#12 Boston University (21-9-2, 18-5-2 HE) vs. UConn (19-11-2, 17-6-2 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Feb. 21 – 3 p.m.
Venue: Toscano Family Ice Forum
 
Date & Time: Saturday, Feb. 22 – 4 p.m.
Venue: Walter Brown Arena
 
BOSTON – The No. 12 Boston University women's ice hockey team (21-9-2, 18-5-2 HE) will wrap up the regular season with a home-and-home series against UConn (19-11-2, 17-6-2 HE) this weekend. Puck drop at the Toscano Family Ice Forum on Friday (Feb. 21) is set for 3 p.m. while the game on Saturday (Feb. 22) at Walter Brown Arena is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
The Hockey East regular season champion will be decided in the series with either BU or UConn claiming the title. BU needs only one point in the two games to take the title, which it has not owned since 2013. The Huskies were named the regular season champions in 2024, a title which it claimed with a win at Walter Brown Arena last season.
 
Saturday will be BU's senior day, recognizing all 10 members of the graduating class. In addition to being on ESPN+, Saturday's game will also air on NESN. Tickets for the game can be purchased here.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU won on the road 2-1 at New Hampshire and lost in a shootout at home after a 2-2 tie against the Wildcats last weekend.
• Seniors Christina Vote and Maggie Hanzel scored in the win while graduate student Tamara Giaquinto scored twice in the tie.
• Junior Sydney Healey tabbed two assists while graduate student Lindsay Bochna, junior Maeve Kelly, senior Ani FitzGerald, sophomore Neely Nicholson, freshman Keira Healey and Vote all recorded one over the weekend.
• The shootout against UNH went 10 rounds with the Wildcats prevailing, 3-2.
• Senior Callie Shanahan made 48 saves in the two games.
• BU is No. 12 in both the USCHO poll and USA Hockey polls this week, marking its highest ranking this season.
• Seventeen Terriers have scored this season with seven having at least five goals.
• BU is tied for first in the league and is 15th in the NCAA in power play goals with 18.
• The Terriers lead Hockey East and are second in the NCAA in penalty killing percentage (0.901).
• BU's 82 goals this season is the third most in Hockey East behind Providence (95) and Boston College (92).
• The Terriers have the second-best scoring defense and the third-best scoring offense in the league.
• Nine Terriers have surpassed their season points total from 2023-24.
• S. Healey has already set a career high in points (21) and goals (13) this season and leads BU in both categories.
• Giaquinto leads the Terriers and is tied for the lead in Hockey East in power play goals with six.
• Graduate student Julia Shaunessy and Vote are tied for the most assists on the BU squad with 15.
• BU has blocked 300 total shots.

 
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

• UConn is 19-11-2 overall with a 17-6-2 record in Hockey East play.
• The Huskies are 9-6-1 at home and 10-4-1 on the road.
• UConn most recently dropped two games to Providence, losing 3-1 at home and 4-2 at Providence.
• The Huskies' last win at home came against Holy Cross on Feb. 8, 1-0.
• UConn's longest unbeaten streak this season is 10 games, going 8-0-2.
• The Huskies are 3-7-1 against ranked foes with its three wins coming against then-No. 8 Penn State, then-No. 12 Boston College and then-No. 14 BU.
• UConn owns the most faceoff wins in Hockey East with 888.
• Jada Habisch is tied for the league lead in shorthanded goals with two.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. UCONN

• The Terriers are 31-19-9 overall against UConn with a 14-10-4 at UConn and a 16-9-5 record at home.
• BU fell, 3-1, in the first meeting between the teams this season at Walter Brown Arena.
• In the 2023-24 season, UConn swept the series 3-0-0 with two of the wins coming in a shutout.
• The last time BU defeated UConn at home in regulation was on Nov. 19, 2022, in a 5-2 decision.
• BU's most recent win at UConn came on Nov. 18, 2022, in a 2-1 decision at the Freitas Ice Forum.
• BU last went to overtime with UConn on Feb. 3, 2023, and won in a shootout after finishing tied 2-2.
• UConn and BU have gone to overtime 13 times.
• BU's largest margin of victory came in a 6-2 decision on Feb. 21, 2020.
• The Terriers have shut out the Huskies three times.
• BU has not yet won at the Toscano Family Ice Forum, having made two trips there last season.