In perhaps their best effort of the season, Terriers
convincingly defeated #12/9 Harvard, 5-2, at Agganis Arena. Five different
Terriers found the net as BU rebounded from a pair of shutout losses. Senior
Patrick Harper had a goal and two assists, while Cam Crotty had a goal and an
assist and David Farrance added two helpers.
BU grabbed an early lead at 1:21 when Harper pick-pocketed a Harvard defender in the high slot, pushing the puck to Trevor Zegras who broke in beat Crimson goalie Cameron Gornet.We snapped our scoreless streak with some hard work in our own zone and a pretty finish. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/3BTOR3yiJB— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 4, 2019
Terrier immediately went on a power play with a chance to add to the lead, but Harvard’s Reilly Walsh scored a short-hander to tie the score.
BU regained lead at 7:30 when Ethan Phillips deked past a Crimson defense, closed to bottom of the left circle and wristed a shot that went off Robert Mastrosimone and into the net. Farrance had the secondary assist.And we're up 2-1 thanks to this move by Phillips ... off Mastro and in. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/4kOeKvuFwx— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 4, 2019
The middle period was scoreless until the 17:37 mark. On a delayed penalty, Kasper Kotkansalo passed to Farrance who skated to the left circle and whipped a cross-ice pass to Patrick Curry who one-timed a shot past Gornet.
This rip by Cam gives us a three-goal lead in the third. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/F8WuRYTXAo— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 4, 2019
BU struck again five minutes into the third when Jamie Armstrong won a puck battle in the corner of the offensive zone and sent a rolling puck
to Crotty, whose slapper beat Cornet.
At 15:25, Harvard crept closer on Jack Drury’s power play goal. In the final minutes with Gornet pulled for an extra attack, Sam Tucker made a five-bell save on Harvard's Casey Dornbach and the rebound went from Crotty to Harper, who eluded a Harvard defender and sailed the puck from his own blue line into the empty cage.
In another strong performance, Tucker stopped 23 Harvard shots. Kotkansalo was +3 for the game.
Pleased with his team’s performance, Coach Albie O’Connell said, “Well, it was nice to score a couple The guys played well, I thought, from the start of the game to the end of the game.”
He added, “I think we got contributions from everyone. Tuck made a huge save. It could’ve gone 4-3. He made a highlight-reel save on a one-timer.”
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Video highlights and post-game comments
● Boston Hockey Blog recap; Top 5 Moments
● Boston Herald recap
BU Oldtimer's Terrier Takeaway
Looking back
At 15:25, Harvard crept closer on Jack Drury’s power play goal. In the final minutes with Gornet pulled for an extra attack, Sam Tucker made a five-bell save on Harvard's Casey Dornbach and the rebound went from Crotty to Harper, who eluded a Harvard defender and sailed the puck from his own blue line into the empty cage.
In another strong performance, Tucker stopped 23 Harvard shots. Kotkansalo was +3 for the game.
Pleased with his team’s performance, Coach Albie O’Connell said, “Well, it was nice to score a couple The guys played well, I thought, from the start of the game to the end of the game.”
He added, “I think we got contributions from everyone. Tuck made a huge save. It could’ve gone 4-3. He made a highlight-reel save on a one-timer.”
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Video highlights and post-game comments
● Boston Hockey Blog recap; Top 5 Moments
● Boston Herald recap
BU Oldtimer's Terrier Takeaway
1. As the score indicates, last night's performance was
BU's best effort in a few weeks. Not perfect, especially early when BU
permitted Harvard a few odd man rushes and partial breakaways, but much better
than any effort they've submitted recently.
2. Not surprisingly, the coaches shook up the lines.
Apparently, this decision was made after the line sheets were printed. Last
night's combinations were:
Mastrosimone-Phillips-Curry
Zegras-Harper-Armstrong
Quercia-Stevens-Brink
Wittkowski-Wise-Chabot
To varying
degrees, all four lines applied pressure in the Harvard d-zone.
3. For the first time in several weeks, BU displayed
drive from its own end of the ice, especially from the top two lines.
4. Mastrosimone and Vlasic continue to impress. Vlasic followed
up his good game versus Cornell with a strong effort last night.
5. As we've come to expect, Sam Tucker was solid in goal.
Looking back
This one was all we needed.@CharlieCoyle_3's tally with 4:05 to go is your @JagermeisterUSA Shot of the Game!#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/WKnYYoA8Ug— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) December 4, 2019
Charlie Coyle’s sixth goal was the game-winner as the
Bruins blanked Carolina, 2-0. Charlie McAvoy assisted on the Bruins other goal.
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
Clayton Keller scored his fifth goal in Arizona’s 4-2 win against Columbus.
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
Joel Farabee scored his third goal in the Flyers’ 6-1 rout of the Maple Leafs.
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
Clayton Keller scored his fifth goal in Arizona’s 4-2 win against Columbus.
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
Joel Farabee scored his third goal in the Flyers’ 6-1 rout of the Maple Leafs.
● NHL.com recap and video highlights
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