About Us

The Boston Hockey Blog of the Daily Free Press is the leading media outlet for Boston University men’s and women’s hockey. We have provided elite coverage of BU hockey since 2009, becoming the go-to source for breaking news, game reports, and in-depth analysis of all things BU.

FOLLOW ALONG: Twitter @BOShockeyblog and Instagram @boston.hockey.blog

 

Mitch Fink, Co-Director

Mitch is a senior studying journalism in the College of Communication. He was sports editor of The Daily Free Press in Spring 2022, and covers high school sports for The Boston Globe. 

Mitch played one season of Mini Mites hockey as a second-grader before realizing the NHL wasn’t in the cards. Since then, he has focused on cheering on the Boston Bruins and, more recently, covering BU. He’s from the New York City area.

He loves road trips to Hockey East rinks, and is excited to visit some new ones this year!

 

Brendan Nordstrom, Co-Director

 

Brendan is a senior in the College of Communication studying journalism and advertising. As a former sports editor for the Daily Free Press, he was always interested in covering BU’s blueblood hockey teams and is excited to do it for the team’s top outlet. 
 

In addition to the hockey coverage, Brendan wrote an NFL column “The Two-Minute Drill” for WTBU Sports, covered the Orleans Firebirds baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League and currently reports on the University’s teams for BU Today.

Named after legendary left-winger Brendan Shanahan, Brendan was raised in Metro Detroit as a die-hard Wings, Lions, Tigers and Pistons fan — teaching him how to overcome adversity and constant heartbreak in sports. 

He loved covering the Terriers’ Frozen Four run last year and is excited for another season of BU hockey!

 

Eli Cloutier, Writer

Eli is a junior studying journalism in the College of Communication. A former co-op with the Boston Globe covering high school sports, he also has experience covering a wide variety of Terrier athletics.

From emulating Alexander Ovechkin on the ice as a child, Eli’s passion for the game peaked during the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals, but it has since been revitalized ever since he stepped foot on campus.

He is beyond excited to cover both programs and learn more about what makes them so successful.

 

Sam Robb O’Hagan, Writer

Sam is a junior in the College of Communication studying journalism. Aside from the Blog, he covers BU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, maintains a weekly NFL blog and was a Sports Co-op at The Boston Globe in the spring of 2024.

Sam is from Westchester, N.Y., but lived in Chicago earlier in his childhood. He remembers watching the Blackhawks win two Stanley Cups with the entire block through a TV on the front porch and is a diehard Bears fan. 
 
He loves unique datelines and is excited to report on the road this season, including in Belfast!
 
Annika Morris, Writer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annika Morris is a senior double-majoring in journalism and public relations in the College of Communication. She was both the sports section and graphics editor at The Daily Free Press, and she also has a background in photography.
 
Morris grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, but despite growing up in a place with more than enough ice, she only got into hockey when she stepped onto the Boston University campus. Now, Morris writes an NHL column for The Daily Free Press because once she stepped foot in the hockey world, she immediately became obsessed. She is a lifelong Seattle Mariners fan, so now she has committed herself to the Seattle Kraken.
 
She is excited to expand her styles of coverage and find her place in this new sports world.