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Yahoo
11-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Michigan State forward Isaac Howard wins Hobey Baker award as college hockey's top player
Boston University's Cole Hutson, left, recoils after being hit by Penn State's Dane Dowiak (19) during the third period in a semifinal game in the NCAA Frozen Four men's college hockey tournament, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in St. Louis (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) FILE - Western Michigan defenseman Samuel Sjolund, top, and Michigan State forward Isaac Howard (22) battle for the puck during the first period of an NCAA college hockey game in Maryland Heights, Mo., March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File) FILE - Michigan State's Isaac Howard (22) in action against Cornell during the first round of the NCAA college hockey tournament, March 27, 2025, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File) FILE - Michigan State's Isaac Howard (22) in action against Cornell during the first round of the NCAA college hockey tournament, March 27, 2025, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File) Boston University's Cole Hutson, left, recoils after being hit by Penn State's Dane Dowiak (19) during the third period in a semifinal game in the NCAA Frozen Four men's college hockey tournament, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in St. Louis (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) FILE - Western Michigan defenseman Samuel Sjolund, top, and Michigan State forward Isaac Howard (22) battle for the puck during the first period of an NCAA college hockey game in Maryland Heights, Mo., March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File) FILE - Michigan State's Isaac Howard (22) in action against Cornell during the first round of the NCAA college hockey tournament, March 27, 2025, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michigan State junior forward Isaac Howard won the Hobey Baker award Friday as college hockey's top player. The 21-year-old Howard led the nation in averaging 1.41 points per game and became the Spartans' first player to win the award since goalie Ryan Miller in 2001, and third overall. Howard is from Hudson, Wisconsin, and was selected by Tampa Bay with the 31st pick in the 2022 draft. Advertisement Howard finished fifth in the nation this season with 52 points (26 goals, 26 assists) in 37 games while helping lead Michigan State to win the Big Ten regular-season and conference tournament titles. He won the honor over two other finalists, Denver sophomore defenseman Zeev Buium and Boston College sophomore forward Ryan Leonard, who has already made the jump to the NHL with the Washington Capitals. Boston College's Jacob Fowler won the Mike Richter Award as goalie of the year. The sophomore was the only repeat finalist and finished the season ranked third with 25 wins, second with a 1.63 goals-against average and third with a .940 save percentage. Boston University's Cole Hutson, who led all freshmen with 46 points (14 goals, 32 assists), won the Tim Taylor rookie of the year honors. Advertisement The awards were presented during the NCAA's Frozen Four championship in St. Louis with Western Michigan (33-7-1) facing Boston University (24-13-2) in the final on Saturday night. Baker was a football and hockey star for Princeton before serving in the Army Air Corps during World War I. He was 26, already scheduled to be shipped home, when he was killed in a plane crash in France. ___ AP college sports:
New York Times
11-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Boston University defeats Penn State, advances to Frozen Four national final
ST. LOUIS — Jay Pandolfo has a good thing going at Boston University. Three seasons. Three Frozen Four appearances. One Beanpot. One Hockey East championship. And, after a 3-1 win over Penn State on Thursday night at the Enterprise Center in the national semifinal, now one trip to the national championship game. Advertisement With the win, the Terriers have now won eight of their last nine games of this season dating all the way back to Feb. 22, their lone loss coming to UConn in the Hockey East semifinal. A year ago, they were a goal away from the final, losing to eventual national champion Denver in overtime. This year, they're advancing one game further — one win away from the program's sixth national title. To do it, they'll have to beat a Western Michigan team that has done them one better in their last nine games, winning all of them. On Thursday, Western Michigan gave up a 2-0 lead in the third period before pulling out their semifinal win in double overtime. The Terriers followed suit and carried a 2-0 lead of their own into the third period, but held onto it. Senior forward and Los Angeles Kings draft pick Jack Hughes opened the scoring on an innocuous play, poking in a loose puck after Penn State goaltender and Flames prospect Arsenii Sergeyev, not knowing it was underneath him, lifted his pad and revealed it. DOGS BITE FIRST! Jack Hughes gets the Terriers on the board first with 18:25 left in the second period!