No. 8 Terriers Set for Friday Night Tilt at Merrimack

Friday, February 7

North Andover, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Merrimack

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

No. 8 Terriers Set for Friday Night Tilt at Merrimack

February 6, 2025 | Men's Ice Hockey

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#8 Boston University (15-9-1, 10-5-1 HE) at Merrimack (10-15-1, 6-9-1 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Feb. 7 - 7 p.m.
Venue: Lawler Rink - North Andover, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 8 Boston University men's ice hockey team will return to Hockey East play on Friday night when the Terriers travel to Merrimack. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Friday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+, with an audio-only broadcast located here.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU enters the weekend having won two straight games, including a 7-1 victory over Harvard on Monday night in the opening round of the Beanpot.
That came off the heels of a 7-2 win over New Hampshire on Friday night at Agganis Arena.
BU is one of just two teams in the nation this season to score seven or more goals in back-to-back games.
Freshman Cole Hutson matched his career best with four points on two goals and two assists in Monday's win.
Junior Devin Kaplan scored a season-high two goals while sophomore Shane Lachance, junior Quinn Hutson and sophomore Jack Harvey also lit the lamp during a five-goal second period.
Q. Hutson has recorded six points in the last two games, notching a goal and an assist in Monday's win over Harvard and notching his third career hat trick as part of a four-point night against UNH.
He is one of just four players in the country and the only Hockey East skater to have 16 goals and 16 assists.
C. Hutson, has notched a point in eight of his last nine games, totaling five goals and 11 assists for 16 points in that span.
He leads all NCAA freshmen defensemen as well as all Hockey East defensemen, regardless of class, in points (26) and assists (19).
Freshman Cole Eiserman leads all NCAA rookies with 15 goals.
Freshman goaltender Mikhail Yegorov improved to 2-1-0 since joining the Terriers at the end of January, making a career-best 26 saves against the Crimson.
He made 23 saves in his collegiate debut on Jan. 25 at No. 1 Boston College and has allowed just one even-strength goal in his three appearances.

SERIES HISTORY WITH MERRIMACK

BU and Merrimack have played 132 times since first meeting on Dec. 11, 1964, and the Terriers hold a commanding 99-25-8 (.780) advantage.
The Terriers recorded the first 14 shutouts in the series until the Warriors blanked BU for the first time ever during the 2018-19 season.
The Terriers have won six straight games against Merrimack dating back to the 2023 Hockey East title game.
In the last five wins, the Terriers have outscored the Warriors, 28-8.
That includes a pair of wins this season - a 6-3 home triumph on Nov. 22 and a 6-2 victory in Belfast on Nov. 29.

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS

Merrimack is in seventh place in the Hockey East standings entering this weekend, just five points back of fifth and the final bye to the quarterfinals.
The Warriors lost twice last weekend, falling 4-2 at UMass on Jan. 31 before a 3-2 defeat at UMass Lowell on Feb. 1.
Junior Seamus Powell was named Hockey East Defender of the Month for January.
He leads the Warriors in points (15) and assists (12), with nine of those points (1g, 8a) coming this past month.
Junior defenseman Zach Bookman is second on the squad with 13 points (3g, 10a) while sophomore David Sacco leads Merrimack with eight goals in 17 games.
The Warriors started two different netminders this past weekend.
Junior Nils Wallstrom (4-5-0) made 23 saves on Friday at UMass.
He owns an .881 save percentage and a 3.24 goals-against average this season.
Freshman Max Lundgren (5-8-0) made 32 saves at UMass Lowell.
Lundrgen has a .903 save percentage and a 3.09 GAA this season.