#2 Boston University (25-8-2, 18-4-2 HE) vs. #7 Maine (23-10-2, 14-9-1 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, March 22 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: TD Garden - Boston, Mass.
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The No. 2 Boston University men's ice hockey team will continue its Hockey East Tournament title defense on Friday when the second-seeded Terriers face seventh-ranked and third-seeded Maine in the second Hockey East semifinal matchup at TD Garden. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised live on NESN and will also be streamed live on ESPN+, with an audio-only broadcast located here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU, the defending Hockey East Tournament champion, enters Friday on a six-game win streak and a seven-game unbeaten streak after defeating Northeastern, 4-2, in last Saturday's Hockey East quarterfinal at Agganis Arena.
• The Terriers have not lost in regulation since Jan. 27 and are 9-1-1 since the start of February.
• Saturday's win was the record 80th victory in the Hockey East Tournament for BU, which is playing in the league semifinals for the 27th time.
• This will be the seventh semifinal meeting between BU and Maine, with the teams last facing off int his round during the 2012 tournament.
• Freshman Macklin Celebrini became the fourth men's player in Hockey East history to be named the league's Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in the same season.
• He leads the nation with 1.67 points per game and is second in the country with 30 goals after he lit the lamp in the quarterfinal victory.
• The 17-year-old Celebrini is just the fourth rookie since 2002-03 to reach that 30-goal milestone and only the fourth Hockey East freshman to accomplish that feat in the league's 40-season history.
• Celebrini and sophomore Lane Hutson are among the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.
• Hutson, a two-time top-10 Hobey finalist, leads all NCAA defensemen in points per game (1.33), is tied for first among that group in total points (44) and is third among the nation's blue liners with 12 goals.
• He is the first defenseman since Western Michigan's Mike Posma (1986-88) to record 10 goals and 30 assists in his first two collegiate seasons.
• Junior Mathieu Caron enters Friday with a .917 save percentage and a 2.29 GAA, having not allowed more than two goals in his last seven starts.
• He is 6-0-1 in that stretch, owning a .947 save percentage and a 1.43 GAA.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Terriers and Black Bears have played 145 times since first meeting in the 1923-24 season and BU holds a 75-56-14 edge (.566), including a 35-14-6 advantage since the beginning of the 2005-06 season.
• BU has won nine of its last 10 games against Maine.
• The Terriers are 10-2-15 in overtime games against the Black Bears.
• The Terriers' longest winning streak in the series was 13 games (Jan. 16, 1982 - Feb. 15, 1986) while 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 finished third in the league standings and earned a trip to TD Garden with a 5-0 quarterfinal win over sixth-seeded New Hampshire on Saturday.
• Freshman brothers Bradly and Josh Nadeau each recorded two goals and two assists against the Wildcats to share Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors.
• They also share the team lead with 45 points; Bradly (19g, 26a) leads Maine with 19 goals while Josh (18g, 27a) paces the Black Bears with 27 assists.
• Freshman goaltender Albin Boija made his collegiate debut in relief duty at BU on Nov. 18, but he's since become the Black Bears' starting netminder.
• The reigning Hockey East Goaltender of the Week is 10-5-1 overall and 5-2-0 since Feb. 23, including an 18-save shutout of the Wildcats this past Saturday.
• He owns a 1.94 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage.

UP NEXT

• The winner of Friday's BU-Maine game will face the winner of the night's first semifinal contest between No. 1 Boston College and No. 13/12 UMass.
• Saturday's title game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.