Paul Gallivan 1950-2023

The life of longtime Boston College maintenance worker, ice resurfacer, and field painting guru Paul Gallivan was celebrated on Friday in his native Massachusetts. He passed away on April 15 at the age of 72.

According to bc.edu, "Mr. Gallivan had already led a rewarding career when he arrived at BC in 1992. A heralded athlete in football, baseball, and hockey at Boston’s Christopher Columbus High School, Mr. Gallivan went on to play football at Northeastern University and Boston State College, making enough of an impression to earn a tryout as a kicker with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons; he then played a season with the minor league New England Colonials. He also had a long career in amateur baseball, playing in Boston’s Park and Intercity leagues."

It was in his second career that Paul shined, whether it was resurfacing the ice at BC's Conte Forum for almost 30 years, or painting the many outdoor athletic fields at the Heights. He also lent his considerable expertise to Harvard, UMass, Salem State, and other institutions, be it laying down designs on ice, or grass, or artificial turf, all in his own inimitable style. A member of the Winthrop High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Paul was also part of four BC men's hockey national championships (2001, 2008, 2010, 2012) in his tenure in Chestnut Hill before retiring in 2020. 

I will miss Paul's friendship, his warmth, his genuineness, and his real-time Facebook updates on the Boston Bruins and New England Patriots, especially when they weren't faring very well. I can still see him atop the Beacon Street parking garage, waving to me and yelling "Don't be a stranger!" in his Boston accent as I prepared to head home from BC many years ago after a reunion.

Rest in peace, Paul. You will be very much missed. Go Eagles.

Soderquist Steps Down at Bentley

Bentley University's Ryan Soderquist stepped down earlier this week as men's hockey head coach at his alma mater, after 21 seasons at the Falcons helm.

Soderquist, 46, had served as Bentley's head coach since the 2002-03 campaign, and led them to a 277-377-85 mark (.432) in that time. His best season came in 2013-14, when he guided the Falcons to a 19-14-4 overall record. Bentley also advanced to the 2006 Atlantic Hockey championship game under his watch, where it fell to Holy Cross, while the on-campus Bentley Arena opened in Waltham, Mass. in 2017-18, also during his tenure.

The Falcons finished 11-21-2 overall and 8-16-2 in Atlantic Hockey in 2002-23. The season ended with a 5-4 overtime win against Army on Feb. 25, in what turned out to be Soderquist's final game behind the bench.

A native of Stoneham, Mass., Soderquist played four seasons at forward for the Falcons from 1996 to 2000, the first three at the NCAA Division II/III level. He tallied 65 goals and 60 assists for 125 points in 71 games his first three years, before adding 19-29—48 points in 28 contests as a senior as Bentley moved up to NCAA Division I. He finished with 84-89—173 points in 99 career collegiate outings.

More Moves in NCAA Hockey Coaching Ranks

There have been some recent happenings in the NCAA Division I men's hockey head coaching ranks, including one renewal, one hiring, and one retirement.

Alaska's Erik Largen was signed to a five-year extension after leading the Nanooks to 22 wins and within a hair of a 2023 NCAA tournament at-large berth. A former goaltender for his alma mater, Largen, 36, is 64-64-12 in four seasons at the Alaska (Fairbanks) helm.

Ohio State assistant coach Luke Strand has been named the new head coach at Minnesota State. He replaces Mike Hastings, who left MSU last month for Wisconsin. A former player for Wisconsin Eau Claire who was born in the Phillipines, Strand, 50, previously served as a head coach with his alma mater, and in junior hockey with Green Bay (USHL).

Lastly, longtime Colgate head coach Don Vaughan has called it a career after guiding the Raiders for the past 30 seasons. The St. Lawrence graduate also led Colgate to this year's Whitelaw Cup as ECAC hockey tournament champions. Vaughan, 62, from Almonte, Ont., went 472-504-123 in his tenure in Hamilton, N.Y., which began in 1992-93 and included four NCAA tournament appearances.

U.S. Wins 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship

The United States rules the women's hockey world once more—for now, at least.

Powered by a hat trick from Hillary Knight (Wisconsin), including her 100th career point in international play, the Americans upended host Canada, 6-3, on Sunday in the gold medal game of the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship in Brampton, Ont.

Brianne Jenner (Cornell) scored twice to helped stake Canada to a 3-2 lead after two periods, but Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) tallied early in the third stanza to tie it before Knight connected twice to put the U.S. up, 5-3, with her first goal serving as both the game-winner and her 100th career international point. Cayla Barnes (Boston College) then closed out the scoring to lift Team USA to its 10th world title overall, and first since 2019. Either Canada or the U.S. has won gold in each of the 22 Women's World Championships contested to date.

