Despite producing what Coach David Quinn called “the best
game we’ve played start to finish in a while,” #1 Terriers saw their five-game unbeaten
streak end with Harvard claiming a 3-2 overtime win at Agganis Arena. It was the 150th meeting between the schools.
After a scoreless first period with BU outshooting the
visitors 13-5, BU broke the ice on the power play when Matt Lane (photo) swept
home a loose puck after a Cason Hohmann scoring chance. J.J. Piccinich’s assist
was his first BU career point. Harvard answered quickly with the equalizer off
a face off to Matt O’Connor’s right and then a power play goal with less than
two minutes left in the second period. Following a familiar script, Terriers
dominated the third period and leveled the score at two apiece on a wrist shot
by Ahti Oksanen, who now has 8 goals. But BU was unable to produce the
game-winner.
BU held the potent Harvard offense to 24 shots while
generating 42 shots of their own. Three Terriers— Lane, Oksanen and Brandon Hickey—
each had seven shots on goal.
Lane earned third-star honors, while Crimson goalie Steve
Michalek, who fended off 40 BU shots, was second star and Criscuolo, with two
goals, was first star.
After the game, Quinn
noted:
“I know there’s a heap of things that we need to do better. We’ll address them and we’ll continue to get better, but like I said, I thought tonight’s game — we were better tonight than we have been in a while. … If we play like that, we will get rewarded. We will get rewarded.”
Terrier
Take-Away: Today’s entry from blog contributor cdral
-The Terriers held their own in battles along the boards and
corners. Goals are hard to come by and BU can ill afford to head into the final
period trailing and expect to turn it on in the third period to win.
-The team
needs to take away sight lines in front of the opposition's goalie, develop a
net-front presence in order to create more second-chance opportunities in tight.
-At the defensive end, BU can do a better job of clearing
the area around the net. At times, BU made it difficult for Harvard to
transition, effectively bottling them up.
-The power play units moved the puck well and converted 1 of 2 chances, generating 7 shots.
-Face-offs remain problematic although the delta was
reduced tonight.
Freshman Jack Eichel's point-scoring streak ended at 10. His OREO linemates each had a point: Oksanen with a goal, assisted by Danny O'Regan. With the loss, BU's record is now 8-2-1.
●
GoTerriers.com recap
and comprehensive box score
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Video highlights
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Post-game comments: David Quinn
● Daily Free Press
recap
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Boston Hockey Blog: Pluses
& Minuses
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USCHO recap
● College Hockey News recap
● College Hockey News recap
Among the ex-Terriers in attendance:Tom O'Regan, Bill
Pierce, Mike Eruzione, Travis Roy, Dan Ronan, Kenny Roche, Brad Zancanaro,
David Van Der Gulik, Brian Collins, Kevin Schaeffer, Marc Hetnik, Freddy Meyer,
Chris Dyment, Dick DeCaprio, John Cronin, Mike Dimella, Pat Aufiero, Jack
Parker, Brian Durocher, Mark Mullen, Peter Fish, Shawn McEachern and Jay
Pandolfo.
Looking back
Alex Chiasson scored with 41 seconds left in regulation to
bring Ottawa even with St. Louis in a game the Senators would win, 3-2, in a
shootout. Two other ex-Terriers were on the score sheet: Eric Gryba tallied an assist
for the Senators, while Kevin Shattenkirk added one for St. Louis.
Nick
Bonino assisted on the game-winner as Vancouver blanked the Devils, 2-0.
● Recap
and highlights
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