{"id":53033,"date":"2026-02-28T07:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=53033"},"modified":"2026-02-28T07:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:03:51","slug":"mens-hockey-terriers-down-rival-eagles-3-1-at-agganis-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/02\/28\/mens-hockey-terriers-down-rival-eagles-3-1-at-agganis-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Hockey: Terriers down rival Eagles 3-1 at Agganis Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured Image by Jenny Chen <\/p>\n

By Zach Kaplan<\/p>\n

The 301st Battle of Commonwealth Avenue went the Terriers\u2019 way Friday, as Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (15-15-2, 11-11-0 HEA) beat rival Boston College (19-11-1, 13-8-0 HEA) 3-1 in the third iteration of college hockey\u2019s most storied rivalry this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found a way to get it done,\u201d BU Head Coach Jay Pandolfo said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big win for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Terriers entered Friday\u2019s matchup coming off a 13-day break following a home-and-away series Feb. 13-14 against the University of New Hampshire Wildcats.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought a lot of what we worked on translated tonight,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n

Freshman forward Ryder Ritchie got things started for the Terriers just under 12 minutes into the game, netting his seventh goal of the season and third in his last five games.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the first period came on a gorgeous cross-ice feed from sophomore defenseman Cole Hutson, who sent a behind-the-back pass to a ready-and-waiting freshman winger Cole Eiserman. Eiserman slapped it over the right shoulder of BC goalie Louka Cloutier for his fourth goal in a five-game span.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got a knack for making plays like that,\u201d Pandolfo said of Hutson. \u201cHe knows where everyone is at all times, and he knows where guys are going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Terriers\u2019 success stemmed largely from that dominant first period, a stretch that saw the Eagles frequently caught flat-footed.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat first period \u2014 going into the locker room with the lead was huge for our group,\u201d Pandolfo said. \u201cTo play like that and get rewarded was huge, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The momentum slowed in the second period as the Eagles got on the board with a power play goal from Dean Letourneau at 7:41. The freshman forward, a 2024 first-round pick of the Bruins, capitalized on a man-advantage for a BC power play that entered with a 28% conversion rate.<\/p>\n

For the Terriers, that wasn\u2019t new. Letourneau now has goals in each of the Eagles\u2019 three games against BU this season.<\/p>\n

Pandolfo said keeping BC\u2019s high-end talent contained \u2014 including Letourneau and Bruins prospects James Hagens and Andre Gasseau \u2014 was central to BU\u2019s game plan. Gasseau scored twice in BC\u2019s Beanpot final win over BU earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a pretty good job against them,\u201d Pandolfo said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty good to keep that team to that shot amount, even after that second period. It tells me we were playing solid defense all in all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Terriers\u2019 defense held strong down the stretch, maintaining a 2-1 lead through several tense third-period sequences before BC Head Coach Greg Brown pulled Cloutier, who finished with 38 saves on 41 shots.<\/p>\n

BU successfully killed off late penalties, and junior forward Kamil Bednarik cleared the puck out of trouble to Eiserman, who circled behind the Eagles\u2019 net to stall the play as BC swarmed. Eiserman found junior forward Jack Harvey, who buried a point-blank empty-netter \u2014 his 11th goal of the season \u2014 to seal the 3-1 win.<\/p>\n

Equally crucial was goaltender Mikhail Yegorov, the reigning Eberly Award winner who debuted for the Terriers against BC earlier this season. While BU outshot the Eagles 41-25, Yegorov came up strong on several Grade A chances.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Yegorov resembled the \u201cbrick wall\u201d who helped backstop BU to the 2025 Beanpot title rather than the shakier version seen earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt great,\u201d Yegorov said. \u201cI really appreciate Coach trusting me. Beating BC always feels great, and getting the win was huge. The bye week was great for us \u2014 we ramped up the chemistry, and I just tried to be in my flow, enjoy the game and help the team as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featured Image by Jenny Chen By Zach Kaplan The 301st Battle of Commonwealth Avenue went the Terriers\u2019 way Friday, as Boston University Men\u2019s Hockey (15-15-2, 11-11-0 HEA) beat rival Boston College (19-11-1, 13-8-0 HEA) 3-1 in the third iteration of college hockey\u2019s most storied rivalry this season. \u201cWe found a way to get it done,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23608,"featured_media":53029,"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\/53033"}],"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\/23608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53034,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53033\/revisions\/53034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}