By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff Killing it Merrimack came into Game 1 of its quarterfinals series against BU with the third-best power play in the country, converting on 22.9 percent of its man-up chance. But on Friday night, the Terrier penalty kill, which had been struggling of late, held the Warrior […]

By Jake Seiner, DFP Staff Aided by a pair of goals from sophomore Vinny Saponari, the Boston University men’s hockey team knocked off Merrimack College in first-round Hockey East tournament action, 3-2. The Terriers (17-15-3, 13-12-2 HE) also got a goal and an assist from David Warsofsky, while Merrimack (15-18-2, […]

Merrimack vs. BU — HE Quarterfinals Game 1

By Jake Seiner/DFP Staff As the hunt for playoff positioning put Hockey East through the spin cycle during the season’s final weeks, there was one team Boston University coach Jack Parker said he wouldn’t mind avoiding in the tournament’s first round –– Merrimack College. As fate would have it, the […]

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff (1) New Hampshire (16-11-7, 15-6-6) vs. (8) Vermont (15-12-7, 9-11-7) What have you done for me lately?Neither of these teams is quite what you would call “on fire” entering the playoffs. The Wildcats have been a .500 team since late January — they went 4-4-3 to […]

We (The Daily Free Press) didn’t have anyone at the game, but I did manage to convince my boss at NESN to let me write a recap after watching the game on tape delay. Here it is.

By Scott McLaughlin The Terriers have landed their first recruit for the 2013 season. Matt Grzelcyk, a freshman defenseman at Belmont Hill School, has committed to BU, according to US Hockey Report. The 16-year-old from Charlestown is a 5-foot-9 left shot. He has two goals and 18 assists in 31 […]

By Arielle Aronson/DFP Staff After a season of struggles for the Boston University men’s ice hockey team, it seems fitting that an unlikely third seed in the Hockey East tournament would be secured by an unlikely player. Who was that unlikely star? None other than sophomore forward Kevin Gilroy, a […]