Saturday, February 20, 2021

GameDay: Terriers visit UConn; Women rally to beat BC


#11/12 Terriers are on the road to face UConn at Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs. Puck drop is at 4 p.m. for the game that will be live-streamed on LiveSports.

The Huskies (8-8-2) are currently fourth in the Hockey East Power Index and while they are coming off road losses to Providence (4-0) and Lowell (3-2 ot), they boast wins against BC, Providence and Northeastern.

UConn relies heavily on its top line, headed by the Hockey East’s leading scorer, junior right-wing Jonny Evans (12-10-22), playmaking center, Jáchym Kondelík (0-16-16) and left wing Vladislav Firstov (3-8-11). Forward Carter Turnbull has 12 points (8G,4A), while freshman John Spetz in the top-scoring defenseman with 9 points (3G,6A)

Junior Tomáš Vomáčka, is among the top goalies in D1 with a .916 save percentage and a 2.58 goals-against average. Two weeks ago when Vinny Duplessis earned top rookie honors, Vomáčka was Defensive Player of the Week honors after backstopping a 4-1 defeat of Northeastern for his eighth win.

BU will be without leading scorer David Farrance once again, although he's expected back next weekend. Jay O'Brien, with a hat trick in his last game, has 10 points (6G,4A), Luke Tuch has eight (4G,4A) and Alex Vlasic has seven (3G,4A). Captain Logan Cockerill, who returned to action last weekend, has a 4-1-5 line. Duplessis, who has stepped at goal in the absence of Drew Commesso, has won all three starts and has an 0.67 GAA and a .974 save percentage. 

● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, Terrier Sports Radio Network, @TerrierHockey, Coach O’Connell’s Weekly Press Conference

● Live stream on SportsLive

● Boston Hockey Blog preview

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape

Looking ahead

2022 recruit Michael Lastarza scored a goal and an assist in Waterloo's 5-4 loss to Omaha. The Montreal native has 15 points in 25 games for the Blackhawks.

 2022 recruit Ryan Greene assisted on a pair of goals in Green Bay's 4-3 overtime win against Dubuque. 2021 recruit Braden Doyle had an assist for the Fighting Saints.

Women’s Team


Captain Jesse Compher’s tally with 40 seconds left in regulation completed a comeback from a 2-0 deficit and gave BU a 3-2 win against #6 BC at Conte Forum. It was the second goal of the game—and her sixth and seventh of the season—for the senior center who also assisted on Mackenna Parker’s tying goal.

The Eagles dominated first period outshooting BU 9 to 3. Junior goalie Kate Stuart made a five-bells save in the opening minutes, but BC found the net twice in the second half of the period.

Early in the second period with BU on the power play, Compher took a pass from Nadia Mattivi and rifled home a shot from the right circle. Tamara Giaquinto also assisted.

Then, three minutes into the final period, Compher controlled the puck behind the Eagle goal line and found a charging Parker who one-timed a shot to knot the score at 2-2.

With four minutes remaining, another great save by Stuart kept the score tied.

In the final minute of the period, Compher circle the BC net, leading to Alex Allen’s shot from the point. Catherine Foulem kept the rebound alive and Compher darted in to push the puck past the Eagles’ Abigail Levy.

Stuart stopped all 18 BC shots over the final 40 minutes and had 27 saves overall to improve her record to 3-1-0.

BU stopped all three BC power plays raising its consecutive kills total to 25. The Terriers boast the best penalty kill in the country, clicking at 96.9% (31-of-32).

The teams meet again Saturday at Walter Brown Arena with puck drop at 4:30 p.m. NESN+ will air the game and it will be live-streamed on Sports Live.  Game Day Links.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Post-game comments: Coach Brian Durocher

● Video highlights

● WTBU Sports recap

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

 

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