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.

The Massachusetts hockey team fell 3-2 to Boston University in the quarterfinals of the Hockey East Tournament in overtime on Saturday. The Minutemen (20-13-5) trailed the Terriers (21-12-2) 2-1 going into the third period,

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

The No. 1-seeded Boston College Eagles men’s hockey team starts its run in the 2025 Hockey East Tournament as it hosts the No. 9-seeded Northeastern Huskies in the quarterfinals round on Saturday night.

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, 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.

When Boston College won the Hockey East regular season title over the weekend to earn the No. 1 seed, the team knew where and when it would be playing in the conference tournament. However, the Eagles had to wait to find out their opponent for the quarterfinals until after the opening round of games on Wednesday night.