#17 Merrimack scored a pair of second-period goals
within 63 seconds to break a tie and hung on to edge #7/8 BU, 4-3, at Lawler
Arena. Goaltending struggles continue
for the Terriers as Sean Maguire yielded a goal on the game’s first shot by
Brett Seney. Midway through the period, Ben Bahe jammed a shot home to double
the lead.
BU got on the board early in the second period when
junior Robbie Baillargeon and sophomore Brien Diffley got the puck to sophomore
John MacLeod (photo) at the right point for a blast that sailed past the Warriors’ Collin Delia.
Photo by Steve McLaughlin
Four minutes later, freshman Ryan Cloonan raced up
the right side and head-manned a pass to senior assistant captain Matt Lane
whose backhander beat Delia to knot the score at two apiece.
Late in the period, however, with the teams skating
four-on-four, Merrimack struck twice in 63 seconds with goals from Hampus
Gustafsson and Ethan Spaxman. Quinn replaced Maguire in goal with Connor
LaCouvee as BU tried to engineer a second comeback.
Early in the third, the rebound of an Ahti Oksanen
shot skittered out to the top of the left circle where sophomore Brandon Hickey
one-timed the puck home to cut the lead to one. The Terriers pressed throughout the
period, out-shooting their hosts, 14-8, but couldn’t produce an equalizer.
After the game, Coach David Quinn said:
“Obviously you want to win hockey games, but there’s so much to like in what we did tonight. One minute of the game cost us. They got two four-on-four goals [even though] we should be pretty good four-on-four.”
“We’re finding ways to lose right now. The good news is it’s October.”
Just as in Tuesday’s loss to UConn, BU outshot its
opponent, 37-26.
● GoTerriers.com recap
and comprehensive
box score.
● Video highlights;
BU Goals: MacLeod,
Lane,
Hickey
● Post-game comments: Quinn
● Boston
Hockey Blog Pluses
& Minuses
● HockeyEastOnline recap
● USCHO recap
Looking ahead
2017 recruit David Farrance scored a power play goal
and added a primary assist on the game-winner for Team USA, which defeated
Canada Red in an exhibition game for the World U17 Challenge in Dawson Creek,
British Columbia. 2018 recruit Logan Cockerill also assisted on the game-winner.
2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows’ shoot-out goal was the
game-winner in the NTDP U18s’ 3-2 win over the Chicago Steel. Bellows had a
goal waived off in the final minute of regulation when the goalie dislodged the
net.
● USA Hockey recap
Looking back
Jack Eichel scored his fourth goal of the season, earning second-star honors, as Buffalo defeated Philadelphia, 4-1
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
Women’s Team
#14 Terriers travel to New Hampshire on Sunday for a 2p.m. match-up with the Wildcats.
●Daily Free Press preview
