Sunday, February 27, 2022

Terriers double up Eagles, 6-3; Women eliminated UPDATED

Returning the ice for the first time since their Beanpot win on Feb. 14, #13/14 Terriers got two goals apiece from sophomore wings Luke Tuch and Dylan Peterson to power a 6-3 win against arch-rival BC on Senior Night at Agganis Arena. Junior Wilmer Skoog and freshman Brian Carrabes each added a goal while Domenick Fensore assisted on three tallies.

The teams conclude the home-and-home series Sunday afternoon at Conte Forum with puck drop at 4 p.m. NESN will air the game and it will live stream on College Sports Live.

With the win BU improves to 18-10-3 overall and 12-6-3 in Hockey East. Following Saturday’s games, BU is tied for fifth place with UConn, who was swept by Northeastern, and Providence, who took a pair from Maine. In the PairWise rankings, the Terriers sit at #14.

Terriers have now won eight in a row and 12 of the last 13 games. The last eight-game winning streak came in December and January of the 2016-17 season.

Terriers took some time to shake off the rush as the first ten minutes offered few scoring chances either way. That changed at 11:34. After Skoog won an offensive zone draw, BU set up Fensore for a center point rip that Tuch redirected past BC’s Eric Dop. Robert Mastrosimone had the secondary assist.

BU continued to have the upper hand and scored on the rush at 18:18—a “Beanpot flashback, according to broadcast analyst Mark Linehan. Jamie Armstrong sent the puck up the left side to Nick Zabaneh, who eluded a BC defender to create a two-on-one with Peterson, whose initial shot went off the right post. Peterson swiped at the loose puck and Dop knocked it across the goal line.

Just 15 seconds later, Ty Gallagher sent a perfect pass from just behind the BU blueliner to a streaking Skoog who broke in alone. He froze Dop with a forehand move and the slid a backhand shot into a half empty net. Fensore picked up his second assist as BU took a 3-0 lead. Shots were 15-7 BU.

The visiting Eagles pick up the play in the second period. Four minutes in, Michael Karow had the puck at the goalmouth, but sophomore goalie Vinny Duplessis robbed him. Minutes later, Jack McBain, who had skated for Canada in the Beijing Olympics, scored of a face off to cut the lead to 3-1.

Terriers got that one back midway through the period on Peterson’s 10th of the season, which turned out to be the game-winner. Zabaneh’s point shot was saved, but Joe Campolieto pushed the loose puck back into the crease and Peterson, on his second attempt, slid it home.

Five minutes later Tuch connected on a power play to stretch the lead to 5-1. Ethan Phillips passed from behind the BC goal line to captain Logan Cockerill at the right boards. He closed to the right circle and found Tuch outside the crease with his back to the net. The Montreal draft pick quickly whirled and wristed the puck past Dop’s blocker. Tuch also had a two-goal game vs. BC in last season’s 3-1 home-ice win.

After BU had killed four Eagle power plays, the fifth one produced BC’s second goal. Jack St. Ivany’s blueline shot was stopped by Duplessis, but an unmarked McBain parked at the right post had an easy putback to pull BC within three again after two period.

Terriers stretched the lead to 6-2 early in the third when Brian Carrabes connected for his fourth goal. Tuch laid a heavy hit along the boards that slowed a BC clearing attempt and Fensore one-timed it. Carrabes, standing the slot, redirected the puck over Dop’s glove.

A five-minute major penalty to BC didn’t yield anymore Terrier goals, but six minutes remain the Eagles managed a shorthander by Casey Carreau.

Duplessis stopped 28 BC shots, including 11 in the final period, to gain his sixth consecutive win and his fifth this month. BU outshot BC 42-31, won 33 of 60 draws and once again were in double-digits in blocked shots with 17.

A pleased Coach Albie O'Connell said, “We’re pretty excited about the result. There was some manic play and some sloppiness at times, and some stupidity. But on balance, we played a good hockey game, 5-on-5. … I thought we did a good job, overall tonight. So really happy for the group, especially after the time off.

"I think we’ve done a good job of getting in front of goalies and taking their eyes away on some goals," O'Connell added. "We were pretty relentless getting there. I think we were on the attack from the start of the game trying to get pucks to the cage and trying to get bodies there."

The Senior Night crowd of 6,007 was among the largest of the season.

                              Photo credit: Kyle Prudhomme

●  GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Video Highlights—Post Game: O’Connell, Cockerill, Tuch

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● WTBU Sports recap 

 

Looking ahead

2023 recruit Jack Harvey scored his 15th goal in Chicago’s 8-5 win against Muskegon. 2022 recruit Quinn Hutson scored his 26th goal for the Lumberjacks.

Women’s Team

Terriers dropped a 3-1 decision to Connecticut in the Hockey East quarterfinals, ending their season. They finish with a 12-15-6 record.

Courtney Correia scored her 14th goal, assisted by Catherine Foulem and Nadia Mattivi, in the game’s first minute. UConn tied the score later that period, tallied the game-winner on a second-period power play and added an empty-net goal in the third period.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

 

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