Men's Ice Hockey Edged at UMass Lowell, 4-3

Saturday, March 7

Lowell, MA

6:05 PM

Boston University

16-16-2, 12-12-0

UMass Lowell

13-21-0, 9-15-0

Boston U.

UMass Lowell

Photo by: Trinity Robbins

March 7, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score Pandolfo Postgame

LOWELL, Mass. - The Boston University men's ice hockey team dropped a 4-3 decision at UMass Lowell on Saturday night at Tsongas Center.

BU (16-16-2, 12-12-0 HE) held a 1-0 lead after one period but UMass Lowell (13-21-0, 9-15-0 HE) scored once in the second stanza and then twice more in the third to take a 3-1 lead. The Terriers twice got back within a goal before the final horn sounded.

Sophomore Cole Eiserman tallied one goal and one assist while senior Owen McLaughlin and junior captain Gavin McCarthy also scored. Sophomores Sacha Boisvert, Kamil Bednarik and Brandon Svoboda all had one assist apiece.

HOW IT HAPPENED

McLaughlin opened the scoring just 4:09 into the proceedings. After receiving an entry pass, Svoboda chipped the puck for Boisvert, who recovered it below the right circle. Boisvert turned and fired a pass to McLaughlin at the left post for the redirect past Samuel Richard (17 saves).
Sophomore Mikhail Yegorov (23 saves) made two terrific stops immediately after a Lowell penalty expired to keep the Terriers in front.
Jay Ahern equalized at 7:11 of the second stanza, but Yegorov made nine more saves in that period to keep the game tied.
UML took the lead at 3:42 of the third and then doubled that advantage at the 8:37 mark.
Eiserman gave BU life at 11:17 of the third when Bednarik won an offensive-zone draw right back to Eiserman, who immediately snapped it past a stunned Samuel Richard (24 saves).
The Terriers pressed for an equalizer and eventually pulled Yegorov in favor of an extra attacker, but the River Hawks converted on a long-distance shot to make it 4-2 with 1:49 to go.
BU never quit and McCarthy scored an extra-attacker goal just 21 seconds later to make it 4-3.
The Terriers generated some opportunities in the final 1:28 but were unable to get that necessary fourth goal.

GAME NOTES

BU went 7-for-7 on the penalty kill; only two other teams in the country had a better penalty-killing night (8-for-8) this season.
Eiserman has lit the lamp in four straight games.
McCarthy has recorded five points (2g, 3a) in his last four games.
Bednarik extended his point streak to four games.

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