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Beanpot Title Up For Grabs Monday as Terriers, Eagles Meet in 300th Battle of Comm Ave
February 8, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey
Date & Time: Monday, Feb. 9 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: TD Garden - Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierHockey
The Boston University men's ice hockey team will continue its 104th season on Monday night when the Terriers look to win a second straight and 33rd overall Beanpot title when they meet No. 11/13 Boston College in the 73rd annual Dunkin' Men's Beanpot championship game at TD Garden. Puck drop on NESN (in New England), ESPN+ (outside New England), NHL Network (outside New England) and TSN3 (Canada) is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. An audio-only broadcast will be located here.
Monday's meeting between BU and BC will be the 300th Battle of Comm Ave. Two legendary head coaches who are synonymous with this rivalry will help celebrate the occasion, as Hockey Hall of Famers Jack Parker (Questrom '68, Hon. '97) and Jerry York (BC '67) will perform a ceremonial puck drop prior to the game. The pair skated against one another five times as players before coaching against each other on 82 occasions, including 16 times in the Beanpot.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- BU boasts an all-time Beanpot record of 97-48 (.669) following last week's shootout win over Northeastern.
- That includes a 31-17 (.646) record against Boston College.
- The longtime rivals met in last year's championship game, with BU earning a 4-1 victory.
- Freshman Jonathan Morello and sophomore Nick Roukounakis scored last Monday to help secure a 2-2 tie before the shootout determined which team advanced to the title game.
- Sophomore Cole Hutson assisted on Roukounakis' goal in regulation and then scored the shootout winner.
- Junior Jack Harvey also scored in the shootout while sophomore Mikhail Yegorov stopped two of the three attempts he faced.
- BU followed last week's Beanpot opener with a 3-2 overtime win over Maine on Friday at Agganis Arena.
- Freshman Ryder Ritchie was the overtime hero thanks to assists by sophomore Sascha Boumedienne and Harvey, who also had a helper on sophomore Cole Eiserman's team-leading 11th goal of the year.
- Freshman Jack Murtagh also found the back of the net against Maine.
- BU went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-1 on the power play against the Black Bears.
- The Terriers went 5-for-5 on the PK in their first meeting with BC on Jan. 30 and have gone 9-for-10 in the last three games.
- Boumedienne and junior captain Gavin McCarthy each recorded nine blocked shots on Friday against Maine.
THE 300TH BATTLE OF COMM AVE
- Monday's title game will be the 300th meeting between the longtime rivals.
- BU leads the series, 141-137-21 (.507).
- No other opponent has appeared on BU's schedule more often; Northeastern is the next closest, having faced BU 258 times since the 1930-31 season.
- The first game in BU Hockey history was on Feb. 6, 1918, against Boston College at Boston Arena.
- The teams have split the last two matchups, with BC earning a 4-1 win at Agganis on Jan. 30 in the first meeting of the 2025-26 campaign.
- The Terriers defeated BC, 4-1, in last year's Beanpot title game.
- BU and BC have played 46 overtime games and the Eagles hold a 16-10-20 edge.
- The Terriers have 11 of the 22 shutouts in the series history.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
- BC cruised to a 5-1 win over Harvard to advance to tonight's title tilt.
- The Eagles suffered a 6-1 setback to Vermont in Chestnut Hill on Friday.
- Sophomore James Hagens paces BC in goals (15), assists (14) and points (29).
- Sophomore Dean Letourneau has also tallied 15 goals and is second on the squad with 27 points.
- Sophomore Jake Sondreal is tied with Hagens for the lead in assists.
- Freshman goaltender Louka Cloutier made 30 saves against the Crimson last Monday but only stopped 14 shots in 45:07 of action against the Catamounts.
- He is 14-7-1 this year with a .913 save percentage and a 2.26 goals-against average.