#MFrozenFour x 🎥 ESPN2 / @TerrierHockey — NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 11, 2025 Freshman forward and Islanders first-rounder Cole Eiserman made it 2-0, scoring his team-leading 24th goal of the season off of a pass from fellow freshman and longtime teammate Cole Hutson on a two-on-one. WHAT A PASS! @ColeEiserman34 with the one timer to make it 2-0 Terriers! #MFrozenFour x 🎥 ESPN2 / @TerrierHockey — NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 11, 2025 Though Penn State did push in the third more than they had through the first two periods, BU only gave back one to Nic DeGraves. BU sophomore forward and Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Jack Harvey later sealed it into the empty net. 'It almost doesn't feel quite real,' Hughes said after the game of advancing to the final after back-to-back semifinal losses at the Frozen Four. 'It's a little bit of a relief for now and then we're going to get back to work and hopefully win it all.' Advertisement Two points and plus-3 in a 4-3 overtime win in the gold medal game of the World Juniors. A goal and plus-2 in the Beanpot final. A goal, four points and plus-4 in the regional semifinal. A goal and two points in a 3-2 overtime win in the regional final to send his team to the Frozen Four. And now a big assist in the national semifinal to set up the game-winner that sent the Terriers to the national title game. They should start calling him Big Game Cole Hutson. And honestly, what a freshman year for the Capitals second-rounder. That's 47 points in 38 games now. His brother Lane had 48 in 39, believe it or not, so they may well finish the year with identical stat lines. Hutson was outstanding at both ends again on Thursday night, making plays all around the offensive zone, carrying a ton of pucks out of trouble and into the offensive zone, setting up the Eiserman goal, putting five shots on net, and coming up with some big blocks and stops back at the other end. His four blocked shots were a game high. 'Whenever No. 44 has the puck, I'm always expecting to get it,' Eiserman said after the game of Hutson's setup on his goal. 'He's such a great player and with him he was just looking for the angle. It was a late pass but a great play.' I'm more confident with every passing viewing that he's going to be an impactful NHL defenseman. — Scott Wheeler On Jan. 10, Mikhail Yegorov lost his 13th game in a row with the hapless Omaha Lancers team. Three months later, he made 32 saves on 33 shots to backstop the Terriers to the national title game. In between, the Devils' second-round pick won the Beanpot and celebrated his 19th birthday. His decision to leave Omaha and the USHL and enroll at BU for second semester has been a fairytale for him and the Terriers, and now he gets a chance for the storybook ending. He has been lights-out for them since his very first start back on Jan. 25, playing to a save percentage above .930 across 17 games. The talent and upside has always been there. He's a 6-foot-5 goalie with superb athleticism. He's also a delight to talk to and seems to have a great head on his shoulders. Once he gets into the gym and adds the right kind of muscle to his lean 180-pound frame, the sky looks like it's the limit. Advertisement 'It has been great coming here and getting a chance to play and sticking through the whole season. (My teammates) have treated me as if I was a part of their team for four years,' Yegorov said when asked to put his whirlwind season into perspective. 'Now we're going to play in the national championship and it's kind of unbelievable.' He has turned me into a big fan and the Devils were right to look past the difficult situation he was in in Omaha and make him the second goalie off the board in last year's draft. — Scott Wheeler Considering Penn State's Cinderella run, going from winless in their first nine Big Ten games to the Frozen Four, it seemed like they'd have another comeback left in them. And the Nittany Lions nearly did, especially after Nicholas DeGraves scored two minutes into the third. But a slow start against Boston University was too much to overcome. The Terriers, in their third straight Frozen Four, had so much firepower, with the slick Hutson-to-Eiserman goal midway through the second the difference. Penn State was outshot 24-15 in the first two periods before making a strong third-period push. The loss doesn't take away from the historic season, with the Nittany Lions — just over a decade removed from their debut in Division I — making their first Frozen Four. — Joe Smith
Boston Globe
