By Annie Maroon/DFP Staff

The Boston University women’s hockey team has had almost two weeks to recover from a demanding February, in which it played eight games in 16 days between Feb. 3-19. The Terriers will get back on the ice for the Hockey East semifinals against Northeastern University on Saturday at 12 p.m.

After tearing through the middle third of the season without a loss between Nov. 20 and Feb. 3, BU (25-5-4, 15-3-3 HE) stumbled in the Beanpot tournament, losing 2-1 to Boston College in the first round and tying Northeastern (15-12-8, 6-10-5 HE), 3-3, in the consolation match. They wrapped up the regular-season Hockey East title with a win over University of Maine on Feb. 18, and then lost their last game of the season to Maine the next day. The win allowed Maine to clinch the sixth and final playoff seed, although they fell to Providence College in the quarterfinal on Feb. 26, 5-2.

“I think that was natural in the Beanpot and to some extent [in Maine], you could say, because they clinched the regular season championship,” BU coach Brian Durocher said of the occasional lack of urgency in the team’s play. “I wasn’t too disappointed with their intensity up there, and Maine was fighting for their collective lives.”

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