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Terrier finally solved Notre Dame goalie Cal Petersen and claimed a 4-1 win on
Senior Night, earning a share of the Hockey East regular season crown. BU was
led by Clayton Keller with a pair of goals, tallies by Kieffer Bellows and John
MacLeod, and a stellar 40-save performance by Jake Oettinger.
BU
shares the conference title with UMass Lowell and Boston College and, due to the
tiebreaker, will have the conference tournament second seed, behind the
Riverhawks and ahead of the Eagles. UML had one more conference win than BU.
Notre
Dame got on the board late in the first period on Mike O’Leary’s goal. BU
matched that tally midway through the second on a power play with Bellows converting the rebound of Dante Fabbro’s shot for his seventh goal.
Bobo Carpenter also assisted. Late in the period Ryan Cloonan set up MacLeod
who wired a shot past Petersen who was screened by Bellows.
BU
extended the lead four minutes into the third period when Keller redirected
Fabbro’s wrist shot from just inside the blueline. Patrick Harper also picked
up an assist. The stellar freshman from
Illinois put the game out of reach with a wrist shot from the left circle off a
Carpenter feed.
Oettinger stopped 28 Notre Dame shots in the final two period, including several spectacular ones, en route to his 18th win.
Oettinger stopped 28 Notre Dame shots in the final two period, including several spectacular ones, en route to his 18th win.
Along
with the share of the conference title and second seed, BU earned a bye in the
first round of the Hockey East playoffs. The Terriers return to action on March 10th,
when they will be hosting a best-of-three quarterfinal series—opponent TBD.
Coach
David Quinn commented:
“To finish the season tied for the most points in this league says an awful lot about our leadership, our seniors, our juniors. I still think we got another level in us that we can get to. But we’re going to take a deep breath and enjoy this for the next few days.”
Senior Night ceremonies honored captain Doyle Somerby, Tommy Kelley and Nick Roberto, along with video coordinator Sam Kelley.
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GoTerriers.com
recap and comprehensive
box score
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Post Game-Comments: Coach David
Quinn, Doyle
Somerby/Keller
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HockeyEastOnline: First-round
match-ups
Looking
ahead
2017
recruit Hank Crone’s 17th goal was the game-winner for Fargo as the
Force edged Youngstown, 3-2.
With 41 points, the Cedar Hill, Texas native has equaled his 2015-16 points
total in just 42 games.
Video highlights of Friday’s NTDP U18 win over Arizona State when Brady Tkachuk
scored twice and Joel Farabee once.
Looking
back
Adam
Clendening scored late in the third period to bring the Rangers even with the
Devils and New York went on to win in overtime, 4-3.
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NHL.com recap
and video
Evan
Rodrigues scored a goal for Buffalo in the Sabres’ 5-3 loss to Colorado. Jack
Eichel had an assist for Buffalo and Matt Nieto assisted on an Avalanche goal.
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NHL.com recap
and video
Women’s
Team
BU,
trailing by a goal after two periods and 20 minutes from elimination, rallied
for a pair of goals to edge New Hampshire, 4-3, and force a third game in the
best-of-three quarterfinal conference tournament series at Walter Brown Arena.
Alexis Crossley’s second goal of the weekend tied the score and then, at 8:14,
Samantha Sutherland’s short-handed tally provided the game-winner.
The
Wildcats held a 2-1 lead after one, sandwiching goals around Maddie Elia’s
unassisted score. UNH extended the lead to 3-1 on a second-period power play,
but the Terriers responded with a Rebecca Leslie power-play goal to narrow the
margin to 3-2.
BU
outshot New Hampshire, 40-20.
The
third and deciding game will be played Sunday with puck drop set for 3 p.m.
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GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive
box score
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