No. 20 Terriers Outlast Harvard, 4-1

Monday, January 12

Cambridge, MA

7 PM

Boston University

11-9-1

Harvard

7-7-1

Boston U.

Harvard

Photo by: Trinity Robbins

January 12, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score Jay Pandolfo, Conrad Fondrk, Aiden Celebrini - Postgame Media

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The No. 20 Boston University men's ice hockey team used two second-period goals to take the lead and overcome the Harvard Crimson on Monday night, 4-1.

The Terriers (11-9-1, 7-6-0 HE) took the lead in the second period thanks to two goals in 1:06 after entering the frame down 1-0. From there, they never looked back, outlasting the Crimson (7-7-1, 5-4-0 ECAC) and potting two empty-net tallies in the final period to earn the win.

Harvard scored first, but a goal from freshman Conrad Fondrk in the middle of the second period tied the game at 1-1. Then it was classmate Jonathan Morello's turn, scoring on a tip-in to make it 2-1.

BU kept up the momentum in the third period and was rewarded with two empty-net goals coming off the sticks of freshman Ben Merrill and sophomore Sacha Boisvert.

Eight different Terriers earned assists: Boisvert, Morello, sophomores Sascha Boumedienne, Cole Hutson, Kamil Bednarik and Cole Eiserman and juniors Aiden Celebrini and Gavin McCarthy.

In net, sophomore Mikhail Yegorov posted a 28-save effort and allowed just one goal. On Harvard's side, sophomore Ben Charette made 29 saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED

With 11:46 remaining in the first, McCarthy intercepted a Crimson pass and fired the puck from blue line to blue line, where Merrill was able to gather it and shoot on a breakaway, but the puck was saved.
The Crimson opened the scoring at 13:15 in the first as Joe Miller got a puck past Yegorov in transition.
BU would have a few chances to score but couldn't capitalize, including a shot from the slot by Fondrk that rattled off Charette's mask and stayed wide.
BU went into the first intermission down 1-0.
With not much happening offensively in the first 9:02 of the second, freshman forward Tynan Lawrence made a nifty move to get around a defender and create a chance for himself, but his shot was off target.
With 8:59 remaining in the second, Fondrk picked up a loose puck in the offensive zone and found an open shooting lane, firing his third goal of the season past Charette to make it 1-1.
Then just 1:06 later, Morello broke up a pass in the offensive zone, then got in position in front of the net and tipped in a point shot to make it 2-1 Terriers.
BU would hold the lead for the remainder of the period.
The Crimson picked up the pressure in the third, outshooting BU 7-5 in the first 10:45 of the frame, but Yegorov remained steady in net.
With 2:25 remaining, the Crimson pulled Charette and BU capitalized.
Bednarik blocked a shot, Morello chipped the puck down the ice and Merrill chased it down and saucered it over a Harvard defender and into the empty cage to make it 3-1 with 1:38 remaining.
Then it was Boisvert's turn, as he chased down a puck that Celebrini dug out and Eiserman fluttered down the ice before tucking it home.

GAME NOTES

For the third straight game, the Terriers failed to score in the opening period.
Hutson now has 21 points this season. That mark is first among Hockey East defensemen and fourth of any Hockey East skater.
The Terriers outshot Harvard 33-29, marking the sixth game in a row the Terriers have outshot their opponent and the eighth instance in the last nine games.
Morello had two points, marking his second career multi-point performance and first since Oct. 10, 2025 against Colgate.
For the first time in his career, Yegorov has only allowed two goals or fewer in his past three starts.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will next play a home-and-home with UMass Lowell beginning Friday (Jan. 16) at 7 p.m. at Agganis Arena and concluding Saturday (Jan. 17) at the Tsongas Center with a 6:05 p.m. puck drop.