ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The 11th-ranked University of Michigan hockey team (3-2-1) travels east to face No. 5 Boston University (4-1-0) in a series this weekend. The teams will play on Friday (November 1) and Saturday (November 2) at 7 p.m., with both games broadcast live on ESPN+.

Notes

• Michigan holds an 18-14 lead over BU in the all-time series, which dates back to 1950. The Terriers lead 5-3 at home. This will be the Wolverines’ first game at Agganis Arena since November 2015, when the teams split the series with a 3-2 loss followed by a 4-2 win. At that time, Michigan was ranked 10th and BU was ranked 12th. The teams last met in series in October 2022 in Yost, when they split again and Michigan won 9-2 before suffering a 2-3 loss.

• The Wolverines earned a 5-4 overtime victory against the US National Team Development Program on Friday night (Oct. 25) at Yost. Hunter Hady, TJ Hughes, Philippe Lapointe, Christian HumphreysAnd Michael Hage scored one goal, with Hage scoring the winner in overtime. Josh Eernisse, Tim LovellHughes and Humphreys each recorded two-point nights. Andrew Albano played in goal and made 25 saves in under 63 minutes.

• The Wolverines have the strongest strength in the country, followed by North Dakota.

• Hage leads the team with seven points in six games, totaling four goals and three assists. He ranks second nationally in rookie scoring, behind Union’s Ben Muthersbaugh, who has 13 points in seven games.

• Garrett Schifsky leads the nation with three shorthanded goals. He has scored five goals and provided one assist in six games. Michigan’s all-time leader in shorthanded goals is John Madden, who holds an NCAA record with 10 in the 1995-96 season and 23 in his career. Madden is currently an assistant coach with the Utah Hockey Club.

• Hughes is third in team-highs with four assists, followed by defenseman Tyler Duke with three points. Six skaters have two points, four more have one point each.

• Leading the team in blocked shots is a rookie Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullenwith 12 in six games. defender Jacob Truscott And Ethan Edwards Seven blocks each follow.

• Michigan’s power play has not yet found its rhythm and converted two of 19 chances (10.5 percent). However, the penalty shootout started strong, the score was 21 to 25 with three shorthanded goals, a success rate of 84 percent.

• The Wolverines have scored first in all but one game this season.