BU's still No. 1, going into the playoffs
Boston University will enter the postseason as the Hockey East regular-season champion and the nation's No. 1 team. The Terriers - Maine's opponent in the Hockey East quarterfinals, which begin Friday - are again atop the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports top 20 poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey top 15 poll.
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Try being the Providence College hockey team, which can't get a break. Sunday, Providence's team bus broke down en route to Agganis Arena in Boston, prior to a 3-0 loss to BU.
"When we got the flat tire on the Mass Turnpike only 5 miles from the rink I said, 'It has to be one of those games,' " Providence Coach Tim Army told the Boston Herald.
The Friars finished the season in 10th place in Hockey East, at 4-18-5 in the league and 7-22-5 overall.
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Here are the pairings for this weekend's Hockey East quarterfinals:
No. 8 Maine (12-20-4, 7-17-3 Hockey East) at No. 1 Boston University (27-5-4, 18-5-4)
No. 7 Massachusetts (15-18-3, 10-14-3) at No. 2 Northeastern (23-9-4, 18-6-3)
No. 6 Boston College (16-13-5, 11-11-5) at No. 3 New Hampshire (19-10-5, 15-8-4)
No. 5 UMass-Lowell (17-15-2, 14-11-2) at No. 4 Vermont (20-9-5, 15-8-4)
All games in the best-of-three series begin at 7 p.m., with the exception of Friday's UMass at Northeastern game, which starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on NESN.
Posted at 03:17 PM
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