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Maine, BU, UConn and Northeastern looking to advance to Hockey East men's championship game
Advertisement BU and UConn will kick things off Thursday at 4 p.m. BU took five of six points from the Huskies this season, winning the Hockey East opener, 4-2 at Agganis Arena on Oct. 18, then getting the extra point in the shootout after the two teams skated to a 2-2 tie in Storrs on Feb. 25. That game would be remembered in part for Cole Hutson's goal halfway through the third period, The Terriers are 4-0 since the tie at UConn, advancing to the semifinals with Junior Quinn Hutson leads the team with 46 points after setting career highs in goals (20) and assists (26). Goalie Mikhail Yegorov (8-4-1) is fourth in the NCAA with a .937 save percentage, while his 1.82 goals against average is good for sixth. Advertisement UConn is riding an eight-game unbeaten streak, including a 3-1 win over Providence in the quarterfinals. Since Jan. 1, the Huskies are 13-2-3, good enough to climb up to fourth in Hockey East, and reached 20 wins for the third time in the last four years. They enter Thursday's contest seventh in the PairWise, the system used to select and seed the NCAA tournament, one spot behind BU. The run is all the more impressive considering the team was picked to finish eighth in the conference in the preseason, and is just one reason why Mike Cavanaugh was named the conference's coach of the year. Sophomore Joey Muldowney set the program record for goals in the Hockey East era with 24 and has registered a point in 10 straight games. Linemate Jake Richard has an 11-game point streak. They are centered by graduate senior Hudson Schandor, who sustained a lower leg injury in the first period against Providence, but managed to get back on the ice in the second period and score the tying goal. The captain was out for the rest of the game, and will be a game time decision for Thursday. After Northeastern's top line of Cam Lund, Jack Williams, and Dylan Hryckowian has combined for 49 goals and 65 assists. Lund's 17 goals are the most on the team, while Williams leads the squad with 41 points (16 goals, 25 assists). Advertisement Sophomore goalie Cameron Whitehead has turned it up in the postseason, stopping 74 of 77 shots for a .961 save percentage through two games. He recorded 30 saves against BC, with the lone goal surrendered with 2:34 remaining when the Eagles went with an empty net for an extra skater. Maine reached the semifinals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2004-05 and 2005-06. They did so by getting goals from seven players in a 7-1 rout of UMass Lowell. Goalie Albin Boija was named one of the four finalists for the Mike Richter Award on Wednesday, given to the top goalie in men's Division 1 hockey. The sophomore's 1.75 goals against average is fourth in the country, while his .930 save percentage is fourth among goaltenders who have played more than 30 games. Harrison Scott (17 goals, 15 assists) leads the Black Bears with 32 points, followed by Taylor Makar's 28 (16 goals, 12 assists). Rated third in the PairWise, Maine is on track for a No. 1 seed in the tournament. Hockey East semifinals: Thursday, March 20 at TD Garden Boston University vs. UConn, 4 p.m., NESN+ Northeastern vs. Maine, 7:30 p.m. NESN+ Follow Andrew Mahoney
Boston Globe
09-03-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
The men's Hockey East tournament field is set. See the schedule for the opening round.
Boston University's Cole Hutson (right) and Shane Lachance (left) celebrate their Beanpot victory over BC. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Hockey East tournament seeds Here's the Hockey East tournament seeding, with regular-season conference record in parentheses. Boston College (18-4-2) Maine (13-5-6) Boston University (14-8-2) UConn (12-8-4) Providence (11-8-5) UMass (10-9-5) UMass Lowell (8-13-3) Merrimack (9-14-1) Northeastern (7-14-3) New Hampshire (5-14-5) Vermont (6-16-2) Hockey East tournament 2025 schedule and results Hockey East opening round No. 11 Vermont at No. 6 UMass, TBD, Wednesday, March 12 The Catamounts will travel to Amherst to face Greg Carvel and the Minutemen, who lost in a shootout after drawing Maine, 2-2, in the regular-season finale. No. 10 New Hampshire at No. 7 UMass Lowell, TBD, Wednesday, March 12 Advertisement UNH enters the tournament having swept UMass Lowell in the final weekend of regular-season play. UNH beat the River Hawks in the opening round last season. No. 9 Northeastern at No. 8 Merrimack, TBD, Wednesday, March 12 Both teams ended the regular season with losses; Northeastern 3-2 to Providence and Merrimack 6-0 to BC. Hockey East quarterfinals No. 5 Providence at No. 4 UConn, 7 p.m. Friday, March 14 This game will air on NESN. No. 1 Boston College vs. TBD, Saturday, March 15 No. 2 Maine vs. TBD, Saturday, March 15 No. 3 Boston University vs. TBD, Saturday, March 15 Hockey East semifinals: Thursday, March 20 at TD Garden TBD vs. TBD, 4 p.m. TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 p.m. Final: Friday, March 21 at TD Garden Tickets are on sale now for the Hockey East final and semifinals at TD Garden. Thursday's tickets will get you entry to both semifinal games. Katie McInerney can be reached at
