No. 16 Terriers to Face UConn in Hockey East Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 12

Hartford, CT

4:30 PM

Boston University

UConn

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No. 16 Terriers to Face UConn in Hockey East Quarterfinals

March 7, 2022 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#16 Boston University (19-12-3, 13-8-3 HE) at UConn (18-15-0, 14-10-0 HE)
Date & Time: Saturday, March 12 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: XL Center - Hartford, Conn.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 16 Boston University men's ice hockey team will travel to Hartford on Saturday to face UConn in a Hockey East quarterfinal matchup at the XL Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

This will be the fourth meeting this season between the fifth-seeded Terriers and the fourth-seeded Huskies. BU went 2-1-0 against UConn, with both wins coming at XL Center. In the season opener on Oct. 8, juniors Sam Stevens and Robert Mastrosimone scored in the third period to help BU rally for a 2-1 win. Then, on Jan. 14, junior Jay O'Brien lit the lamp just eight seconds into overtime to lift the Terriers to another 2-1 victory.

BU and UConn faced off in the 2018 Hockey East quarterfinals, with the Terriers earning a pair of one-goal victories at Agganis Arena to sweep the Huskies. Like this year, that 2018 series was the 4-5 matchup in the league tournament.

HOCKEY EAST QUICK FACTS

BU is 76-42-1 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament, having qualified for all 37 editions of the league's postseason.
The Terriers have won nine Hockey East tournaments, most recently in 2018.
BU has won 17 conference tournaments during its 100-season history.
Ten of BU's past 15 Hockey East tournament games have been decided by a single goal.
BU has won eight of its past 11 Hockey East tournament games and has 14 wins in the league playoffs over the past six tournaments.
Overall, the Terriers are 51-25-1 in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
Fifteen of the 18 current Terriers with Hockey East Tournament experience made their postseason debut last season.
Senior captain Logan Cockerill has played in a team-high nine Hockey East playoff games, tallying four points (1g, 3a).

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU finished the regular season on a 15-3-1 run that culminated with a weekend split at Maine on March 4 and 5.
Junior Wilmer Skoog led BU with four points (3g, 1a) against the Black Bears, including two goals and one assist in last Friday's 5-1 win.
Skoog and junior Domenick Fensore were named Hockey East Second Team All-Stars on Friday while classmate Alex Vlasic was an honorable mention selection.
Fensore (4g, 26a) and Skoog (15g, 15a) are tied for the team lead with 30 points apiece and are first on the squad in assists and goals, respectively.
In fact, Fensore leads all of Hockey East with 26 assists.
Skoog enters the postseason on a four-game point streak, having scored a goal in all four fixtures.
Freshman defender Ty Gallagher was selected to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team on Wednesday.
In 33 games, Gallagher scored five goals and added 11 assists for 16 points.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

UConn began February with four straight wins, but has since lost four of its last six.
The Huskies split their final two games of the year at home against Vermont, losing 5-3 on Friday before a 4-0 win on Saturday.
Jachym Kondelik, the league's Best Defensive Forward and a Hockey East Second Team-All Star, leads the Huskies with 32 points thanks to 12 goals and a team-high 20 assists.
Hockey East First Team All-Star Ryan Tverberg leads UConn with 13 goals and is second on the squad with 31 points.
Darion Hanson, a Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star, has started 32 of the Huskies' 33 games.
He is 18-14-0 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.

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