2011-12 schedule features non-conference tilts vs. Denver, Notre Dame, Cornell

BU has announced its 2011-2012 regular season schedule with 27 Hockey East games and a seven non-conference games, including visits from Denver and Holy Cross, a New Year's Eve match at Notre Dame, the Beanpot Tournament and the third edition of Red Hot Hockey with the Terriers taking on Cornell at New York City's Madison Square Garden. In addition, the schedule includes a pair of exhibitions games, both at Agganis Arena: St. Francis Xavier on Oct. 1 and the U.S. NTDP U18s on Jan. 8. The full schedule follows below.

OCTOBER
Sat. 1 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER – Exhib. 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 8:00 p.m.
Fri. 14 at Providence* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 15 DENVER 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 22 HOLY CROSS 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 28 at Massachusetts* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 29 MASSACHUSETTS* 7:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER
Sat. 5 at UMass Lowell* 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 11 MERRIMACK* 7:00 p.m.
Sun. 13 at Boston College* TBA
Fri. 18 VERMONT* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 26 vs Cornell^ 8:00 p.m.

DECEMBER
Fri. 2 at Boston College* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 3 BOSTON COLLEGE* 7:00 p.m.
Thu. 8 at New Hampshire* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 10 at Maine* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 31 at Notre Dame TBA

JANUARY
Wed. 4 at Harvard 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 7 MERRIMACK* 7:00 p.m.
Sun. 8 U.S. NATIONAL UNDER-18 – Exhib. 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 13 at Northeastern* 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 20 PROVIDENCE* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 21 at Providence* 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 27 MAINE* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 28 MAINE* 7:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY
Fri. 3 at Merrimack* 7:00 p.m.
Mon. 6 vs Harvard# TBA
Fri. 10 MASSACHUSETTS* 7:00 p.m.
Mon. 13 vs Boston College/Northeastern# 4:30/7:30 p.m.
Fri. 17 at UMass Lowell* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 18 UMASS LOWELL* 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 24 at Vermont* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 25 at Vermont* 7:00 p.m.

MARCH
Fri. 2 NORTHEASTERN* 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 3 at Northeastern* 7:00 p.m.

All times ET
All home games (in CAPS) to be played at Agganis Arena
* Hockey East game
^ Red Hot Hockey (Madison Square Garden – New York, N.Y.)
# 60th Beanpot Tournament (TD Garden)

Academic recognition
The Men’s Hockey team was among eight BU varsity teams recognized by the NCAA being among the top academically performing squads within their respective sports Details.

Looking ahead

A pair of BU's 2013 recruits were selected in this week's USHL draft. Brendan Collier, whose 30th goal of the season was the overtime game-winner that gave Malden Catholic the Massachusetts Super 8 Championship, was selected by Youngstown in the 7th round. Named All-Scholastic by both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald, he also participated in the USA Hockey Tier I, U16 tournament--leading the Greater Boston Jr. Bruins in scoring--and earlier this month played in the New England Pro-Am Hockey Pre-Draft Showcase.

Danny O'Regan, who just completed his junior season at St. Sebastian's with a team-high 25 goals to go with 24 assists, was picked in the 8th round by Dubuque. He'll represent Massachusetts this summer at the National Select 17 Festival in Rochester, N.Y. O'Regan's father, Tom, co-captained BU's 1982-83 squad before playing in the NHL and Europe. His brother, Tom, Jr., is a 2011 commit to Harvard.