It’s been a big night of action throughout the Flyers’ prospect pool, and while most eyes have likely been tuned to the broader group popping off with the Phantoms in their season opener — if not what the actual Flyers are doing in their road matchup against the Hurricanes — their branch of the pool at Boston University has been having a solid evening, led by one of this summer’s second-round picks in Jack Murtagh.
Though his first two games with the Terriers have been on the quieter side, relatively speaking, this third matchup against Colgate (and second on the weekend) has seen his game really starting to come to life. Across the whole of the evening, the puck seemed to follow him around, seemed to be finding him for chances, and he stepped up into something of a volume shooter role as they had to twice rally back from single goal deficits. Murtagh came away from this one with eight individual shot attempts, and though others in the lineup contributed a few more (Cole Hutson had 10, while Cole Eiserman had 13, and Gavin McCarthy matched his eight), Murtagh was the most efficient with his chances, managing to get six of them on goal.
His offensive game was a diligent one, and it felt only a matter of time before he got a bounce to go his way, but the goal that broke things open for him wasn’t a lucky bounce, but the end result of a high-effort drive to the net to tie the game for the Terriers, and a huge way to pick up his first goal at that level.
A HUGE goal from Jack to get this one tied!!
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 11, 2025
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Across the board, Murtagh stepped up as a high-impact player in this matchup — chipping in a good share of quality offense in general of course (and notably another chance from in close in the waning minutes of the third period, getting a good chance to win this one in regulation), but also flashing some real strength and positive impact in his battles along the boards, bringing quite a well-rounded game so early in his collegiate career.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the lineup, fellow Flyers prospects Carter Amico got in for second pairing duties as he continues to ramp back up in his return from injury, and contributed two big blocked shots, while Owen McLaughlin contributed seven shot attempts (three of which made it on goal), both holding up nicely in this tight matchup.
With two wins and now this tie filling out their record so far, Boston University is off to a strong start to their season, and it seems an equally promising setting for this key trio of prospects to keep building up their games.
