BU 5, BC 1

 

The unranked and underappreciated BU men's hockey team sweeps No. 10-ranked Boston College! I hate the fucking Eagles, man!

Freshman Ben Merrill scored two goals, opening the game with a short-handed score in the first, and hitting an insurance goal with 4:57 left in the game in the third. After Merrill's first score, BC responded with their lone goal of the game, but Gavin McCarthy gave the Terriers the lead back with a goal in the second period. Jack Harvey opened the third with a short-handed goal and after Merrill's second goal of the night, Cole Eiserman knocked in an open netter. Mikhail Yegorov made 28 saves in goal. 

With the win, the Terriers complete a sweep of arch-rival BC in the penultimate game of the regular season, played in BC's home arena.  They'll close out the season with a game at UMass Lowell (12-20-0).

The Terriers are 16-15-2 overall and 12-11-0 in conference play. Their 35 points put them in sixth place in Hockey East, and in a best-case scenario, with a win in Lowell and losses by UMass and Maine, they could end the season tied with UConn for third place in the conference. That's asking a lot and most of it's out to their hands, but a guy can dream, right?  

Northeastern 2, BU 1 (2 OT)

 

Pity the women: they open the season with two games against No. 3 Minnesota and two against No. 8 Colgate, and the seventh and eighth games of the season were against No. 12 Northeastern. Since those games, Northeastern has moved up to No. 5 and now the Terriers' season ends after they drew the Huskies in the second round of the Hockey East conference tournament, losing 2-1 after two OTs.  

BU's lone goal of the game was a short-handed score in the second period, fittingly by team captain Sydney Healey, her fourth short-handed goal of the season. Although BU out-shot the Huskies in the game, 40-35, Northeastern blocked 27 while BU blocked only 24. 

And with that loss, the Terriers are eliminated from the post-season and the 2025-26 season ends at a disappointing 11-21-3 overall. However, remember that this is the team that won the Friendship Series in North Ireland over No 7 Quinnipiac and Harvard, took the Beanpot championship game into OT against Harvard, and took Hockey East's No. 1 seed into double OT last night in the conference quarterfinal.  

Seniors Sydney Healey, Clara Yuhn, the Welcke sisters, Riley Walsh, and Maeve Kelly all graduate, and thank you for the memories and great play. I maintain that it was a killer schedule that ultimately did in the team, and that's a hill I'm willing to die on. 

Next year, hopefully, all things considered, juniors Greta Henderson, Neely Nicholson, Maeve Carey, Ella Belfry, and goalie Mari Pietersen all return, as well as sophomores Kaileigh Quigg, Kiera Healey, Tessa Demain, Lola Reid, and Kate Meinert, and freshmen Lexie Bertelsen,  Anežka Čabelová, Mia Vergilii, and Jackie Wright. I'm expecting great things from these women, and look forward to another year of quality collegiate hockey.

Flyers 3, Bruins 1

 

Charlie McAvoy (BU, Class of 2016) scored a goal for the Boston Bruins, but that was it. The Philadelphia Flyers scored three, and as I understand the rules of hockey, the team that scores the most goals wins. The Bruins had far more shots on goals (27) than the Flyers (17), but one-time Bruin goalie Dan Vladar made saves on all but McAvoy's one shot, going .963 on saves and winning the game.

Just another night in the NHL. The Bruins are now 33-21-5 and still hanging on to the last Wild Card spot, two points ahead of the Capitals. 

Tuesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins (30-15-13) will pay a visit to the Garden for a 7:00 pm game.