Aerin Frankel (Northeastern) made 24 saves in goal for the Americans, while Ann-Renee Desbiens (Wisconsin) had 16 stops for the silver-medal Canadians. Desbiens was named the tournament's Best Goalie, while Harvey was tabbed as Best Defender and Sarah Fillier (Princeton) earned Best Forward accolades. Czechia won the bronze medal for the second straight year, after again defeating Switzerland.

Next year's Women's World Championship will be contested in Utica, N.Y.

2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Start Tonight

It's the most wonderful time of the year ... or at least the spring.

The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs commence tonight with the round of 16, beginning with four games tonight and four more tomorrow. Just under two months from now, after four grueling rounds, this year's NHL champion will be crowned, whether it be the defending titlist Colorado Avalanche again, or someone else.

The first -round matchups are as follows (higher seed listed first):

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Boston Bruins vs. Florida Panthers

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Islanders

New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Colorado Avalanche vs. Seattle Kraken

Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Winnipeg Jets

Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings

Returning to the NHL playoffs this season after missing out last year are the Islanders and Vegas, while New Jersey is back in the postseason for the first time since 2018, Second-year franchise Seattle is in the postseason for the first time in its short history. Toronto-Tampa Bay and Edmonton-Los Angeles are repeat matchups from last year's first round, won by Tampa Bay and Edmonton, respectively. Tampa Bay has also won three consecutive Eastern Conference crowns.

First-round winners will advance to the conference semifinals. All four rounds are again best-of-seven, as has been the case in the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 1987.

By the time Lord Stanley's prize is finally hoisted by the winning club in June, a number of former NCAA players will again have made an impact, just as they did during the 2022-23 NHL regular season. 

Boston's Jeremy Swayman (Maine) was fourth overall among NHL goaltenders with a 2.27 goals-against average during the regular season, while Winnipeg's Connor Hellebucyk (UMass Lowell) tied for fourth with a .920 save percentage and was third with 37 wins along with Dallas' Jake Oettinger (Boston University). Boston defenseman Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University) finished second among all NHL skaters with a plus-46 plus-minus rating, while Dallas forward Joe Pavelski (Wisconsin) was fourth with a plus-42 mark.

Raymond Sawada 1985-2023

Former NCAA player Raymond Sawada (Cornell) died of an apparent heart attack during a recreational senior league game last week at home in Richmond, British Columbia. 

Sawada, 38, played four years at forward for Cornell (2004-2008), where he tallied 31 goals and 45 assists for 76 points 137 career games. He also helped the Big Red to two NCAA tournament berths, an ECAC Hockey regular-season championship, and an ECAC Hockey tournament title.

Drafted 52nd overall by the Dallas Stars in 2004 after playing junior hockey with Nanaimo (BCHL) and Richmond (PIJHL) in his home province, he had one goal in 11 career NHL games, all with Dallas. He also played with Iowa, Manitoba, Texas and St. John's in the American Hockey League in his pro career, along with Colorado (ECHL), Tappara in Finland, Belfast in Great Britain, and Oji in Japan before retiring in 2016.

Sawada was a married father of two who was serving as a firefighter in Burnaby, B.C. at the time of his passing. A Go Fund Me account to benefit family has been set up in his name at gofund.me/a4e1e229.

UND's Toews Goes Out In Style With NHL's Blackhawks After 16 Seasons

Jonathan Toews (North Dakota) has played his final game for the Chicago Blackhawks. The team captain and three-time Stanley Cup champion, who will not be offered a new contract by the Blackhawks, closed out his Chicago career with a goal in a 5-4 overtime loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night at the United Center.

A Winnipeg native, Toews, 34, has been plagued by injury and illness the last two years, including COVID, and was limited to 53 games this year in which he tallied 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points. Drafted third overall by Chicago in 2006 following his freshman season at North Dakota, he made his NHL debut in 2007-08 and has spent his entire pro career with the Blackhawks, while also never playing a game in the minor leagues. 

In 1.067 career NHL regular-season games, Toews has tallied 372-511—883 points, to go along with 607 PIM. In 137 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests, he has notched 45-74—119 points and 84 PIM, while captaining Chicago to Stanley Cup titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as NHL playoff MVP in 2010, and has also accumulated a total of six gold medals while representing Canada at the World Junior Championship, the World Championship, the Olympic Winter Games, and the World Cup of Hockey.

