No. 2 Terriers to Open Frozen Four Thursday against No. 3 Denver on ESPN2, ESPN+ - Boston University Athletics (2024)

#2 Boston University (28-9-2, 18-4-2 HE) vs. #3Denver (30-9-3, 15-7-2 NCHC)
Date & Time: Thursday, April 11- 5p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT
Venue: Xcel Energy Center- St. Paul, Minn.
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The No. 2 Boston University men's ice hockey team will continue its quest for a sixth national championship on Thursday when the Terriers face No. 3 Denver in the first of two NCAA semifinals at the 2024 Men's Frozen Four.Puck drop in St. Paul is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. local time. The game will be televised live on ESPN2andwill also be streamedlive on ESPN+,with an audio-only broadcast located here. Fans in Canada can watch every NCAA Tournament game on TSN+.

For information on watch parties in Boston and across the country, as well as other info on this year's Frozen Four, visit GoTerriers.com/FrozenFour.

TOURNAMENT TIDBITS

• The Terriers enter their 24th Frozen Fourwith an all-time record of 47-39-0 (.547) in 39NCAA tournament appearances.
• The 47wins represent the fifth-highest total in tournament history.
• The only programs with more victories are Minnesota (62), Michigan (58), North Dakota (53) and Boston College (51).
• This is the Terriers' second straight Frozen Four and third time getting to the Frozen Four in the past decade.
• Only Michigan (28) and Boston College (25) have been to more Frozen Fours than the Terriers.
• BU has reached the title game in three of its past four Frozen Four appearances, as well as in five of its last seven and six of its last nine trips to the Frozen Four.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU won its eighthgame in its last ninetries on March 30 with a 6-3 victory over No. 7 Minnesota in the NCAA Sioux Falls Regional final.
• That was the Terriers' second 6-3 victory of the regional, as they defeated No. 17/18 RIT by that same score on March 28.
• Freshman Macklin Celebrini was named Most Outstanding Player of the regional after totaling five points (1g, 4a) in two games, including three primary assists against Minnesota.
• Celebrini, a Hobey Hat Trick finalist at just 17 years old, is second in the nation in goals (32), points (64) and points per game (1.73) and isjust the fourth player since the turn of the century to record 30 goals and 30 assists as a freshman.
• His linemates, freshmen Shane Lachance (1g, 2a)and Jack Harvey (2g, 1a), totaled three points apiece in Sioux Falls.
• Sophom*ore Lane Hutson, a two-time finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, leads all NCAA defensem*n in points per game (1.32), is tied for first among that group in total points (49) and is second among the nation's blue liners with 15 goals.
• He is the first defenseman since Western Michigan's Mike Posma (1986-88) to record 10 goals and 30 assists in his first two collegiate seasons, and needs just three points to reach 100 for his career.
• Sophom*ore Ryan Greene has notched three goals and five assists over the past six games, including an unassisted goal in the win over RIT.
• Graduate student Cade Webber, the Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman, enters Thursday as thesingle-season NCAA record holderfor blocked shots with 133 and counting, which has eclipsed the old record of 112.
• Webber blocked six shots in the victory over Minnesota.
• Sophom*ore Quinn Hutson enters Thursday having recorded a point in seven of his last nine games, including a first-period goal against the Gophers that sparked a Terrier rally.

SERIES HISTORY

• BU is 15-17-2 all-time against Denver, with the Pioneers winning the last meeting between the two schools, 4-3, on Oct. 27, 2017 at Agganis Arena.
• The Terriers and Pioneers have met five times in the NCAA Tournament, with Denver winning three of those matchups.
• That includes a 2016 regional semifinal victory over the Terriers in Saint Paul.
• Denver has won four straight games against BU, with the Terriers' last victory over DU coming at Agganis in 2015.

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS

• Denver, the top seed in the NCAA Springfield Regional, won a pair of 2-1 games to advance to Saint Paul.
• The Pioneers defeated fourth-seeded UMass in overtime before besting third-seeded Cornell in the regional final.
• This is Denver's 19th Frozen Four appearance and seventh trip in 20 years.
• The NCHC champions have won seven straight games and have allowed just one goal in each of their last three wins.
• Junior Jack Devine, one of 10 Hobey Baker finalists, leads Denver in goals (27) and points (56) while freshman defender Zeev Buium paces the Pioneers with 38 assists.
• Buium is tied with Terrier sophom*ore Lane Hutson for first among NCAA defensem*n with 49 points.
• Junior Matt Davis has started all 29 games in which he has appeared, including all seven starts during this current win streak.
• He is 21-5-3 with a 2.48 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage.
• The National Goaltender of the Month went 9-1-0 in March with a 1.89 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage.

UP NEXT

• If BU wins, the Terriers will play the winner of Thursday's second national semifinal between No. 1 Boston College and No. 4 Michigan.
• That game will take place on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. local time on ESPN2 and ESPN+.