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From the FreeP: Former Terrier Durocher has shaped women’s hockey program

By Meredith Perri/DFP Staff

With a program-high 25 wins on the season, the Boston University women’s hockey team will be participating in the Hockey East championship this weekend at Walter Brown Arena. The man who has led the team since its inception six years ago is none other than BU alumnus Brian Durocher.

Durocher’s history as a Terrier stretches back to 1974 when he was a freshman in the School of Education. It was at this time that he became a goaltender for coach Jack Parker and the men’s hockey team.

“Truth be told, I was somebody who played in western Massachusetts and came here never really expecting to play all that much,” Durocher said. “The landscape was different back then. We had eight goaltenders…I figured I’d probably play a lot of JV hockey in my life. I was able to find my way into the role of getting some playing time and being part of the program for four years.”

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