Toews played two NCAA seasons at UND, collecting 40-45—85 points and 32 PIM in 76 outings while leading the then-Fighting Sioux to back-to-back NCAA Frozen Four semifinal appearances, following two junior campaigns at Shattuck St. Mary's in Minnesota. It is not known at present if he will retire from playing, or try to continue his hockey career elsewhere.

Philadelphia defenseman Justin Braun (UMass), who skated for the Flyers, San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers in a 13-year NHL career that spanned from 2010 to 2023, definitively played his final NHL game on Thursday night in Chicago, announcing his retirement afterwards. Braun, 36, from Minneapolis, totaled 34-165—199 points and 317 PIM in 842 career NHL regular-season games, and added 3-13—16 points in 119 Stanley Cup Playoff outings. 

Drafted 201st overall by San Jose following his freshman year at UMass, where he helped the Minutemen to an NCAA tournament berth, Braun patrolled the blueline in Amherst from 2006 to 2010. He registered 23-64—87 points and 120 PIM in 150 career NCAA games, after prepping two junior seasons with Green Bay (USHL).

Three Frozen Four Goalies Sign Pro Deals

Three of this year's NCAA Frozen Four starting goaltenders will not return to college hockey next season. Yaniv Perets (Quinnipiac), Erik Portillo (Michigan) and Drew Commesso (Boston University) all recently signed professional contracts, foregoing their remaining NCAA eligibility.

Perets, 23, a sophomore who backstopped Quinnipiac to its first-ever national title with a 3-2 overtime win over Minnesota on April 8, signed with the Carolina Hurricanes. A pro free agent from Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., he led all NCAA Division I men's netminders with a 34-4-3 record in 41 games and a 1.49 goals-against average this season. He also tied for the national lead with 10 shutouts, and tied for second overall with a .931 save percentage. In two-plus seasons with the Bobcats, he finished 56-9-5 with 21 shutouts over 74 games.

Portillo, 22, a senior from Göteborg, Sweden, signed with the Los Angeles Kings, who had earlier acquired his rights from the Buffalo Sabres (2019 NHL Draft, 67th overall). He went 25-11-2 with a 3.00 GAA and .908 save percentage this year, in backstopping the Wolverines to their second consecutive Big Ten tournament title and Frozen Four semifinal appearance. In 87 career contests with Michigan, he posted a record of 60-22-3 with three shutouts.

Commesso, 22, a senior from Norwell, Mass., signed with the Chicago Blackhawks, who drafted him 46th overall in 2020. He led BU to both the Hockey East regular-season and tournament titles along with the Frozen Four this season, going 24-8-0 with a 2.46 GAA and .913 save percentage with two shutouts in 34 outings. In three seasons with the Terriers, he finished 43-22-4 with three shutouts in 73 contests.

The NCAA exodus continued this week among skaters, with sophomore forward Mackie Samoskevich (Michigan) signing with the Florida Panthers, who drafted him 24th overall in 2021. Samoskevich, 20, from Sandy Hook, Conn. was third on the Wolverines' scoring scroll this season with 20 goals and 23 assists for 43 points in 39 games, and completed his college career with 30-42—72 points in 79 contests. 

Also signing with Florida was Mike Benning (Denver), a junior defenseman from St. Albert, Alberta, who recorded 31-52—83 points in 101 career games over three college campaigns. Drafted 95th overall by the Panthers in 2020, Benning, 20, notched 13-21—34 points in 39 games this year for the Pioneers, after helping DU win the 2022 national title by scoring the decisive goal in the NCAA championship game.

Canada Edges U.S. in Shootout at 2023 Women's Worlds

Hilary Knight (Wisconsin) and Amanda Kessel (Minnesota) scored in the last minute of regulation to force overtime, but the United States fell to host Canada, 4-3, in a shootout in a Group A round-robin match at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship in Brampton, Ont.

Jamie Lee Rattray (Clarkson) tallied the decisive goal in the shootout in the ninth round, after Knight and Canada's Brianne Jenner (Cornell) had scored earlier on. Sarah Fillier (Princeton) notched a goal and an assist for Canada in regulation, while Taylor Heise (Minnesota) set up two goals for the Americans (3-1-0). Aerin Frankel (Northeastern) stopped 33 shots in regulation for the U.S. in goal, while Ann-Renée Desbiens (Wisconsin) finished with 26 saves for Canada (3-0-1).

