Boston Hockey Blog • 02/27/2024

WIH to face Holy Cross in opening round of Hockey East Tournament – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s hockey team will host the Holy Cross Crusaders on Wednesday evening for the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament.

The Crusaders (7-23-3, 4-20-3 HE) hold the regular season edge over the Terriers (14-17-3, 12-14-1 HE) with two wins in the teams’ weekend series in late January to BU’s single win in mid-December. The weekend series marked Holy Cross’s first win since Nov. 28.

The Crusaders haven’t won since the weekend sweep.

BU faces an uphill battle, despit

Boston Hockey Blog • 02/22/2024

WIH closes out regular season with series against UConn – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s hockey team will look to continue its plentiful offense this weekend as it wraps up the regular season in a home-and-home against No. 11 University of Connecticut.

Friday’s game at Walter Brown Arena will celebrate BU’s six seniors and two graduate students.

The Terriers (14-15-3, 12-12-1 Hockey East) are riding a two-game win streak, with victories over the University of Vermont and Merrimack College last weekend. BU scored four goals in both games, but the team

Boston Hockey Blog • 02/19/2024

WIH sweeps weekend games with wins over Vermont and Merrimack – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s ice hockey team got back into the win column with a pair of away victories this weekend. The Terriers beat the University of Vermont 4-1 on Friday and then traveled to Merrimack College on Saturday, winning 4-0 in North Andover.

“Really happy with our group. Our goal was to get two gutsy road wins this weekend, and they did just that,” head coach Tara Watchorn said following the 4-0 win over Merrimack on Saturday. “What I loved is that both games looked a little di

Boston Hockey Blog • 02/09/2024

WIH falls 3-1 against Maine, lacking ‘grit’ around the net – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s ice hockey team fell to the Maine Black Bears 3-1 on Friday night after a slow start.

The Terriers (12-15-3, 10-12-1 Hockey East) fell back into old habits, scoring only one goal after a 3-0 shutout of Boston College in their previous matchup.

“It was a very slow start for us,” head coach Tara Watchorn said postgame. “That’s not the team that we are, and we’ll try to rebound from that.”

The Black Bears (12-16-2, 8-13-2 HE) — riding a seven-game winless streak — m

Boston Hockey Blog • 02/09/2024

WIH falls 3-1 against Maine, lacking ‘grit’ around the net – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s ice hockey team fell to the Maine Black Bears 3-1 on Friday night after a slow start.

The Terriers (12-15-3, 10-12-1 Hockey East) fell back into old habits, scoring only one goal after a 3-0 shutout of Boston College in their previous matchup.

“It was a very slow start for us,” head coach Tara Watchorn said postgame. “That’s not the team that we are, and we’ll try to rebound from that.”

The Black Bears (12-16-2, 8-13-2 HE) — riding a seven-game winless streak — m

Boston Hockey Blog • 02/02/2024

WIH drops fourth straight in 3-0 loss to Boston College – The Boston Hockey Blog

Boston University’s offensive struggles continued in Friday’s 3-0 loss against a familiar foe — No. 15 Boston College (14-8-6, 13-4-4 Hockey East). The shutout marks the first scoreless game for the Terriers (14-8-6, 13-4-4 HE) since their 2-0 loss to Northeastern University on Oct. 7.

Despite the score — as two Eagle goals came in the final four minutes of play — the Terriers maintained relatively consistent pressure on sophomore goaltender Grace Campbell, but could never find a way to get the

Boston Hockey Blog • 01/26/2024

Terriers fall to Holy Cross 2-1 in tightly-contested matchup – The Boston Hockey Blog

Looking to regain momentum after the Beanpot Championship overtime loss on Tuesday, the Boston University women’s hockey team (11-12-3, 9-9-1 Hockey East) hoped to start the home-and-home weekend series against Holy Cross (6-16-2, 3-13-2 HE) on a high note.

The Terriers ultimately fell 2-1 in a tightly contested matchup, giving the Crusaders their first win since Nov. 28 and their first regulation Hockey East win of the season.

“We’ve found a really productive way to debrief as a group and the

Boston Hockey Blog • 01/26/2024

Terriers fall to Holy Cross 2-1 in tightly-contested matchup – The Boston Hockey Blog

Looking to regain momentum after the Beanpot Championship overtime loss on Tuesday, the Boston University women’s hockey team (11-12-3, 9-9-1 Hockey East) hoped to start the home-and-home weekend series against Holy Cross (6-16-2, 3-13-2 HE) on a high note.

The Terriers ultimately fell 2-1 in a tightly contested matchup, giving the Crusaders their first win since Nov. 28 and their first regulation Hockey East win of the season.

“We’ve found a really productive way to debrief as a group and the

Boston Hockey Blog • 01/24/2024

Terriers fall 2-1 in overtime to Northeastern in Beanpot Championship at TD Garden – The Boston Hockey Blog

Boston University’s women’s ice hockey team couldn’t complete the comeback against the defending Beanpot Champions, the No. 14 Northeastern Huskies, falling 2-1 in overtime at TD Garden in the Beanpot Championship game.

Just 27 seconds into the three-on-three overtime period, the team leader in points, junior forward Skylar Irving, received a pass from fifth-year forward Katy Knoll and sent it past junior goaltender Callie Shanahan to secure Northeastern’s 19th Beanpot Championship.

“I’m proud

Boston Hockey Blog • 01/19/2024

WIH ties season-high six goals in 6-1 win over University of Vermont – The Boston Hockey Blog

In the second straight game, the Boston University women’s hockey team struck first, and in the second straight game, it won.

“They played a phenomenal game,” assistant coach Reagan Rust said of her team’s 6-1 win over the University of Vermont Friday night at Walter Brown Arena.“All around offense, defense, upgrading the pucks, everything we’ve been talking about.”

With four shots to UVM’s zero in the first two minutes, BU started the game with energy and momentum from its shootout victory ov

Boston Hockey Blog • 01/15/2024

Terriers to face Boston College in opening round of Women’s Beanpot – The Boston Hockey Blog

Despite losses in its two most recent games, the Boston University women’s hockey team (9-10-2, 7-8-1 Hockey East) will look to regain some momentum in the opening round of the Women’s Beanpot against No. 13 Boston College (12-7-2, 11-3-2 HE) Tuesday evening.

BU will look toward its top scorer, Lacey Martin, and her linemates to continue to generate offensive opportunities as they did in the Terriers’ 5-2 loss to No. 12 UConn (14-6-2, 11-3-1 HE) on Saturday. Against UConn, BU’s solid offensive