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No. 9/7 Terriers Set to Host No. 14 UMass in Hockey East Quarterfinals (NESN+, ESPN+)

March 14, 2025

#9/7 Boston University (20-12-2, 14-8-2 HE) vs. #14 UMass (20-12-5, 10-9-5 HE)
Date & Time: Saturday, March 15 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena - Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey

The No. 9/7 Boston University men's ice hockey team will begin its quest for the program's 11th Hockey East title when the third-seeded Terriers host No. 14 and sixth-seeded UMass for a league quarterfinal game at Agganis Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Saturday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ and televised on NESN+, with an audio-only broadcast located here.

HOCKEY EAST QUICK FACTS

  • BU is 81-44-1 all-time in the Hockey East Tournament, having qualified for all 40 editions of the league's postseason.
  • No other team has won more Hockey East tournament games than BU.
  • BU has won 18 conference tournaments during its 103-season history.
  • The Terriers won their 10th Hockey East tournament in 2023 after defeating Merrimack, 3-2, in overtime of the title tilt.
  • BU has won 13 of its past 19 Hockey East tournament games and has 19 wins in the league playoffs over the past nine tournaments.

TERRIER TIDBITS

  • BU secured the No. 3 seed thanks to a 3-0-1 stretch to close the season, highlighted by an 8-2 win over then-No. 6 Providence on March 6 and a 6-1 triumph at Vermont on March 8.
  • Freshman Cole Hutson (first team), junior Quinn Hutson (second team), sophomore Tom Willander (second team) and junior Ryan Greene (third team) were all selected as Hockey East All-Stars.
  • This is the third straight year that four Terriers have been named league all-stars.
  • C. Hutson and classmate Cole Eiserman were named to the league's All-Rookie Team.
  • Eiserman leads all NCAA rookies with 20 goals, three clear of the next closest freshman, and is tied for eighth among all first-year players with 29 points. 
  • C. Hutson leads all NCAA rookies with 39 points and is tied for first among the country's first-year players with 27 assists. 
  • He also leads all rookie defensemen as well as all Hockey East blue liners, regardless of class, in goals (12), assists (27) and points (39); he is second among all NCAA defensemen in all three categories and paces all defensemen with 1.18 points per game.
  • Q. Hutson enters the weekend as the national leader in points per game, averaging 1.44 points in 32 games.
  • He is one of just five skaters to have notched 20+ goals and 25+ assists this season, doing so in the fewest amount of games (32) than the other four men to accomplish that feat.
  • Willander, a two-time Hockey East Second Team All-Star, is one of just seven defensemen in the NCAA and the only Hockey East blue liner to have at least 21 points and be a plus-16 or better this season.
  • Freshman Mikhail Yegorov enters the weekend ranked fifth in the nation in both save percentage (.936) and goals-against average (1.82).
  • He has been outstanding in his last four starts, going 3-0-1 with a .956 save percentage and a 1.26 goals-against average.
  • Greene needs just one more point to join Q. Hutson in the 100-point club.
  • He enters Saturday with 99 points on 34 goals and 65 assists in 112 career games.

HISTORY WITH UMASS

  • The Terriers are 72-15-9 (.797) all-time against UMass in a series that began on Jan. 16, 1920.
  • BU earned its first win in program history against UMass, which was known then as Massachusetts Agricultural College, on Jan. 11, 1923, at Boston Arena.
  • The Terriers are 9-1-2 over the last 12 games against UMass, including a split of this year's home-and-home series.

LAST TIME AGAINST THE MINUTEMEN

  • BU scored the final four goals of the game to earn a 4-2 victory in Amherst on Dec. 11.
  • The Terriers trailed, 2-0, until junior Devin Kaplan's power-play goal brought BU within one with 2:07 remaining in the second period.
  • Freshman Cole Hutson then scored two straight goals, tying the game with 11:11 to play before scoring the game-winner with 9:53 remaining in regulation.
  • Junior Quinn Hutson assisted on the tying goal and made it 4-2 with 7:12 to play. 
  • Kaplan assisted on the go-ahead goal to complete a two-point effort while freshman Cole Eiserman secured two assists. 
  • Senior Jack Hughes and sophomore Jack Harvey added one assist apiece.
  • Senior Mathieu Caron made several big stops as part of a 20-save effort.
  • BU was 3-for-3 on the penalty kill against a UMass power play that entered the night ranked third in the NCAA.

SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN

  • UMass earned its spot in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 home win over 11th-seeded Vermont on Wednesday.
  • The Minutemen are 10-2-3 in their last 15 games, with the two losses coming against top-five foes Boston College and Maine, two teams they've also defeated during this span.
  • Junior Cole O'Hara, a Hockey East First Team All-Star, leads UMass in goals (22), assists (28) and points (50).
  • He has recorded at least one point in 14 of the last 15 games.
  • Sophomores Aydar Suniev (17g, 18a) and Jack Musa (17g, 17a) have totaled 35 and 34 points, respectively.
  • Freshman defenseman Francesco Dell'Elce was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team after posting 22 points (6g, 16a).
  • Sophomore Michael Hrabal, a Hockey East Third Team All-Star, is 18-10-5 in 33 starts, boasting a 2.32 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage. 
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