Both teams have advanced to the quarterfinal round that begins on Thursday.

Hughes, Faber, Knies Sign with NHL Clubs

The exodus of NCAA hockey underclassmen to the NHL continues.

Luke Hughes (Michigan) signed an entry-level contact with the New Jersey Devils last week after Michigan was eliminated by Quinnipiac in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals on Thursday. The 19-year-old defenseman from Canton, Mich. leaves Michigan having tallied 27 goals and 60 assists for 87 points in 80 career games over the last two years. A first-team All-America choice this season as a sophomore, he led the Wolverines to two Big Ten Tournament titles and two Frozen Four appearances, and was drafted fourth overall by New Jersey in 2021.

Brock Faber (Minnesota) left college hockey after three seasons by signing with the Minnesota Wild shortly after the Golden Gophers fell to Quinnipiac in overtime in the NCAA title game on Saturday. A 20-year-old defenseman from Maple Grove, Minn., who was drafted 45th overall in 2020, Faber notched 7-46—53 points in 97 career outings with the Golden Gophers. He was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year the last two seasons in helping Minnesota to two Frozen Fours, earned 2022-23 First Team All-America accolades, and also represented the United States at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.

Also signing recently was sophomore Matthew Knies (Minnesota), who inked an entry-level deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Drafted 57th overall in 2021, the 20-year-old forward from Phoenix, Az. collected 36-39—75 points in 73 career appeaances with the Golden Gophers, and along with linemate Logan Cooley was a top-three finalist this season for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey's top player. Knies was also named the Big Ten Player of the Year and a First Team All-American this season, and was a 2022 U.S Olympian.

Hughes and Faber are both products of the U.S. National Team Development program in Plymouth, Mich., while Knies played junior hockey with Tri-City (USHL). All three skaters are expected to make their NHL debuts this week as the league's regular season concludes, with the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning next Monday.

ADDENDUM: Hughes made his pro debut in New Jersey's 6-2 win over visiting Buffalo on April 11. Two nights later, he tallied his first NHL goal/point, scoring the game-winner in overtime to lift the Devils to a 5-4 victory at Washington. Faber went scoreless in his first two games with the Wild, while Knies had one assist over his first three appearances with Toronto.

Quinnipiac Wins 2023 NCAA Men's Hockey Title

Quinnipiac University had waited 10 years to win a national title. So what was another 10 seconds?

Jacob Quillan scored just 10 seconds into overtime before 19,444 spectators on Saturday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa to lift second-ranked Quinnipiac to a 3-2 win over the top-ranked University of Minnesota in the 2023 NCAA Division I men's hockey national championship game. It was the first-ever NCAA title for the Bobcats, in their third try, while Minnesota (29-10-1 overall) was seeking its first national championship since 2003, and sixth all-time.

After Quinnipiac (34-4-3) won the opening face-off in the extra session, Zach Metsa passed the puck ahead to Sam Lipkin, who carried it down the right wing boards in the Minnesota zone. Lipkin backhanded a pass through the slot to Quillan, who took the feed, cut to his backhand, and slipped a shot past Golden Gophers netminder Justin Close to close out the game, the tournament, and the season for the victorious Bobcats, who began play as a Division I school in 1999-2000. They have since made nine NCAA tournaments at that level, and were previously the national runner-up in both 2013 and 2016.

The Bobcats had to battle back from a two-goal deficit Saturday to get the job done. John Mittelstadt shoveled home a loose puck in front of Quinnipiac's net for the only goal of the first period, and then Jaxon Nelson chipped in a rebound off the backboards early in the second stanza to put the Golden Gophers up, 2-0. Cristophe Tellier would then get Quinnipiac back within a goal before the end of the middle period, off an assist by Metsa. 

With less than three minutes remaining in regulation, and goaltender Yaniv Perets pulled for a sixth attacker, Union College transfer Collin Graf pulled Quinnipiac into a tie with his shot from the left circle that glanced off of Close and found the back of the Minnesota net, just after a Bobcats power play had expired, off assists from Metsa and Lipkin. That set the stage for Quillan's overtime heroics, and the biggest victory in the history of Quinnipiac's program. 

Quinnipiac outshot Minnesota on the night, 30-15, with Perets making 13 saves for the Bobcats, and Close finishing with 27 stops for the Golden Gophers. Quinnipiac also became the first ECAC Hockey team to win a men's national title since Union in 2014, and went 3-0 versus Big Ten schools in this year's championship, defeating Ohio State, Michigan and Minnesota in consecutive contests on the way to the crown. The win was also the 615th overall in the career of Bobcats head coach Rand Pecknold, all of them at Quinnipiac, since he first took the helm in 1994-95. 

