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Terriers rallied twice from two-goal deficits to earn a hard-fought 4-4
overtime tie with New Hampshire at Agganis Arena. BU received second-period
goals from Jordan Greenway and Bobo Carpenter and third-period goals from
Charlie McAvoy and Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson.
The
Wildcats had the upper hand in the first period, scoring a power play goal just
three minutes in and then doubling the lead when Ara Nazarian pick-pocketed
Brien Diffley at the edge of the crease and beat Jake Oettinger.
Momentum
shifted in the second period after an especially effective penalty kill by BU.
Then at 6:17, Greenway wristed a McAvoy pass past Daniel Tirone to get the
Terriers on the board. Three minutes later, Patrick Harper set up Carpenter for
a power play goal to bring BU even at 2-2. UNH responded with a blast from
Dylan Chantier from the high slot and Tyler Kelleher’s rip from the left
faceoff dot to restore its two-goal margin.
Momentum
shifted again just 40 seconds into the final period when McAvoy’s shot from the
point went past a screened Tirone to cut the lead to 4-3. It was all BU after
that with the Terriers firing another 15 shots on net, many of the grade A
variety. But they weren’t rewarded until 15:36 when Greenway controlled the
puck behind the UNH net and found Forsbacka Karlsson for the equalizer.
BU
pressed for a game-winner in the final minutes of regulation and throughout the
five minute overtime, but came up empty. A late non-call when Clayton Keller
was hooked down drew the ire of BU fans and Coach David Quinn, who disdainfully
noted that the referee told him that Keller “fell.”
“I
thought they played well. I thought a bunch of guys played well,” Quinn said.
“After the first period we dusted ourselves off and said let’s just go play
hockey. What I liked tonight is there was a lot of zone time. We were less
defendable down low. We got more pucks to the net which got them turned around."
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USCHO recap
The
teams will complete their home-and-home at The Whittemore Center in Durham
tonight at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast online on ESPN3.
Looking
ahead
BU
added another high-end defenseman to its recruiting pipeline with a commitment
from 6’4” Cade Webber. A native of Pittsburgh suburb Meadville, Pennsylvania, Webber
is a freshman at The Rivers School, coached by former Terrier All-American, NHLer and
U.S. Olympian Shawn McEachern. He has a goal and 15 assists in 27 games. Webber joins Lawrence Academy defenseman Braden
Doyle, Avon Old Farms forward Trevor Zegras and CIH Academy center Dylan Peterson in BU’s 2020 recruit class. All
three are considered strong candidates for the National Team
Development Program.
'01 LD Cade Webber (Rivers) commits to BU. NTDP candidate is huge get for Terriers. Just about every Hockey East team + Penn St. wanted him.— Jeff Cox (@JeffCoxSports) February 17, 2017
Cox
recently profiled Webber for an article on top ’01 prep players who—at the time—were
uncommitted:
2. Cade Webber, #8 Rivers, Fr., Defense, Shoots Left, 1/5/01, 6-4/175 - A Pennsylvania native, he's still very raw, but his size and physical tools have several big time schools intrigued. He's being pursued by Penn State, Providence, BC and BU among others, several of whom have offered. For a big kid growing into his frame, his footwork and first step are impressive, but he'll only get better as he continues to develop. His mobility and gaps are strong. He skates with his head up and has good reach. Once he continues to bulk up his lower body strength, his skating should get even better.
Last month Webber was drafted by the Jersey
Hitmen in the futures
draft for the National
Collegiate Development Conference, which is the USPHL's tuition-free division
that will drop its inaugural puck in September 2017.
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Elite Prospects page
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Boston Hockey Blog report
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