{"id":29287,"date":"2021-12-03T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T18:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29287"},"modified":"2021-12-03T13:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T18:53:51","slug":"womens-hockey-terriers-to-face-merrimack-for-two-games-after-week-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/12\/03\/womens-hockey-terriers-to-face-merrimack-for-two-games-after-week-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Hockey: Terriers to face Merrimack for two games after week off"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sasha Abrams<\/em><\/p>\n

The Boston University women\u2019s ice hockey team (7-5-3, 6-4-3 HE) will hit the road Friday to kick off their home-and-home series with the Merrimack College Warriors (5-12-1, 4-8-1 HE) this weekend. The Terriers will play an earlier game on Friday with the puck set to drop at 2 p.m., before returning to Boston on Saturday where puck drop is set for 3 p.m. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the Thanksgiving break, BU defeated Boston College 5-4 in the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue on Nov. 21. The huge win for BU was thanks to five different Terriers who lit the lamp in the back-and-forth game, including senior forward Courtney Correia, who leads the team in goals (8) and points (15).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU\u2019s leading scorer wasn\u2019t the only player to notch some points after the weekend, with senior forward Emma Wuthrich on a three-game point streak, scoring a goal in each of the last two games. Junior forward Julia Nearis leads the team in assists (10) and is second for points (14).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers rotate between two goaltenders: freshman Callie Shanahan, who played in the last matchup against BC and made 32 saves, and fourth-year goaltender Kate Stuart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing to look impressive with special teams, the Terriers have gone 32-for-34 (.941) on the penalty kill over the last nine games.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU and Merrimack already met this season on Oct. 15, when Terriers forced overtime on a power play goal. The Warriors were the ones to take the extra Hockey East point with the shootout win, but the game went into the standings as a 4-4 draw.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers are 11-2-5 against Merrimack and haven\u2019t lost to the Warriors since Sept. 23, 2017, when the team was defeated 2-1 at Walter Brown Arena.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since playing BU, the Warriors have claimed five wins and seven losses. In Merrimack\u2019s most recent matchup with Providence, the team suffered a 3-0 defeat, making it their fourth loss in the last five games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Merrimack\u2019s junior defender Teghan Inglis leads the team in goals (8) and points (12), while junior Katie Kaufman follows close behind in points (7g, 4a). Fifth-year forward Courtney Maud posts a team-best seven assists and is third in total points with 10.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Warriors rely on junior goaltender Emma Gorski, who\u2019s played in all 18 games posting a 2.89 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The series will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday at Lawler Rink and will finish at Walter Brown Arena on Saturday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured Image by Patrick Donnelly<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sasha Abrams The Boston University women\u2019s ice hockey team (7-5-3, 6-4-3 HE) will hit the road Friday to kick off their home-and-home series with the Merrimack College Warriors (5-12-1, 4-8-1 HE) this weekend. The Terriers will play an earlier game on Friday with the puck set to drop at 2 p.m., before returning to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19938,"featured_media":26119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1039,1041],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29288,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29287\/revisions\/29288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}