Terrier rally falls short

A third period rally by BU fell short as the Terriers dropped a 7-4 decision to Harvard at the Bright-Landry Center. Trailing 5-2 going into the third period, BU closed the gap to one on goals by Danny O’Regan and Ahti Oksanen. But with the Terriers on a five-minute man advantage a turnover led to a Sean Malone breakaway goal for the Crimson with a minute and a half left. Malone added an empty-netter for the final margin.

BU scored in the game’s first minute when Cason Hohmann, who returned to the lineup following a shoulder injury, scored his fourth goal of the season. Harvard scored the next three goals, before Dillon Lawrence’s (photo) first college goal cut the lead to 3-2 midway through the second period. The home team added two more goals to extend the lead to 5-2.

Matt O’Connor stopped 15 of 19 shots before being relieve by Sean Maguire, who turned aside 10 of 12 shots.

●GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

●Boston Hockey Blog recap and analysis

Looking ahead

BU’s newest recruit, AJ Greer scored four goals for Kimball Union to help the Wildcats win the Belmont Hill/Nichols Tourney. After scoring twice in the round robin, Greer netted the overtime game-winner as KUA edged Nichols in the semi-final, 3-2, then added another goal in the championship game win against Millbrook by the same score.

Looking back
David Van der Gulik scored a natural hat trick for Lake Erie in the Monsters' 6-1 defeat of Milwaukee with two goals in the second period and another in the third.
● Cleveland Plain Dealer recap

Matt Gilroy and Wade Megan each scored for San Antonio, but the Rampage dropped a 5-3 decision to Oklahoma City.

Women’s Team

#8 Terriers continued their winning ways at home with a 3-2 win against Dartmouth. The victory extended BU’s home winning streak to 20 games. Sarah Lefort’s 16^th goal—tops in Division 1—broke a 2-2 tie midway through the second period. BU received first-period goals from Rebecca Russo and Maddie Elia, who also assisted on the game-winner. Kerrin Sperry made 28 saves to record her 13^th win of the season.

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