Men’s Hockey Falls to Boston University, 5-3

Saturday, February 14

Boston, Mass.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

12-15-1, 6-11-1

Boston University

14-15-2, 10-11-0

New Hampshire

Boston University

Nick Ring is on a four-game point streak

Photo by: Ryan Moran

2/15/2026 12:08:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Three different Wildcats found the back of the net

BOSTON – Sophomore forward Cam MacDonald (Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia), sophomore forward Ryan MacPherson (Windsor, Ontario) and junior forward Nick Ring (Hingham, Mass.) each scored for the Wildcats, but the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to Boston University, 5-3, on Saturday evening at Agganis Arena in Hockey East action. The two teams split the home-and-home series as the Wildcats won 4-1 on Friday in Durham.

Junior defenseman Brendan Fitzgerald (North Reading, Mass.) tallied three assists for three points, while senior goalie Kyle Chauvette (Goffstown, N.H.) made 29 saves for the Wildcats.

The Wildcats fall to 12-15-1 (6-11-1 Hockey East), while the Terriers improve to 14-15-2 (10-11-0 Hockey East).

UP NEXT:

Next week the Wildcats will play a home-and-home series with No. 19 UMass on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21. Friday is at the Mullins Center on ESPN+ at 7 p.m., while Saturday is Family Night at the Whitt presented by Eastern Propane at 7 p.m. on NESN and ESPN+ with postgame autographs with selected Wildcats.
Tickets can be purchased at UNHWildcats.com/BuyTickets or by calling the ticket office at (603) 862-4000. Don't miss the most exciting family entertainment in New Hampshire.

Score: Boston University 5, UNH 3
Records: UNH (12-15-1, 6-11-1 Hockey East); BU (14-15-2, 10-11-0 Hockey East)
Location: Boston, Mass. (Agganis Arena)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026
Attendance: 4,516

BOXSCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Terriers took a 1-0 lead at 6:30 of the first period when Brandon Svoboda tipped in a slap shot by Gavin McCarthy.
The Wildcats tied the game at 11:23 when MacDonald sent a shot from the right faceoff circle to the back of the net off a pass from Fitzgerald. Sophomore defenseman Oscar Plandowski (Halifax, Nova Scotia) also posted an assist.
At 2:29 of the second period, Cole Hutson fired a shot to the upper glove side corner of the net to give BU a 2-1 advantage.
BU then increased the lead to 3-1 with a goal by Jack Murtagh at 12:13 as he scored upper stick side.
The Terriers started off the third period with a goal by Jack Harvey (1:21), but the Wildcats responded when MacPherson tipped in a pass from senior forward Kristaps Skrastins (Grobina, Latvia) to the back of the net at 15:31.
UNH then made it a 4-3 game at 16:26 when Ring scored on a rebound. MacDonald and Fitzgerald each posted an assist.
But with 18 seconds remaining, the Terriers clinched the 5-3 win with an empty-net goal by Cole Eiserman.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

BU outshot UNH, 34-27.
The Wildcats went 1-1 on the power play, while the Terriers went 0-1.
Chauvette recorded 29 saves for the Wildcats, while Max Lacroix posted 24 saves for the Terriers.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

Fitzgerald posted a career-best three assists and three points for his third career multi-point game.
Ring advanced his point streak to four games as he has three goals and one assist for four points over this stretch.
MacDonald recorded his second multi-point game of the season.
The goal by MacPherson was his first of the year.