Next year's NCAA Frozen Four will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Michigan's Fantilli Wins Hobey Baker Award

Freshman forward Adam Fantilli (Michigan) is the winner of the 2023 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the top player in NCAA Division I men's hockey.

Fantilli, 18, from Nobleton, Ont., led all Division I skaters with 65 points this season, and tied for the national lead with 30 goals while finishing fourth with 35 assists. He is the first player from Michigan to win the Hobey Baker Award since 2008, the third Wolverine ever to do so, and the third freshman overall to be so honored since the award's inception in 1981. He also tallied at least one point in 33 of the 36 games he played this year.

The 6-foot-2 Fantilli, who is eligible for this year's NHL Draft, scored Michigan's final goal of the 2022-23 season in its 5-2 NCAA Frozen Four semifinal loss to Quinnipiac in Tampa on Thursday night. He finished the campaign on a seven-game point-scoring streak, in which he recorded 10 goals and five assists for 15 points, while helping the Wolverines to a 26-12-3 overall record, the Big Ten tournament title, and the NCAA Allentown (Pa.) Regional championship.

Minnesota, Quinnipiac Advance to NCAA Title Game

Minnesota will play for its first national championship in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in nine years, while Quinnipiac will be looking to win its first ever.

Top-ranked Minnesota blitzed Boston University, 6-2, in the first NCAA Frozen Four semifinal on Thursday before 19,119 on-lookers at Amalie Arena in Tampa, scoring four consecutive goals in the third period to break a two-all tie. Luke Mittelstadt tallied two goals in the first four minutes of the final frame, before Logan Cooley added two empty-net scores in the waning moments to power the Golden Gophers to their first national title contest since 2014.

For BU (29-11 overall), which took a 1-0 lead on a first-period goal by Sam Stevens and then tied the game in the second period on Jay O'Brien's tally, the loss ended both the Terriers' 2022-23 campaign and their nine-game winning string that included both the Hockey East regular-season and tournament titles, plus the NCAA Manchester (N.H.) Regional championship. Drew Commesso made 28 saves for BU, which was outshot, 34-31, on the evening. Minnesota (29-9-1) got 29 stops from Justen Close, and finished 3-for-7 on the power play, while also hitting almost a half-dozen posts and a crossbar on offense.

In the nightcap, No. 2 Quinnipiac broke open a tie game after 40 minutes with three unanswered third-period goals to oust No. 3 Michigan, 5-2. Sam Lipkin's goal from behind the Michigan net less than 90 seconds into the final period stood up as the game-winner, with Zach Metsa and Ethan de Jong (empty net) later notching insurance goals to send the Bobcats to their third NCAA title game overall, and first since 2016. 

Jacob Quillan scored twice in the first period for Quinnipiac, the second his 20th goal of the season, to stake the Bobcats to a pair of leads. Michigan's Seamus Casey and Adam Fantilli (30th goal) responded for the Wolverines each time to make it 2-2 after two periods, before Quinnipiac pulled away in the third. Yaniv Perets stopped 29 shots for Quinnipiac (33-4-3), which beat Michigan (26-12-3) for the first time ever in six meetings, including last year's NCAA Allentown (Pa.) Regional final that was won by the Wolverines. Erik Portillo had 25 saves for Michigan, although two pucks went in off him on shots from behind his net. Michigan outshot Quinnipiac, 31-30, while both teams finished 0-for-3 on the power play.

Minnesota will now meet Quinnipiac on Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2), in a matchup of the top two ranked schools, to decide this year's national championship. Minnesota is seeking is sixth national title overall, first since 2003, and first-ever for the Big Ten Conference. Quinnipiac is looking for the first-ever NCAA crown in school history, and first for ECAC Hockey since 2014.

2023 Frozen Four Begins Today in Florida

The 2023 NCAA Men's Division I Frozen Four from Florida is finally upon us.

Today's first game pits Boston University against Minnesota at 5 p.m. ET. The two schools have a long head-to-head history in the NCAA tournament, with Minnesota winning the most recent matchup in 2012. Both schools have five national titles to their credit. BU (29-10 overall) won both the Hockey East regular-season and tournament titles this season, while Minnesota (28-9-1) was Big Ten regular-season champ for the second straight season.

