Commesso repeats as Goalie of the Month UPDATED

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Drew Commesso is heading to Beijing as the reigning Hockey East Goaltender of the Month! This is the second straight month that Drew has earned this honor! pic.twitter.com/63v6U8hWC0

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 2, 2022

Sophomore netminder Drew Commesso has earned Stop-It Hockey East Goalie of the Month honors for January, repeating the recognition he won in December. The Norwell, Mass., native, who is on his way to the Beijing Winter Olympics with Team USA, won six of seven starts in January with a 1.70 GAA and a .946 save percentage. In December, he was 2-0-1 with a 1.59 GAA and a 1.59 save percentage. Junior Jay O’Brien, with four goals and five assists in January, was runner-up for Player of the Month.

● GoTerriers.com report

● HockeyEastOnline report

 

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Mastro making a case for his second #SCTop10 appearance of the season with this highlight-reel goal!@collegehockey | @ESPNAssignDesk pic.twitter.com/89HZtxu1HE

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 22, 2022

BU Hockey Writer Scott Weighart checked in with captain Logan Cockerill and juniors Robert Mastrosimone and Ethan Phillips about the team’s turnaround from its 4-9-2 start to the 9-1-1 run since second semester began.

● GoTerriers.com As Temperatures Drop, Men's Ice Hockey Heats Up

 

No surprise that Wilmer Skoog's goal directly off a face off against Providence made Hockey East's Plays of the Week.

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Wilmer Skoog already has a lacrosse goal on his resumé, now he's got a goal directly off a faceoff! #SCtop10@ESPNAssignDesk | @collegehockey pic.twitter.com/D2OYP5FXqr

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 30, 2022

Commesso and six other Terriers are part of a record number 43 Hockey East representatives participating in Olympic hockey this month. Marie Philip Poulin will captain Canada’s women’s team while Jesse Compher will skate for Team USA. On the men’s side, David Quinn is the head coach of Team USA with Scott Young as one of his assistants. Commesso and David Warsofsky are rostered U.S. players. Brandon Yip is the captain of host China’s team, which will face the U.S. a week from today (Feb. 10) in the first preliminary round game.

● HockeyEastOnline report

 

Looking back

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We don't call him an All-Star for nothing. 😉 pic.twitter.com/Oinpo061H4

— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) February 3, 2022

Clayton Keller scored his 17^th goal and added an assist in the Coyotes’s 4-2 loss to Calgary. 

Keller, selected for this weekend’s NHL All-Star Game in Las Vegas, also will compete in Friday evening’s skills competition.

● NHL.com report

 

Former BU captain Doyle Somerby has been traded from AHL Iowa to the Tucson Roadrunners. He joins Cam Crotty on the Tucson blueline.

 

This date in BU Hockey History: Feb. 3, 1972

Trailing 2-1 after two period, the Terriers erupted for four final- period goals to foil Colgate’s upset hopes with a 5-3 win at Walter Brown Arena. Early in the third period, BU found the net three times in four minutes on goals by Bob Gryp, Paul Giandomenico and Toot Cahoon. The Red Raiders narrowed the lead to 4-3, but Bob Brown’s second goal at the 16-minute mark put the game away. BU had 57 shots on goal including 20 in the scoreless first period. Goalie Ed Walsh, filling in for injured Dan Brady, picked up the win as BU improved its record to 16-2-1. 

Brady's injury necessitated Tim Regan's early departure from the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, where Team USA would win a silver medal.