Playing
faster and more physically than on Friday night, #5 Terriers blanked #12
Vermont behind freshman Jake Oettinger’s 28 saves. The Edina, Minnesota native foiled
a number of Catamount odd-man rushes and grade-A chances, especially in the first
period when he stopped a two-on-none, to gain his seventh win and third shutout
of his rookie season, earning first-star honors.
BU’s
fourth line produced the eventual game-winner ten minutes into the first period when Oskar Andrén’s
shot from the point was stopped and junior Chase Phelps converted the loose
puck for his first goal of the season. Gabriel Chabot also assisted.
After
a scoreless second period, the Terriers doubled the lead in the first minute
of the third with their third power play goal of the weekend. Freshman Clayton
Keller fired a bar down shot from the right circle with assists from freshman
Patrick Harper and sophomore Jordan Greenway.
UVM
would outshoot BU, 11-3, in the period, but the Terriers limited the Cats’
quality chances. Just after a successful penalty kill, senior Nick Roberto
took a Patrick Curry pass and ripped a shot from the high slot past Vermont’s
Stefanos Lekkas, who was screened by Nikolas Olsson. With Lekkas pulled for an
extra attacker, Brandon Hickey intercepted a centering pass and fired it the
length of the ice into the empty net..
Vermont
Coach Kevin Sneddon credited BU for a strong defensive effort:
“BU did a real good job defensively. They won more battles, they won more races to loose pucks. They didn’t allow us to move. They did a really good job of clamping down low and we weren’t able to fight through it very well. Their back-pressure was excellent. We didn’t have many odd-man rushes other than two. They just played really well defensively.”
►After splitting the weekend series with the Catamounts, BU and Vermont are tied for sixth in the Pairwise Rankings.
Tonight was @TerrierHockey's first shutout win on the road since a 5-0 victory at UVM on 2/24/12. The goalie? Grant Rollheiser (18 saves).— Brian Kelley (@BKelleyBU) December 11, 2016
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Post-game comments: Coach David
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Daily Free Press recap
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Burlington
Free Press recap
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Hockey East Online recap
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USCHO Hockey
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Looking
ahead
2017
recruit David Farrance scored a highlight-reel power play goal in the NTDP U18s’
4-1 win over Bloomington. The 5-11, left-shot defenseman gathered the puck in
the defensive zone, raced through four Thunder defenders and beat the goalie in
tight for the game’s second goal. 2017 recruit Brady Tkachuk’, who had a team-high 10 shots, set up Team USA's
first goal.
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2018
recruit Matthew Quercia scored his third goal in Sioux Falls’ 3-2 loss to
Omaha.
Looking
back
With
an assist in Hershey’s 6-2 loss to Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Chris Bourque
recorded his 600th
regular season point, becoming the 46th AHL player to reach that
milestone.
Women’s
Team
Senior
captain Natalie Flynn’s overtime goal gave the Terriers a 6-5 upset win against
#2 Minnesota in a wild contest at Walter Brown Arena. A pair of early BU goals
by Victoria Bach and Abby Cook were matched by two Gopher power play scores,
producing a 2-2 tie after one.
Terriers
scored three times in the middle people to Minnesota’s one. BU goals were from
Nina Rodgers—who had transferred from Minnesota—and Samantha Sutherland, along
with Flynn’s first of the season. BU
held a 5-3 lead until the Gophers scored their third power play goal 15 minutes into
the third. With 1:38 remaining, Minnesota tied the score.
Early
in overtime, Natasza Tarnowski won a puck battle in the corner and centered a
pass to Flynn who whipped home the game-winner.
Goalie Erin O’Neil stopped 44 shots including 19 in the third period.
Down Goes No. 2!— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) December 11, 2016
Natalie Flynn scores in OT to lift @BUwhockey to the upset of second-ranked Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/umVLR71J20
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