ORONO, Maine – The #9 University of Maine men's hockey team will travel to Boston this weekend for two Hockey East tilts against #8 Boston University at Agganis Arena.

Puck drop between the Black Bears and Terriers is set for 7 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday. Both contests will stream on ESPN+, with Friday's contest will also air live on NESN and TSN5.

The games can also be listened to via 92.9 FM, 100.5 FM or online at GoBlackBears.com/MIHRadio.
 
GAMES 8 & 9 | #9 Maine at #8 Boston University
Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 | 7:00 P.M. | ESPN+/NESN
Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023 | 6:00 P.M. | ESPN+
Agganis Arena | Boston

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• The University of Maine and Boston University will meet twice this weekend at Agganis Arena.
• Maine is coming off of a 1-0-1 weekend against a then top-ranked Boston College squad … the Black Bears won on Friday night, 4-2, and then battled to a 1-1 tie on Saturday.
• The Terriers swept a home-and-home series with UMass Lowell, earning a 3-2 road win and a 6-1 victory at Agganis Arena.
• Boston University swept last season's series by winning two games at Agganis Arena and one game at Alfond Arena.
• This is the first top-10 meeting between these two teams since March 16, 2012 when a #10/11 Maine team beat #5 BU, 5-3, in the Hockey East Tournament semifinals.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD...
• Bump the Black Bears to 7-1-1 on the season and 4-0-1 in Hockey East play ... it would be Maine's first time going unbeaten in the first five conference games since the 2010-11 season.
• Move Maine to 57-73-14 all-time against Boston University and 2-5-0 under head coach Ben Barr.

ABOUT MAINE
• The Black Bears are coming off of a 1-0-1 weekend against #1 Boston College … Maine earned a 4-2 win on Friday night and then battled the Eagles to a 2-2 tie on Saturday, with BC getting an extra league point with the shootout win.
• Eleven different Black Bears found the box score in the series against the Eagles, with Lynden Breen and Josh Nadeau both finishing the weekend with three points on one goal and two assists … Harrison Scott had a league-leading 28 face-off wins, including a single-game high of 17 on Friday night.
• Maine has six players with at least five points each ... 18 different skaters have registered at least one point while the team has 12 different goal scorers.
• Victor Östman sits at 6-1-1 with a 2.09 goals against average and .908 save percentage.
• Maine opened the year at 3-0-0 for the first time since the 2016-17 season and at 6-1-1 have the program's best start since the 2006-07 season.
• The Black Bears are ranked in the top-10 for the first time since March 2012.
• The Black Bears lead the country with a 55.8 face-off winning percentage.
• Maine is 11th in the country with an 88.0 penalty-killing percentage.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• Boston University brings an overall record of 6-3-1 and a Hockey East mark of 3-1-1 into this weekend's series.
• The Terriers swept a home-and-home series with UMass Lowell this past weekend, earning a 3-2 road win and then a 6-1 victory at home.
• Macklin Celebrini has a team-leading 18 points off of eight goals and 10 assists … Luke Tuch (4-8-12), Lane Hutson (8-3-11) and Jeremy Wilmer (0-10-10) have each hit double-digit points for BU.
• Mathieu Caron has played every minute in goal, going 6-3-1 with a 2.89 goals against average and an .898 save percentage.
• Jay Pandolfo is in his second season as head coach of the Terriers … in his first season in 2022-23, he guided BU to a Hockey East Tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Frozen Four.

SERIES HISTORY vs BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• Maine holds an all-time record of 56-73-14 in the series with Boston University ... the Black Bears are 20-41-7 in road games against the Terriers.
• Last season, BU swept the season series by winning two games at Agganis Arena and one game at Alfond Arena.
• The Black Bears won the first-ever meeting in the series with the Terriers, picking up a 4-2 home win back in 1924.
• Maine held an 11-game winning streak against the Terriers from Oct. 31, 1986 to Nov. 10, 1989.
• Ten current Black Bears have at least one career point against the Terriers ... Ben Poisson (5-3-8) and Lynden Breen (3-5-8) are Maine's active leading scorers against BU ... Donavan Villeneuve-Houle (1-5-6) has recorded six points against BU while Nolan Renwick (3-2-5) has put up five.

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