Foolish
penalties, missed opportunities and strong Denver goaltending combined to send
BU to a 6-0 defeat in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game last night. The shutout
was the first suffered by BU in 125 games, which was the longest streak among
D1 schools.
The Pioneers
took a 1-0 lead on a power play five minutes into the first period. Midway
through the frame, a five-minute major on DU presented a chance for BU to get
even, but Alex Privitera’s penalty changed the man advantage into a 4 on 4 and
the Pioneers struck for two goals in a nine second span to take a commanding
3-0 lead.
BU created
numerous scoring chances in both the first and second periods, but couldn’t
dent goalie Juho Olkinuora. DU added a second period goal and two in
the third for the 6-0 final.
Following the
game, senior assistant captain Ryan Ruikka said, “We took a lot of stupid
penalties and that really — we beat ourselves there. Guys were getting
frustrated definitely because pucks weren’t bouncing our way, but we’ve just
got to battle through.”
Senior
Ben Rosen took an elbow to the head in the first period and did not return. He
is being evaluated for a concussion.
Late in the second period, Privitera was assessed a five-minute
major for kicking and a game disqualification. He’ll be ineligible for next
Friday home game against Renssalaer.
● Video
highlights
● Boston
Hockey Blog recap,
post-game comments-Jack
Parker, Ryan Ruikka, injury
report
● Denver Post
recap
Looking back
Goalie Kieran
Millan was promoted
to the Colorado Avalanche’s AHL affiliate, Lake Erie. Millan, a four-year
starter for BU and team MVP last season, had posted a 2.36 GAA and a .929 save
percentage in 16 games for the CHL Denver Cutthroats.
Looking ahead
2014 recruit
Jack Eichel continues to impress at the World U17 Challenge in Quebec. The 6-1
right-shot center scored twice in Team USA’s thrilling 6-5
shootout victory against Canada Ontario. Eichel, who leads the NTDP U17s in
goals and scoring, spearheaded a US rally from a 4-1 deficit with goals in the
second and third periods and nearly scored twice more in the final minutes of
regulation. He earned Team USA player of the game honors for the second time in
two days. His two-goal, one-assist effort on Friday led Team USA past Canada
Pacific, 6-2,
in a pre-tournament exhibition game. 2014
recruit defenseman Jonathan MacLeod also had a strong game against Ontario.
Team USA
plays Canada Atlantic today at 1:30 p.m. ET. Tournament games are being live-streamed
by FastHockey.com for free.
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