#15 Boston University (0-5-0, 0-0-0 HE) vs New Hampshire (3-3-1, 0-0-0 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, October 24 - 6 p.m.
Venue: Walter Brown Arena – Boston, Mass.
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BOSTON – The No. 15 Boston University women's ice hockey team welcomes New Hampshire for the first Hockey East game of the season on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop against the Wildcats is set for 6 p.m.
 
Friday's game will be BU's Skating Strides night, supporting the Ellie Fund.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• Last weekend, BU hosted Brown and fell to the Bears, 2-1.
• Senior Luisa Welcke scored her first goal of the season and was assisted by seniors Lilli Welcke and Sydney Healey.
• Junior netminder Mari Pietersen made her third start this season, accumulating 16 saves.
• This was BU's last non-conference matchup of the fall semester.
• Seven different Terriers have scored, while eight Terriers have made at least one assist.
• Healey leads BU in points with four and in assists with three.
• Senior Maeve Carey leads the Terriers in blocks with six.
• BU is ranked 17th in the country and fifth in Hockey East in penalty killing percentage (0.895).
• The Terriers' faceoff win percentage of 0.508 is fourth-best in Hockey East and 21st in the NCAA.
• Li. Welcke leads the Terriers in faceoff wins with 55, which ranks eighth in Hockey East.

 
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS

• UNH is 3-3-1 this season with a 3-0-1 record on the road.
• The Wildcats most recently dropped a 2-1 decision to Harvard at home.
• UNH has two wins over Assumption and a win over Union, scoring a combined 11 goals across the three games.
• Its last win came against Union, 3-1.
• UNH is tied for first in Hockey East with one short-handed goal.
• The Wildcats own one shutout which came against Assumption, 3-0. They have also been shut out just once this season, losing 4-0 to Mercyhurst.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE

• BU is 39-21-7 overall against UNH with a 20-10-3 record at home.
• In the most recent meeting, BU and UNH tied at Walter Brown, 2-2, and BU lost in the ten-round shootout, 3-2.
• The last time BU defeated UNH was the night before the tie in a 2-1 decision at UNH.
• BU last posted a home win over the Wildcats on Oct. 2, 2021, in a 5-0 shutout.
• The Terriers last shut out UNH in 2022.
• UNH last won in regulation on Jan. 18, 2025, in a 2-0 outcome.