By Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff
It has been a long and eventful season for the No. 4 Boston University men’s hockey team, but the regular season finish line is finally in sight, as the Terriers have one last weekend to situate themselves in as high a position as possible before the Hockey East playoffs begin.
BU (20-11-1, 16-8-1 Hockey East) currently sits in second place in the league standings behind first-place Boston College. Since BU holds the tiebreaker over BC, BU will need to earn at least two points more than BC this weekend to finish the season in first place in the league.
The Terriers will look to complete that task in a home-and-home series against Northeastern University, who is fighting for its playoff lives. The Huskies (12-15-5, 8-13-4 Hockey East) enter the weekend tied with the University of Massachusetts for eighth place in the league. If the season ended before this weekend, Northeastern would be the last team out of the playoffs since UMass holds the tiebreaker over the Huskies.
“We’re fighting a team whose backs are against the wall,” said BU coach Jack Parker. “[Northeastern is] a desperate team and they need points.”
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Projected lines:
Matt Nieto – Chris Connolly – Alex Chiasson
Wade Megan – Ben Rosen – Sahir Gill
Justin Courtnall – Cason Hohmann – Yasin Cisse
Ross Gaudet – Ryan Santana – Kevin Gilroy
Garrett Noonan – Patrick MacGregor
Sean Escobedo – Adam Clendening
Alexx Privitera – Ryan Ruikka
Kieran Millan
Grant Rollheiser
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