By Meredith Perri/DFP Staff CHESTNUT HILL – Halfway through the first period of the No. 5 Boston University women’s hockey team’s game against No. 6 Boston College, neither team had scored. After a tough weekend where the Terriers fell to No. 1 University of Wisconsin and only scored one goal […]

By Andrew McCarthy/DFP Columnist What I remember most vividly is the noise. Walter Brown seated less than 4,000 people, but on some nights, it seemed to be the loudest venue in Boston. The chatter of the consistently sold out crowds would ricochet off the hospital-white cement walls and red iron […]

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By Tim Healey/DFP Staff Friday night at the Mullins Center, as he nonchalantly leaned with his back against a wall outside the media room, Matt Nieto maintained his naturally calm and collected demeanor, despite an unimpressive 2-2 tie with University of Massachusetts and despite the Boston University men’s hockey team’s […]

By Arielle Aronson/DFP StaffIt seems these days that it is not a No. 12/13 Boston University men’s hockey game without a goal from sophomore forward Matt Nieto. So on Saturday night at Agganis Arena, when BU and the University of Massachusetts were knotted 4-4 in overtime and Nieto had yet […]

By Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff In yet another game that went down to the wire, Matt Nieto played the hero as his tally in overtime helped the No.12/13 Boston University men’s hockey team over the University of Massachusetts, 5-4 on Saturday night at Agganis Arena. Once again, the Terriers came out […]

BU vs. UMass Live Blog

By Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff AMHERST — If there was any one play that could explain Friday night’s 2-2 tie between the No. 12/13 Boston University men’s hockey team and the opposing University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen, it would be the very last play of the game. With less than 20 seconds […]

By Tim Healey/DFP Staff AMHERST — Possibly in celebration of the all-important “Halloweekend,” the Boston University men’s hockey team wore both of its costumes tonight in a 2-2 with University of Massachusetts. The Terriers (2-2-1, 1-1-1 Hockey Easy) ditched their careless outfits in favor of their effortful ones after falling […]

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