Friday, October 25
Grand Forks, ND
8:07 PM ET
Boston University
at
North Dakota
Photo by: Fia McCarty
No. 3 Terriers Trek to No. 7 North Dakota for Weekend Series
October 24, 2024 | Men's Ice Hockey
#3 Boston University (3-0-0)Â at #7 North Dakota (2-1-0)
Date & Time: Friday, October 25Â - 8:07Â p.m. ET | Saturday, Oct. 26 - 7:07 p.m. ET
Venue: Ralph Englestad Arena - Grand Forks, N.D.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey
The No. 3Â Boston University men's ice hockey team will hit the road for the first time this season when the Terriers travel to North Dakota to face the No. 7 Fighting Hawks. Puck drop on Friday is scheduled for 8:07 p.m. ET, with Saturday's finale set for 7:07 p.m. ET.
In addition to the games being streamed on NCHC.tv, an audio-only broadcast for both games will be located here.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- BU improved to 3-0-0 with a 4-2 win over UConn in Friday's Hockey East opener at Agganis Arena.
- The Terriers then skated to a 2-2 tie in Saturday's exhibition game against Harvard before winning the shootout thanks to goals from junior Quinn Hutson in the third round and sophomore Jack Harvey in the fifth round.
- Freshman Cole Eiserman was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Monday after scoring a career-high two goals in Friday's win, including the eventual game-winner.
- Eiserman has lit the lamp in all three games for BU, including three power-play goals, and enters the weekend ranked second in Hockey East with four goals.
- No other rookie has scored more goals than Eiserman this season.
- In fact, Eiserman is just the second Terrier since at least 2002-03 to score four goals in his first three collegiate games, joining Shane Bowers (2017-18).
- Among NCAA goalies who have played in at least three games, senior Mathieu Caron ranks fourth in save percentage (.947) and sixth in goals-against average (1.67).
- No Hockey East goaltender who has played three games boasts a better save percentage than Caron.
- BU is one of just three teams in the nation to be at both 30% or higher on the power play and at 90% or better on the penalty kill so far this season.
- The Terriers are 3-0-0 for the first time since the 2014-15 team won its first four games.
SERIES HISTORY
- The Terriers are 12-13-2 against North Dakota in 27 all-time meetings, but BU is 5-1-1 in its past seven encounters with the Fighting Hawks.
- This weekend's series will feature the fifth and sixth straight top-10 matchups between the two storied programs dating back to 2015.
- BU and North Dakota played two games at Agganis last November, with the Terriers taking game one, 3-2, before the Fighting Hawks escaped with a 5-4 overtime win the next night.
- The Terriers last played the Fighting Hawks in North Dakota during the 2017 NCAA Regional in Fargo, earning a 4-3, double-overtime victory in the regional semifinal.
- BU last visited Ralph Englestad Arena on Nov. 2-3, 2012, with each team earning a 4-2 win.
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING HAWKS
- North Dakota is 2-1-0 after splitting a weekend series at No, 20 Minnesota State on Oct. 18-19 and defeating then-No. 13/11 Providence, 5-2, in Grand Forks on Oct. 12.
- Last weekend, the Fighting Hawks earned a 3-2 win on Friday before falling to the Mavericks, 3-0, the next night.
- Senior Cameron Berg (2g, 2a) and freshman Sacha Boisvert (1g, 3a) pace the Fighting Hawks with four points apiece.
- Boisvert leads the team with three assists while Berg and junior Dylan James are the only Fighting Hawks with two goals to their name.
- Graduate student T.J. Semptimphelter is 2-0-0 with a .918 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average.
- Sophomore Hobie Hedquist started Saturday's 3-0 loss, posting a .923 save percentage and allowing just two goals.
- BU has faced Semptimphelter once before when he was with Northeastern as a freshman.
- The Terriers defeated Semptimphelter and the Huskies, 1-0, in the 2022 Beanpot title game.
- After this weekend's games, BU will return to Agganis Arena for a two-game series with No. 10/11 Michigan on Nov. 1-2.
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