Pereira's pair paces 4-3 win in Ice Breaker

After yielding a pair of goals in a nine-second span and trailing 3-2 after one period, the Terriers blanked Wisconsin the rest of the way and earned a hard-fought 4-3 win in the opening round of the Ice Breaker. BU, who will face Notre Dame Sunday in the tournament championship game, got a pair of goals, including the game-winner on a breakaway, from senior co-captain Joe Pereira and one each from Dave Warsofsky and Charlie Coyle.

BU survived some defensive lapses in the third period--as well as a disallowed Badger goal--with goalie Kieran Millan turning away several point blank shots to nail down the win. Millan stopped 24 shots during the game, including nine in the final stanza.

• Periera accounted for seven of BU's 32 shots on goal. Warsofsky and Coyle each had four.
• Terriers dominated the Badgers on faceoffs, winning 39 of 66. Coyle and fellow freshman Sahir Gill were a combined 25-9 on draws.
• Gill's perfect tape-to-tape pass sprung Pereira for the game-winner three minutes into the third period. Justin Courtnall registered his first college point on the play with the second assist.

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• GoTerriers.com recap
• Comprehensive box score
• College Hockey News box score
• Jack Parker post-game comments (video)
• Joe Pereira post-game comments (video)
• HockeyEastOnline recap
• St. Louis Dispatch recap
• The Boston Hockey Blog game coverage:
-Recap
-Power play dominates
-Cisse ankle injury
-Slide show

• Inside College Hockey’s preview of Hockey East

• College Hockey Inc. and Pointstreak have teamed up for a new comprehensive college scoreboard. Among the features on the CHI site is a “Where Are They Now” page with updates on college hockey standouts of past years. First up is former Northeastern star Dave Poile, now general manager of the Nashville Predators.

Looking back
Dave Van der Gulik assists on the game-winner in Lake Erie’s opening night 3-2 win over Syracuse. Joe DiPenta had an assist for the Crunch in a game that also featured ex-Terriers Nick Bonino (Syracuse) and Kevin Shattenkirk and Colby Cohen (Lake Erie).


Looking ahead
2011 recruit Alexx Privitera had a goal and an assist in the Muskegon Lumberjacks' 5-4 shootout loss to Sioux Falls.

2011 recruit Matt O'Connor won his third consecutive start in goal for Youngstown as the Phantoms edged the Lincoln Stars, 4-3. He stopped 34 shots including 13 of 14 in the first period.