Terriers’
second Frozen Fenway appearance produced disappointing results as BU dropped a
7-3 decision to Maine in a rain-soaked contest that was interrupted for 68
minutes by thunder and lightning.
BU
dug itself a 5-0 hole as the Black Bears scored four first period goals on just
seven shots, including three power play markers and two goals in the space of
48 seconds—at which point starting goalie Matt O’Connor was pulled in favor
Sean Maguire.
Despite
a more even second period, Maine added to the lead with Ryan Lomberg’s second
goal of the game. BU finally got untrack in the third period when co-captain Garrett
Noonan’s one-timer—assisted by freshmen Dalton MacAfee and Robbie Baillargeon—found
the back of the net. Then Nick Roberto deflected home an Ahti Oksanen blast for
his fifth goal of the season. A minute and a half later, Cason Hohmann (photo) narrowed
the margin to 5-3. Terriers pressed to
complete the comeback and pulled Maguire with just under three minutes left,
but Maine added a pair of empty netters for the final margin.
Addressing
the team’s penalty-kill problems, Coach David Quinn said:
“Our penalty kill has been pretty good all year. Right now we’re in a situation where it’s one thing after another. It’s a different problem every game right now, and that’s something we’re going to have to correct. Penalties have crept into our game. Early in the season they were a huge problem for us. I thought we had corrected it as the season went on.”
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Video highlights
and photo gallery
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Post-game comments:
Quinn and Hohmann
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USCHO recap
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HockeyEastOnline.com recap
Looking
ahead
On
Thursday, 2014 recruit Shane Starrett stopped 39 of 40 shots as the Portland
Jr. Pirates edged the Islanders Hockey Club, 2-1,
in overtime, in USPHL Premier League action.
2014 recruit Jack Eichel, playing his first game
with the NTDP U18s since returning from the World Junior Championships, scored
his 20th goal of the season in 23 games as Team USA beat the NJ
Hitmen, 3-2, in
Marlborough, Mass. Eichel now has 40 points in U18 games--plus five points 1G,4A) at the WJCs.
2014
recruit J.J. Piccinich scored a goal and added two assists as Youngstown
doubled up the NTDP U17s, 6-3.
The right wing from Paramus, N.J., has a 19-14-33 scoring line in 31 games and
a USHL
best ten power play goals.
Looking
back
With
an assist in the Ducks’ 5-3 win against Phoenix, Nick Bonino has eight points (3G, 5A) in his past six games.
Sahir
Gill is tied
for second among ECHL rookies with 18 assist. Gill, who plays for Wheeling,
coached by former Terrier and U.S. Olympian
Clark Donatelli, scored his eight goal of the season in the Nailer’s 5-3 loss to
Toledo. Max Nicastro registered an assist for Toledo.
Former
BU All-American and Hockey East Player of the Year John Curry was recalled to AHL
Iowa and discussed (video)
his hopes to stay at the AHL level moving forward.
Matt
Gilroy assisted on two power play goals for San Antonio, but the Rampage was
edged by Abbottsford, 3-2 in overtime.
Corey
Trivino, signed by AHL Portland to a PTO contract, tallied an assist for the
Pirates in their 2-0 shutout
of Bridgeport.
Women’s
Team
Terriers
returned to the win column with a 5-3 victory over Maine in Orono, giving BU a
sweep of the season’s series. Senior captain Louise Warren scored twice and
sophomore Sarah Lefort tallied her nation’s best sixth game winner (she’s also
tied for the D1 lead with 17 scores), while Maddie Elia added a goal and two
assists. The teams were tied at 3 apiece after two following a Taylor Holze
goal and Maine’s equalizer. Early in the third, Lefort deflected home a pass
from Sarah Bayersdorfer to break the tie. Warren’s 14th goal created
the final two-goal margin.
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Post-game comments:
Warren
Lefort,
who leads Division 1 in goals, is a leading candidate
for the Patty Kazmaier Award (women’s hockey’s version of the Hobey Baker
Award) and talked with USA Hockey.com about how an older brother helped her
develop as a player.
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