Boston Globe
09-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Once again, it's Boston College vs. Boston University for the Beanpot title
That ends when the two longtime adversaries meet in the title game of the 72nd edition of the tournament at TD Garden. It marks the 23rd time the teams will play for the title, with BU holding a 12-10 edge. Advertisement 'I honestly didn't know that,' said BU captain Ryan Greene. 'That makes it a little more crazy, but we're just trying to focus and take it as any other game and just be ready to go by puck drop.' Both BU and BC took care of business in the first round, with the Terriers scoring seven unanswered goals after spotting Harvard a 1-0 lead Related : BC enters the matchup at 21-4-1, winners of nine in a row, including Friday night's 4-2 win at New Hampshire in which the Eagles trailed 2-1 in the third before rallying for the win. BC is at the top of the PairWise ratings, the system used to select and seed the 16-team field for the NCAA tournament, and has outscored opponents 92-44, including 37-10 in the third period. Sophomore Ryan Leonard's 23 goals are tops in the country. Classmate Gabe Perreault leads Hockey East with 25 assists for a BC squad making its first appearance in the championship game since 2019. The Eagles last won the title in 2016. 'It's definitely going to be a new experience,' said Advertisement BU comes in at 15-10-1, having dropped a 2-1 decision at Merrimack Friday night. Jack Harvey had the lone goal and has scored in three straight games for the Terriers, who dipped slightly to 10th in the PairWise. 'We have to play a certain way if we want to have success,' said BU coach Jay Pandolfo, whose squad last took home the trophy in 2022. 'We learned a lesson on Friday. We've learned a lot of lessons as a team this year, and I do like the way our group responds. So we've just got to make sure we're playing together, competing, and playing the right way.' Boston University standout Cole Hutson (right) and Boston College's Teddy Stiga battle for a loose puck during their Hockey East showdown on Jan. 25. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Cole Hutson has recorded a point in nine of his last 10 games (5-12–17 in that span), He leads all NCAA freshmen defensemen in points (27) and assists (20). Classmate Cole Eiserman leads all NCAA rookies with 15 goals. Mikhail Yegorov took the loss in net in his fourth start since joining BU for the second semester. On Sunday, Pandolfo confirmed that Yegorov will be back between the pipes. Selected by the New Jersey Devils in the second round (49th overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft, Yegorov has a 1.51 goals against average, and a .940 save percentage. He has allowed just one goal at 5-on-5 play in his four starts. Advertisement BU goaltender Mikhail Yegorov (40) made his Terriers debut against Mike Posma and the Eagles on Jan. 25. He allowed a goal on the first shot he saw, and then did not surrender another in a 2-0 BC victory. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff He will be facing the Eagles for the second time, having made his NCAA debut at Conte Forum as 'To have his first college game in that atmosphere was really impressive, especially when we scored early,' said BC coach Greg Brown. 'For him to have that goal go in, and then to play the rest of the game rock solid like he did, it's just a great testament to his mental strength, as well as how good of a goalie he is. 'We know we're going to have to get traffic in front of them, crash the net hard, and hopefully pick up some rebounds, tips, because he seems to save everything that he sees.' BC counters with sophomore Jacob Fowler, who leads Hockey East in wins (19), shutouts (6), and save percentage (.936), and is second in goals-against average (1.66). The stellar play of netminder Jacob Fowler has catapulted Boston College to the top of Hockey East and the national rankings. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., with the game airing on NESN. Northeastern (9-13-3) will take on Harvard (7-13-2) in the consolation game at 4:30 p.m. The Huskies had a bye this weekend and haven't played since the loss to BC, while Harvard is coming off a loss at Dartmouth. It marks the third straight tournament where the two teams will meet. The Huskies won the previous two meetings, capturing the 2023 Beanpot championship in a shootout, and rallying to defeat the Crimson in overtime in last year's first-round matchup. Follow Andrew Mahoney
