For the second night in a row, BU scored an extra
attacker goal in the game’s final minutes, but Saturday night’s tally by
sophomore Matt Quercia at 17:34 enabled the Terriers to pull even with Maine
for a 2-2 overtime tie at Alfond Arena.
BU outshot the Black Bears again (37-25) but found
beating goalie Jeremy Swayman a daunting challenge.
Maine took a 1-0 lead early in the first period when Tim
Doherty converted a rebound after BU’s Sam Tucker stopped a shot from the
point.
BU held a territorial and shot advantage in the middle
period and finally solved Swayman at 11:52 when Quercia found freshman Trevor
Zegras behind the Black Bear defense. Falling to one knee, Zegras beat the goalie
high to the glove side with junior Kasper Kotkansalo also picking up an assist.
Here's the Zegras goal... #GoBU pic.twitter.com/bGdyQRy8AZ— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 2, 2019
BU nearly took the lead late in the period
when freshman Jamie Armstrong beat the Maine defense to a puck in the corner
and fed it to classmate Robert Mastrosimone, who was stymied by Swayman.The Black Bears regained the lead early in
the third period when Adrien Bisson’s shot from the point deflected off a
Terrier defenseman and past Tucker. BU pressed for an equalizer, throwing 18 shots
on goal. With two-and-half minutes remaining in regulation and an offensive
zone face off, Coach Albie O’Connell pulled Tucker for an extra attacker.
Q cleans up at the crease to tie the game and get us a point. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/ZiI94riVqE— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 3, 2019
The puck came back to junior David Farrance
whose wrister deflected up into Swayman’s chest. Captain Patrick Curry pushed
the rebound through the goalie’s five-hole and Quercia pushed it across the
goal line to knot the score at 2-2. Neither team could produce a winner in
overtime although Tucker was forced to make one more tough save for a total of
23.
O'Connell was pleased with his team's resiliance after falling behind early, noting "We had some push-back in the second that got us to the third [with] a little bit of momentum. We just stuck with it."
BU played without all three assistant captains—Logan Cockerill, Cam Crotty, and Patrick Harper—who were sidelined with injuries. ● Go Terriers.com recap
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box score ● Video highlights● HockeyEastOnline.com recap ● Boston Hockey Blog recap;Takeaways from Friday's game
Looking ahead
2020 recruit Drew Commesso is featured in the November
issue of New England Hockey Journal. The NTDP U18 goalie talks about his path
from playing for his dad with the Bay State Breakers program to prep school at St.
Sebastian’s to Team USA. The 6’2” Norwell, Massachusetts native has a 2.93 GAA and a .902
save percentage in nine games this season. Commesso and fellow recruits Luke
Tuch and Dylan Peterson head to Sweden next week for a Five Nations tournament.
2020 recruit Jay O’Brien scored his 10th goal
in Penticton’s 5-3 win
against Surrey on Friday and then tallied his 11th goal in the Vees’
4-1 win against Victoria
on Saturday. He has a team-high 29 points in 20 games.
Looking back
NEHJ's November magazine also featured Charlie McAvoy, now in his third full season with the Bruins.
Women’s Team
#4 Northeastern completed a weekend sweep of #9 BU with a
2-0 win at Matthews Arena. The Huskies scored the game's only goals late in the
first period and early in the second. Terrier goalie Corinne Schroeder stopped
20 shots to keep BU close.
● Go Terriers.com recap
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