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Odds and Ends: BU defeats St. Thomas in exhibition game

The Boston University men’s hockey team walked away with a 12-1 over St. Thomas University on Saturday night. On the strength of junior forward Ahti Oksanen’s four goals, BU’s offense made things look easy from the outset. Here’s a little bit of what happened in the game and some other news in the world of college hockey.

-For more analysis on Saturday’s game, here’s our recap of BU’s win and story on Oksanen’s big day at forward.

-Let’s Play Hockey and the Herb Brooks Foundation named goalie Matt O’Connor as one of the 20 netminders to watch this season for the Mike Richter Award, an honor for college hockey’s top goaltender.

-The New York Times ran a feature on freshman forward Jack Eichel and his rise to success.

-The BU 2009 squad lost to the Maine 1993 team in the NCAA’s Frozen Four’s Finest Championship round.

-Boston College also won their preseason game at Conte Forum, defeating the University of New Brunswick.

-The University of New Hampshire was shut out by St. Francis Xavier on Saturday night.

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