Terriers Prepped for Home-and-Home Series With Merrimack

Friday, January 30

North Andover, MA

2 PM

Boston University

Merrimack

Syndey Healey playing hockey at Walter Brown Arena

Photo by: Eliza Nuestro

Terriers Prepped for Home-and-Home Series With Merrimack

January 29, 2026 | Women's Ice Hockey

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Boston University (7-15-3, 5-9-2 HE) vs Merrimack (5-18-3, 2-13-1 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, January 30 – 2 p.m.
Venue: Lawler Rink – North Andover, Mass.

Date & Time: Saturday, January 31 – 4 p.m.
Venue: Walter Brown Arena – Boston, Mass.

BOSTON – The Boston University women's ice hockey team is set for a home-and-home series with Merrimack this weekend. BU travels to Merrimack for a 2 p.m. tilt on Friday before hosting the Warriors on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Saturday's game will be BU's mental health awareness game in support of Morgan's Message.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Most recently, BU dropped back-to-back outings to Vermont at Walter Brown Arena.
The Terriers fell 5-2 on Friday and 2-1 on Saturday.
Senior Sydney Healey scored in both games, netting the second goal on Friday and the lone goal on Saturday. Friday's goal came unassisted, her fifth of the season in that category.
Sophomore Keira Healey scored her first collegiate goal to light the lamp for the Terriers on Friday, doing so on the power play.
Senior Maeve Carey and S. Healey assisted on K. Healey's goal, while senior Clara Yuhn and sophomore Kaileigh Quigg assisted on S. Healey's Saturday goal.
Graduate student Michelle Pasiechnyk played in between the posts for both games, making a combined 58 saves in the weekend series.
BU's faceoff win percentage of 0.557 is second in Hockey East and seventh in the nation.
The Terriers' penalty killing percentage of 0.820 is good for seventh in Hockey East.
Quigg is the lone Terrier to surpass her 2024-25 points total of anyone who registered at least one point last season.
Junior Mari Pietersen's save percentage (.924) is eighth in Hockey East and 27th in the NCAA.
Pasiechnyk's save percentage (.907) ranks 11th in Hockey East.
BU will be without seniors Lilli Welcke and Luisa Welcke as the pair are representing Team Germany in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS

Merrimack is 5-18-3 overall with a 2-13-1 record in Hockey East play. It is 3-8-2 at home and 2-10-1 on the road.
Most recently, the Warriors split a weekend series with Maine, winning 2-0 on Jan. 23 and losing 4-2 on Jan. 24.
Merrimack notably upset then-No. 5 UConn in overtime, 2-1, on Jan. 16 at home.
The only time Merrimack has won back-to-back games this season was when it defeated UConn and Maine.
In its three shootout attempts, Merrimack has won only once.
The Warriors have been shut out three times this year with two coming against Hockey East opponents (Northeastern and Boston College).
Junior forward Emma Pfeffer leads the league in power-play goals with seven.

SERIES HISTORY VS. MERRIMACK

BU is 20-4-6 overall against Merrimack.
The Terriers are 12-2-34 at home and 9-2-2 on the road against the Warriors.
The last time the teams met, BU and Merrimack tied, 3-3, with BU winning the shootout on Nov. 8, 2024.
BU's last win against Merrimack came on Nov. 7, 2024, in a 5-1 decision on the road.
BU has not lost to Merrimack since Feb. 22, 2023, when it dropped a 5-4 contest in overtime at Walter Brown Arena.
The last time the Terriers ended in back-to-back ties with Merrimack was in the 2019-20 season.