Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Skoog 2OT goal sends Terriers to Beanpot final


In yet another BU-BC Beanpot game that needed extra time to produce a winner, Wilmer Skoog banged home a rebound at 7:20 of the second overtime to send the Terriers to next Monday’s championship game where they’ll face defending champion Northeastern. BU reaches the title game for the 54th time in 68 tournaments and will be seeking its 31st title.
Down 3-1 with less than eight minutes left in regulation, the Terriers roared back to tie with a pair of goals in 70 seconds, took the lead, then gave it up in the final minute forcing overtime. The teams played a scoreless five-minute overtime and, due to a new NCAA rule, the game officially ended as a tie for the record books. But the tournament required a winner so after the ice was resurfaced, a 20-minute second overtime began.

BU held the shots edge in the second OT, 5-2, including a Patrick Harper breakaway stopped by Spencer Knight. On the winning sequence, Alex Vlasic controlled the puck in the left corner and sent a pass toward the BC crease. Alex Brink took a whack at it, which Knight defended, but the rebound went to a closing Skoog who roofed the bouncing puck and set off a celebration on the ice and among the Terrier faithful. 


The game did not begin auspiciously for BU. Patrick Giles put the Eagles ahead at 2:15 when a pass from behind the net had Ashton Abel leaning the wrong way.  Five minutes later, BC connected on a power play as an unmarked Alex Newhook closed from the right circle and beat Abel high to the blocker side.

Terriers got one back quickly with their own power-play goal. Slick passing sent the puck from Trevor Zegras, out to David Farrance, down low to Logan Cockerill and in front to Patrick Curry for a one-timer.

BC had a 15-9 edge in shots in the middle period, but there was no scoring until17:48 when David Cotton’s shot glanced off Vlasic and into the net for a 3-1 Eagle lead.
The Terrier comeback began at 12:36 of the third when Patrick Harper drove to the net and sent the puck to a charging Farrance for a shot just inside the left post. Just over a minute later, Farrance circled the BC net and backhanded a pass to Harper between the circles for a game-tying snipe.
BU took the lead for the first time with 2:12 remaining when Zegras rifled a pass from the right corner to Robert Mastrosimone at the goalmouth for a one-timer.  But BU’s euphoria was short-lived.  A hooking call against Curry and a pulled goalie gave BC a 6-on-4 advantage. Cotton’s centering pass was kicked back to him at right side of the goal and he beat Abel high.  And that sent the game to overtime. 


 Abel played a strong game, stopping 37 BC shots to keep BU within striking distance and remains undefeated in four starts.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score 
● GoTerriers.com feature: Epic Beanpot Semifinal Win
● Video highlights 
● Post-game comments: O'Connell, Harper, Skoog 
● Boston Hockey Blog game recap, Top 5 Moments 

● NESN Beanpot Notes , Skoog credits “luck”
● BU Today: BU stuns BC in overtime thriller ● Boston Herald recap
● USCHO.com Beanpot recaps 



Looking back

Former Terrier Kieffer Bellows has been called up to the New York Islanders. He had been the leading scorer for AHL Bridgeport, where he scored 15 goals in his last 26 games.

● Newsday.com report


Women’s Team
#8 Terriers begin the defense of their Beanpot championship, facing off against Boston College in the second semifinal at Walter Brown Arena.  Game time is 8 p.m. and the contest will air on NESNplus in New England. It will be streamed throughout North America on CBS All-Access and in Canada via TSN.
● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats,
● CBS All-Access live stream
● Boston Herald Sammy Davis set to defend Beanpot title

 

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