{"id":52387,"date":"2026-01-30T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=52387"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:24:16","slug":"mens-hockey-terriers-fall-in-299th-battle-of-comm-ave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/01\/30\/mens-hockey-terriers-fall-in-299th-battle-of-comm-ave\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: Terriers Fall in 299th Battle of Comm Ave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Featured Image by Alex Chen<\/p>\n<p>By Jenny Chen<\/p>\n<p>Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (12-13-1, 8-10-0 HEA) earned no conference points at Agganis Arena in January, falling 4-1 to the Boston College Eagles (14-8-1, 10-5-0 HEA) in the 299th Battle of Commonwealth Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey capitalize on their chances, we didn\u2019t,\u201d BU Head Coach Jay Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers posted their strongest January start, generating pressure early. Sophomore forward Nick Roukounakis and sophomore forward Brandon Svoboda nearly connected just one minute in on a stretch pass, but freshman goaltender Louka Cloutier made the pad save.<\/p>\n<p>BU\u2019s momentum stalled four minutes in when BC capitalized on a neutral-zone turnover and defensive lapse for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers kept forechecking through two back-to-back power plays starting at the 13-minute mark but failed to score during four minutes of man-advantage time. Late in the first period, BU killed a penalty after successfully challenging a BC goal for offside.<\/p>\n<p>The second period began with BU carrying over its strong play, but BC quickly doubled the lead to 2-0 on an odd-man rush. Shots dropped to 14 combined after 22 in the first period as the game turned defensive.<\/p>\n<p>BC went up 3-0 late in the frame when a Terrier breakdown left their center alone net front. \u201cThat\u2019s just a mistake that can\u2019t happen,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n<p>BU cut the deficit to 3-1 on a power play goal right after the second intermission, its first in 16 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers gave BC a 5-on-3 advantage shortly after but killed both penalties. BU outshot BC 34-21 but couldn\u2019t finish loose pucks or crease chances.<\/p>\n<p>Even with sophomore goaltender Mikhail Yegorov pulled late, BC\u2019s empty-netter sealed the 4-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers face Northeastern in Monday\u2019s Beanpot semifinal at TD Garden. Puck drop is at 8 p.m. on NESN and ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more hockey to play and a lot more meaningful hockey to play,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image by Alex Chen By Jenny Chen Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (12-13-1, 8-10-0 HEA) earned no conference points at Agganis Arena in January, falling 4-1 to the Boston College Eagles (14-8-1, 10-5-0 HEA) in the 299th Battle of Commonwealth Avenue. \u201cThey capitalize on their chances, we didn\u2019t,\u201d BU Head Coach Jay Pandolfo said. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25252,"featured_media":52386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1028,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52387"}],"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\/25252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52388,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52387\/revisions\/52388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}