist while senior Logan Cockerill and juniors Matt Brown and Ethan Phillips each found of the back of the net.
Sophomore Vinny Duplessis made 22 saves in his Beanpot debut to win his second start in four days.
Juniors Domenick Fensore and Wilmer Skoog each posted a pair of assists while , freshman Ty Gallagher and junior Case McCarthy each had one assist apiece.
Skoog (9g, 11a) and assist leader Fensore (4g, 18a) lead BU with 22 points apiece.
Junior Robert Mastrosimone became the first Terrier to reach double figures in goals, notching his team-best 10th and 11th markers of the season on Feb. 4 at Maine.
He is third on the Terriers with 21 points.
Brown enters Friday on a eight-game point streak, having tallied five goals and five assists for 10 points during that stretch.
Brown has notched a point in 10 of his last 11 games.

DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO MEET AGAIN

BU and Providence faced off at Agganis Arena on Jan. 30, with the Terriers earning a 5-2 win.
Junior Wilmer Skoog scored two goals, including the eventual game-winner, while classmates Ethan Phillips, Domenick Fensore and Jay O'Brien also lit the lamp.
The Terriers never trailed the Friars thanks to first-period goals by Skoog and Phillips.
Skoog and Fensore scored in a span of 1:09 to push the Terriers' lead to 4-1 at 6:51 of the third period before O'Brien added an empty-netter to seal the victory and complete a two-point day.
Freshman Tristan Amonte added an assist, providing the primary helper on Skoog's first goal.
Sophomore goaltender Drew Commesso made 36 stops, including 27 over the final 40 minutes, in his final game before he joined the U.S. Olympic Team.

SERIES HISTORY

The Terriers and Friars first met in the 1926-27 season and have played 190 times since that encounter. BU leads the series, 112-59-19 (.639).
BU is 17-8-6 against Providence in their past 31 meetings, including a 6-4-6 record over the last 16 contests.
That includes a split of last season's series, with Providence earning a 7-3 win at Walter Brown Arena on Jan. 8, 2021, and the Terriers defeating the Friars, 6-4, at Schneider Arena the next night.
BU is 36-31-8 (.533) against Providence at Schneider Arena, including a 6-4 win on Jan. 9, 2021.
Since the formation of Hockey East, BU has a 57-32-18 (.617) advantage in league games.
The teams have played 30 overtime games and the Friars hold a 7-4-19 edge in them.
BU has shut out PC on 18 occasions while only being blanked six times.

SCOUTING THE FRIARS

Providence bounced back from a 2-1 loss at UConn on Feb. 4 with a 4-1 win over Vermont the next day.
Brett Berard leads PC in both goals (14) and points (32), followed by assist leader Nick Poisson and his 31 points (8g, 23a).
Berard assisted on both goals at Agganis on Jan. 30, with Poisson notching one of those markers.
Jaxson Stauber, who made 20 saves and gave up four goals on Jan. 30, has started 30 of the Friars' 31 games this season.
He owns a 2.02 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage.

UP NEXT

BU and No. 15 Northeastern will meet in the 69th Men's Beanpot championship game on Monday night at TD Garden.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The game will be televised live locall on NESN and nationally on NHL Network.