First-period failures doom Terriers; Women defeat Syracuse

#7 North Dakota scored five opening-period goals--four in the first 11 minutes on just six shots--en route to a convincing 7-2 win over #3 BU at sold-out Englestad Arena. 

The Fighting Hawks connected on two early power-play opportunities with Jackson Kunz and Mac Swanson finding the net. After two more tallies, Coach Jay Pandolfo replace Mathieu Caron with Max Lacroix, who yielded the fifth goal of the period.

“It’s been a bit of a common theme for us in our first three games, not being ready to play from the start,” Pandolfo said. “We got out-battled, out-competed, you name it, from start to finish.” [scroll down to the post-game link for more Pandolfo comments]

BU outshot North Dakota, 12-10, in a scoreless second period.

After Kunz scored his second goal forty seconds into the third period, BU finally got on the board when Matt Copponi carried the puck deep into the Fighting Hawks end, maneuvering around two defenders, then centered a pass to Tristan Amonte in the slot for a one-timer. It was his first goal since January 7, 2022. Tom Willander had the second assist.

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Here's a look at Tristan's first goal of the season.pic.twitter.com/nWFsi2ANzS

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 26, 2024

BU scored again four minutes later on a power-play goal. Quinn Hutson passed to Cole Hutson at the points. He dashed to the high slot then set up Quinn for a one-timer from the left dot that beat T.J. Semptimphelter. Shane Lachance, who began the play from behind the UND net, picked up the secondary assist. 

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Here's how Quinn and Cole connected for our second goal of the night.pic.twitter.com/gyrxFCXUWa

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 26, 2024

The teams meet again on Saturday with a 7 p.m. ET start time.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Post-game: Coach Pandolfo

● Boston Hockey Blog game recap 

Looking ahead

                      Pridham left, Hughes right

2025 recruit Jack Pridham scored a pair of goals and fellow recruit Callum Hughes tallied his sixth goal in West Kelowna’s 6-3 win over Sherwood Park. Hughes also assisted on Pridham’s second goal, which came on a power play. Pridham's first goal came on a breakaway.

● WestKelownaWarriors.ca Warriors snap skid with emphatic 6-3 win

Women’s Team

Terriers claimed their fourth straight win, a 4-1 victory at Syracuse. BU was led by senior Callie Shanahan’s fourth consecutive stellar performance and a pair of goals by the team’s top scorer, freshman Lola Reid.

Shanahan, who has yielded only two goals in the four wins, stopped 28 of 29 shots. She lowered her GAA to 1.06 and her save percentage to .960.

After the Orange took a 1-0 lead in the first period, BU pulled even on Clara Yuhn’s power-play goal—a one-timer from the right circle—at 16:28 of the second period.

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Here's a 👀 at Clara's goal!#GoBU pic.twitter.com/OCqEzDrje8

— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) October 25, 2024

 A minute and a half later, Reid poked home a loose puck from the right post for a 2-1 lead.

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Lola extends her points streak to four games, nbd 🤷‍♀️#GoBU pic.twitter.com/VU1sTz5411

— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) October 25, 2024

Early in the third period, Reid scored from the slot for her fifth goal of the season and a 3-1 lead.

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Lola is on a roll!#GoBU pic.twitter.com/9MJbtvUZRV

— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) October 25, 2024

Maeve Kelly’s first collegiate goal closed out the scoring.

The teams meet again on Sunday with a 3 p.m. start time.

● GoTerriers.com recap and box score

● Post-game: Coach Tara Watchorn