The BU men’s hockey team has officially announced their schedule for the 2019-20 season.
Here are our immediate takeaways from this final list of games:
The Terriers will enter a critical 10-game stretch of Hockey East meetings early in the campaign between October 25 and November 23. During this run, notable opponents include UMass Lowell, who the Terriers eliminated on the road in last season’s conference quarterfinals, as well as Massachusetts, who in 2018-19 won Hockey East and appeared in the division one national championship.
To fill the gap of competitive fixtures through much of December and early January, BU has organized two exhibition games. The first will be a return to Walter Brown Arena for the Terriers as they host the Concordia Stingers of Montreal, while the second will see the Terriers travel to Michigan to face the USA U-18 team, who the Terriers defeated 5-4 in an exhibition last season.
The ever-important rivalry contests against Boston College have been scheduled for January 18th (away) and February 29th (home), moving to the second half of the season after these fixtures took place in the early months last season. The second of the two meetings will be followed by two clashes with Northeastern to conclude the regular season after seven consecutive Hockey East bouts, meaning the Terriers will have to finish strong against stiff competition as they push towards the postseason.
How do you feel about BU’s schedule for the upcoming season? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Brady I can’t wait for the season to start. I would have loved to travel to better vacation locations but I think this schedule is good for this young team. Go bu🐾
I will travel north for the Union game … as I remember doing in October of 2015. Also, I like the two early home games against NMU. Back when I was at BU, we used to have an interlocking schedule with the WCHA. I like bringing in teams that we have either never played or haven’t played in a long time … regardless of how good they are.
I will br traveling to almost all of them not sure about Michigan but excited to see what this season brings hopefully we can meet for first time in union.. Go bu
I will be traveling to all the home games GO TERRIERS BC S???S
I think we will be better than some think this year. The schedule ? Need more traditional teams on home schedule. Sacred Heart ? Who cares ? No wonder there is an attendance problem. Like the game at Walter Brown. Maybe I will get to Boston and meet up with some of my old BU pals.
I think they made the schedule a little easier this year, especially at the start, to help this young team have early success and gain confidence for the more difficult games later on. I think this is something they should have started years ago since the reality of their recruiting practices and keeping players to stay long term have changed so drastically in recent years.
Good point, Vito.