2nd period outburst propels BU past Lowell, 5-1

Five different Terriers found the back of the net and a total of 10 found the score sheet as BU powered past Lowell 5-1 as Tsongas Arena. Sophomore Alex Chaisson and freshman Sahir Gill scored shorthanded goals while Corey Trivino, Chris Connolly and Charlie Coyle had even strength scores. But it was goalie Kieran Millan (Millan) with 27 saves on 28 shots who earned the game’s first star as the junior netminder continued his strong play in goal.

BU stymied Lowell on five power play attempts and has now killed 28 of their opponents last 29 man-advantage opportunities. For the season, Terriers have tallied one more shorthanded goal (four) than power plays goals allowed (three). BU improved to 5-0-1 and will meet Lowell again tomorrow at Agganis Arena.

•GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
•Boston Hockey Blog recap and balanced-attack feature
•WTBU recap, notebook and post-game comments (video)
• GoRiverHawks.com recap
• Inside Hockey recap


Looking back
Former Terrier Zach Cohen scored his first goal of the season in AHL Lake Erie’s 6-3 loss to Manitoba.

Brian Strait registered an assist on Wilkes Barre-Scranton’s first goal in a 4-1 route of Adirondack.

Ryan Whitney scored his ninth assist of the season in Edmonton's 7-4 win against Chicago. Whitney leads the Oilers in scoring.

Looking ahead
2011 recruit Cason Hohmann was all over the score sheet with four goals in Cedar Rapids’s 7-3 win again . Hohmann, who scored the game’s first three goals and later notched his fourth, now has seven markers in six games and is the league’s top goal scorer. In his first USHL season, he scored nine times in 58 games. Hohmann was assisted on his third goal by 2014 recruit Anthony DeAngelo, who has three points in four games.

• News feature on DeAngelo.

Fellow 2011 recruit Matt O’Connor stopped 40 of 42 Green Bay shots, but Youngstown was held off the score sheet and fell, 2-0. He has a 2.86 goals against average in nine games.

Alex Privitera, the third member of BU’s 2011 recruit class, scored a power play goal for Muskegon, but the Lumberjacks lost in a shoot out to Des Moines, 4-3. The blueliner from Old Tappan, N.J., is currently the top-scoring defenseman in the USHL.

2013 recruit Matt Grzelcyk tallied one assist in the NTDP U17s’ 6-3 loss to Indian