Sunday, October 22, 2023

UPDATED Rebound: Terriers dominate Notre Dame, 8-2; Women rout Syracuse

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As the old song goes, "What a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours..." #6 Terriers rediscovered their identity and thoroughly dominated Notre Dame, 8-2, to gain a weekend split and improve their record to 2-2-0.

Freshmen led the way for five of the tallies, including two each for Macklin Celebrini and Shane Lachance and one from Aiden Celebrini. Q. Hutson and Luke Tuch also found the net for BU.

CHECK BACK MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR NEAL BOUDETTE'S TERRIER TAKEAWAY

"I liked our response," Head Coach Jay Pandolfo said. "For us to come back tonight and respond the right way, I was really happy with that. I thought we got back to our game. We played a direct game, we played fast, we got the puck up the ice. ... We didn't give up very much in the slot at all. That's when I know we're playing well, protecting the middle of the ice. And when we do that, we usually transition well."

BU created opportunities for itself all night, hunting pucks with an aggressive forecheck, rarely giving the Irish room to breathe.

Terriers played without two veteran defensemen: Lane Hutson, who sustained an upper-body injury Friday night, and Cade Webber, who was out all weekend with a lower body injury.'

Commenting on his first-year players, Pandolfo said,"It's tough for them because we didn't play very well as a team (recently). They're probably wondering what the heck is going on here. But I think all of them have actually handled themselves very well. Even in the games we didn't have success, I thought the freshmen played pretty well overall."

BU was on its game from the get-go and the goals came quickly with six tallies--five for BU, one for Notre Dame--in the first 9:31. Quinn Hutson got the party started with a snipe from the top of the right circle.

A minute later, at 4:44, Macklin Celebrini gave the crowd--and some 20 NHL scouts in attendance--something "oooh" about.

Notre Dame got one back quickly when Ryan Siedem, a transfer from Harvard, fired from center point through a crowd and past Matthieu Caron.  BU responded at 6:14 when Peterson notched his first of the season, converting a Jeremy Wilmer pass.

Tuch joined the scoring party at 7:36, when he stole a puck in the defensive zone, transitioned to a 2-on-1 with Devin Kaplan and from the left circle beat goalie Ryan Bishel to the glove side.

Lachance made it 5-1 at 9:31 with a sharp-angle redirection from just outside the crease.

Terriers were back on the attack quickly. At 2:31, Sam Stevens and Lachance broke in on a 2-on-1. Stevens' shot was saved by Bishel, but the rebound went right to Lachance and the 6'5" freshman buried it. 

Just a minute later, Aiden Celebrini scored unassisted with a shot from center point and brother Macklin retrieved the puck for him.

BU had failed to convert on its first three power plays but some Macklin Celebrini magic made the fourth man-advantage opportunity count.

After two periods, BU had a 39-13 shot advantage and an 8-2 lead. The Irish didn't stop fighting and put 17 shots on Caron in the final period with only a shot by an unmarked Tyler Carpenter getting past the Terrier netminder. 


● GoTerriers recap and comprehensive boxscore

● Pandolfo post-game comments

● Video highlights NBC Sports

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● College Hockey News recap


NEW-- Looking ahead

2024 recruit Cole Eiserman scored a pair of goals—including an extra-attacker tally late in the third to complete a four-goal NTDP U18 comeback—but Cornell defeated the U18s, 5-4 in overtime. 2024 recruit Cole Hutson assisted on three goals, including both Eiserman goals. Following a five-goal weekend, Eiserman has an 18-5-23 scoring line in 11 games.

2024 recruit Michael Chambre stopped 18 of 21 shots to backstop Sioux Falls’ 3-2 overtime win against Omaha. It was his third consecutive win.

2025 recruit Zach Morin’s penalty-shot goal at 3:32 of overtime sent Youngstown past Chicago, 3-2.

2025 recruit Conrad Fondrk scored his fifth goal while Charlie Trethewey picked up his seventh assist in the NTDP U17s 6-3 loss to Muskegon. Trethewey leads the team in scoring with nine points.

 

NEW--Looking back

Clayton Keller's third goal was the game-winner as the Coyotes edged the Ducks, 2-1. 

Joel Farabee scored his third goal in the Flyers' 5-4 OT loss to Dallas.

Women's Team

Women's Ice Hockey Celebrates Goal 

A pair of goals by Sydney Healy led the Terriers to a 6-1 win over visiting Syracuse to give Coach Tara Watchorn her first win.   

BU also received tallies from Luisa Welcke, Alex Law, Lacey Martin and Catherine Foulem. Freshman goalie Mari Pietersen stopped 12 of 13 shots to earn the win.

●  GoTerriers.com recap and video highlights and comprehensive box score

● Watchorn and Healey post-game comments


 

 

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