HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Boston College and Maine have secured home ice in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 Hockey East Men’s Tournament after the Eagles swept Vermont and the Black Bears earned a point on the road at UConn. The two squads are the final in contention for the regular season crown.
UConn continued its hot run in 2025, earning its third win in a row to extend its current streak to 9-2-2 since the new year and move to eighth in the PairWise. The Huskies are in the hunt for their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
Providence toppled UMass Lowell, 4-2, off the stick of a hat trick from Nick Poisson that vaulted the Friars into a tie for third place in the Army ROTC Hockey East Standings. There are now six teams within seven points of each other, ranging from hosting a quarterfinal game on home ice to traveling in the Opening Round.
Four other teams earned points on the weekend, as Boston University and Northeastern split a series and New Hampshire took a shootout win over UMass on Friday before the Minutemen earned a win the next night. There is no clarity in the men’s playoff picture as the standings remain tight.
Boston University and UConn square off in a crucial match in Storrs
on Tuesday night in a crucial match up for both squads, both in Hockey East and nationally. The Terriers (38) and Huskies (30) sit third and
fourth in the standings, respectively.
HOCKEY EAST CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Andre Gasseau -
Boston College
Cole O'Hara - Massachusetts
Andre Gasseau (Jr., F; Garden Grove, Calif.) paced the entire NCAA by tallying six points (3g, 3a) over the course of the two games in a sweep of Vermont. The junior registered three points on one goal and two assists in Friday’s win before finishing with two goals and one assist on Saturday.
Cole O'Hara (Jr., F; Richmond Hill, Ont.) extended his point streak to 10 straight games (9g,
9a) and pulled into a tie for the national lead in
point scoring (18g, 27a, 45p) with three points
on a goal and two assists in a 1-0-1 weekend
against UNH. He finished with a plus-two rating and blocked three shots. On Saturday, set
up the game-tying goal and then scored the
game-winning goal, an unassisted tally on a
play that started where he won a battle for the
puck in the defensive zone and was named the
No. 1 star of the game.
PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Logan Sawyer - Providence
Logan Sawyer (Fr., F; Orangeville, Ont.) scored the game-winning
goal with 2:53 remaining in regulation in Providence’s 4-2 win over
UMass Lowell on Saturday. He finished the night with four shots on
goal and a plus-one rating.
HOCKEY EAST DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
Jake Boltmann - Northeastern
Jake Boltmann (Gr., D; Edina, Minn.) collected a two-point night in
an upset over No. 9/8 Boston University. He tallied one goal and one
assist en route to recording his career-high two goals on the season. Boltmann was plus-three over the split weekend and added two
blocks.
STOP IT GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Michael Hrabal - Massachusetts
Michael Hrabal (So., G; Prague, Czechia) went 1-0-1 against New
Hampshire with a 1.92 GAA and a .940 save percentage making 63
saves on 67 shots. He had 28 saves in a 3-3 tie at UNH and then
made 35 stops in a 3-1 win over the Wildcats on Saturday and was
named the game’s No. 2 star.
HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS
Michael Hagens, BC (Fr., D; Hauppauge, N.Y.) Scored his first collegiate goal on Friday night during Boston College’s 6-3 victory at Vermont.
Eamon Powell, BC (Gr., D; Marcellus, N.Y.) Tallied one goal and two assists in the Eagles’ victory over the Catamounts on Friday. He followed that up with two blocked shots in Saturday’s win.
Jacob Fowler, BC (So., G; Melbourne, Fla.) Earned his 21st and 22nd wins in a two-game sweep at Vermont, making 61 saves over two games while allowing four goals.
Cole Hutson, BU (Fr., D; Chicago, Ill.) Broke a 1-1 tie in the third period with his ninth goal of the season and also recorded the primary assist on Shane Lachance’s third-period tally in the Terriers’ 3-1 win at Northeastern. Hutson also recorded an assist on Friday.
Jake Richard, UConn (So., F; Jacksonville, Fla.) Scored two goals, including the overtime winner, in a 3-2 win over Maine on Friday night. He pushed his point streak to six games with four goals and seven assists for 11 points in that span.
Scout Truman, UML (Jr., F; Lethbridge, Alta.) Scored on a penalty shot at Providence on Saturday, and he now leads the team with nine goals on the year.
Pierson Brandon, UML (Gr., D; Irvington, N.Y.) Netted a goal on Saturday at Providence to give the River Hawks a 2-1 lead at the time. He now has a goal in consecutive games for the second time this season and has three against Providence in as many games this year.
Jack Williams, NU (Jr., F; Biddeford, Maine) Recorded a four-point outing en route to upsetting No. 9/8 Boston University on the road, his second four-point game of the year. Williams tallied one goal and three assists and finished with a plus-three rating on the weekend. Additionally added five shots, two blocks and 20 faceoff wins
Nick Poisson, PC (Gr., F; Vancouver, B.C.) Recorded his second career hat trick in Providence’s 4-2 victory over UMass Lowell on Saturday, finishing the night with a plus-three rating.
