No. 14 Terriers Trek to Maine to Close Regular Season

Friday, March 4

Orono, ME

7:30 PM

Boston University

Maine

The men's ice hockey team celebrates a win

Photo by: Jenna Van Sickle

No. 14 Terriers Trek to Maine to Close Regular Season

March 3, 2022 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#14 Boston University (18-11-3, 12-7-3 HE) at Maine (6-20-4, 4-16-2 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, March 4 - 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, March 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Alfond Arena - Orono, Maine
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 14 Boston University men's ice hockey team will continue its 100th season this weekend when the Terriers travel to Maine for a weekend series against the Black Bears. Puck drop for both Friday and Saturday is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

This is the final weekend of the regular season in Hockey East and the Terriers have plenty to play for, as they can finish anywhere from second to sixth in the league standings. A spot in the top four will guarantee them a home quarterfinal game next weekend. If the Terriers finish fifth, they will be on the road to face the fourth-place team in a quarterfinal matchup. A sixth-place finish means the Terriers will host an opening-round game on Wednesday against the last-place squad, which could could mean a third straight game against the Black Bears.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU had its eight-game win streak snapped at Boston College on Sunday, as the teams split last weekend's series.
Junior Domenick Fensore finished the weekend with four assists, including three in Saturday's 6-3 victory at Agganis, to extend his point streak to seven games.
Fensore garnered Hockey East Defender of the Month honors after he led the Terriers with an incredible 10 assists, tied for second in the NCAA, and 11 blocked shots.
No defender in the nation has more assists (25) than Fensore, who also leads BU with 29 points.
Sophomore goaltender Vinny Duplessis also earned a monthly award from Hockey East, as he was selected as the league's Goaltender of the Month.
Duplessis went 5-0-0 with a .945 save percentage and a 1.40 goals-against average in February, including a 28-save win against BC on Saturday.
Junior Wilmer Skoog lit the lamp in both games against the Eagles and now leads BU with 12 goals.
Skoog is also second on the squad in both points (26) and assists (14).
Sophomore Drew Commesso started for the Terriers on Sunday in his first appearance since returning from the Olympics.
BU has gone 9-for-28 on the power play during the last nine games, converting at an impressive 32.1% with the man advantage.

SERIES HISTORY

The Terriers and Black Bears have played 138 times since first meeting in the 1923-24 season, and BU holds a 69-55-14 edge (.550), including a 29-13-6 advantage since the beginning of the 2005-06 season.
BU has won three straight games against Maine, as in addition to its win on Feb. 4, it swept the Black Bears in last season's series at Walter Brown Arena thanks to a 3-2 overtime triumph (Jan. 22) and a 5-1 victory (Jan. 23).
This is the Terriers' first trek to Orono since March 9, 2019.
Maine was undefeated in the past four meetings (3-0-1), its longest such streak against BU since it went 4-0-1 in the 2002 calendar year, before last year.
Twenty-seven meetings have gone into overtime and BU holds a 10-2-15 advantage in those.
The Terriers' longest winning streak in the series was 13 games (Jan. 16, 1982 - Feb. 15, 1986).
The Black Bears' longest streak was 11 games (Oct. 31, 1986 - Nov. 10, 1989) and came just after the BU win streak.

SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS

Maine enters the weekend in last place in the Hockey East standings and will finish either 11th or 10th.
The Black Bears have lost three in a row and four of their last five.
Their only two wins in February were a 3-2 overtime win at UMass (Feb. 11) and a 6-3 home win over New Hampshire (Feb. 18).
No team has swept a weekend series at Alfond Arena this season.
Sophomore Lynden Breen leads Maine in both assists (13) and points (20).
Sophomore Donavan Villeneuve-Houle has scored a team-high 10 goals and is second on the squad with 16 points.
Sophomore Victor Ostman, who made 35 saves against BU on Feb. 4, started all but one game in February.
Overall, he is 5-13-1 with a 3.41 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage.
Junior Matthew Thiessen fell to 0-7-3 on the season with a 32-save loss at Providence on Feb. 26.
He owns a 3.74 goals-against average and an .877 save percentage.