#2 Boston University (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HE) vs. LIU (0-0-0) | vs. RPI (exh.)
Date & Time: Saturday, Oct. 4 - 7 p.m. | Sunday, Oct. 5 - 5 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 2 Boston University men's ice hockey team will open the program's 104th season this weekend at Agganis Arena, hosting LIU on Saturday night before welcoming RPI to Agganis for an exhibition game on Sunday. Puck drop for Saturday's contest is scheduled for 7 p.m., with Sunday's exhibition set for 5 p.m.

Fans can purchase tickets to this weekend's games by clicking here, with both games also being streamed on ESPN+. In addition, an audio-only broadcast for both games will be located here and Saturday's game will stream live in Canada on TSN+.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU enters the year ranked second in both the USCHO.com preseason poll and the USA Hockey preseason poll, behind only top-ranked Western Michigan.
• The Terriers, national finalists last season, are looking to return to the Frozen Four for a fourth straight year under fourth-year head coach Jay Pandolfo.
• Three key pieces of last year's squad return in sophomores Cole Eiserman, Cole Hutson and Mikhail Yegorov, who were all named to the preseason All-College Hockey News Team.
• Hutson, the reigning National Rookie of the Year and a First Team All-American, led all NCAA freshmen in points (48) and assists in addition to pacing all NCAA defensemen in points and points per game (1.23).
• Eiserman led all NCAA rookies with 25 goals last year and joined Hutson on the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.
• Yegorov joined BU in the second semester and backstopped BU to a Beanpot title and a trip to the national title game, going 11-6-1 with a 2.15 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage.
• Junior Gavin McCarthy will serve as captain of the 2025-26 Terriers, marking the second time in the last three seasons that a McCarthy will wear the 'C' for BU, as Gavin's brother Case was captain of the 2023-24 Terrier squad that advanced to the Frozen Four.
• Eiserman, Hutson and junior Jack Harvey were named assistant captains.
• BU boasts the youngest team in the country, with 15 newcomers joining 12 returning players.
• Two of those newcomers are transfers from North Dakota in senior Owen McLaughlin and sophomore Sacha Boisvert.
• Boisvert was the NCHC Rookie of the Year last season and finished second to Hutson in National Rookie of the Year voting after posting 32 points (18g, 14a) as a freshman.
• McLaughlin has totaled 84 points (20g, 64a) in 114 career games. 
• In addition to being ranked second nationally, BU was picked as the preseason favorite to win the Hockey East regular-season title.

SCOUTING THE SHARKS

• LIU will enter its sixth season of Division I hockey this year.
• The Sharks will be led by first-year head coach Brendan Riley.
• Riley took over for his cousin, Brett, who guided the team for its first five seasons before taking the head coaching position at Ferris State.
• LIU went 20-12-2 last season as an independent.
• The Sharks welcome 13 newcomers, including six transfers, to this year's squad.
• Junior J.R. Perdion totaled 18 points on four goals and 14 assists last season for LIU.
• The Sharks' goaltending room is young, with sophomores Daniel Duris and Michael Polston combining for nine appearances and just 247:15 of playing time last season for LIU.