#4/4 Boston University (2-2-1, 0-0-0 HE) vs. #11/11 UConn (2-2-0, 0-0-0 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 24 - 7 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 25 - 5 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass. | Toscano Family Ice Forum - Storrs, Conn.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 4 Boston University men's ice hockey team opens Hockey East play with a home-and-home series against the No. 11 UConn Huskies this weekend, with Friday's matchup being played at Agganis Arena and Saturday's game taking place at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, Connecticut. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Fans can purchase tickets to Friday's game by clicking here, with both games being streamed on ESPN+. In addition, an audio-only broadcast for Saturday night's contest will be located here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU dropped both games of a weekend series against then-No. 3/4 Michigan State, falling 4-2 on Friday night and 4-3 (ot) on Saturday.
• In Friday's game, the Spartans took an early 3-1 lead and never looked back, cruising to a 4-2 victory.
• Sophomore Sascha Boumedienne scored his first goal of the season on the power play, ripping a wrister from the point that had eyes for the net.
• Freshman Ryder Ritchie benefited from a 6-on-4 opportunity, scoring his second goal of the year in the third period.
• Saturday's game was a tightly-contested affair, with the Terriers scoring three third-period goals to tie the game at 3-3 before the Spartans lit the lamp in overtime.
• The first Terrier tally came from the stick of junior captain Gavin McCarthy, who was set up on a one-timer by freshman Ben Merrill and sophomore Brandon Svoboda to make it a 2-1 game.
• After the Spartans extended their lead to 3-1, sophomore Kamil Bednarik made a heroic play on the penalty kill, turning the Spartans over at the blue line and breaking away for a solo goal that cut the lead to 3-2.
• Agganis really started rocking once the Terriers tied it at 15:02, as freshman Conrad Fondrk scored his first career goal off a tip from Boumedienne.
• In overtime, sophomore Cole Eiserman came inches away from scoring the game-winning goal, but a clearance off the goal line by Michigan State set up the winner at the other end.
• At least three newcomers have recorded a point through five games this season.
• Eight newcomers have recorded points so far.
• Eiserman has five goals and seven points in his first five games this season – his goals total is tied for the Hockey East lead and he's tied for second in the conference in points.
• Sophomore Cole Hutson has started his year with six points in five games, tied for third-most by a defenseman in the NCAA.

HISTORY WITH UCONN

• BU is 17-10-3 against the Huskies in 30 all-time meetings.
• In 2025, the Terriers went 1-1-1 against the Huskies, with UConn pulling out a 5-2 win over the Terriers in the Hockey East semifinals on March 20.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

• An NCAA Tournament team a year ago, UConn is back near the top of the NCAA this year, ranking 11th in the country coming into this weekend's matchup.
• The Huskies earned a split with then-No. 15/16 Ohio State last weekend, winning Friday night's contest 3-2 before dropping Saturday's matchup, 4-2.
• Five different Huskies scored all five of UConn's goals over the weekend, including one from goals leader Joey Muldowney.
• Muldowney was an AHCA Second Team All-American and a Hockey East Second Team All-Star a season ago, scoring 29 goals and recording three hat tricks in 2024-25, a UConn program record.
• Head coach Mike Cavanaugh, who is in his 13th season behind the bench, is the reigning Hockey East Coach of the Year after guiding UConn to its second Hockey East Championship appearance and its first NCAA Tournament appearance and win.
• Senior goaltender and New Hampshire transfer Tyler Muszelik has taken the lion's share of work to begin the year, making three starts so far.
• He has a .939 save percentage and has stopped 92 of 98 shots.