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Terriers blank River Hawks; Carter Meyer dazzles; Goalkeeper recruit on the way; Women fall for the Holy Cross
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Terriers blank River Hawks; Carter Meyer dazzles; Goalkeeper recruit on the way; Women fall for the Holy Cross

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#20 Terriers rebounded from Friday’s overtime loss to Lowell by defeating the River Hawks 3-0 at Tsongas Arena. Mikhail Yegorov stopped all 23 shots he faced and earned his second shutout in the past five games.

The win keeps BU in third place in the league Hockey East Standings and has moved up to #17 in the NPI Rankings.

Cole Hutson got the offense going, scoring BU’s first tally and then setting up Nick Roukounakis to double the lead. Hutson was +3 for the match. Ben Merrill put the icing on the cake with an empty net goal, his second in three games.

Hutson’s goal came with seconds left in the middle period, ending nearly 40 minutes of scoreless hockey. Roukounakis’ score came midway through the third.

“I thought it was a solid effort overall; good response after last night,” coach Jay Pandolfo said. “In the beginning they came quite hard and tried to chase us on the forecheck. We weathered the storm for the first ten minutes, which you sometimes have to do on the road.

“I thought our group found our legs, especially in the second period. We started to push and get chances. There weren’t many chances anyway with tight controls and guys selling out to block shots on both ends… I thought we did a really good job of protecting the lead.”

Shots were difficult to make all night, especially in the opening period when Lowell held a 6-4 lead. BU made a power play late in the period, but a Hutson penalty negated it after a minute.

Early in the second period, Yegorov made big back-to-back shots, with a kick save to thwart a rebound attempt and keep Lowell off the board. Immediately after Lowell goalkeeper Austin Elliott made a Owen McLaughlin During an attempted jam, Big Mike was robbed Diego Buttazzoni And Dillan Bentley on consecutive scoreless attempts.

A little later Cole Eiserman had a breakaway but shot the puck over the cage. Hutson’s goal would come in an offensive zone with seconds left in the period. McLaughlin won the draw cleanly Gavin McCarthy at the left point. He slid it to Hutson in the middle for a one-timer that zoomed past Elliott Kamil Bednarik providing a partial screen. It was the eighth goal for Hutson and would prove to be his fourth game winner.

After the game, Hutson said, “I knew the puck was going to come to me. No one in their right mind would leave Cole Eiserman wide open. I just tried to hammer it, and it went in.”

BU started the third period with a power play because of Lowell’s Jos Mori Hutson had leveled just seconds after his goal. The Terriers failed to capitalize; However, halfway through the period, they doubled the lead. The sequence started just inside the BU blueline, with Roukounakis delivering a big hit to separate Libor Nemec from the puck.

Hutson grabbed the puck, ran onto the ice and turned to the right side, creating a crowd. He soon found Roukounakis alone three yards out for a quick shot, but Elliott extended a leg pad to deny him. Hutson recovered the puck and threw it to Roukounakis in the right circle for a one-timer past Elliott.

Lowell would get Elliott for an extra attacker with three minutes left, but Merrill forced a turnover at the BU blueline. He skated in and scored his fourth goal.

Mikhail Yegorov and Cole Hutson bump fists

Photo credit Matt Woolverton

Yegorov stopped twelve shots in the final period to keep his shutout intact. Terriers helped Big Mike by blocking 21 River Hawk shots Tynan Lawrence (4) and Bednarik (3) are leading the way.

Jonathan Morello had another strong night in the face-off point, winning nine of fifteen draws. Lawrence won four of five and Brandon Svoboda won four out of seven.

● GoTerriers.com to summarize And box score

● Boston Hockey Blog BU men’s hockey earns 3-0 win at UMass Lowell

Looking ahead

2027 recruit Carter Meijer scored unassisted late in the third period to tie the game and then won the game with an overtime goal to push the NTDP U17s past Green Bay, 6-5. Meyer, who leads the U17s in scoring with a 15-20-35 mark in 35 games, also assisted on two goals. Sam Pandolfo also had a helper.

● NTDP hockey Carter Meyer delivers the clutch as Team USA knocks off Green Bay, 6-5

2026 recruit Caleb Malhotra scored his 21st goal and added an assist in Brantford’s 5-2 victory against Kingston. Malhotra, recently ranked fifth among North Americans for the 2026 NHL draft by Central Scouting, has 57 points to lead all OHL rookies and is tied for second in overall scoring.

2027 recruit Andrei Nikolaevrecently acquired by Des Moines from NAHL New Jersey, stopped 17 of 18 shots in a 34-minute relief effort for the Bucs, who dropped a 4-1 decision to Dubuque. Prior to the trade, he had a 2.53 GAA and .914 save percentage in 22 games for the Titans while earning NAHL Goalkeeper of the Month honors for November.

2027 recruit Brady Knowledge heads The 10 Best Goalkeepers of the Daily Faceoff for the 2026 draft. He was also ranked No. 1 among North American netminders by NHL Central Scouting.

1. Brady Knowling (USNTDP)

Knowling has been great to watch this year. Between his stellar performance against Hlinka Gretzky and his 42-save effort in the CHL USA Prospects Challenge, Knowling was always off when the spotlight was on him. His numbers in the USNTDP are nothing to get excited about, but he gives his team a chance to win almost every night. You can’t complain about his 6-foot-4 frame either. Many scouts have different choices for the best goaltender, but I like Knowling the best at the moment.

Looking back

Charlie Coyle scored the shootout winner as Columbus defeated Pittsburgh, 4-3.

AJ Greer scored his 10th goal and added an assist as Florida defeated the Capitals, 5-2.

Charlie McAvoy scored his third goal in the Bruins 5–2 win over Chicago. Ryan Greene‘s power play goal had given the Blackhawks an early lead.

Women’s team

Terriers dropped a 4-2 decision to Holy Cross, ending four-match winning streakEly Nicholson And Luisa Welcke had the goals for BU, which plays Harvard in the Beanpot Championship game on Tuesday.

● GoTerriers.com to summarize And box score


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