UConn 5, BU 3

 

That's it. Season's over. The BU Terriers lose in the Hockey East quarterfinals and are eliminated from any further post-season consideration. 

Friendly reminder that they made it to the final game of the NCAA's Frozen Four tournament last year, and were ranked No. 1 in the country for at least one week early in this 2025/2026 season. 

This afternoon, the Terriers tied the game early in the second period with a Tynan Lawrence goal, and again last in the period with a Jack Murtagh goal. After UConn came back with two more goals early in the third, Ben Merrill made it competitive again with a goal midway through the final period. But that was it for the Terriers, and UConn hit an open-netter late in the game for the final score.

This team won the Red-Hot Hockey tournament in Madison Square Garden, beating No. 9 Cornell, and made it to the Beanpot title game. They avenged their loss to BC in the Beanpot finale with a sweep of the Eagles two weeks later, finishing the season 2-2 against arch-rival Boston College. 

Overall, this season's Terriers were 17-17-2 overall, and 12-12-0 in conference play. We had hoped for more and better, but .500 at the very least is not losing.      

Can't win 'em all. Better luck next year, Terriers. See you again this October.

P.S. One final note. I just heard on the Terriers' radio broadcast that The Dugout bar on Commonwealth Avenue closed this year. Heartbreaking news. Back in the 1970s, when I was at BU, The Dugout was the preferred hangout for three very distinct groups - the Terriers hockey team, the BU Geology Department, and administrative staff for the College of Liberal Arts. I was a geology student back then with a student job at the CLA, so I spent a lot of time at The Dugout (or "Doo-jow" as we called it), rubbing elbows with the hockey players. Good times. I'm sorrier to see The Dugout gone than I am about the end of this season.