Results tagged “collegiatematchup”

        

The Hockey East final was a great game to conclude two very good weeks of hockey. The Terriers of BU took home their seventh Hockey East championship by defeating the UMASS Lowell River Hawks. Kieran Millan posted 32 saves and was named tournament MVP en route to a 1-0 shutout, the 3rd in Hockey East finals history.

         

It was a terrific night of hockey at the TD Banknorth Garden on Friday as 4 area teams took the ice for the Hockey East semi-finals. UMASS Lowell squared off against Northeastern in game 1, and Boston College took on Boston University for the second game. The players were clearly excited to play in front of the big crowds at the Garden, and the fans were loud and proud and did not disappoint.

            

This past weekend was another big one for Hockey East as the Eagles of BC squared off against the Huskies of Northeastern. Going in to Friday night’s game at Matthews’s arena the Huskies were ranked #4 in the nation and held onto the top spot in the Hockey East conference. The Eagles were ranked nationally at #20, and had the chance to play conference spoiler if they could come up with a win.

           

Welcome to Collegitate Matchup, a new feature on Bostonist. We'll be bringing you the big games from our local universities every week and we certainly decided on a great weekend to start. On Friday night, we caught some men’s ice hockey, as the #1 ranked Terriers of BU took on the #4/5 ranked Huskies of Northeastern at Agganis arena.