Oettinger earns HE kudos; 7 named to U.S. Junior National camp roster

Freshman goalie Jake Oettinger, who yielded just three goals on 71 shots this past weekend, earned Hockey East’s Defensive Player of the Week honors. Oettinger, who literally “stole” a win against Providence Friday night and was very strong on Saturday, had a 1.45 GAA and .958 save percentage for the two-game series.  Junior Nikolas Olsson, who scored the game-winner Friday and the game-tying goal Saturday, was named to Hockey East’s weekly top performers list, along with freshman Patrick Curry, who assisted on both BU goals Saturday.

Terriers moved up a notch to #5 in the USCHO Weekly Poll, while remaining at #5 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

Seven Terriers were named to the selection camp for the U.S. Junior National Team. Joining two Team USA holdovers, defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Chad Krys, are Oettinger and four forwards, Kieffer Bellows, Jordan Greenway, Patrick Harper and Clayton Keller.  A total of 27 players will report to the camp in Buffalo that runs Dec. 16-20, followed by a final camp in Ontario beginning Dec. 21. Team USA will compete in the World Junior Championships in Toronto and Montreal from Dec. 26 through Jan. 5.

● USA Hockey announcement

● Boston Hockey Blog report

● SB Nation analysis

● College Hockey News report

● NHL.com Oettinger tops U.S. WJC camp roster

Earlier, freshman defenseman Dante Fabbro was named to the camp roster for Team Canada.

Terrier Takeaway

Blog contributor defkit offers some thoughts on Saturday’s 2-2 tie with Providence.

- Thought the Terriers started strong, and carried the play for the first 15 minutes or so, despite giving up the two goals (one on the PP, one immediately after a PP ended). But then Providence took over and really controlled the pace until the last 10 minutes of the game.

- Bellows had an interesting night. He had a great opportunity to get an early goal after a miscue by Hawkey behind the net, but rushed a tough angle shot, hitting the side of the net. Then, he took a couple penalties before the period was over and didn't see a shift in the second or third period. Credit David Quinn for holding firm, despite the need for goals late in the game. I hope Bellows handles the discipline the right way.

- Thought PC did a great job neutralizing Greenway. There were very few instances of him controlling the puck along the boards just waiting for the right opportunity. PC had some good size on defense that helped its cause.

- Needless to say, way too may penalties for BU. Some were tough luck (the interference on Roberto when he was just trying to stay onside), and one or two may have been questionable calls, but by and large they were deserved, and in some cases lazy. You know the team is having a tough go of it when JFK ends up in the box twice.

- Hickey's goal was a tremendous individual effort. It seemed no forward was in the lower half of the offensive zone when he made his push to the net. He converted his rebound so quickly that in live action I thought it was a deflection off of his original shot.

- On the game tying goal, BU was fortunate that a PC player got tangled up with McAvoy earlier in the play. As a result McAvoy was down low by the time the puck bounced to him, and he was able to find a wide open Olsson. My feeling is that if the PC player lets McAvoy go initially, he would have been much higher up near the blue line and the play would not have been there.

- Carpenter had a shorthanded breakaway in the waning seconds of overtime. Had he scored, that game would have been one of the more memorable games at HAA.

- Overall, the Terriers have some work to do in terms of discipline and they need Keller back to really ignite the offense.

►Boston Hockey Blog: Analysis of Providence series

Looking ahead

2020 recruit Trevor Zegras scored a goal and an assist as Avon Old Farms blanked Cushing Academy, 5-0.

Looking back

Former BU MVP Alex Chiasson scored his fifth goal, added two assists and picked up a five-minute major for fighting—a Gordie Howe hat trick—in the Flames’ 8-3 drubbing of Anaheim. Chiasson has been playing on Calgary’s top line in recent weeks.

● NHL.com recap and video

Nick Bonino scored a goal for the second consecutive game in the Penguins’ 5-3 win against Detroit.

● NHL.com recap and video

Women’s Team

Senior Victoria Hanson and sophomore Sammy Davis were named to Hockey East’s weekly list of top performers.

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