The nightcap will feature Quinnipiac against Michigan, at around 8:30 p.m. ET, a rematch of last year's Allentown Reginal final that was won by nine-time NCAA champion Michigan. ECAC regular-season champion Quinnipiac (32-4-3) has earned the last three ECAC Hockey regular-season titles but is still seeking its first national crown, while Michigan (26-11-3) has claimed two consecutive Big Ten tournament titles. 

Today's winners advance to the national title game on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. All three games will be played at Amalie Arena in Tampa, home of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, and will be televised live on ESPN2.

This is the third time the Frozen Four will be held in Tampa. Boston College won the first NCAA title contested there in 2012, followed by North Dakota in 2016.

BU Alum Watchorn Takes Terrier Women's Helm

The Boston University women's ice hockey program has found its new head coach, just the second in program history.

Former Terriers blueliner and Olympic gold medalist Tara Watchorn was recently named as BU's new head coach, succeeding Brian Durocher, a former BU goaltender and men's assistant coach who had been the only head coach the Terrier women's program had known since it became a varsity squad in 2004-05.

Watchorn, 32, from Newcastle, Ont., spent the last two years as the women's head coach at Stonehill, fashioning a record of 19-16-2 with the Skyhawks in their inaugural 2022-23 playing season, after serving four years as an assistant coach at her alma mater. She was also named New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Coach of the Year after leading Stonehill to the conference semifinals. As a player at BU from 2018 until 2012, Watchorn tallied 21 goals and 63 assists for 84 points to go with 173 penalty minutes in 127 career games, while helping the Terriers to three NCAA tournament appearances. She went on to play professionally with Alberta, Calgary and Boston in the CWHL, while also winning an Olympic gold medal with Canada in 2014, before joining BU's coaching staff in 2017 under Durocher. 

Durocher, 66, compiled an overall record of 338-215-76 in 19 years at the BU women's helm, including five Hockey East tournament titles and five NCAA tournament appearances. The Terriers also advanced to the NCAA championship game under his watch in both 2011 and 2013. Prior to taking the women's job at BU, he served as a men's assistant coach at AIC, BU, Colgate and Brown from 1979 until 2004. As a player, he tended goal for BU from 1974 to 1978, compiling a 47-13-1 record while backstopping BU to four NCAA tournament berths, including the 1978 national title, and two Beanpot tournament championships. 

The Terriers finished 11-20-3 overall last season, while going 9-15-3 in Hockey East and placing seventh in the final conference standings.

NCAA Players with Eligibility Left Leave for NHL

More than 20 NCAA Division I players (listed alphabetically by first name) with college eligibility remaining have signed with professional hockey clubs since the start of March, following the conclusion of their respective 2022-23 seasons:

Aidan Fulp, D, Jr., Western Michigan (NY Islanders/NHL)

Akito Hirose, D, Jr., Minnesota State (Vancouver/NHL) 

Alex Laferriere, F, So., Harvard (Ontario/AHL)

Anton Malmstrom, D, Jr., Bowling Green (St. Louis/NHL)

Brett Berard, F, Jr., Providence (NY Rangers/NHL)

Carter Mazur, F, So., Denver (Detroit/NHL)

Corson Ceulemans, D, So., Wisconsin (Columbus/NHL)

Devon Levi, G, Jr., Northeastern (Buffalo/NHL) *

Hunter McKown, F, Jr., Colorado College (Columbus/NHL) *

Jake Livingstone, D, Jr., Minnesota State (Nashville/NHL)

Jakub Dobeš, G, So., Ohio State (Montreal/NHL)

Josh Doan, F, So., Arizona State (Arizona/NHL)

Mason Lohrei, D, So., Ohio State (Providence/AHL)

Matthew Coronato, F, So., Harvard (Calgary/NHL)

Max Sasson, F, So., Western Michigan (Vancouver/NHL)

Nikita Nesterenko, F, Jr., Boston College (Anaheim/NHL) *

Ondrej Pavel, F, Jr., Minnesota State (Colorado/NHL)

Ryan Tverberg, F, Jr., UConn (Toronto/NHL)  

Ryder Rolston, F, Jr., Notre Dame (Chicago/NHL)

Sean Farrell, F, Jr., Harvard (Montreal/NHL) *

Trevor Kuntar, F, Jr., Boston College (Boston/NHL)

Tyler Kleven, D, Jr., North Dakota (Ottawa/NHL) *

Wyatt Kaiser, D, Jr., Minnesota-Duluth (Chicago/NHL) *

* Indicates player has made his NHL playing debut