Sunday, October 06, 2019

Curry and Quercia pace Terriers past Union, 7-3


Playing fast and aggressive hockey from the opening whistle, BU dominated Union and rode a five-goal second period to a convincing 7-3 victory at Messa Rink in Schnectady. Captain Patrick Curry scored a pair of goals and added an assist, sophomore Matt Quercia found the net twice and junior David Farrance contributed a power-play goal and a pair of helpers to lead the attack, which saw 11 skaters reach the score sheet and six record multiple points.

Terriers took control from the get-go, keeping the puck in the offensive zone and taking the first 10 shots, but they didn’t put one on the scoreboard until 14:27 when Quercia converted a Cam Crotty pass from behind the cage with freshman Robert Mastrosimone also assisting.

BU doubled the lead less than a minute later when senior Patrick Harper skated behind the Union net and found Curry for a sharp-angle shot that beat goalie Darion Hanson short side. 

The Dutchmen answered quickly as Chaz Smedsrud found open ice in the high slot and beat graduate transfer Sam Tucker and then a defensive turnover gave the Dutchmen numbers in front of the BU goal, where Sean Harrison found the net.

BU took the lead for good two minutes into the middle period when Mastrosimone recorded his first collegiate goal, depositing a loose puck past Hanson to his left. Fellow rookie Ethan Phillips and junior Kasper Kotkansalo assisted.

Four minutes later Gabriel Chabot gathered a puck from freshman Sam Stevens, turned and whipped a shot from the left corner that glanced off Hanson and into the net. Then, on a power play midway through the period, Harper raced up the left side and from the goal line slid the puck to Curry in the slot for a one-timer and his second goal.

The Terrier onslaught was briefly interrupted by Anthony Rinaldi’s power-play goal at 14:28, cutting the lead to 5-3, but just 40 seconds later Phillips passed to Quercia at the left dot for his second of the night. Late in the period, Farrance fired home a shot from the left circle for BU’s second power-play goal and a 7-3 lead with assists to Curry and freshman Trevor Zegras.

After racking up 36 shots in the first two periods, BU only took eight in the scoreless third while holding their hosts to three shots. 

Throughout the game, Terrier forwards hunted pucks and used their team speed to forecheck relentlessly. With five shots over the last two periods, Union was limited to just 13 for the game. Tucker stopped 10 shots for BU. 

A pleased Coach Albie O’Connell said: “For the first game we played pretty thorough in the first two periods. The power play was pretty good. Our D gaps were good and our forwards really hunkered down in the offensive zone.  We were good in the offensive zone and in the neutral zone and brought the puck up well and didn’t spend much time in the D zone.” 

“Our last line (Chabot, Stevens and freshman Jamie Armstrong) was probably our best. They played pretty simple, but they wore the other team down quite a bit.” 

► Quercia’s pair doubled his goal output from his freshman season.

  


● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score 
● Post-game comments Coach O’Connell  Curry/Quercia 
● Video highlights 
● Boston Hockey Blog recap 
● Union College recap 

Looking ahead 
2020 recruit Jay O’Brien scored a goal and assisted on three others in Penticton’s 5-3 win against Wenatchee. O’Brien, who earned second star honors, leads the 10-0-0 Vees with 17 points.
● PentictonVees.ca recap and box score 

2020 recruit Brian Carrabes scored a pair of unassisted goals, his first two USHL tallies in Sioux Falls’s 6-4 loss to Lincoln.

2020 recruit Braden Doyle assisted on a goal in Dubuque’s 3-2 win against Madison. Mark Cheremeta had a goal and an assist for the Fighting Saints. 

Looking back 
Jack Eichel scored a goal and added two assists in Buffalo’s 7-2 win against New Jersey.
● NHL.com recap and video highlights 

Women’s Team    

#8/9 Terriers will look to emulate the men’s team’s season opening success as they take on Union College in Schenectady. Puck drop is at 1 p.m. Livestream is available on ESPN+(subscription). 

The Terriers, who will host the Frozen Four in April, have won all ten previous games against Union, outscoring the Dutchwomen, 48-16. 

BU returns 20 players from last season’s 21-8-8 club that reached the Hockey East semifinals and won its first Beanpot as a varsity program. That group includes Jesse Compher whose 61 points included an NCAA best 44 assists, top goal scorer (25) Sammy Davis, defenseman Abby Cook (28 points) and Parker MacKenna (19 points). 

Corinne Schroeder started 32 games, winning 18 and producing a 1.90 GAA and a .933 save percentage.  
● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, 2019-20 Prospectus 
● WTBU Sports game preview

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