New Hampshire 4, BU 1

 

With the NBA and the Celtics off on the All-Star break and the NHL and the Bruins off for the Winter Olympics, with the Super Bowl and the Patriots' season now in the read-view mirror and the baseball season not yet begun, in this odd crease in time, Boston University hockey has the spotlight all to themselves. 

And what do the Terriers do with this rare opportunity, solo on center stage as it were? Lose both a women's home game and a men's road game.

Last night, the men lost, 4-1,  in the wintery chill of Durham, New Hampshire. BU freshman Ryder Ritchie scored a goal in the first period, but only after UNH took a 2-0 lead in the first 1:23 of the game. And that was it for the Terriers, scoring-wise, while the Wildcats added a power-play goal and the inevitable open-netter to end the game.

BU falls to a disappointing 13-15-2 overall and 9-11-0 in conference play. They are currently tied for fifth place in Hockey East with Merrimack and Northeastern. With only four games left to the season, including a pair against BC, the Terriers will be lucky to end the season at .500.

The weekend series with the Wildcats moves to Boston, where BU and UNH will go at it starting at 6:00 pm today in BU's home Agganis Arena.