Saturday, February 01, 2020

Terriers double up Vermont; Women do the same


Trevor Zegras’ power-play goal broke a third-period 2-2 tie, sending BU to a 4-2 win over Vermont in Burlington last night. With the win, the Terriers moved into third place in Hockey East, a point ahead of UMass Lowell and Providence, two points ahead of Northeastern.
The Catamounts got on the board first—at 8:41 of the opening period—when Derek Lodermeirer took a stretch pass behind the BU defense, skated in and beat Ashton Abel high to the stick side.
BU pulled even five minutes into the second period when Case McCarthy skated into the offensive zone along the right boards, cut into the right circle and fired a severe angle shot past Stefanos Lekkas for his first career goal. Assists went to Matthew Quercia and Domenick Fensore.
Terriers took the lead in the opening minutes of the third period. Fensore set up McCarthy for a one-timer from center point. Gabriel Chabot deflected the high shot down to the ice and then slid the loose puck into the open side for his fifth goal. Zegras also assisted.
Vermont responded a minute later with Christian Evers firing home a shot from the left point after BU failed to clear the zone. Minutes later, an unmarked Evers fired from the right faceoff circle but Abel stopped the shot as well as Evers’ follow-up attempt.
Two power plays gave the hosts a chance to take the lead but BU killed both in a penalty-filled third period that saw Fensore hit with a tripping penalty and a misconduct.
BU went on its own power play at 14:61. David Farrance sent a cross-ice pass to Zegras in the left circle and the freshman’s wrist shot went through a defenseman’s legs and just inside the post to Lekkas’ stick side for his eighth goal of the season.
In the final minutes, Vermont pulled Lekkas for an extra skater but Jake Wise slid the puck to Patrick Curry in the neutral zone and the captain hit the empty net to make it 4-2. For Curry, it was his team-high 14th goal, one more than his previous career best.
Freshman Abel was solid again in goal, stopping 28 UVM shots, including four on third-period power plays.
"Special teams were the difference in the third period," said Coach Albie O'Connell following the Terriers third road victory of the season.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Video highlights
● Post-game comments O’Connell
● Boston Hockey Blog recap,

Looking ahead
2020 recruit Nicholas Zabaneh scored his 10th goal in Green Bay’s 4-3 loss to Fargo.
2020 recruit Drew Commesso stopped eight of nine shots in 28 minutes as the NTDP U18s defeated Lake Superior, 5-4, in a shootout.
● USA Hockey recap and box score

2021 recruit Quinn Hutson will play next season with the BCHL Penticton. Hutson, a 5-10, right-shot forward currently skating for the North Jersey Avs’ national U18s has 51 goals and 44 assists in 59 games. A pair of 2020 recruits, Jay O’Brien and Cade Webber are currently with Penticton and Ty Amonte spent a season with the Vees. Hutson’s brother, Lane Hutson, is a 2022 recruit.
● PentictonVees.ca report

Women’s Team
#8 Terriers scored twice in the first period and twice in the third to double up Vermont, 4-2, at Walter Brown Arena. BU improved to 18-6-3 overall and 13-6-3 in Hockey East.
After Deziray De Sousa's goal midway through the first period was matched by the Catamounts, Sammy Davis converted a power-play rebound at 19:42 for a 2-1 lead.
Emma Wuthrich extended the margin to 3-1 early in the third period, but UVM responded a minute later on a power play to narrow the lead to 3-2. A late Courtney Correia goal closed out the scoring. Goalie Kate Stuart stopped 19 shots for BU.
● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score
● Video highlights and post-game comments
● Photo gallery
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