Sam Dykstra (COM ’12) was Fall 2010 Sports Editor for The Daily Free Press. He currently writes for MiLB.com. It’s Wednesday, and despite what the talking camel on the television says, you know what...

Since leaving this newspaper and this school last January, I’ve become an editorial producer for MiLB.com — the official website of Minor League Baseball — meaning I have talked to a lot of baseball...

While the two other Boston University winter sports teams on this page found themselves fighting in their respective NCAA tournaments, the men's hockey team found itself on the outside looking in when it came to its sport's March collegiate bracket. This will be the first time that the Terriers will miss the NCAA tournament in consecutive years since they missed it during the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons.

First, it was a game played on the city’s biggest stage. Second, it was a game played between college hockey’s two fiercest rivals. Third and most importantly, it was a Beanpot game. And it didn’t...

Following Tuesday’s practice at Agganis Arena, a Daily Free Press writer went up to No. 7 Boston University men’s hockey coach Jack Parker and asked the bench boss a question about how he thought the Terriers are moving on from their home-and-home series against rival No. 3 Boston College just four days earlier.

The Boston University men’s hockey team dropped to its lowest spot in the national rankings since Oct. 23 on Monday when it fell to seventh in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls.

CHESTNUT HILL -- For a fleeting moment, it felt like the Boston University men’s hockey team had a chance in the second game of what could only be described as a stinker of a weekend. Senior captain Joe Pereira had just scored 5:26 into the second period to end a streak of three Boston College goals and close the lead to 3-2. There was plenty of time for the Terriers to close the lead and potentially take a point out of a weekend that began with a horrid showing in a 9-5 loss to the team’s hated rivals.