Graphic by Emma Clement.
The Blog conducted an anonymous player poll for the BU men’s and women’s hockey teams ahead of their 2025-26 seasons.
We asked them a range of questions, from their favorite spot to eat on campus to which of their teammates they think would make the best general manager. All responses were anonymous and are divided into three sections: questions that apply to both teams, to only the men’s team and to only the women’s team.
Let’s dive in.
Men’s and women’s combined
What’s one food you would fill the Beanpot with?
5 votes: Ice cream (one specifically said mint chip, another said with hot fudge), 4 votes: Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 2 votes: Beans; Lucky Charms, 1 vote: Big Macs; Bacon Farmers Wraps from Tim Horton’s; Chicken noodle soup; French fries; Mashed potatoes; Russian borscht; Swedish meatballs
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Would your rather play in Frozen Fenway or the Friendship Four?
12 votes: Frozen Fenway, 9 votes: Friendship Four
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What’s one rule you’d add or change in hockey?
5 votes: Fighting should be allowed in college hockey, 4 votes: Allow checking and more contact (women’s only), 3 votes: Goalies can leave the trapezoid to play the puck, 2 votes: Shorthanded goal releases penalized player, 2 votes: None, 1 vote: Get rid of coaches’ challenges, 1 vote: When you cross blue line you can extend to red line
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If you didn’t play hockey, what sport would you play?
5 votes: Soccer, 4 votes: Golf, 3 votes: Lacrosse; Volleyball, 2 votes: Basketball; Field hockey; 1 vote: Chess; Tennis, Gymnastics; Softball
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Favorite food spot on campus?
6 votes: T. Anthony’s, 3 votes: Chipotle; El Jefe’s; Life Alive, 1 vote: Starbucks; The Juicery; GSU; Carlo’s; Marciano Dining Hall; West Dining Hall
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Men’s only
Who will finish the season with the most paws on their helmet?
3 votes: Gavin McCarthy, 2 votes: Cole Hutson, 1 vote: Cole Eiserman; Malte Vass
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What team are you most excited to play against?
5 votes: Boston College, 2 votes: Michigan State
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Who do you trust most on AUX?
4 votes: Cole Hutson, 1 vote: Cole Eiserman; Jack Harvey; Kyle Kim
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Who’s the most fashionable?
2 votes: Cole Hutson, 1 vote: Anyone but Cole Hutson; Aiden Celebrini; Cole Eiserman; Mikhail Yegorov; Nick Roukanakis
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Who’s most likely to be a head coach?
3 votes: Mick Frechette, 2 votes: Nick Roukanakis, 1 vote: Jack Harvey; Gavin McCarthy
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Who’s most likely to be a GM?
3 votes: Max Lacroix, 1 vote: Cole Eiserman; Jack Harvey; Gavin McCarthy; Cole Hutson
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Who’s most likely to be a sports broadcaster?
3 votes: Mick Frechette, 2 votes: Cole Eiserman, 1 vote: Aiden Celebrini; Charlie Trethewey
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Women’s only
Who will finish the season with the most paws on their helmet?
6 votes: Keira Healey, 4 votes: Maeve Kelly, 1 vote: Greta Henderson; Maeve Carey; Sydney Healey; Riley Walsh
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What team are you most excited to play against?
6 votes: Boston College, 2 votes: Northeastern, 1 vote: Minnesota; Colgate; Quinnipiac; UConn; Vermont
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Who do you trust most on AUX?
6 votes: Lola Reid, 4 votes: Neely Nicholson; Sydney Healey
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Who’s the most fashionable?
5 votes: Maeve Carey, 3 votes: Maeve Kelly; Mia Vergilii, 1 vote: Luisa and Lilli Welcke; Kaileigh Quigg; Sydney Healey
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Who’s most likely to be a head coach?
4 votes: Sydney Healey, 3 votes: Maeve Carey, 2 votes: Maeve Kelly; Lola Reid, 1 vote: Clara Yuhn; Neely Nicholson
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Who’s most likely to be a GM?
5 votes: Clara Yuhn, 4 votes: Neely Nicholson, 2 votes: Mari Pietersen; Maeve Carey, 1 vote: Greta Henderson
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Who’s most likely to be a sports broadcaster?
3 votes: Neely Nicholson, 2 votes: Lola Reid; Clara Yuhn; Riley Walsh, 1 vote: Kaileigh Quigg; Lexie Bertelsen; Ella Belfry; Maeve Kelly
Editor’s note: This story is part of the Daily Free Press’ annual Hockey Issue. Physical copies are available around campus starting Friday, October 3rd and will be handed out at both the men’s and women’s home openers.
