Terriers’ rally falls short; Farabee's first; Women edged by NU

BU dropped the opener of its two-games series at Maine, 4-2, at Alfond Arena. The Terriers battled back from two-goal deficits twice to narrow the lead, but couldn’t produce an equalizer. BU goals were scored by Captain Patrick Curry and freshman Jamie Armstrong.

Despite an evenly played opening period, BU found itself down, 2-0, after one. Maine opened the scoring on a power play at 4:19. The Black Bears moved the puck quickly from Sam Tucker’s right side to the left where an unmarked Ben Poisson one-timed the puck into the empty side. The hosts doubled their lead in the final minutes of the period on the rush with Sam Rennaker’s shot from the bottom of the circle going in off the crossbar.

Here's a look at Armstrong's goal... save that puck! #GoBU pic.twitter.com/SaNYquIqrB

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 2, 2019

BU got on the board midway through the middle period with the teams skating 4-on-4. Armstrong stripped the puck from a Maine skater at the BU blue line and it slid to Matt Quercia, who pushed it ahead to Armstrong for a 2-on-1 break. The freshman closed to the high slot and beat Jeremy Swayman high to the glove side for his first career goal.Energized by the tally BU pressed the attack but still trailed, 2-1, after two.

The Terrier momentum continued into the final period with BU registering the first 11 shots—including Robert Mastrosimone’s set-up of Trevor Zegas—but none got past Swayman. Halfway through the period, Alex Vlasic turned the puck over at center ice, leading to a Maine 3-on-2 rush finished by Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup for a 3-1 lead.

After killing a Maine power play, BU stayed on offense but wasn’t able to score again until the final minutes when Curry fired home a shot from the high slot for an extra-attacker tally. Assists went to Quercia and Alex Brink. A Maine empty-netter produced the final goal and a 4-2 victory.

Despite putting 41 shots on net, including 17 in the final period, Coach Albie O’Connell was dissatisfied with the lack of grade A scoring chances and failing to bury the ones they had. He noted ““We didn’t shoot the puck very well tonight. [It’s about] bearing down in those moments and putting it in the back of the net.”

O’Connell added, “I think [Swayman] saw a lot of the pucks. There wasn’t enough traffic.” 

One bright note for BU was winning 41 of 71 faceoffs, with Quercia going 6-0 on draws.

The teams are back on the ice tonight with a 6:00 p.m. ET start.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● HockeyEastOnline.com recap

Looking ahead

2020 recruit Drew Commesso stopped eight of nine shots in 30 minutes of action in the NTDP U18s’ 4-2 loss to Miami.

2020 recruit Wilmer Skoog recorded his 15^th assist in NAHL Maryland’s 3-2 loss to Johnstown. Skoog is second in the league in scoring with 24 points in 15 games and leads in points per game with 1.60.

Looking back

Joel's first goal! #PHIvsNJD | #FlyOrDie pic.twitter.com/DPJcfvnjwW

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 2, 2019

Joel Farabee’s first NHL goal brought the Flyers even with the Devils at 3-3, and Philadelphia went on to win in a shootout, 4-3.

● NHL.com recap and video highlights  

► Former BU captain Nick Bonino talked about life on and off the ice with Hal Gill.

●NHL.com Coffee Talk with Nick Bonino (video)

#ProudToBU https://t.co/cDl4I7jYAi

— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 1, 2019

 

Women’s Team

#9 Terriers dropped a 2-1 decision to #4 Northeastern at Walter Brown Arena in the first game of a home-and-home series. BU carried a 1-0 lead after two periods but the Huskies scored a pair of third-period goals.

Here's how Sammy, Abby and Julia connected for our fifth power-play goal over the last three games

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— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) November 2, 2019 Freshman Julia Nearis scored her fourth goal of the season on a power play early in the second period, redirecting Abby Cook’s shot. Sammy Davis also assisted. Less than a minute into the final period NU evened the scored on Brooke Hobson’s power-play goal. Then, at the midway point, Mia Brown connected on a rebound after Corinne Schroeder stopped the initial shot. She would finish the night with 35 saves, while Northeastern’s Aerin Frankel stopped 22 BU shots.

In a battle of very good players, the Goalie of the Month just robbed the Player of the Month to keep this game tied at 1-1. pic.twitter.com/6sqtpzeT2c

— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) November 2, 2019

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Video highlights

Hockey East has named Schroeder as Goaltender of the Month for October. In five starts, the junior netminder had a 4-0-1 record with a best in nation .956 save percentage and a second best 1.18 GAA.

● GoTerrier.com report