Sunday, September 26, 2021

Red edges White, 2-1, in fast-paced scrimmage; recruits shine in USHL, BCHL; Women take exhibition win

BU Red edged BU White, 2-1, in the Terriers’ final intra-squad scrimmage at Agganis Arena Saturday with about 175 fans in attendance. The refereed scrimmage featured a 25-minute period followed by a 10-minute period with the final minutes devoted to 3-on-3 action, Hockey East’s format for overtime.

Freshman Brian Carrabes gave White the initial lead, burying the rebound of a shot by sophomore Nick Zabaneh past sophomore Vinny Duplessis for the only score in the opening period.  Red knotted the score in the opening minutes of the second when sophomore Dylan Peterson converted a pass from captain Logan Cockerill. After junior Wilmer Skoog was stymied on a breakaway by junior goalie Ashton Abel, junior transfer Matt Brown redirected home a shot from junior Domenick Fensore for the eventual game-winner, following junior Case McCarthy’s on-the-tape, cross-ice pass to Fensore.

Sophomore netminder Drew Commesso was particularly sharp in goal. He stopped all 10 shots by Team Red in the first session; in the second session, he faced Team White and kept his cage clean. Abel

Defkit’s Terrier Takeaway

It was great to see live hockey for the first time in a long time. It was nice to be in HAA and to see many of the "regulars".

- Overall, I thought the team looked fast. Maybe it was the subtraction of a couple bigger guys that weren't known for their speed. Maybe the new additions are quicker. Regardless, there was an impressive pace throughout the 25 + 10 minute periods.

- The only players not dressed were Ty Amonte and Jamie Armstrong, and Thomas Jarman. But Ty was at the post-game gathering and didn't appear to be injured, so hopefully there are no issues. Despite those three guys missing, we had a lot of players!

- It's tough to gauge individual performances in a scrimmage, but I thought: John Copeland looks like he grew 5 inches and looked pretty good; freshmen RW Tyler Boucher and LD Braden Doyle looked like they fit right in, and RW Carrabes, despite not having the speed of some of the other guys, seemed to have the puck on his stick a lot and scored a rebound goal (other goals were by Peterson and Brown, who looked solid); Luke Tuch looked very good - I think he will emerge as our best player this year.

- While it could mean nothing, the plays the teams tried on the Power Play seemed different, which has me hopeful that they are going to change things up. On one power play, RW Peterson was at the right point.

- Junior transfer Brown displayed some impressive stick-handling, in addition to his redirection goal. He had shifts at both wing and center and was effective on draws, despite not playing center in his two years at Lowell.

- Skoog, who had taken a step back in the faceoff circle last season, was dominant on draws for Red.

- Ethan Phillips, who missed virtually all of last season with an injury, is back and showed off his speed, racing past a defenseman for a good scoring chance turned aside by Commesso. 

- Play was not only fast, but often physical with the most memorable hit coming when McCarthy shouldered freshman RD Ty Gallagher to the ice as he tried to exit the zone.

 

Looking ahead

USHL

2022 recruit Jeremy Wilmer pounced on a rebound in overtime to give Tri-City a 2-1 win against Madison in the USHL Fall Classic. 2023 recruit Jack Musa assisted on the Capitols’ only tally.

●Tri-City Storm recap

 

2023 recruit Jack Harvey’s goal in the final minute of regulation pulled Chicago even with Fargo and the Steel went on to a 3-2 shootout win. Harvey, a Stacy, Minn., native, who skated on the Steel's top line, provided the initial goal in the shootout. On both tallies, he victimized his former Gentry Academy teammate, 2022 recruit Anton Castro, who stopped 15 of 17 shots in regulation.

● Chicago Steel recap

 

2022 recruit Devin Kaplan had the sole assist on the game-winner in the NTDP U18s’ 4-2 win against  Sioux City. The 6’3” forward, who had 39 points in 46 games last season, has five points in three games this campaign.

● USA Hockey recap

 

2022 recruit Ryan Greene records an assist in each of Green Bay’s two games in the 2021 USHL Fall Classic, a 5-2 win against Waterloo and a 6-2 loss to Des Moines. Waterloo's Michael LaStarza, a 2022 recruit, had an assist in his team's loss to Green Bay.

BCHL

2022 or 2023 recruit Nick Roukounakis scored the game-winner for West Kelowna in the Warriors’ 4-1 win against Silver Arm in the Friday’s exhibition opener. The former Thayer Academy power forward is in his first BCHL season. 2022 recruit Charles-Alexis Legault assisted on a Warriors goal.

● Westkelownawarriors.com recap

In Saturday’s rematch, Legault gave West Kelowna an early 1-0 lead before Salmon Arm scored the next four, en route to a 4-2 win. The son of former BU blueliner Alex Legault, the 6’4”, 200 lb. Legault played for USHL Lincoln in 2020-21 after the Warriors’ season was delayed.

 

Women's Team

Terriers broke open a scoreless tied with third-period goals from junior Julia Nearis and freshman Liv Haag to earn a 2-0 exhibition game win against Holy Cross at Walter Brown Arena. Nearis opened the scoring a 9:36 of the third, finishing a Courtney Correia pass from the right post. Just over a minute later, freshman Haag converted on a breakaway. Senior Nicole McGuigan (eight saves) and freshman Callie Shahahan (seven saves) combined to earn the shutout.

● GoTerriers.com recap and comprehensive box score

● Boston Hockey Blog recap

● Coach Brian Durocher post-game comments (Video)



 


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