#20 Terriers take on #11 Northeastern as college hockey says goodbye to Matthews Arena, formerly Boston Arena, home of BU Hockey from 1918 to 1971. Tonight’s game will be the 543rd game for the Terriers at the “old Barn”, where their overall record stands at 346-177-19.
The match, the 257th meeting between the longtime rivals, is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on NESN in New England and streamed live on ESPN+.
Pregame ceremonies include a puck drop with the legendary BU coach and captain Jack Parker and former Huskies captain and former Nashville Predators general manager Dave Poile. Players from many schools who have skated at The Arena are expected to participate in the ceremonies.
For those listening to the BU All-Access broadcast [I always synch it to the video for away games], Bernie Corbett will pay tribute to the late Tom Ryan during the first intermission and then will explore BU’s history at The Arena during the second intermission. For more information about BU and The Arena, check out yesterday’s blog post.
Last month the teams split a weekend series, with the Huskies winning 3-2 at Matthews and the Terriers claiming a 4-3 overtime victory at Agganis on a Cole Hutson goal. BU currently sits at 8-8-1 (5-5-0 in HE) and a win tonight would send them into the break on a positive note both overall and in the conference.
Thanks to Eliza Nuestro
BU will most likely be shorthanded again tonight. When asked in the media on Thursday about the availability of attackers Owen McLaughlin, Jack Murtagh, Ben Merrill And Conrad FondrkCoach Jay Parolfo said: “We won’t know honestly until Saturday.”
He also hinted at a possible injury to the defense force, but gave no details.
Since last month’s home-and-home match, both teams have won two of the three matches. NU defeated Brown and then split a series with UMass. BU defeated Cornell in Red Hot Hockey and then split a pair of games with Vermont.
Junior Dylan Hryckowian leads NU in goals (9) and points (18), while freshman Jacob Mathieu has 17 points and sophomore Joe Connor has 12. Standout defenseman Vinny Borgesi also has a dozen points.
The Huskies’ top goalie, Lawton Zacher, returned last week after missing games, including the BU series, with an injury. He brings a GAA of 1.97 and a save percentage of .938.
CHECK BACK FOR TONIGHT’S BU LINEUP
● GoTerriers.com exampleGame Notes, Live stats, BU full access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● ESPN+ live stream
● Pandolfo Media Call
● College Hockey News Story of the tape
● BU Hockey Stats Preview of week 11
● Boston Hockey Blog
Episode 11 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett‘s interviews with Coach Pandolfo and freshman center Jonathan Morello who anchors the fourth line and has become a primary penalty killer.
● Listen to: GoTerriers or Spotify
Looking ahead
A pair of 2027 Terrier recruits led the NTDP U18 to their first victory over an NCAA team as Team USA defeated St. Lawrence 3-2 in Canton, NY Jamie look scored a pair of goals, including the game winner, while netminder Brady Knowledge stopped 37 shots.
Glance, a 6-foot-1 right wing, has been in trouble in recent weeks. He has scored nine goals and nine assists in the U18s’ last ten games. With 24 points in 26 games, he is second on the team.
Knowling earned his third straight win, including a 42-save victory at the CHL USA Prospect Challenge. He heads to Duluth on Monday to participate in the Junior National Team prep camp.
Please note that the sound of these highlights will not sync properly with the video.
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BUT GLANSER CONNECTS THINGS MOMENTS LATER!#USAvsSLU pic.twitter.com/3Jfd2Uykwe
— USA Hockey NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) December 12, 2025
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KNOWING KEEPS US AHEAD!#USAvsSLU pic.twitter.com/VMVmsXmPnD
— USA Hockey NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) December 13, 2025
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That’s now six goals in five games for Glancer… oh, and it puts us ahead 🔥#USAvsSLU pic.twitter.com/S6lRP4PcpG
— USA Hockey NTDP (@USAHockeyNTDP) December 13, 2025
2028 recruit Andrei Nikolaev stopped 21 of 23 shots in the New Jersey Titans’ 3-2 shootout win against the Philadelphia rebels. The 6-foot-4 Moscow native improved his record to 11-5-0 with three shutouts and lowered his GAA to 2.439.
In his new one NHL Draft Journal Entry2026 recruit Tynan Lawrence discusses his return from injury and his plans for the holidays. Recently ranked No. 1 for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft by Cory Pronman of The Athletic, the 6-foot-1 center from Fredericton, New Brunswick, has an 8-5-13 line in eight games.
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