Northeastern (14-19-3) to Thursday’s semifinals at TD Garden, where the Huskies will play Maine in the nightcap.

The Northeastern men’s hockey team (13-19-3, 7-14-3 HE) defeated the No. 1 Boston College Eagles (26-7-2, 18-4-2 HE) to advance to the quarterfinals in the Hockey East tournament March 15, 3-1. The upset marked the first time in tournament history that a team seeded No.

BC's Michael Hagens and NEU's Ben Poitras set up in front of the goal during the semi-final round of the men’s Beanpot hockey tournament between Northeastern University and Boston College at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. on February 3, 2025. Katie Morrison-O'Day

There didn’t appear to be a lot on the line entering the final day of the regular season for the BC and BU men’s hockey teams.

BC, Maine, BU, UConn, and Providence — earned byes, and are now joined by UMass, UMass Lowell, and Northeastern after first-round victories.

The Maine men’s hockey team is back hosting a Hockey East Quarterfinal on The Black Bears made it to the conference semifinals last year at TD Garden. The group is drawing on that experience and its work ethic for its belief after going 0-1-1 at UMass to close out the regular season.