Sunday, January 08, 2017

Game Day: Frozen Fenway--BU vs. UMass



A day later than planned, the #5 Terriers take on Massachusetts in the first half of a Capital One Frozen Fenway doubleheader. For BU, it’s the first conference game since the 4-0 shutout of Vermont on Dec. 10. Puck drop at Fenway Park is set for 1:30 p.m. ET with NESN airing the game. Former BU All-American and MOP of the 2009 NCAA Championship game Colby Cohen joins the NESN studio crew.

This is BU’s third Frozen Fenway appearance. The Terriers topped BC, 3-2, in 2010 and fell to Maine, 7-3, in 2014.  Prior to those games, BU had last played outdoors in 1956, beating Holy Cross at MIT Rink.

The Terriers’ 5-4 overtime win against Union gave Coach David Quinn’s squad a 10-3-2 mark for the last 15 games. With the return of the seven players from the World Junior Championships, BU will have nearly everyone available with the exception of Shane Switzer who suffered a concussion against Union.

The Minuteman offense is led by sophomores Austin Plevy and Kurt Keats with 12 points each, and senior Steven Iacobellis with 11. Freshman Ryan Wichow has handled most of the netminding duties and has a 2.71 GAA. The Minutemen have dropped seven of their last eight games.

BU’s line-up
Bellows-JFK-Harper
Greenway-Keller-Carpenter
Olsson-Cloonan-Curry
Kelley-Chabot-Roberto
Krys-McAvoy
Hickey-Fabbro
Somerby-MacLeod
Oettinger 

● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog
● Daily Free Press
● SB Nation preview

Max Prawdzik, spending a semester with NAHL Lone Star, stopped 27 shots in his first start, leading the Brahmas to a 4-2 win against Topeka.
NAHL.com box score

Episode 11 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interview with Coach David Quinn, senior Tommy Kelley and former Terrier blueliner David Warsofsky.



Déjà vu

Looking ahead
Hank Crone scored his 12th and 13th goals In Fargo’s 4-1 win over Sioux City. With 29 points, he’s fourth in the USHL scoring race.

2018 recruit Matt Quercia scored his fourth goal in Sioux Falls’ 3-2 win against Bloomington.

Looking back
Adam Clendening scored a pair of third-period goals—his first two tallies of the season—to help the Rangers rally past Columbus, 5-4.
● NHL.com recap and video

Charlie Coyle scored his 13th goal for Minnesota, but Los Angeles rallied for a 5-4 win.

Kevin Shattenkirk assisted on a pair of goals in the Blues’ 4-3 win against Dallas.

Alex Chiasson opened the scoring in Calgary last night.  His seventh goal of the season helped the Flames defeat the Vancouver Canucks, 3-1.

Three former Terriers—Chris Bourque, Danny O’Regan and AJ Greer—have been selected to play in the AHL All-Star Classic. Head coach Clark Donatelli of Wilkes Barre/Scranton is one of four coaches for the classic.  
● AHL.com report


Women’s Team
Terriers were back in action Saturday afternoon and battled #6 BC to a 1-1 tie at Conte Forum. Senior goalie Victoria Hanson made 45 saves, including nine in overtime, yielding only a power play tally early in the third. That goal tied the score after BU had taken the lead in the second period on Nina Rogers’ sixth goal of the season. Assists went to Abby Cook and Deziray De Sousa.
● Go Terriers.com recap and box score

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