Terriers combined three first-period goals and 60
minutes of strong defense to produce a 4-1 win in the deciding game of the quarterfinal
series at Lowell. Patrick Harper led the offense with two goals and an assist,
while Jake Oettinger produced another standout effort in goal. BU advances to
the Hockey East semifinals next Friday at TD Garden and, thanks to BC’s upset of
Providence, will face #2 seed Northeastern.
BU set the tone early in the first period.
Harper took a pass from Logan Cockerill at his own blueline, sped into the
offensive zone on an odd-man rush and slid the puck to Chad Krys in the right circle
for a one-timer that beat Chris Hernberg. Midway through the period, Cockerill
redirected a shot into the Lowell net, but it was disallowed on a stick above
the shoulder call.
Minutes later BU got that two-goal lead when
Joel Farabee took a pass from Krys, skated up left wing with one defenseman
back and lasered a shot past Hernberg high to the glove side. Cam Crotty picked
up the secondary assist on Farabee’s team-leading 17th goal.
Late in the period, after Ty Amonte had a pair
of grade-A chances stopped by Hernberg during the game’s only power play, Patrick
Curry set up Harper whose wrister from the slot found net for a three-goal
lead. BU had outshot the River Hawks 13-3, aiding Oettinger with a bunch of
blocked shots.
After a scoreless second period, BU was just 20
minutes from a return to the conference semifinals. Early in third, David Farrance
sent Curry in alone on a breakaway but his backhander was turned aside by Tyler
Wall who had replaced Hernberg.
At the eight-minute mark with BU on a line
change, Lowell’s Connor Wilson stopped Crotty’s attempt to clear the puck out
of the zone and found Kenny Hausinger in the right circle. His shot beat
Oettinger high to the glove side, cutting the lead to 3-1. Just over a minute
later, Oettinger was tested on a shot by Jon McDonald, but kicked the shot away.
With Wall pulled, Cockerill and Harper had a 2-on-none and Cockerill gave up
the puck to his teammate for his second goal of the game.
Coach Albie O’Connell pointed to BU’s energy
and enthusiasm as keys to the fast start in the opening period, noting
“We have been in
this situation before, where we were on the ropes last year and we wanted to
keep playing and guys wanted to keep playing this year.”
BU, which is now 8-2 in quarterfinal game
threes since 2000, is the first school to make 25 appearances in the Hockey
East semifinals.
Oettinger stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced,
with his defense blocking 14 attempts.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Post-game comments
O’Connell
● Daily Free Press recap
● WTBU Sports recap
● Boston Herald recap
Looking
ahead
2019
recruit Trevor Zegras scored his 21st goal—and 70th point of the
season— in the NTDP U18s’ 13-1 rout of Green Bay. Dom Fensore assisted on three
goals and was +4 for the game. Case McCarthy also had a helper.
Mastrosimone is a straight up hustler 💯— USHL (@USHL) March 17, 2019
The 🦆 with the steal and score@ChicagoSteel #WhosNext pic.twitter.com/0DG7NNM0hF
2019 recruit Robert Mastrosimone scored his 27th goal in Chicago’s 3-2 win against Dubuque.
2020
recruit Drew Commesso stopped 22 of 23 shots in the NTDP U17s 2-1
shootout loss to Cedar Rapids, yielding only a power play goal in
regulation and overtime. Fellow recruit Dylan Peterson assisted on the U17s’
goal.
Looking back
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 17, 2019
Evan Rodrigues scored his ninth goal and Jack Eichel had a shootout goal in Buffalo’s 4-3 win against the Blues.
● NHL.com recap
and video highlights
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