Terriers broke open a scoreless tie
with five third-period goals to pin a 5-0 shutout on #12 Lowell at Agganis
Arena. Senior Patrick Harper (2G,1A) and freshman Trevor Zegras (1G,2A) led the
BU attack, while freshman goalie Ashton Abel kept his net empty to gain his
second win and first shutout. Fellow freshmen Ethan Phillips and Robert
Mastrosimone also scored for the home team.
BU dominated the first period,
outshooting the River Hawks 15-4 and holding the visitors without a shot for
the first 6:30. Goalie Tyler Wall, who had the conference’s top save percentage
going into the game, turned all 15 Terrier chances away. BU came closest to
scoring on freshman Domenick Fensore’s end-to-end rush.
The middle period was more evenly
played with BU holding a 9-8 shot advantage. They actually did break through
Wall early in the period when a Zegras shot trickled through the goalie, but
Chase Blackmun kept it from crossing the goal line. Junior Logan Cockerill
later tested Wall with a backhander from 10 feet away. BU killed Lowell’s only
power play of the game, yielding just a single shot.
BU’s all-freshman line ended the scoreless
tie. Mastrosimone rushed the puck up ice, lost—then regained—control and slid
the puck to Wilmer Skoog in the right circle. He dished it to Phillips for a
one-timer from the left circle, beating Wall high to the glove side.
Scoreless deadlock broken!— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 25, 2020
Mastro gets it started and Skoog finds Phillips to ignite the home crowd. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/Xl50kkAWTW
With BU on a power play, Lowell’s
Connor Sodergren was whistled for a major penalty for elbowing junior David
Farrance to the head. BU needed just 16 seconds to connect on the 5-on-3. Zegras
curled from the right circle to the high slot and wristed a shot top shelf to
give BU a 2-0 lead. Harper and Farrance assisted.
Here's the Zegras 5-on-3 PP goal that made it a 2-0 contest. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/ToVwdpW4s6— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 25, 2020
The power play continued and so did
the Terrier scoring. At 11:34, Harper followed Zegras’ script, rifling home a shot
from the high slot with Cockerill screening Wall. Farrance and Zegras assisted.
And here's the first of Harper's two goals on the major PP. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/6QGeWWIpsO— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 25, 2020
Two minutes later—still will the
man-advantage, Harper banged home the rebound of senior captain Patrick Curry's slap shot off Wall’s pads, extending the lead to 4-0 and chasing Wall.
Harps with another! This one makes it 4-0. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/65iFsaqkye— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 25, 2020
The Terriers, who held Lowell to
five shots in the final period, would add a fourth power-play goal late in the
period with some slick puck movement from the freshman line. Skoog’s cross-ice
pass to Phillips was quickly sent to Mastrosimone at the right post for a
tap-in goal to celebrate his 19th birthday.
Tic-tac-[Mas]tro for the 5-0 final. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/Y1pRdGtB4w— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) January 25, 2020
Coach Albie O’Connell: “I thought
overall we played a pretty thorough game from the drop of the puck. “It’s the
smartest we’ve played all year.” He lauded the team’s—and in particular, the
defensemen’s—efficient puck management.
“It wasn’t easy,” O’Connell added,
commenting on Wall’s 30 saves. “He was really good, especially in the first
period. He’s one of the best goalies in the league, but we kept shooting. He’s
a terrific goalie and I’m sure he’s going to be sharp tomorrow night.”
Following his third appearance in
the Terrier net, Abel, who came to BU from the AJHL at semester break, has a 1.48
GAA and a .941 save percentage.
The teams conclude the home-and-home
tonight at Tsongas Arena with puck drop at 6 p.m. NESN will air the game.
● GoTerriers.com recap
and comprehensive
box score
● Boston Hockey Blog recap,
Three
Takeaways
● Lowell Sun recap
Looking ahead
2020 recruit Jay O’Brien scored his 20th goal
and added a pair of assists in Penticton’s 6-2 win against Merritt. O’Brien, who earned the
game’s second star, has 55 points in 38 games for the Vees, and is tied for
third in BCHL scoring.
2021 recruits Tyler Boucher and
Jeremy Wilmer each recorded an assist in the NTDP U17s’ 5-3
loss to Des Moines.
Women’s Team
#7/8 Terriers gave up a late power play goal and settled
for a 1-1 overtime tie with Merrimack at Agganis Arena. It was the second tie
this season between the teams, who will meet again Saturday at Lawler Rink with
faceoff set for 2 p.m.
BU took a 1-0 lead midway through
the first period on Abbey Stanley’s shot from the left point, assisted by
Deziray De Sousa and Breanna Scarpaci. The narrow lead held until 14:09 of the
third period when the Warriors converted on a power play.
BU outshot Merrimack 36 to 24,
including seven in overtime.
● GoTerriers.com recap
and comprehensive
box score
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