No. 16/15 Terriers Skate Past Alaska, 4-0, to Complete Weekend Sweep

Saturday, October 3

Fairbanks, AK

11:07 PM

Boston University

2-0-0

Alaska

0-2-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Boston U.	0	0	4	4
Alas. Fairbanks	0	0	0	0

Caleb Malhotra celebrates his first collegiate goal

No. 16/15 Terriers Skate Past Alaska, 4-0, to Complete Weekend Sweep

October 4, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score Pandolfo/Wang Postgame

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Freshman Haoxi (Simon) Wang's first collegiate goal early in the third period broke a scoreless tie and helped propel the No. 16/15 Boston University men's ice hockey team to a 4-0 win over Alaska on Saturday night at the Carlson Center.

BU (2-0-0) controlled play for a majority of the opening two frames, but Alaska (0-2-0) kept the Terriers at bay until Wang's strike at 3:43 of the final frame. Junior Kamil Bednarik doubled the lead with an unassisted goal at the 11:14 mark before freshman Caleb Malhotra and sophomore Tynan Lawrence each added an empty-netter.

Bednarik also added an assist to complete a two-point night. Senior captain Jack Harvey and classmate Aiden Celebrini also had one assist apiece, as did sophomore Jack Murtagh and junior Brandon Svoboda.

Junior Mikhail Yegorov was sharp all night for the Terriers and turned aside all 16 shots he faced to collect his fourth career shutout.

Head coach Jay Pandolfo earned his 100th win as head coach of the Terriers on Saturday night. He is the fifth Terrier head coach to reach that milestone.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU dominated the first period thanks in part to three power-play opportunities, generating 35 shot attempts to just five for Alaska. However, the Nanooks killed off all three penalties they took and held the Terriers to just nine shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes.
BU nearly struck first with a shorthanded goal midway through the second stanza, but after video review it was determined the puck was kicked in and the game remained scoreless.
Yegorov made a nice stop on a 2-on-1 chance late in the second on Alaska's best chance of the night up to that point.
Wang finally broke through at 3:43 of the third period. Svoboda dropped the puck for Wang who used a nifty toe drag to elude his defender before uncorking a shot past Tyler Shea (25).
BU then had a five-minute power play following a major penalty but was unable to capitalize.
Bednarik doubled the Terriers' lead with 8:46 remaining in regulation when he picked off a pass in the neutral zone, skated through the defense and zipped a puck through Shea's pads.
The Nanooks pushed to get on the board following Bednarik's goal but Yegorov and the Terrier defense held strong.
After matching penalties created a 4-on-4 situation with 4:28 to play, Alaska pulled Shea in favor of an extra attacker.
BU iced the game when Harvey made an unselfish play to feed Malhotra in front of an empty net.
Lawrence then sent a long-range shot into the vacant cage after a great blocked shot by Murtagh to complete the scoring.