The 2016-17 regular season is over for BU hockey, and the Terriers stand as co-champions of Hockey East.
Heading into this past weekend’s series against Notre Dame, a million and one scenarios could have unfolded (that’s an exaggeration), but the dust has finally settled. BU lost, 3-1, on Friday night, only to register an inspiring, 4-1, win over the Fighting Irish on Saturday evening.
With those results, head coach David Quinn’s side will be the No. 2 seed in the Hockey East Tournament. It also ends the regular season in three-way tie for first place, sharing the crown with Boston College and UMass Lowell.
The stars of the weekend were forwards Kieffer Bellows, Clayton Keller Patrick Harper and goaltender Jake Oettinger. In other words, the freshmen are stepping up with playoff hockey around the corner. Furthermore, Quinn said defenseman and captain Doyle Somerby had his best weekend of the season.
As things stand, BU sits in seventh place in the PairWise Rankings, so the scarlet and white are in a good place with the NCAA Tournament looming. Lastly, the Terriers won’t play again until March 10 against a to-be-determined opponent, so keep an eye out on the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament.
#HockeyEast Opening Round Pairs.
No. 12 UMass at No. 5 PC
No. 11 Maine at No. 6 UVM
No. 10 UNH at No. 7 MC
No. 9 UConn at No. 8 NU— Hockey East (@hockey_east) February 26, 2017
Content
- Friday’s recap of the 3-1 loss.
- Friday’s sider about the goaltender battle between Jake Oettinger and Cal Petersen.
- Saturday’s recap of the 4-1, come-from-behind win.
- Saturday’s sider about Kieffer Bellows coming into his own on the third line.
Highlights
Press Conferences
Tweets of the Weekend
.@TerrierHockey clinched the No. 2 seed in the @hockey_east playoffs on Saturday night, besting @NDHockey by a 4-1 scoreline. pic.twitter.com/yPiuNOhfQ5
— Boston Hockey Blog (@BOShockeyblog) February 26, 2017
Quinn on his team's physicality tonight: "This isn't badminton or tennis. If you don't want to get physical go play another sport."
— Boston Hockey Blog (@BOShockeyblog) February 26, 2017
.@JoeMeloni asked David Quinn about Jordan Greenway jumping into scrums. Pretty good answer. pic.twitter.com/q0oHEkC8hp
— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin9) February 26, 2017
Love it when @busasquatch appears pic.twitter.com/RVEVPM2xnM
— BartRhett (@BartRhett) February 26, 2017
Thank you to the @BUDogPound and @BUBand for the memorable senior night. Can't thank you guys enough for the past 4 years!! #terriers
— Doyle Somerby (@dsum27) February 26, 2017
BU and UML celebrate earning the top 2 seeds in HE https://t.co/3dHwwwg4jG
— BurntBoats (@BurntBoats) February 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/twolinepass/status/835278828729692165
Thank you seniors ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/MES1NlS2c9
— The BU Dog Pound (@BUDogPound) February 26, 2017
Nice job here, Jonathan. But I was wondering why comments were not allowed during the weekend live blog. Tech problem ??
I’m looking into that problem. I was wondering all weekend where the usual commenters were, as I could see people were viewing the blog. It should be remedied by the time playoffs roll around. My apologies for any confusion it caused.
OK, so I guess we’re going to be playing Northeastern?
ugh
Vinne – you would have rather played Merrimack?
believe it or not, i think i would. feel like they are not going to best us 4 times. NU offense scares me and the Stevens brothers are back
Valid point. Still, from here on in, we will have to beat the best teams in the country. We will have to contain the offensive production of Denver, Harvard, etc. So, we might as well start the test this weekend.