By Jake Seiner/DFP Staff

The No. 13 Boston University men’s hockey team has run into Northeastern University once already this year –– a 5-4 Terrier win back in December.

When the Terriers and Huskies close out their regular seasons with a home-and-home series this weekend, BU coach Jack Parker is just hoping to see better hockey than in Game One.

“When I saw them earlier in the year, they were as bad as we were,” Parker said. “I told the coach, Greg Cronin, at the time, ‘They should take us both out back and shoot us for impersonating two good hockey coaches,’ because his team didn’t play very well and my team didn’t play very well.”

Both the Terriers (17-9-8, 14-5-6 Hockey East) and Huskies (11-13-8, 9-9-7) have made big strides since.

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