Terriers Open Home Slate With No. 9 Colgate

Friday, October 16

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

Colgate

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Boston University (1-2-1, 1-0-1 HE) vs. No. 9 Colgate (4-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC)
Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 16 | 6 p.m.
Venue: Walter Brown Arena | Boston, Mass.
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Date & Time: Saturday, Oct. 17 | 6 p.m.
Venue: Agganis Arena | Boston, Mass.
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BOSTON – The Boston University women's ice hockey team (1-2-1, 1-0-1 HE) is prepped to host No. 9 Colgate (4-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) this weekend at Walter Brown Arena on Friday and Agganis Arena on Saturday. Puck drop for both games is set for 6 p.m.

Friday will be BU's home opener for the 2026-27 season. Saturday's game at Agganis will be BU's lone game played at that rink this season. The last time BU played at Agganis, the Terriers brought in a record-breaking crowd of 3,965 fans, setting home and Hockey East regular season home game attendance records in the process.

Saturday's game will feature a big chain giveaway and will be a Red The Rink game. It will also be faculty and staff appreciation night.

LAST TIME OUT

BU went 1-0-1 to open Hockey East play last weekend, winning a shootout after a 4-4 tie at New Hampshire and winning in regulation at Holy Cross, 2-1.
The Terriers came from behind in both games.
Sophomore Ella Pukala and freshmen Julia Curran, Lo Lachapelle and Quinn Taylor all scored at UNH while Lachapelle and senior Neely Nicholson scored at Holy Cross.
Freshman Mylie Ellis, senior Greta Henderson and sophomore Anežka Čabelová all scored in the shootout at UNH.
Taylor, sophomores Lexie Bertelsen and Avery Supryka, Henderson, Čabelová, Nicholson, Ellis and junior Keira Healey all logged assists over the weekend.
Senior Mari Pietersen made 27 saves between the posts against the Wildcats and sophomore Sydney Fogu made 34 stops against the Crusaders.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Lachapelle leads the Terriers in points and goals with three.
Pukala, Curran and Taylor's goals were the firsts of their career.
Curran scored an unassisted goal, BU's first of its kind this season.
Nicholson's game-winner and assist for two points at Holy Cross marked her first multi-point game of her collegiate career.
The win at Holy Cross marked Fogu's first in net and her second-ever start.
BU has the second-best faceoff win percentage in Hockey East at .558 which is also sixth in the nation.
The Terriers boast a power play percentage of .300 which is seventh in the NCAA and second in Hockey East.
BU has the third-most power-play goals in Hockey East (3).
Pukala's 47 faceoff wins are fifth in Hockey East and 34th in the nation.
Fogu's goalie winning percentage (.500) ranks third in the league. Her save percentage (.946) is fourth in the league and 14th in the NCAA.
Lachapelle, Nicholson and Pukala are tied for 11th in the NCAA and second in Hockey East in power-play goals with one apiece.

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS

Colgate is undefeated this season with a 4-0-0 record.
The Raiders recently defeated then-No. 8/10 St. Cloud in 4-2 and 2-1 decisions.
Colgate opened the season with a weekend sweep of RIT, winning 6-3 and 4-2.
The Raiders are one of five programs currently undefeated in the NCAA.
Colgate has the fifth-best scoring offense in the NCAA.
Colgate netminders Brooke Davis and Farah Walker own a goalie winning percentage of 1.00 each.

SERIES HISTORY VS. COLGATE

BU and Colgate faced each other for the first time last season at the Class of 1965 Arena in Hamilton, N.Y.
BU dropped both contests in 3-1 and 4-3 decisions.
Bertelsen and junior Kaileigh Quigg are the lone returners who scored in the series.
Bertelsen, junior Kate Meinert and Henderson are the three returners who recorded assists in the games.
Pietersen made 28 saves in the 3-1 loss, her only appearance against the Raiders.